Family of Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and Isabel Plantagenet of Cambridge

Husband:	Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1406-1483)
Wife:	Isabel Plantagenet of Cambridge (1409-1484)
Children:	William Bourchier - Viscount Bourchier ( -1480)
	Henry Bourchier (c. 1434-1458)
	Thomas Bourchier ( -1492)
	John Bourchier - 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby ( -1495)
	Humphrey Bourchier - 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell ( -1471)
	Florence Bourchier ( -c. 1525)
	Fulke Bourchier ( - )
	Hugh Bourchier ( - )
	Edward Bourchier ( -1460)
	Isabel Bourchier ( - )
	Laura Bourchier - Countess of Devon (1440- )
Marriage	bef 25 Apr 1426

Husband: Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex

Name:	Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex1
Sex:	Male
Father:	William Bourchier - 1st Count of Eu (1374-1420)
Mother:	Anne Plantagenet - of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu (1383-1438)
Note:	Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (c. 1404/c. 1406 – 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Gloucester. On his mother's side, he was a great-grandson of Edward III of England. Titles He inherited the title of 5th Baron Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier on her death in 1433. He became the 1st Viscount Bourchier in 1446, a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1452, and was created 1st Earl of Essex in 1461. Career He saw considerable military action in France and for his services was created Viscount Bourchier during the parliament of 1445–6 and elected Knight of the Garter on his third nomination in 1452. He later saw action in 1461 as a Yorkist supporter at the Second Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Towton, soon after which Edward IV created him Earl of Essex. He held the post of Lord High Treasurer from 29 May 1455 - 5 October 1456, 28 July 1460 - 14 April 1462, and 22 April 1471 - 4 April 1483. He also became Justice in Eyre south of the Trent in 1461, holding that title until his death. He died on 4 April 1483 and was buried at Beeleigh Abbey, although his tomb was subsequently moved to Little Easton church. Marriage and issue Prior to 1426, he married Isabel of Cambridge, another descendant of Edward III. She was the elder sister of Richard Plantagenet, which made her the aunt of Richard's two sons, the future Edward IV and Richard III. Henry and Isabel were parents to at least eleven children. William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480). Married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. They were parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cicely Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.[3] Henry Bourchier (d. 1462). Married Elizabeth de Scales, Baroness Scales. No known children.[3] Humphrey Bourchier, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471). Killed in the Battle of Barnet.[3] John Bourchier (d. 1495). Married first Elizabeth Ferrers and secondly Elizabeth Chichele. No known children.[3] Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460). Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.[3] Thomas Bourchier (d. 1492). Married Isabella Barre. No known children.[3] Florence Bourchier (d. 1525).[3] Fulk Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Hugh Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Isabella Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Laura Bourchier (1440- ) married John Courtenay (killed at Tewkesbury, 1471) On his death she did not remarry and died more than a year later.
Birth	14061
Title (1)	1433 (age 26-27)	5th Baron Bourchier
	He inherited the title of 5th Baron Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier on her death in 1433
Title (2)	1446 (age 39-40)	1st Viscount Bourchier1
Title (3)	1452 (age 45-46)	Knight of the Garter1
Title (4)	1461 (age 54-55)	1st Earl of Essex1
Death	4 Apr 1483 (age 76-77)1,2
Burial		Little Easton Church, Essex, England

Wife: Isabel Plantagenet of Cambridge

Name:	Isabel Plantagenet of Cambridge
Sex:	Female
Father:	Richard Plantagenet - 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375-1415)
Mother:	Anne Mortimer ( -1411)
Note:	Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex (1409 – 2 October 1484) was the only daughter of Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. She was the sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and like him a great-grandchild of Edward III of England. Early life Isabel of York, the only daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Lady Anne de Mortimer, was born about 1409.[1] On her father's side she was the granddaughter of King Edward III's fourth surviving son, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and his first wife, Isabella of Castile. On her mother's side she was the granddaughter of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (grandson of Lionel of Antwerp) and Lady Alianore Holland (granddaughter of Lady Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales). Isabel's father, Richard, Earl of Cambridge, was beheaded on 5 August 1415 for his part in the Southampton Plot against King Henry V, and although the Earl's title was forfeited, he was not attainted,[2] and Isabel's brother, Richard, then aged four, was his father's heir.[3] Moreover within a few months of his father's death, Richard's childless uncle, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, was slain at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, and Isabel's brother was eventually his uncle's heir as well. Marriages and issue In 1412, at three years of age, Isabel was betrothed to Sir Thomas Grey (1404 – d. before 1426), son and heir of Sir Thomas Grey (c.1385-1415) of Heaton in Norham, Northumberland, and his wife, Alice Neville, the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. They had one son.[4] She married secondly, before 25 April 1426, the marriage being later validated by papal dispensation, Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, by whom she had seven sons and one daughter, Isabel.[5] William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480), who married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cecily Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley; Sir Henry Bourchier (d. 1462), who married Elizabeth Scales, 8th Baroness Scales. Humphrey Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471), slain at the Battle of Barnet. John Bourchier, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d.1495), who married firstly Elizabeth Ferrers, and secondly Elizabeth Chichelle. Sir Thomas Bourchier (b. prior to 1448 d. 1492), who married Isabella Barre. Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460), slain at the Battle of Wakefield. Fulk Bourchier, died young. Isabel Bourchier, died young.[6] Death Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, died on 4 April 1483. Isabel remained a widow and died on 2 October 1484.[7] A manuscript calendar records her death on VI Non Oct in 1484. Both were buried at Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon, Essex, but later reburied at Little Easton, Essex.[8] Footnotes[edit] 1. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 400–404. 2. Cokayne states that he was attainted. 3. Harriss 2004. 4. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 15, 1222 5. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3. 6. Weir states that there were three additional children, Laura Bourchier (b.1440), who married John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon; Florence Bourchier (d. 1525); and Hugh Bourchier, died young. 7. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3. 8. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3.
Birth	14093
Title		Countess of Essex1
Death	2 Oct 1484 (age 74-75)3
Burial		Little Easton Church, Essex, England3

Child 1: William Bourchier - Viscount Bourchier

Name:	William Bourchier - Viscount Bourchier1
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Anne Woodville (c. 1438-1489)
Children:	Henry Bourchier - 2nd Earl of Essex (1472-1539)
	Isabel Bourchier ( - )
	Cecile Bourchier ( - )
Note:	On 14 April 1471, William fought at the Battle of Barnet on the side of the Yorkists who won a decisive victory.4
Title		Viscount Bourchier1
Death	26 Jun 14804

Child 2: Henry Bourchier

Name:	Henry Bourchier1
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Elizabeth Scales (c. 1436-1473)
Note:	no issue
Birth	c. 1434	Great Totham, Essex, England1
Child Count		0
Death	12 Aug 1458 (age 23-24)1

Child 3: Thomas Bourchier

Name:	Thomas Bourchier1
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Isabel Barre ( - )
Note:	no issue
Death	14921

Child 4: John Bourchier - 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby

Name:	John Bourchier - 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby1
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Elizabeth Ferrers ( - )
Spouse 2:	Elizabeth Chichele ( - )
Note:	Sir John Bourchier (c. 1438 – 1495) was a 15th-century English knight and nobleman. He was steward of the Honour of Richmond.[1] Bourchier fought in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 on the side of King Richard III.[1] Bourchier was the fourth son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and his wife Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex.[1] Before 2 May 1462, Bourchier married to the heiress Lady Elizabeth Grey, widow of Sir Edward Grey, jure uxoris 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 18 December 1457).[1] Lady Elizabeth was the granddaughter and heiress of William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby in her own right.[1] When Lady Ferrers remarried to Bourchier, he received the title of Baron Ferrers of Groby (jure uxoris).[1] They had no issue.[1] After the death of Lady Ferrers, Bourchier remarried to Elizabeth Chichele before 6 July 1490.[1] Bourchier left a will dated 4 June 1495 in which he requested his burial in Bilegh Abbey, Essex, next to the tomb of his parents.[1] According to some sources Bourchier died in Spain. ~~~ Source[1] Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161–164.
Title		6th Baron Ferrers of Groby
Death	14952

Child 5: Humphrey Bourchier - 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell

Name:	Humphrey Bourchier - 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell1
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Joan Stanhope ( - )
Death	14 Apr 1471	Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England

Child 6: Florence Bourchier

Name:	Florence Bourchier1
Sex:	Female
Death	c. 1525

Child 7: Fulke Bourchier

Name:	Fulke Bourchier1
Sex:	Male
Child Count		0
Death		died young

Child 8: Hugh Bourchier

Name:	Hugh Bourchier1
Sex:	Male
Child Count		0
Death		died young

Child 9: Edward Bourchier

Name:	Edward Bourchier1
Sex:	Male
Note:	Killed in the Battle of Wakefield
Death	30 Dec 1460

Child 10: Isabel Bourchier

Name:	Isabel Bourchier1
Sex:	Female
Child Count		0
Death		died young

Child 11: Laura Bourchier - Countess of Devon

Name:	Laura Bourchier - Countess of Devon
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	John Courtenay ( -1471)
Birth	14402
Title		Countess of Devon

Sources

1	"Tudor Place Website" (http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm).

2	"Wikipedia" (en.wikipedia.org). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bourchier,_1st_Earl_of_Essex.

3	Ibid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_of_Cambridge,_Countess_of_Essex.

4	Ibid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Woodville.