John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners

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Coat of Arms of Sir John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG
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Garter stall plate of John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (1415-1474), KG. Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, grand-quarters 1st and 4th: Argent, a cross engrailed gules between four water bougets sable (Bourchier); grand-quarters 2nd and 3rd: Gules billety or a fess of the last (Lovain of Little Easton) over all a label azure for difference of three points each charged with three leopards or;[1] 2nd and 3rd: Quarterly or and vert (Berners). Crest: A man's (Moor's) head in profile proper ducally crowned or with a pointed cap gules[2] The mantling is semé with billets or of Lovain, and with water bougets sable and Bourchier knots

John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG (died May 1474) was an English peer.

Bourchier was the fourth son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and his wife Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, and William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin jure uxoris, were his elder brothers. He was knighted in 1426 and in 1455 he was summoned to the House of Lords as John Bourchier de Berners, which created the title of Baron Berners. In 1459 he was further honoured when he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also served as Constable of Windsor Castle from 1461 to 1474.

Lord Berners married Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. He died in May 1474 and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, his son Sir Humphrey Bourchier having been killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. Margery, Lady Berners, died in 1475. His daughter Joan Bourchier married Sir Henry Neville (d. 26 July 1469), son of George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer and Elizabeth Beauchamp, and had issue which included Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer, father of John Nevill, 3rd Baron Latimer.[3]

Ancestry

Family of John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John Bourchier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Robert Bourchier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Helen Colchester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Sir William Bourchier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Thomas Prayers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Margaret Prayers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Margaret de Essex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Thomas de Louvaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Sir John de Louvaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Joan de Basing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Alianore de Lovayne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Sir Thomas Weston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Margaret Weston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. ??
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Edward II of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Edward III of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Isabella of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. William I, Count of Hainaut
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Philippa of Hainault
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Joan of Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Anne of Gloucester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Elizabeth de Badlesmere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Eleanor de Bohun
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Joan Fitzalan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Eleanor of Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peerage of England
Preceded by
New Creation
 Baron Berners
1455–1474		 Succeeded by
John Bourchier

References

  1. ↑ Hope, W. H. St. John, The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter 1348 – 1485: A Series of Ninety Full-Sized Coloured Facsimiles with Descriptive Notes and Historical Introductions, Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company Ltd, 1901.
  2. ↑ Vivian, Heralds' Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.106
  3. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 560.
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