Bourchier, Henry (1472 - 1539/40)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 5
Troupes - 4
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1472
Death Date: 1540-03-13

Siblings

Female

Bourchier, Cecily ( - 1493)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Say, Mary ( - 1535)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1497
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage contract date

Offspring

From Say, Mary ( - 1535)

  1. Female offspring: Bourchier, Anne (1517 - 1571)

Primary Title

15th Earl of Essex

Titles

  • 2nd Viscount Bourchier
    Assumed 1483-04-04
    Vacated 1539/40-03-13
  • 6th Baron Bourchier
    Assumed 1483-04-04
    Vacated 1539/40-03-13
  • 15th Earl of Essex
    Assumed 1483-04-04
    Vacated 1539/40-03-13

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1493 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1493 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1493 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1493 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1493 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1494/5 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1495 1496
JP, Essex 1495/6 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1497 n.d.
JP, Essex 1498 1502
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1499 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1500 1501
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Lancashire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Buckinghamshire 1502 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502/3 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1502/3 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1503 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Hertfordshire 1503 n.d.
JP, Essex 1504 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1505 n.d.
JP, Essex 1506 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1506 n.d.
JP, Essex 1508 1515
JP, Hertfordshire 1509 1512
Constable, Berkshire 1511-8-7 1524 Held jointly
Commissioner of Musters, Kent 1512 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1514 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1519 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1520 n.d.
JP, Essex 1520 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1521 1522
JP, Essex 1523 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1523/4 n.d.
JP, Essex 1524/5 1526
JP, Essex 1528 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1528 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Essex 1530 n.d.
JP, Essex 1530 1532
JP, Hertfordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Essex 1536 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1537 n.d.
JP, Hertfordshire 1537 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1538 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Essex 1538 n.d.
JP, Essex 1539/40 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Gaynes Park, Essex

Lands

  • Essex
  • Hertfordshire
  • Northumberland

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1532-1533 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Essex's Minstrel/s
Performance 1520-1521 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Essex's Minstrels
Performance 1515-1515 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1539-1539 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Essex's Players
Performance 1530-1531 Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Earl of Essex's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Essex's Minstrel/s Bourchier, Henry (1472 - 1540) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Essex's Minstrels Bourchier, Henry (1472 - 1540) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Essex's Players Bourchier, Henry (1472 - 1540) Players 2
Earl of Essex's Trumpeters Bourchier, Henry (1472 - 1540) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Essex. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 9 vols and Bibliography and Bibliography Supplement (2 vols). Westminster and London; London and Oxford: Archibald Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–9, Bibliography and Supplement], 1903–94.