1. | Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born on 4 Jul 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England (son of Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy and Eleanor de Louvaine); died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, France; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1374-28 May 1420), was an English knight created by King Henry V 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy. William married Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu on 20 Nov 1405 in Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester) was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy was born about 1 May 1330 in Halstead, Essex, England (son of Sir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier and Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex); died on 5 Jul 1375 in Little Eaton, Essex, England. Notes: William Bourchier (d. 1375), who married Eleanor de Louvaine (d. 1397), daughter and heiress of Sir John de Louvaine (alias Lovayne, etc.) feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex. Their son was William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1386–1420). The eldest grandson of William Bourchier (d. 1375) was Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404–1483) who inherited the Barony of Bourchier from the senior line of the family, being the heir of his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier (d. 1433), suo jure 4th Baroness Bourchier. William + Eleanor de Louvaine. Eleanor (daughter of John de Louvaine) was born on 27 Mar 1345; died on 5 Oct 1397. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Eleanor de Louvaine was born on 27 Mar 1345 (daughter of John de Louvaine); died on 5 Oct 1397. Notes: She was daughter and heiress of Sir John de Louvain (d.1347) (alias Lovayne etc.), feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex. The arms of Louvain were: Gules billety or a fess of the last, often shown with varying number of billets and on occasion with a fess argent, for example in stained glass at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk: Gules, a fess argent, between fourteen billets or. Eleanor was descended from Godfrey de Louvain (d.1226), feudal baron of Little Easton, son of Godfrey III, Count of Louvain (1142-1190), by his 2nd marriage, and half-brother of Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165-1235). His inheritance from his mother's Louvain lands included the Suffolk manors of Bildeston, Hopton, Shelland and "Lovaynes" in Drinkstone, and in Essex Little Easton, Broxted and Aythorpe Roding.
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4. | Sir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier was born on 6 Oct 1306 (son of Sir John de Bourchier, Knight and Helen de Colchester); died on 9 Apr 1349 in Halstead, Essex, England; was buried in Halstead, Essex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Robert Bourchier (or Boussier), 1st Baron Bourchier (died 1349) was Lord Chancellor of England, the first layman to hold the post. Robert + Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex. Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham and Anne, of Essex) was born on 7 Oct 1307 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England; died on 1 Jun 1360 in Little Eaton, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex was born on 7 Oct 1307 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England (daughter of Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham and Anne, of Essex); died on 1 Jun 1360 in Little Eaton, Essex, England. Notes: daughter of Sit Thomas Prayers of Sible Hedingham, Essex
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6. | John de Louvaine died in 1347.
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8. | Sir John de Bourchier, Knight was born about 1278 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England (son of Sir Robert de Bourchier and Emma de Holbroke, of Suffolk); died about 1330. Notes: Judge of the King's Bench in 1321 John + Helen de Colchester. Helen was born in 1281 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England; died in 1349 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Helen de Colchester was born in 1281 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England; died in 1349 in Halstead, Stansted, Essex, England. Notes: daughter of Walter of Colchester
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10. | Sir Thomas Prayers, of Sible Hedingham Thomas + Anne, of Essex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Anne, of Essex Notes: daughter of Hugh of Essex
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