Humphry Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell

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Humphry Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell ( lat. Humfrido Bourchier de Cromwell ; † April 14, 1471 ) was an English nobleman .

Life

Sir Humphry Bourchier was the third son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex († 1483) and Isabel of Cambridge (1409–1484), a sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York . Through his mother he was related to the York line of the Plantagenet family and a cousin of King Edward IV.

On February 14, 1455 he married Joane Stanhope († March 10, 1490), daughter of Sir Richard Stanhope († 1436) and Maud de Cromwell. Joan was a granddaughter of Ralph de Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (1368-1417) and, together with her sister, co-heiress of the title Baron Cromwell, which has been in Abeyance since 1455 (second bestowal). He then lived in Tattershall Castle in Lincolnshire .

He was Constable of Nottingham Castle and Steward of Sherwood Forest . As a Knight Bachelor he fought on the side of his relatives of the House of York at the Battle of Northampton (1460), the Second Battle of St Albans (1461), Towton (1461) and Barnet (1471) during the Wars of the Roses .

With the Writ of Summons of July 25, 1461, Edward IV called him to Parliament for the first time and thus bestowed on him (in the third award) the hereditary title of Baron Cromwell . Until 1470 he was called to meetings of parliament four times.

He fell at the Battle of Barnet on April 14, 1471. He has his final resting place in St. Edmund Chapel in Westminster Abbey . Since his marriage remained childless, his title of nobility also expired with his death.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c John Burke: A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland. Henry Colburn, London 1831, p. 150.
  2. ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas: A Synopsis of the Peerage of England. Volume 1, J. Nichols and son, London 1825, pp. Xlviii and p. 163.
  3. ↑ a b Sir Humphrey Bourchier at westminster-abbey.org
  4. ^ Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex (d. 1483) at luminarium.org
  5. ^ Clements Robert Markham: Richard III. His Life And Character. Smith, 1906, p. 51.
predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Cromwell
1461-1471 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Bourchier, Humphry, 1st Baron Cromwell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Cromwell, Humfrido Bourchier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1471