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The title Baron Bourchier is an
The title Baron Bourchier is an abeyant
Abeyance (from the Old French ''abeance'' meaning "gaping") is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. ...
peerage which was created in the Peerage of England
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in 1342 for Sir Robert Bourchier, who had been Lord High Chancellor of England from 1340–41.
The title passed through the male line until the death of the third baron in 1409 when it passed to his only daughter, Elizabeth
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. Upon her death in 1433, it was inherited by her cousin, Henry
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, who was later created ''Viscount Bourchier'' in 1446 and Earl of Essex in 1461. On the death of the 2nd Earl of Essex (the 1st earl's grandson) in 1540, the title passed to his only child, Anne
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. She was married to Lord Parr (later created Earl of Essex in 1543 and Marquess of Northampton in 1547) who later divorced Anne and had their children declared illegitimate so they were unable to inherit the barony. When Anne died in 1571, the title passed to her cousin Lord Hereford, who was later created Earl of Essex in 1572. When the 3rd Earl of Essex died without male heirs in 1646, the barony became abeyant between his sisters, the Duchess of Somerset and Lady Dorothy Stafford and their descendants.
Barons Bourchier (1342)
*Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier
Robert Bourchier (or Boussier), 1st Baron Bourchier (d. August 20, 1349) was Lord Chancellor of England, the first layman to hold the post.
Family
Robert Bourchier was the eldest son of John de Bourchier (d.''circa'' 1330) (''alias'' Boucher, B ...
(d. 1349)
*John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier KG (died 21 May 1400), was a soldier and diplomat in the service of the crown
Family
John was the eldest son of Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier and his wife Margaret Prayers. He inherited the title when ...
(d. 1400)
*Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier
Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier (died 18 May 1409) was an English baron.
Family
Bartholomew was the only known child of John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier, and his wife Maud Coggeshall. He inherited the title in 1400.
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He was ...
(d. 1409)
*Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier
Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier (c.1399–1432) was an English noblewoman and landowner.
She was the daughter of Bartholomew Bourchier, 3rd Baron Bourchier. She married twice, and both husbands acquired the title of Baron Bourchie ...
(c.1399–1433)
:First husband: Hugh Stafford, ''jure uxoris'' 4th Baron Bourchier, later 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1420)
:Second husband: Lewis Robessart, ''jure uxoris'' 4th Baron Bourchier (d. 1431)
* Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier (c.1404–1483)
* Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Bourchier, 6th Baron Bourchier (c.1472–1540)
*Anne Bourchier, 7th Baroness Bourchier
Anne Bourchier (1517 – 28 January 1571) was the ''suo jure'' 7th Baroness Bourchier, ''suo jure'' Lady Lovayne, and Baroness Parr of Kendal. She was the first wife of William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, and the sister-i ...
(d. 1571)
:Husband: William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, 1st Baron Parr, 1st Baron Hart (14 August 151328 October 1571), was the only brother of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. He was a "sincere, plain, di ...
(c.1512–1571)
* Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, 8th Baron Bourchier (1541–1576)
* Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 9th Baron Bourchier (1566–1601)
* Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 10th Baron Bourchier (1591–1646), abeyant.
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