Sir John Bourchier, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby

1438 - 1495  (57 years)

• Name	John Bourchier  [1]
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	6th Baron Ferrers of Groby
  Birth	1438
  Gender	Male
  Death	1495  [3]
  Person ID	I348	Bourchiers
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Lord Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex,   b. 1406   d. 4 Apr 1483 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Isabel Plantagenet, of Cambridge, Countess of Essex,   b. 1409   d. 2 Oct 1484 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Bef 25 Apr 1426
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Ferrers
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Chichele
  Family ID	F525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Sir John Bourchier (c. 1438 – 1495) was a 15th-century English knight and nobleman. He was steward of the Honour of Richmond.[1] Bourchier fought in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 on the side of King Richard III.[1] Bourchier was the fourth son of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and his wife Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex.[1] Before 2 May 1462, Bourchier married to the heiress Lady Elizabeth Grey, widow of Sir Edward Grey, jure uxoris 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 18 December 1457).[1] Lady Elizabeth was the granddaughter and heiress of William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby in her own right.[1] When Lady Ferrers remarried to Bourchier, he received the title of Baron Ferrers of Groby (jure uxoris).[1] They had no issue.[1] After the death of Lady Ferrers, Bourchier remarried to Elizabeth Chichele before 6 July 1490.[1] Bourchier left a will dated 4 June 1495 in which he requested his burial in Bilegh Abbey, Essex, next to the tomb of his parents.[1] According to some sources Bourchier died in Spain. ~~~ Source[1] Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161–164.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Tudor Place Website, (http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm). [S1884] Bourchier, Noel, (set of charts). [S1870] Wikipedia, (en.wikipedia.org), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bourchier,_1st_Earl_of_Essex.