John Bousser

- 1330

• Name	John Bousser
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between Jul 1329 and Oct 1330  [1]
  Person ID	I14342	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	28 May 2018

  
  

  Family	Helen Colchester
  Marriage	1302  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Robert Bourchier   d. Between 12 Mar 1349 and 18 Aug 1349
  Family ID	F8939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 May 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Also called John Bourchier. A judge and holder of many other public offices, he first appears as a deputy of Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, summoned to represent de Vere in the parliament of 1306. By 1322 he had become an energetic supporter and ally of the Despensers. Entertainingly, in October 1323 he opened an investigation into reports of miracles in Bristol at the place of Henry Montfort's and Henry Wylyngton's execution. After the fall of the Despensers and Edward II, he managed to survive and maintain his political position; in January 1327, he took an oath in the London Guildhall to safeguard Queen Isabella and her eldest son, and he was reappointed justice of the common pleas in March of the same year.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.