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b. aft. 1426, yr. s. of Henry Bourgchier (d.1483), count of Eu (later Viscount Bourgchier and earl of Essex), by Isabel (d.1484), da. of Richard, earl of Cambridge. m. bef. Apr. 1455, Joan (c.1427-1480), da. of Sir Richard Stanhope* by Maud, da. of Ralph, Lord Cromwell (d.1417), and niece and coh. of Ralph, Lord Cromwell (d.1456), 1s. cr. Lord Cromwell 28 Jan. 1461; Kntd. 27 June 1461.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1460, ?1467.

Steward, lands of Bp. Bourgchier and Bp. Grey of Ely in the Isle of Ely, Cambs., Hunts., Norf., Suff., Herts., Essex 15 Jan. 1453-aft. Easter 1458; Cambridge Univ. Lib. Ely Diocesan recs., G1/4 (Reg. Bourgchier), f. 34. Grey may have wished to remove him. In Jan. 1457 our MP took a distraint for arrears of the fee attached to the office, and in Easter term 1458 Grey claimed, unsuccessfully, that he had acted illegally: CP40/789, rot. 481. Richard, duke of York’s and then Cecily, dowager-duchess of York’s lordships of Grantham and Stamford, Lincs. by Oct. 1459-aft. Jan. 1467. SC6/1115/7; William Browne’s Town: Stamford Hall Bk. ed. Rogers, i. 19–20.

Commr. of inquiry, Essex, Suff. Dec. 1455 (piracy), Lincs. July 1456 (value of goods of Sir Nicholas Bowet); E159/232, commissiones Trin. arrest, Kent, Essex, Suff. Jan. 1456 (illegal shippers of grain), Lindsey Nov. 1460, Lincs. May 1461 (Joan, Lady Welles, and her son, Robert), Notts., Derbys. Feb. 1462 (Richard Gaitford), Lincs., Northants., Warws., Worcs., Glos., Som. Oct. 1465 (Margaret, wid. of Sir William Lucy*); array, Lindsey May 1461, Notts. Oct. 1469, Feb. 1470; to urge men to go with the King against the Lancastrians, Lindsey Nov. 1461; of sewers July 1462, Lincs., Norf., Cambs. Nov. 1467, Norf., Cambs. Mar. 1470, Lindsey Feb. 1471; oyer and terminer, London, Mdx. July 1463, Kent, Surr., Mdx. July 1463, Kent, Surr., Mdx. July 1463 (offences of William Isle*), London, Mdx. June 1465, Surr., Suss. June 1465, Notts. July 1466 (obstruction of river Trent), Notts., Derbys., Staffs., Salop, Herefs. Jan. 1468, Notts., Derbys., Staffs., Salop, Herefs., Warws., Worcs. Feb. 1468, Yorks., Cumb., Westmld. May 1469, Lincs. July 1470; gaol delivery, Guildford Mar. 1466, Nov. 1468; C66/515, m. 11d; 522, m. 16d. to distribute allowance on tax, Kesteven June 1468.

Jt. chamberlain of Exchequer 2 Mar. 1456 – bef.19 Dec. 1459; chamberlain, 4 Mar. 1461 – 31 Aug. 1465.

Jt. constable of Nottingham castle and jt. steward of Sherwood forest 2 Mar. 1456 – 18 Dec. 1459; constable and steward 4 Mar. 1461 – d.

J.p. Derbys. 3 Apr. 1456 – Nov. 1458, 8 Dec. 1460 – Nov. 1470, Lindsey 20 May 1456 – Nov. 1470, Holland 20 May 1456 – Dec. 1459, 28 Nov. 1460–70, Kesteven, 18 June 1456 – Nov. 1458, 28 Aug. 1460 – d., Notts. 18 June 1456 – Nov. 1458, 3 Dec. 1460 – Nov. 1470, Leics. 26 Aug. 1460 – July 1461, Surr. 17 Aug. 1464 – Dec. 1470, Suss. 20 Aug. 1464 – Nov. 1470, Norf. 16 Feb. – Dec. 1470.

Ambassador to treat with envoys of the duke of Burgundy at Calais 14 May 1458.

Treasurer of the Chamber aft. 10 July 1460-c.Mar. 1461. E159/243, brevia Mich. rot. 1d; D.A.L. Morgan, ‘King’s Affinity’, TRHS, 5th ser. xxiii. 6–7.

Member of Edw. IV’s Council c.1461–1470. L.S. Woodger, ‘Hen. Bourgchier’ (Oxf. Univ. D. Phil. thesis, 1974), 109–10.

Alderman of the Corpus Christi guild, Boston 1466–7. Harl. 4795, ff. 44–44v.

Parlimentarian
BOURGCHIER, Humphrey (aft. 1426-71), of Tattershall, Lincs.
Main residence: Tattershall, Lincs.
Bourchier, Burghchyer
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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