John (Bourchier), 1st Lord Berners

- 1474

• Name	John (Bourchier)  [1]
  Suffix	1st Lord Berners
  Gender	Male
  Decoration	19 May 1426	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  	Knighthood (knighted by the Duke of Bedford)
  Decoration	Before 23 April 1459  [1]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Hereditary Title	1455 – 1474  [1]
  	1st Lord Berners [E., 1455]
  Office	17 Dec. 1461 – 1474  [1]
  	Constable of Windsor Castle
  Will	21 March 1473/74  [2]
  Died	16 or 21 May 1474  [1]
  Probate	21 June 1474  [2]
  Buried	Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England   [1]
  Person ID	I907	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	5 Jan. 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu,   d. 28 Jan. 1420
  Mother	Lady Anne (Plantagenet), of Gloucester,   b. April 1383,   d. 16 Oct. 1438  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margery Berners,   d. 18 Dec. 1475
  Children	+ 1. Hon. Joan Bourchier,   d. 7 Oct. 1470
  Last Modified	1 Dec. 2018
  Family ID	F498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was summoned to Parliament from 26 May (1455) 33 Hen. VI to 19 Aug. (1472) 12 Edw. IV, by writs directed Johanni Bourghchier de Berners chivaler, whereby he is held to have become Lord Berners. [1] Inq. p. m. 30 Apr. (1476) 16 Edw. IV. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume II, page 153. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume II, page 153. Citing Test. Vet.