Humphrey Bourchier

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Sir Humphrey Bourchier of Berners (* around 1440; † April 14, 1471 in Barnet ) was an English knight .

family

He was the son and heir of John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners . His uncle Thomas Bourchier was Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor. He was a great-great-grandson of King Edward III. back. His grandmother was Anne of Gloucester , daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester , fifth son of Edward III.

Life

On 27 June 1461 he was on the occasion of the coronation of Edward IV. To Knight of the Bath beaten. Sir Humphrey, like his father, was a devoted supporter of the House of York , King Edward IV, and Queen Elizabeth Woodville . He was co-constable of Windsor Castle from 1466 to 1471 . He fought for Edward IV at the Battle of Barnet against Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and fell there on April 14, 1471. He died before his father, so that the title of Baron Berner passed to his son.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Humphrey was married to Elizabeth Tilney, daughter of Sir Frederick Tilney. He had three children with her:

  1. Margaret
  2. Anne
  3. John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

After his death, his widow married Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, as his first wife .

literature

  • Egerton Brydges: Peerage of England. Volume III, London 1812.
  • Arthur Collins: Proceedings, Precedents and Arguements on Claims and Controversies concerning Baronies by Writ and other Honors. London 1734.
  • Bernard Burke: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, London 1866.
  • TC Banks: Baronia Anglica Concentrata. William Harrison, London.
  • George Fischer: A Companion and Key to the History of England. Simpkin and Marshall, London 1832.
  • TC Banks: The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England. Volume I, T. Bensley, London 1807.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 133.
  2. ↑ BOURCHIER FAMILY . In: tudorplace.com . Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Towton Battlefield Society .
personal data
SURNAME Bourchier, Humphrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bourchier of Berners, Sir Humphrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1440
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1471
Place of death Barnet