Family of John + BOURCHIER and Marjorie + BERNERS
Husband: John + BOURCHIER
| Name: |
Joanna + BOUCHIER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Henry + NEVILLE (1437-1469) |
| Birth |
1442 |
Halstead, Essex, England |
| Death |
7 Oct 1470 (age 27-28) |
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| Name: |
Elizabeth BOURCHIER |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Death |
1470 |
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Note on Husband: John + BOURCHIER
The title was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and younger brother of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourcher, Baron FitzWarine (from whom the Earls of Bath descended). He was the husband of Margery Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Lord Berners was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1516 and 1527.
He died without male heirs and was succeeded by his daughter Jane Knyvett, the de jure third holder. However, she never assumed the title. Jane was the wife of Edmund Knyvett. Their grandson, the de jure fourth Baron, obtained a certificate of his right to the title but died before obtaining the King's confirmation. His great-great-grandson Thomas Knyvett, the de jure seventh Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Dunwich and Eyre. On his death in 1693 the peerage technically fell into abeyance between his two sisters, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Glenham, and Katherine, wife firstly of John Harris and secondly of Richard Bokenham.
Sources
| 1 | "Britain's Royal Family; a Complete Genealogy" (The Bodley Head, London, UK 1999). |
| 2 | G.E. Cokayne, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Brittain and the United States, Extant, Extinct, or Domant" (Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000). |
| 3 | "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th Edition" (Crans, Switzerland). |
