Edward Bourchier

Sir Edward Bourchier († December 30, 1460 near Wakefield ) was an English knight .

Life

He was a younger son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex , a sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York . Sir Edward was a 1st cousin of Edward IV and Richard III. and also related to the Plantagenet house through his grandmother Anne of Gloucester .

He fought for the House of York in the Wars of the Roses at the First Battle of St Albans (1455) and the Battle of Ludlow (1459). After the victory at St. Albans he was given supervision and administrative authority over Kidwelly Castle . The Parliament in Coventry in 1459, also called the Parliament of Devils , imposed a Bill of Attainder on many supporters of the House of York , including Edward Bourchier, after the defeat at Ludlow . After the victory of the Yorkists under Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick in Northampton in 1460, Sir Edward was also given control of Montgomery Castle . Harlech Castle was to be handed over to Sir Edward according to a decision of the royal council ( council ), but Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford ignored this decision and expanded the fortification as the last retreat of the Lancastrians in Wales.

Sir Edward Bourchier fought and died on December 30, 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Edward was not married and left no descendants.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hugh Bicheno: Battle Royal: The Wars of Lancaster and York 1450-1464 , Head of Zeus 2015, ISBN 978-1-781-85964-3
2. ↑ ^{a b} J.S. Roskell: The Commons and their Speakers in English Parliaments 1376-1523 , Manchester University Press 1965, p. 268
3. ^ ^{A b c} Howell T. Evans: Wales and the Wars of the Roses , Cambridge University Press 2014, ISBN 978-1-107-45587-0 , p. 116.
4. ^ ^{A b} Towton Battlefield Society
5. ↑ P.Burley, M.Elliot, H.Watson: The Battles of St. Albans , Pen & Sword, 2013, ISBN 978-1-473-81903-0 , page 163rd
6. ^ ^{A b c} Richard Brooke: Visits to the Fields of Battle in England , John R. Smith London 1837, p. 29 / p. 58 / S. 193
7. ^ David Rees: The Son of Prohecy: Henry Tudor's road to Bosworth , J. Jones 1997, ISBN 978-1-871-08301-9 , p. 55.
8. ↑ ^{a b} James Bohn: The Chronicles of the White Rose of York , William Stevens London 1845, S.lxxi / S.lxxxiii
9. ^ Edward Lamplough: Yorkshire Battles , LuLu Com 2016, ISBN 978-1-326-52857-7 , p92
10. ^ Charles Derek Ross: Edward IV. , University of California Press 1974, ISBN 978-0-520-02781-7 , p. 23.
11. ↑ Terry Breverton: Jasper Tudor , Amberley Publishing 2014, ISBN 978-1-445-63402-9
12. ↑ Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.