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John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

English soldier, statesman and translator (–)

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
Portrait by Ambrosius Benson, –
Born	c.&#;
Died	19 Parade Calais
Buried	Calais
Spouse(s)	Katherine Howard Margaret Chedworth
Issue	Thomas Bourchier Joan Bourchier Margaret Bourchier Mary Bourchier Humphrey Bourchier Sir James Bourchier George Bourchier Ursula Bourchier
Father	Sir Humphrey Bourchier
Mother	Elizabeth Tilney

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners ( &#; 19 March ) was an English soldier, statesman and translator.

John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG (died May ) 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.

Family

John Bourchier, born about , was the only son of Sir Humphrey Bourchier (d at the Battle of Barnet) and Elizabeth Tilney (d), the daughter and sole heir of Sir Frederick Tilney of Boston, Lincolnshire.

Through his father, Bourchier was descended from King Edward III; his great-grandmother, Anne of Gloucester, was the daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, King Edward's youngest son.^[1]

By his mother's first marriage, Bourchier had two sisters, Margaret, who married firstly, John Sandys, secondly, Sir Thomas Bryan, and thirdly, David Zouche, and Anne, who married Thomas Fiennes, 8th Baron Dacre of Gilsland.

After the death of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, his widow, Elizabeth, married Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey, and later 2nd Duke of Norfolk.^[2] By his mother's second marriage Bourchier had ten siblings of the half blood, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Edmund Howard, Sir John Howard, Henry Howard, Charles Howard, Henry Howard (again), Richard Howard, Elizabeth Howard, and Muriel Howard.^[3]

Career

After his father was slain fighting on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Barnet in , Bourchier became a ward of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.

As noted above, Bourchier's mother, Elizabeth, had married as her second husband Thomas Howard, the eldest son and heir of Bourchier's guardian by his first wife, Katherine Moleyns. In Bourchier's grandfather, John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, died, and Bourchier inherited the title at the age of seven.^[4]

He was educated at Oxford University and in created a Knight of the Bath.

In he contracted to assist in the wars overseas and took part in suppressing the Cornish rebellion of in help of Perkin Warbeck.

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners — 19 March was an English soldier, statesman and translator. John Bourchier, born aboutwas the only son of Sir Humphrey Bourchier d. As noted above, Bourchier's mother, Elizabeth, had married as her second husband Thomas Howardthe eldest son and heir of Bourchier's guardian by his first wife, Katherine Moleyns. In Bourchier's grandfather, John Bourchier, 1st Baron Bernersdied, and Bourchier inherited the title at the age of seven.

He owned manor at West Horsley Place, which would be in path of rebels as they moved from Guilford to Banstead.

In he was engaged at the capture of Thérouanne and in accompanied Henry VIII and his entourage of peers and knights to the king's meeting in France with Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.^[5]

Bourchier held various offices of state under King Henry VIII, including Lieutenant of Calais from 28 November and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 14 July

He translated, at the King's desire, Froissart's Chronicles (–), in such a manner as to make a distinct advance in English historical writing, and the Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius (), as well as The History of Arthur of Lytell Brytaine (Brittany), and the relationship of Huon of Bordeaux.^[6]

Bourchier died at Calais in

Marriage and issue

Before 13 May Bourchier married his step-father's half-sister, Katherine Howard, the daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his second wife, Margaret Chedworth, daughter of Sir John Chedworth, and by her had a son and three daughters:^[7]

Thomas Bourchier, who predeceased his father.
Joan Bourchier (d.

), who married Sir Edmund Knyvet (d. 1 May ), sergeant porter to King Henry VIII, and was her father's heir, and had:
1. John Knyvett, father of Thomas Knyvett, 4th Baron Berners (–)
Margaret Bourchier, who predeceased her father.
Mary Bourchier, who married Alexander Unton of Wadley, but died without issue, predeceasing her father.

By a mistress^[8] Bourchier had three illegitimate sons and an illegitimate daughter:^[9]

Humphrey Bourchier (d.
He was knighted in and in he was summoned to the House of Lords as John Bourchier de Bernerswhich created the title of Baron Berners. In he was further honoured when he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also served as Constable of Windsor Castle from to He died in May and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bernershis son Sir Humphrey Bourchier having been killed at the Battle of Barnet in
), esquire, who married Elizabeth Bacon, but had no issue.
Sir James Bourchier (d. ), who married Mary Bannaster, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bannaster.
George Bourchier
Ursula Bourchier, who married Sir William Sharington.^[10]

After Humphrey Bourchier's death his widow married George Ferrers, esquire.

^Richardson I , pp.&#;–; Carley
^Carley ; Richardson I , pp.&#;–5.
^Richardson II , pp.&#;–
^Carley
^Hebel, John William.

Prose of the English Renaissance. p.&#;
^Carley
^Richardson I , p.&#;; Richardson II , pp.&#;–; Challis
^She is said to have been named Elizabeth Bacon, but according to Richardson this is likely the fallout of confusion between Bourchier's mistress and the wife of his illegitimate son, Humphrey Bourchier.
^Richardson I , pp.&#;–90; Challis
^Richardson I , p.&#;; Challis

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