The Bourchier and Bowker Pages

Discovering the ancestry of the South African Bowkers, and the English Bourchiers

Matches 251 to 300 of 456

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251	Marriage Status: Divorced	Family: Peter Murray Rennell Rodd / Nancy Mitford (F460)
252	Marriage Status: Divorced	Family: Derek Ainslie Jackson / Pamela Mitford (F461)
253	Marriage Status: Unmarried Couple	Family: Lord John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners / Elizabeth Becon (F185)
254	Marriage Status: Unmarried Couple	Family: Sir Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron Bourchier / Elizabeth Southwell (F521)
255	Marriage Status: Unmarried Couple	Family: Edward Plantagenet, King Edward I of England / Maud De Lusignan (F531)
256	Mary Cornwallis was the daughter of Thomas Cornwallis and Anne Jerningham. She secretly married, on 15 Dec 1578, William Bourchier, Earl of Bath, though the connivance of her brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Kytson, who was the young earl's uncle. The marriage was later repudiated, according to some sources because the earl's mother, Frances Kytson, by then remarried to William Barnaby, would not consent to the match. A trial over the matter was instituted in May 1590 and the marriage was annulled on 28 Apr 1581. In 1582, Bourchier married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of the Earl of Bedford. Mary, however, did not accept this turn of events. She continued to style herself countess of Bath for the rest of her life and to stir up controversy over the matter. It was still a hot button issue in 1600, when poet Francis Davison, who had a connection to the Russell family, published his "Answer to Mrs. Mary Cornwallis". Included in Davison's account of the affair were charges that Mary had "lived an incontinent and lewd life" and had borne a child to her lover, one Francis Southwell, before she seduced William Bourchier into agreeing to marry her. On the other side of the argument, Sir Thomas Kyston left his sister-in-law £300 in his will in Jun 1601 and included in it a statement of his belief that she was the rightful Countess of Bath. from http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm#John BOURCHIER (5º B. Fitzwaryn) ~~~~~~~~~~	Bourchier, William 3rd Earl of Bath (I427)
257	Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants caused her opponents to give her the sobriquet "Bloody Mary". She was the only child of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon who survived to adulthood. Her younger half-brother Edward VI (son of Henry and Jane Seymour) succeeded their father in 1547. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because of religious differences. On his death their first cousin once removed, Lady Jane Grey, was initially proclaimed queen. Mary assembled a force in East Anglia and successfully deposed Jane, who was ultimately beheaded. Mary was—excluding the disputed reigns of Jane and the Empress Matilda—the first queen regnant of England. In 1554, Mary married Philip of Spain, becoming queen consort of Habsburg Spain on his accession in 1556. As the fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Mary is remembered for her restoration of Roman Catholicism after the short-lived Protestant reign of her half-brother. During her five-year reign, she had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions. Her re-establishment of Roman Catholicism was reversed after her death in 1558 by her younger half-sister and successor Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn.	Tudor, Mary Queen Mary I (I263)
258	Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband (who was also her first cousin), William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of her Roman Catholic father, James II and VII and recognition of a constitutionalized English Bill of Rights. William became sole ruler upon her death in 1694. Popular histories usually refer to their joint reign as that of "William and Mary". Mary wielded less power than William when he was in England, ceding most of her authority to him, though he heavily relied on her. She did, however, act alone when William was engaged in military campaigns abroad, proving herself to be a powerful, firm, and effective ruler.	Stuart, Quen Mary Queen Mary II (I1330)
259	Mary Say was the daughter of Sir William Say of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire (1450- December 4, 1529) and Elizabeth Fray and the sister of Elizabeth Say, first wife of William Blount, 4th baron Mountjoy. Because of this connection, she is often misidentified as Blount’s sister. She married Henry Bourchier, earl of Essex (1471-March 30, 1540). The marriage settlement was dated March 12, 1497. Elizabeth married Mountjoy in 1499. By mid-1505, Essex and Mountjoy were engaged in litigation over the sisters’ dowries. The matter was not settled until 1515. Meanwhile, in 1501, Mary was in attendance on Catherine of Aragon after her marriage to Prince Arthur. In 1529, she was one of those to give testimony about whether or not Catherine’s marriage had been consummated. In 1506, the Essex household included both Charles Brandon, who was Essex’s master of horse, and Anne Browne, former maid of honor to Elizabeth of York and Brandon’s on again, off again wife. The household, in Knightriders Street, London and Stanstead Hall in Halstead, became a center for young courtiers including Brandon, Walter, Lord Ferrers, Richard, earl of Kent, Sir John Hussey, and Hussey’s eldest son, William. Mary was one of Catherine of Aragon’s ladies in waiting in 1509. She had only one child, a daughter, Anne (1517-January 28, 1571). from http://www.tudorwomen.com/?page_id=707	Say, Mary (I359)
260	Mary, Princess Royal (Mary Henrietta; 4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660) was Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau as the wife of Prince William II. She was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France. Her only child later reigned as King William III of England and Ireland and II of Scotland. Mary was the first daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. She was co-regent for her son as Sovereign Prince of Orange from 1651 to 1660. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Princess_Royal_and_Princess_of_Orange	Stuart, Mary Henrietta Princess Royal (I1318)
261	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Bowker, Captain David Bourchier (I1473)
262	Media Date: 13 May 1515	Family: Viscount Lisle Charles Brandon / Mary Tudor (F36)
263	Media Date: ABT 1508	Family: Viscount Lisle Charles Brandon / Anne Browne (F37)
264	Member of Parliament for Albany. Thomas Bourchier BOWKER died 21 July 1964 in the Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Eastern Cape as per "Familia," 1964 Vol 1 Issue 1 Pg 6. He was educated in 1907 Marist Brothers, Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. Between 1936 and 1964 he was M.P. for Albany, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. He was educated Hon.Dr.LLB, in 1964 Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Albany, Republic of South Africa. He was educated Rockliffe School, Sidbury, Cape of Good Hope. He was Orange River Irrigation Scheme. He was an Ostrich Farmer with Norman White until the feather slump in 1914. "Thomas Bourchier BOWKER, M.P. for Albany since 1936, had just applied for membership to the GSSA when he died suddenly of a stroke in the Bedford Hospital on the 21st July 1964. Affectionately known as Uncle Tom. He was the son of Bouchier BOWKER and was born in Bedford on 28th September 1889. He married Gladys Elaine HART who predeceased him earlier this year. They leave two sons and a daughter. Tom Bowker worked for many years on the Orange River Irrigation Scheme and was at last successful in getting the Government to take up this work with its series of dams and waterways. He was also the prime mover in the 1820 Settler Monument now being built in Grahamstown. Unfortunately he did not live to see these two projects realised. I.B.M". "1. Went to Rockcliffe School, Sidbury then wrote matric at Marist Brothers, Port Elizabeth in 1907. Ostrich farming with Norman White until the feather slump of 1914. Then Sheep Farming. MP for Albany 1936 - 1964. Hon. Dr. of Law from Rhodes University in 1964. 2. He was the founder of the 1820 Settler Monument in Grahamstown for which he personally canvassed great sums of money. Allied to it were the Settler Museum, the Indigenous Nature Reserve and the Student Bursaries. 3. He published many books of Settler Memoirs and marked historical Settler sites. Extract from 'The Bowkers of Tharfield' by Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton. "The passing of the Marketing Act, Children's Act and the string of social legislation which has been placed on the statute books during the Smuts Regime received his particular attention. He was a personal friend of General Hertzog but voted in favour of the Declaration of War on the 4th September 1939. He was Captain on the Reserve of Officers and endeavoured to resign his seat in Parliament and volunteered for active service. General Smuts personally prevented this. He was the first Member of Parliament to take a Military Course at Roberts' Heights during World War II and passed his Captain's examination with merit."	Bowker, Thomas Bourchier Hon. Dr. LLB., M.P. (I1469)
265	Member of the privy council of Henry VII. In 1492 he was present at the siege of Boulogne. At the knighthood of Henry, Duke of York (Henry VIII), the Earl took a prominent part in the ceremonies, and was one of the challengers at the jousts held in honour of the event. In 1497 he commanded a detachment against the rebels at Blackheath. He accompanied the King and Queen when they crossed to Calais in 1500, to hold an interview with the Duke of Burgundy. The next year he was one of those appointed to meet Catalina de Aragon. On the accession of Henry VIII he was made captain of the new bodyguard. During the early years of the king's reign he took a prominent part in the revels in which Henry delighted. Constant references may be found in the State Papers to the earl's share in these entertainments. For example, in 1510 he and others, the King among the number, dressed themselves as Robin Hood's men in a revel given for the Queen's delectation. He was also constantly employed in state ceremonies, such as meeting papal envoys, as in 1514, when the Pope sent Henry a cap and sword; in 1515, when he met the prothonotary who brought over the cardinal's hat for Wolsey; and in 1524, when Dr. Hanyball came over with the golden rose for the King. These and such like engagements necessarily put him to great expense. He received some grants from Henry, and appears both as a pensioner and a debtor of the crown. On one occasion his tailor seems to have had some difficulty in getting his bill settled. He served at the seiges of Terouenne and Tournay as 'leiutenant-general of the spears' (Herbert) in 1513, and the next year was made chief captain of the king's forces. When the king's sister Margaret, widow of James IV and wife of the Earl of Angus, sought refuge in England, the Earl of Essex, in company with the King, Suffolk, and Sir George Carew, held the lists in the jousts given in her honour. In 1520 he attended the King at the celebrated meeting held at Guisnes. He sat as one of the judges of the Duke of Buckingham, and received the Manor of Bedminster as his share of the Duke's estates. In 1525, when engaged in raising money for the crown from the men of Essex, he wrote to Wolsey, pointing out the danger of an insurrection, and by the king's command took a company to the borders of Essex and Suffolk to overawe the malcontents. On a division being made of the council in 1526 for purposes of business, his name was placed with those who were to treat of matters of law. He joined in the letter sent by a number of English nobles to Clement VII in 1530, warning him that unless he hastened the king's divorce, his supremacy would be endangered. Bore the Sword of State at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Henry Bourchier died in 1539 when his neck was broken after being thrown from a horse. As he had no male issue by Mary, his wife, his Earldom of Essex and Viscounty of Bourchier became extinct. His Barony descended to his daughter Anne, who married William Parr, afterwards Earl of Essex. see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bourchier,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex	Bourchier, Henry 2nd Earl of Essex (I356)
266	Merchant of Tower Hill, London. Of Little Stambridge, Essex.	Bourchier, Sir James (I1217)
267	Merged 08/01/2011 17:18 gillian_mauchan@hotmail.com	Source (S1878)
268	Merged 11/05/2013 18:57	Source (S1892)
269	Merged 28/08/2010 18:35	Source (S1320)
270	Microfilm# 1560877 Methodist Parish Records Somerset East Christenings: 1822-1858 Item 9 Entry #30 Child: Hannah Maria BOWKER Parents: Miles and Hannah Maria Born: 4/26/1820 Baptized: 4/20/1823 Abode: Lyndock Minister: William THRELFALL	Bowker, Anna Maria (I1014)
271	Miles Bowker was born at Deckhams Hall in Gateshead.	Bowker, (8) Miles (I472)
272	Mitford-Barberton, Ivan & White, Violet, Some Frontier Families (Name: Human & Rousseau Publishers (1968), Cape Town;), ABBR .	Source (S18)
273	Monycabo	Fleming, David (I60)
274	MOOC 6/9/42 R8947 DEATH NOTICE: Name of Deceased: John Mitford BOWKER Place of Birth: England Names of Parents: Miles BOWKER Anna Maria BOWKER Age of Deceased: 45 years Condition in Life: Farmer Married: Name of Surviving Spouse: Mary Ann STANDEN Date of Death: 11 April 1847 Place of Death: Palmietfontein, Albany, Cape of Good Hope Names of Children: Duncan Campbell BOWKER John Mitford BOWKER Thomas BOWKER Miles Bouchier BOWKER Mary Ann BOWKER Signed by W.M. BOWKER, Brother.	Bowker, Lieutenant John Mitford (I1006)
275	MP of Dungarrow 1692 and Armagh 1715	Bourchier, Charles (I1395)
276	Name Oswald Francis Bowker Gender Male Birth Date 03 Mar 1862 Birthplace LEITH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND Father's Name John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker Mother's Name Elizabeth Cumming	Bowker- Keenan, Oswald Francis (I1433)
277	Name: Elizabeth Margaret Bowker Gender: Female Baptism Date: 22 Jan 1832 Baptism Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England Father: John Harrison Bowker Mother: Margaret FHL Film Number: 1469097	Bowker, (H) Elizabeth Margaret (I1284)
278	Name: John Find Durham Bourchier Bowker Gender: Male Baptism Date: 1 Jul 1830 Baptism Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England Father: John Harrison Bowker Mother: Margaret FHL Film Number: 1469097 Reference ID: item 6 p 30	Bowker, John Hinde Durham Bourchier (I1430)
279	Name: John Hinde Durham Bowker Gender: Male Age: 26 Birth Date: 1830 Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1856 Marriage Place: Greatconnel, Kild, Ire Father: John Bowker Spouse: Elizabeth Cummins FHL Film Number: 101379 Reference ID: 2:3R1SP0P	Family: John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker / Elizabeth Cummins (F618)
280	Nettlestead, Suffolk	Wentworth, Henry (I208)
281	Never married	Mitford, Michael (I497)
282	Never married	Mitford, Sarah Frances (I801)
283	never married	Plantagenet, John of Eltham (I1154)
284	never married	Bowker, (H) Elizabeth Margaret (I1284)
285	never married - not mentioned in his mothers will.	Bowker, James (I1291)
286	Nicholas owned parcels of land in Mitford	de Mitford, Nicholas (I652)
287	niece of Ralph, Lord Cromwell	Stanhope, Joan Baroness Cromwell (I367)
288	no issue	Bourchier, Mary (I284)
289	no issue	Bourchier, Henry (I346)
290	no issue	de la Barre, Isabel Countess of Devon (I365)
291	no issue	Plantagenet, Joan of the Tower (I1157)
292	no issue	Stuart, Princess Elizabth (I1321)
293	no issue	Stuart, Henry Duke of Gloucester (I1324)
294	no issue with Elizabeth	Bourchier, Humphrey (I289)
295	no issue.	Herbert (I659)
296	No issue.	Mitford, Charles Burney (I813)
297	no issue. Frances was the eldest daughter of Captain Henry Mitford, RN, of Exbury. Bertram O. was her cousin?	Mitford, Frances (I690)
298	Noel Bourchier has her name as Margaret Bannister	Bannister, Mary (I292)
299	Not married	Family: King Henry Tudor, King Henry VIII, Duke of Cornwall / Elizabeth Blount (F18)
300	Not married	Family: King Edward York, King Edward IV / (F71)

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