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Bourchier, John (1499 - 1560/1)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1499
Death Date: 1561-02-10

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hungerford, Isabel ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Manners, Eleanor ( - 1547)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Donington, Margaret (1509 - 1561)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1548-11-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage contract date; married between this date and 11 December 1548 (marriage license date).

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Earl of Bath

Titles

  • Lord FitzWarin
    Assumed: 1536
    Vacated: 1539-04-30
  • 3rd Earl of Bath
    Assumed: 1539-04-30
    Vacated: 1560/1-02-10
  • Baron Daubeney
    Assumed: 1548-04-08
    Vacated: 1560/1-02-10
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1523 (possibly knighted in this year)
    Vacated: 1560/1-02-10
  • 6th Baron FitzWarin
    Assumed: 1539
    Vacated: 1560/1-02-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Sheriff, Somerset 1519 -11 -8 1520 -11 -6
Sheriff, Dorset 1519 -11 -8 1520 -11 -6
JP, Wiltshire 1522/3
JP, Wiltshire 1524/5
Sheriff, Wiltshire 1526 -11 -7 1527 -11 -16
JP, Wiltshire 1528/9
JP, Wiltshire 1531 1532
JP, Wiltshire 1534/5
JP, Wiltshire 1537 1539
JP, Somerset 1539
Commisioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540
JP, Devon 1540 1541
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3
JP, Devon 1542/3 1544
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1545/6
JP, Wiltshire 1547
JP, Devon 1547
Constable, Anglesey 1553 -9 -7
Privy Councillor, England 1553
JP, Norfolk 1553/4
JP, Suffolk 1553/4
JP, Devon 1553/4
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1556
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1556
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1556
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1556 -6 -12
Commissioner of Array, Exeter 1556
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1556
Lord Lieut, Cornwall 1556
Lord Lieut, Devon 1556
JP, Wiltshire 1557/8

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Devon
  • Somerset: Wigborough & Hunstile Manors
    Divested: 1545
    Patrimony; sold 1545

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance - Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance - Bridgwater (Unknown), Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Players
Dismissal - Bridgwater (Unknown), Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bath's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Bath's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 1
Earl of Bath's Bearward Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Bath's Bearward Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Bath's Bearward Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Bath's Bearward Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Tawstock Court Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]
  • Polwhele, Richard. The History of Devonshire. 1st ed. [1793--1806] printed by Trewman and Son for: Cadell, Johnson and Dilly (vol 1); Cadell, Dilly and Murray (vol 2); Cadell and Davies (vol 3); all in London. 3 vols. Dorking: Kohler & Coombes, 1977