Biography of John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath 1499-1561
Paternal Family Tree: Bourchier
Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
In or shortly before 1499 [his father] John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 28) and [his mother] Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzwarin. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1499 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath was born to John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 28) and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin (age 25).
Before 1511 Thomas Kitson (age 25) and [his future wife] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 1) were married. The difference in their ages was 24 years.
Before 1515 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 15) and Elizabeth Hungerford were married. He the son of John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 44) and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin (age 40). He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1519 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 20) was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset and High Sheriff of Somerset.
In or before 1524 [his wife] Elizabeth Hungerford died.
Before 25 May 1524 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 25) and Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 21) were married at Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds. He the son of John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 53) and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin (age 50). He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 30 Oct 1524 [his father] John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 54) and [his step-mother] Florence Bonville Countess Bath (age 52) were married. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
After 30 Oct 1524 [his father] John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 54) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Wentworth Countess Bath (age 54) were married. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1529 [his son] John Bourchier was born to John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 30) and [his wife] Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 26).
In 1535 [his son] George Bourchier was born to John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 36) and [his wife] Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 32).
On 30 Apr 1539 [his father] John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 68) died. He was buried at St Brannock's Church, Braunton. His son John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 40) succeeded 2nd Earl Bath, 4th Count Eu, 12th Baron Fitzwarin. [his wife] Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 36) by marriage Countess Bath.
On 13 Mar 1540 Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu died. Earl Essex, Viscount Bourchier extinct. His daughter Anne Bourchier 7th Baroness Bourchier (age 23) succeeded 7th Baroness Bourchier. His second cousin once removed John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 41) succeeded 2nd Count Eu. Neither he or his descendants used the title.
In 1541 Richard Long (age 47) and [his future wife] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 32) were married.
On 20 Sep 1543 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 51) died. He was buried in the Chancel of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire [Map]. His son Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland (age 16) succeeded 2nd Earl of Rutland, 13th Baron Ros Helmsley. Margaret Neville Countess Rutland by marriage Countess of Rutland.
On or before 16 Sep 1547, the date she was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map], [his wife] Eleanor Manners Countess Bath (age 44) died.
On 08 Apr 1548 [his uncle] Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 54) died. Earl Bridgewater extinct. His nephew John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 49) succeeded 3rd Baron Daubeney.
On 04 Dec 1548 a double wedding of a father and son, and a mother and daughter, was celebrated at Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds.
John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 49) and Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 39) were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
John Bourchier (age 19) and Frances Kitson were married. She the daughter of Thomas Kitson and Margaret Donnington Countess Bath. He the son of John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath and Eleanor Manners Countess Bath. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Diary of Edward VI. 23 May 1550. Mon. Chastil(lon) (age 31) and Mortier, and Bouchetel, accompanied with the Ringrave (age 46)1, Dandelot2, the constable's secound sone3, and Chenault the ligier4, cam to Durasme place, where in their journei thei wer met by mr. tresoror (Oheyne) and threscore gentlemen5 at Whulwhich [Map], and also saluted with great peales both at Whulwich, Dettford [Map], and the Towre [Map].1a
Note 1. The Rhinegrave John Frederick was deprived of his electorate by the emperor after the battle of Muhlberg in 1547, and remained a prisoner at Innspruck until 1552. His nephew Otho-Henry, called the Magnanimous, whose proper title was only count of Neuburg until after his uncle's death in 1556, was at this time in the service of France, and was made a knight of St. Michael in Oct. 1550 (see Tytler, i. 325).
Note 2. The seigneur d'Andelot was François de Coligny (age 29), younger brother of the seigneur de Chastillon, already noticed in p. 250, and like him a zealous Calvinist and intrepid soldier. He became comte of Laval and Montfort in Britany; and in 1555 he was appointed colonel-general of the French infantry in place of his brother. He died in 1569. (Anselme, vii. 155; viii. 215.)
Note 3. The second son of the constable of France was Henry (age 15) afterwards duc de Montmorency, who now, during his father's (age 57) lifetime, bore the title of seigneur de Damville. (Anselme, Histoire Genealogique, vi. 229.) If the King writes with accuracy, he must have been one of the train; but if he meant one and the same person by "Dandelot, the constable's second sone," this may have arisen from d'Andelot being (by his mother's side) "the constable's nephew, and one of the (French) king's minions." (Tytler, i. 160.)
Note 4. Of Chenault no particulars have occurred. Among the illustrious visitors on this "occasion, or immediately after, appears to have been Claude de Lorraine, due d'Aumale, third son of the late due de Guise. On the 6th Oct. following sir John Mason (age 47) writes from Rouen to the council: "The due d'Aumale is much desirous to have a portrait of the King's person, which he says the King himself promised him at his departing out of England. He hath been in hand with me twice or thrice herein, praying me in my next despatch to desire your lordships to put his Majesty in remembrance hereof. If any shall be sent unto him, this is a very good time therefor, while yet he remaineth in Roan. He speaketh very much honour of the King and of the realm, and hideth not the courtesy he found the time of his being there. He is, as your lordships knoweth, of right good estimation, and therefore the remembring of him in this his request cannot be but well bestowed." (Tytler, i. 330.)
Note 5. In order that the court might make a good show of nobility when the Frenchmen arrived, the council had despatched, on the 17th of April, "Lettres severall to the earles of Rutland (age 23), Bathe (age 51), and Worcester (age 24), to the viscount Hereford (age 62), and the lord Fitzwalter, to repayre to the court out of hand, bringing with them their best apparell and furniture, for the receiving and entertaining of the ambassadors and noble men that came out of France."
On the 4th May, "For the receaving of mounsr Chastillion, and the rest of the Frenche ambassadors, the lord warden of the Cinque portes, thresorer of the King's Majesties household, was appointed to be the chief, and a nombre of lords and gentlemen apoincted to accompanie him by water with the King's barges, bicause th'ambassadors are determined to come from Bulloigne in their owne galleys up alongest the Teames [River Thames]."
"May xviij. A warrant to the master of the jewelhouse to deliver unto Benjamin Gonstone, threasorer of the King's shippes, one peir of potts, one peir of flagons, iij. nest of bolles, ij. basons and ewers, a garnish and a half of vessell, ij. dozen of plates, and ij. saltes of silver, for the furniture of the galley appointed for the lord wardeigne to mete the French ambassadors coming up by the Temes [Thames], to be restored again upon retorne of the same galley. A warrant to sir John Williams to delyver to the said John Gonstone xlli. in prest towards the furniture of the said galey." (Council Book.)
Note 1a. "On Friday was seven-night [May 23] the galley Subtle, with two other of the King's pinnaces, under the charge of sir William Woodhouse, mr. Brook, and others, were sent to the Thames mouth to meet with the French galleys, and to conduct them upwards, and at their first meeting received them with an honest banquet; so accompanied them along the Thames, where, passing by sundry of the King's ships, they were saluted by honest peals of ordnance; and, a little above Greenwich, I, the lord warden of the Cinque Ports (Cheyne), being accompanied with the earl of Worcester, the lord Grey of Wilton (age 41), the lord William Howard, with divers other young lords and gentlemen, to the number of sixty, in sundry barges, met with them upon the water, bade them welcome on the King's maties behalf, with other good words to the purpose, and so received them into those barges. They were conveyed by water through the bridge to their lodging, being appointed at Durham-place, which was furnished with hangings of the King's for the nonce: where, against their coming, was ready laid in a very large present of beer, wine, beeves, muttons, wild fowls, poultry, fish, and wax. By the way the King's ships at Deptford shot off; and at the Tower, as they passed, a great peal of ordnance was discharged to welcome them. As soon as they were landed, and in their lodgings, a gentleman was sent from the King's matie, willing me the lord warden, in the King's highness' behalf, to bid them welcome, and tell them that if they would aught, being signified, it should be provided; and so for that night left them." (Narrative of the council addressed to sir John Mason, the ambassador lieger in France, printed from Mason's letter-book in the State Paper office, by Tytler, i. 284.;
Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 12 Jul 1553. The 12. of July word was brought to the Councell, being then at the Tower [Map] with the lady Jane (age 17), that the lady Mary was at Keninghall castle [Map] in Norfolk, and with her the earle of Bath (age 54), sir Thomas Wharton (age 33) sonne to the lord Wharton (age 58), sir John Mordaunt (age 45) sonne to the lord Mordaunt (age 73), sir William Drury (age 3),a sir John Shelton (age 50), sir Henry Bedingfield (age 44), master Henry Jerningham (age 41), master John Sulierde, master Richard Freston, master sergeant Morgan, master Clement Higham of Lincolnes inne, and divers others; and also that the earle of Sussex and master Henry Ratcliffe his sonne were comming towards her: whereupon by speedy councell it was there concluded, that the duke of Suffolk, with certaine other noblemen, should goe towards the lady Mary, to fetch her up to London. This was first determined; but by night of the same day the said voyage of the duke of Suffolke was cleane dissolved by the speciall meanes of the lady Jane his daughter, who, taking the matter heavily, with weeping teares made request to the whole councell that her father might tarry at home in her company: whereupon the councell perswaded with the duke of Northumberland to take that voyage upon him, saying that no man was so fit therefor, because that he had atchieved the victory in Norfolke once already,b and was therefore so feared, that none durst once lift up their weapon against him: besides that, he was the best man of warre in the realme; as well for the ordering of his campes and souldiers both in battell and in their tents, as also by experience, knowledge, and wisedome, he could animate his army with witty perswasions, and also pacific and alay his enemies pride with his stout courage, or else to disswade them if nede were from their enterprise. "Well (quoth the duke then) since ye thinke it good, I and mine will goe, not doubting of your fidelity to the quenes majestie, which I leave in your custodie." So that night hee sent for both lords, knights, and other that should goe with him, and caused all things to be prepared accordingly. Then went the councell in to the lady Jane and told her of their conclusion, who humbly thanked the duke for reserving her father at home, and beseeched him to use his diligence, whereto he answered that hee would doe what in him lay.
Note a. Sir William Drury, for his services "at Framlingham," received, by patent dated the 1st Nov. following, an annuity of 100 marks: see it printed in Rymer's Foedera, xv. 352. A like annuity of 200 marks was granted on the 14th Nov. to Thomas West lord la Warre for his services against the duke (ibid. p. 352); one of 100. on the 4th Dec. to sir Richard Southwell (ibid. p. 355); and one of 501. on the 10th Feb. to Francis Purefay for his services at Framlingham (ibid. p. 365). Probably many others, unnoticed by Rymer, are recorded on the Patent Rolls.
Note b. In the suppression of Kett's rebellion.
Around Sep 1557 William Barnaby and [his former daughter-in-law] Frances Kitson were married. He was land agent to her former father-ine-law the John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 58); the marriage as a consequence gave great offence to her friends. She the daughter of Thomas Kitson and [his wife] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 48).
On 10 Feb 1561 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 62) died. He was buried on 10 Mar 1561 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave. His grandson [his grandson] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 3) succeeded 3rd Earl Bath, 13th Baron Fitzwarin.
On 12 Dec 1561 [his former wife] Margaret Donnington Countess Bath (age 52) died at Stoke Newington [Map]. She was buried on 12 Jan 1562 at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 11 Jan 1562. The xj day of January was bered in Suffoke my lade [his former wife] contes of Bayth wedow, and the last wyff to the sed erle, and late the wyff of ser Thomas Cutsun, and late to ser Recherd Longe knyght; with a grett banar of armes and vj banar-rolles of all mareges [marriages], and a x dosen skochyons of armes, and vj of sylke wrought with fyne gold.
Note. P. 275. Funeral of the countess of Bath. Margaret, only child of John Donnington, of Stoke Newington in Middlesex, married successively to sir Thomas Kytson, sir Richard Long, and John Bourchier earl of Bath. The last died in 1560. Her monument in Hengrave church, Suffolk, with recumbent effigies of herself and her three husbands, is engraved in Gage's History of that parish, 1822, 4to. p. 65; and in the same volume are several letters to and from her, an inventory of her property, her will, and an account of her funeral expenses, &c.
[his son] Elizabeth Bourchier was born to John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath and Elizabeth Hungerford.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bourchier
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Prayers Baroness Bourchier
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Louvain
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Louvaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandFather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hankford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 4 Grandmother: Cristina Unknown
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Hankford
Great x 1 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Fitzwarin 5th Baron Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Fitzwarin 6th Baron Fitzwarin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Courtenay 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Courtenay 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lovell 5th Baron Lovel, Baron Holand 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lovell 6th Baron Lovel 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Holland 3rd Baroness Holand, Baroness Lovel 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Arches
John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney
Great x 2 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Daubeney
GrandFather: Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stourton 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stourton 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stourton of Preston 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Stourton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Mother: Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Lustock
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Arundell
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lambourne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor aka Annorah Lambourne
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burghesh 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Burghesh 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Kerdeston
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Hanham
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ismania Hanham
GrandMother: Elizabeth Arundell Baroness Offaly 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chidiock 4th Baron Fitzpayn
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Chidiock 5th Baron Fitzpayn
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Chideock 6th Baron Fitzpayn 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ivo Fitzwarin 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Argentine
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Marmaduke Lumley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holand 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Lumley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Lumley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England