William Bourchier (1407–1470) ''

jure uxoris ''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...

'' 9th Baron FitzWarin, was an English nobleman. He was summoned to Parliament in 1448 as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford. He was the second son of

William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (137428 May 1420), was an English knight created by King Henry V 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy. Origins He was born in 1374, the son of Sir William Bourchier (d.1375), (the younger son of Robert Bourchier, 1st ...

(c. 1374 – 1420) by his wife

Anne of Gloucester Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford (30 April 1383 – 16 October 1438) was the eldest daughter and eventually sole heiress of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (the fifth surviving son and youngest child of King Edward III), by h ...

, Countess of Stafford.Vivian, p.106 His elder brother was Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404 – 4 April 1483). TombOfThomasineHankfordBourchierBamptonDevon

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Bourchier married twice, firstly to Thomasine Hankford, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Sir

Richard Hankford Sir Richard Hankford (c. 1397–1431) was holder by right of his wife (''jure uxoris'') of the feudal barony of Bampton and part of the feudal barony of Barnstaple in Devon, England. Biography He was the son of Richard Hankford (died 1419), MP fo ...

(c. 1397 – 1431). Thomasine's mother was Elizabeth FitzWarin, 8th Baroness FitzWarin (c. 1404 – c. 1427), sister and heiress of Fulk FitzWarin, 7th Baron FitzWarin (1406–1420),

feudal baron of Bampton The feudal barony of Bampton was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the mediaeval era, and had its ''caput'' at Bampton Castle within the manor of Bampton. Descent Domesday Book The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ' ...

, in Devon. Their children included son and heir

Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (25 October 1445 – 18 September 1479) was the son and heir of William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407–1470) and the father of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath. He was feudal baron of Bampton in Devon. ...

(died 1480) and Blanche Bourchier (died 4 January 1483), who married Philip Beaumont (1432–1473), of

Shirwell Shirwell is a village, civil parish and former manor in the local government district of North Devon, in the county of Devon, England. It was also formerly the name of a hundred of Devon. The village lies about 3.5 miles north-east of the town ...

, Devon. Her stone effigy survives in Shirwell Church. William's second marriage was in 1448 to Catherine de Affeton (died 1467), daughter and heiress of John de Affeton of Affeton, Devon, and widow of Hugh Stucley of Affeton,

Sheriff of Devon The High Sheriff of Devon is the Queen's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, they hold the office for one year. They have judicial, ceremonial and administrative f ...

. Both William Bourchier and his wife Thomasine were buried in Bampton Church. Dugdale quoted the will of his son Fulk Bourchier who bequeathed his body to be buried in the chapel of the Blessed Virgin at Bampton, near the grave of his mother, Lady Thomasine, and he willed that marble stones with inscriptions should be placed on his own grave and that of his father, Lord William, and his mother, Lady Thomasine.Rogers, W.H. Hamilton
The Antient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon
Exeter, 1877, pp.84-6 William and Thomasine's bodies were later interred under the altar flooring.

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Pevsner, Nikolaus Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...

, ''The Buildings of England: Devon''. Yale University Press, 2004. {{ISBN, 978-0-300-09596-8 *Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895.

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1407 births 1470 deaths FitzWarin, William Bourchier, 9th Baron Bourchier family