Bourchier, John (1499 - 1560/1)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 23
Troupes - 3
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Bourchier, Dorothy ( - )
Bourchier, Elizabeth ( - )

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).

Offspring

From Manners, Eleanor ( - 1547)

  1. Male offspring: Bourchier, John (1529 - 1557) (patron)

Primary Title

3rd Earl of Bath

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1540-1541 Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance 1540-1541 Barnstaple (Unknown), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance 1542-1542 Bridgwater (Unknown), Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance 1544-1545 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Earl of Bath's Bearward
Performance 1540-1541 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1540-1541 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1541-1542 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1542-1543 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1544-1545 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1546-1547 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1547-1547 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1547-1548 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1551-1552 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1553-1554 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1558-1558 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1558-1559 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1559-1560 Guildhall (2), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1540-1541 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Players
Dismissal 1541-1541 Bridgwater (Unknown), Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance 1542-1543 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bath's Players
Performance 1543-1543 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance 1543-1544 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance 1543-1543 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 Bearward Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Performing Animals 4
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Entertainers/Minstrels 13
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) Players 6

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 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.