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Families covered: Bourchier of Beningbrough (Beningborough), Bourchier Lord Berners
Part of the upper section was originally shown within Bourchier1. It was moved here for review & expansion using Ducatus Leodiensis & Foster. | |||||||||||||||
John Bourchier of West Horsley, 1st Lord Berners (d 16.05.1474) | |||||||||||||||
m. Margery Berners (d 18.12.1475, dau of Sir Richard Berners of West Horsley) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir Humphrey Bourchier (dvp Barnet 14.04.1471) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Tylney (dau/heir of Frederick Tylney of Boston, m2. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Sir John Bourchier, 2nd Lord Berners (b 1467, d 16.03.1531/2) | ||||||||||||||
m(1). (div?) Catherine Howard (dau of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Mary Bourchier (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. Alexander Unton of Wadley | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Jane Bourchier of Ashwellthorpe, de jure Baroness Berners (d 17.02.1561/2) | ||||||||||||||
m. Edmund Knyvett (d 01.03.1539) | |||||||||||||||
After the death of John, 2nd Baron Berners, the Barony was dormant for many years. It was re-established in 1720 for a descendant of this marriage. | |||||||||||||||
iii. | daugher | ||||||||||||||
p/(m2?). Elizabeth Bacon | |||||||||||||||
iv. | James Bourchier of Hambleton - continued below | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Banister (dau of Sir Humfrey Banister or Bannester) | |||||||||||||||
v. | Ursula Bourchier (dspms (not dsp)) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir William Sherington (b c1495, d before 06.07.1553) | |||||||||||||||
vi.+ | other issue - Humfrey, George | ||||||||||||||
B. | Margaret Bourchier (b 1468, d 1551) | ||||||||||||||
m1. John Sands (son/heir of Sir William Sands) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Sir Thomas Bryan of Cheddington (b 1464, d 1517) | |||||||||||||||
C. | Anne Bourchier (a 09.1530) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1492) Thomas Fiennes, Lord Dacre (b 1471/2, d 09.09.1534) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Sir Thomas Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. Agnes Carlton (dau of Sir Thomas Carlton or Charlton) | |||||||||||||||
3. | Elizabeth Bourchier (d 10.1470) | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Welles (dsp 19.03.1469, son/heir of Lord Welles) | |||||||||||||||
4. | Joanna (Jane) Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Henry Nevill, younger of Latimer (dvp Edgcote 14.07.1469) | |||||||||||||||
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James Bourchier of Hambleton and/or Haughton - continued above | |||||||||||||||
m. Mary Banister (dau of Sir Humfrey Banister or Bannester or Bannister of Calais, sister/heir of John of Calais and Beninbrough) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir Ralph Bourchier of Haughton (Staffordshire) & Beninbrough (Beningborough, Yorkshire) (b c1531, d 11.06.1598, MP) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Hall (dau of Francis Hall of Grantham, sister of Arthur) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Bourchier (b c1559, a 1584) | ||||||||||||||
Ducatus Leodiensis identifies William's wife as an unnamed dau of Sir Thomas Barrington of Hartfield Broad Oak. Foster names her ... | |||||||||||||||
m. (c1588) Katherine Barrington (dau of Sir Thomas Barrington of Barrington Hall) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Robert Bourchier (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Sir John Bourchier of 'Beningbrough Grange' (b c1595, d 08.1659-60, MP, regicide) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1617) Anne Rolf (dau/heir of William Rolf of Hadley) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Barington Bourchier (b c1627, d 29.10.1695, MP) | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Strickland (dau of Sir William Strickland of Boynton, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Sir Barington Bourchier 'of Beningborough' (b 09.09.1651, d 11.11.1700) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (c1670) Judith Milbank (dau of Mark Milbank by Dorothy Cocke) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Sir Barington Bourchier 'of Beningborough Park' (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Compton (dau of Sir Francis Compton, son of Spencer, Earl of Northton (Northampton)) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Mark Bourchier (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Margaret Hardwick (dau/coheir of Thomas Hardwick) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Sir John Bourchier of Beningborough, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1712, d by 1749) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Belwood (dau of _ Belwood (Serjeant-at-law)) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | John Bourchier of Beningborough,Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 1759) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mildred Roundell (dau of Richard Roundell of Hutton Wansley) probably wife of this John, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Mildred Bourchier probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
VCH reports that Mildred m. (1760) Hon. Robert Lane and died in the same year. However, it appears that she (also?) married ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Robert Fox (b 05.08.1732, dvpsp 05.1768, m2. Bridget Henley) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Mary Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
(D) | Ralph Bourchier in London, later of Beningborough (d 1768, physician) | ||||||||||||||
(i) | Margaret Bourchier (d 1827) | ||||||||||||||
m. (by 1768) Giles Earle | |||||||||||||||
m3. (Ursula) Dalston (dau of Sir (William) Dalston (Dalton)) | |||||||||||||||
b. | Bridget Bourchier (d 12.09.1662) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1647) William Bethall (cleric) | |||||||||||||||
c. | Mary Bourchier probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. (1654) George Blakiston of Houghall & Stapleton-on-Tees (b 1633) | |||||||||||||||
d.+ | other issue (d unm) - William, John | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Thomas Bourchier 'of Beningborough' | ||||||||||||||
m. (1629) Elizabeth Pickering (dau of Mark (sb Michael?) Pickering) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Elizabeth Bourchier (d 28.01.1705) | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.04.1657) William Rokeby of Sandal | |||||||||||||||
b | Abigail Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. Andrew Taylor of York | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Abigail Taylor | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Spencer of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Winifred Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Lister of York (MD) | |||||||||||||||
v. | Elizabeth Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. William (brother of John) | |||||||||||||||
vi. | Anne Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. John (brother of William) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Ursula Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m1. Sir Richard Molyneux | |||||||||||||||
m2. Sir Richard Trewe | |||||||||||||||
C. | Lucy Bourchier probably the Lucy (bur 08.11.1641) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Aldeborough of Ellenthorp | |||||||||||||||
D. | Catherine Bourchier probably the Katherine who married ... | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Richard Mauleverer of Allerton, Sheriff of Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
E.+ | other issue - (Sir) John, Bridget | ||||||||||||||
m2.(1577, sp?) Christian Shakerley (dau of Rowland Shakerley of London, widow of John Harding of London (alderman)) | |||||||||||||||
m3. (sp?) Anne (d 08.1598-9, widow of _ Coote) mentioned by HoP ("Ralph Bourchier") | |||||||||||||||
2. | Arthur Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. Katherine Jones (dau of William Jones of Holyhead) | |||||||||||||||
3. | Jane Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
4. | Mary Bourchier | ||||||||||||||
m. Nicholas Yestsworth or Elsworth ("clerk of the signet and secretary for the French tongue to the Queen's majesty") | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Ducatus Leodiensis' (Ralph Thoresby, 1715, p123+), Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1584, 'Bourchier of Benningborough, &c.') with some support for the upper section from Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Bourchier', p106+), BP1934 ('Berners'), TCP ('Berners') and a little input in the lower section (shown in italics) from various web sites (particularly VCH (Yorkshire North Riding, vol 2, 'Parishes: Newton-upon-Ouse'))
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