John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier (died 21 May 1400), was a soldier and diplomat in the service of the

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Family

John was the eldest son of Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier and his wife Margaret Prayers. He inherited the title when his father died in 1349, along with estates and property focused around

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Life

John followed his father in pursuing a military career, serving with

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in 1355 and was at the

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in 1364. Other known engagements include being one of the Council to the King's Lieutenant in France in 1370 and being part of the 1379 fleet that was unsuccessful in its attempt to support the Breton Army. In 1384, he was sent as Governor in Chief to Flanders, remaining for 18 months in

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.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 247 He was summoned to Parliament regularly between 1381 and 1399 before being excused due to age and infirmities. He was made

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in 1392. He died 21 May 1400.

Marriage and issue

He married, before 1374, Maud Coggeshall, daughter of Sir John Coggeshall. They had one known son. *

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. Life He was ...

b. 1374, d. 18 May 1409

References

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