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John Bourchier

Male Abt 1467 - 1533  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name John Bourchier  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1467  of West Horsley, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Mar 1533  Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Alternate death 19 Mar 1533  Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Siblings 1 sibling 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1471, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 
    1. [S1585] Ancestry and Descendants of Sir Richard Saltonstall by Leverett Saltonstall. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897.

    2. [S3829] William Everett, "Saltonstall-Gurdon-Sedley-Knyvet" and "Saltonstall-Knyvet: A Correction." In English Origins of New England Families, second series, Volume 3, ed. Gary Boyd Roberts. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1985.

    3. [S4342] Norfolk Families by Walter Rye. Two volumes, 1911-13.

    4. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.

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

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