John Bourchier

Abt 1467 - 1533  (~ 66 years)

• Name	John Bourchier  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1467	of West Horsley, Surrey, England   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1533	Calais, France   [6]
  Alternate death	19 Mar 1533	Calais, France   [4]
  Burial	Calais, France   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I17707	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Humphrey Bourchier,   b. of Massingham Parva, Norfolk, England d. 14 Apr 1471, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Tilney,   b. Abt 1442   d. 4 Apr 1497 (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	Aft 11 Apr 1451  [4]
  Family ID	F10993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Howard   d. 12 Mar 1536
  Marriage	Bef 13 May 1490  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Jane Bourchier   d. 17 Feb 1562
  Family ID	F10991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  2nd Baron Berners. Lieutenant of Calais from 1520 on. Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1524. On commission from Henry VIII he made English translations of Froissart's Chronicles, the Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius, the History of Arthur of Lyttel Brytaine, and the romance Huon of Bordeaux. Summoned to Parliament between 14 Oct 1495 and 9 Aug 1529. "Berners was not present at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520, as has been generally stated, but remained with the council in London." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

  
  

• Sources

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