Sir John Bourchier ( 1438 – 1495) was a 15th-century English knight and nobleman. He was steward of the Honour of Richmond.Douglas Richardson. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial And Medieval Families,'' 2nd Edition, 2011. pp. 161–164. Bourchier fought in the

Battle of Bosworth The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 Au ...

in 1485 on the side of King Richard III. Bourchier was the fourth son of

Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG ( – 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 gr ...

and his wife Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex. 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). Lady Elizabeth was the granddaughter and heiress of William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby in her own right. When Lady Ferrers remarried to Bourchier, he received the title of Baron Ferrers of Groby ('' jure uxoris''). They had no issue. After the death of Lady Ferrers, Bourchier remarried to Elizabeth Chichele before 6 July 1490. 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.

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