Family/Spouse: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Cambridge. Richard (son of Edmund Plantagenet, of Langley, 1st Duke of York) was born on 20 Jul 1375 in Conisbrough Castle, Yorkshire; died on 5 Aug 1415. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex (1409 – 2 October 1484) was the only daughter of Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. She was the sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and like him a great-grandchild of Edward III of England.

Early life
Isabel of York, the only daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Lady Anne de Mortimer, was born about 1409.[1] On her father's side she was the granddaughter of King Edward III's fourth surviving son, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and his first wife, Isabella of Castile. On her mother's side she was the granddaughter of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (grandson of Lionel of Antwerp) and Lady Alianore Holland (granddaughter of Lady Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales).

Isabel's father, Richard, Earl of Cambridge, was beheaded on 5 August 1415 for his part in the Southampton Plot against King Henry V, and although the Earl's title was forfeited, he was not attainted,[2] and Isabel's brother, Richard, then aged four, was his father's heir.[3] Moreover within a few months of his father's death, Richard's childless uncle, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, was slain at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, and Isabel's brother was eventually his uncle's heir as well.

Marriages and issue
In 1412, at three years of age, Isabel was betrothed to Sir Thomas Grey (1404 – d. before 1426), son and heir of Sir Thomas Grey (c.1385-1415) of Heaton in Norham, Northumberland, and his wife, Alice Neville, the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. They had one son.[4]

She married secondly, before 25 April 1426, the marriage being later validated by papal dispensation, Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, by whom she had seven sons and one daughter, Isabel.[5]

William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480), who married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cecily Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley;
Sir Henry Bourchier (d. 1462), who married Elizabeth Scales, 8th Baroness Scales.
Humphrey Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471), slain at the Battle of Barnet.
John Bourchier, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d.1495), who married firstly Elizabeth Ferrers, and secondly Elizabeth Chichelle.
Sir Thomas Bourchier (b. prior to 1448 d. 1492), who married Isabella Barre.
Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460), slain at the Battle of Wakefield.
Fulk Bourchier, died young.
Isabel Bourchier, died young.[6]

Death
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, died on 4 April 1483. Isabel remained a widow and died on 2 October 1484.[7] A manuscript calendar records her death on VI Non Oct in 1484. Both were buried at Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon, Essex, but later reburied at Little Easton, Essex.[8]

Footnotes[edit]
1. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 400–404.
2. Cokayne states that he was attainted.
3. Harriss 2004.
4. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 15, 1222
5. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3.
6. Weir states that there were three additional children, Laura Bourchier (b.1440), who married John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon; Florence Bourchier (d. 1525); and Hugh Bourchier, died young.
7. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3.
8. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3.

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas Grey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Lord Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex before 25 Apr 1426. Henry (son of Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu) was born in 1406; died on 4 Apr 1483; was buried in Little Easton Church, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), was a leading English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father and a great-great-great-grandson of that king through his mother. He inherited great estates, and served in various offices of state in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, and in England, ultimately governing the country as Lord Protector during Henry VI's madness. His conflicts with Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, and other members of Henry's court, as well as his competing claim on the throne, were a leading factor in the political upheaval of mid-fifteenth-century England, and a major cause of the Wars of the Roses. Richard eventually attempted to take the throne but was dissuaded, although it was agreed that he would become King on Henry's death (being Lord Protector and Prince of Wales in the meantime). Within a few weeks of securing this agreement, he died in battle.

Although Richard never became king himself, he was the father of Edward IV and Richard III.

Within a few weeks of Richard of York's death, his eldest surviving son was acclaimed King Edward IV, and finally established the House of York on the throne following a decisive victory over the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton. After an occasionally tumultuous reign, he died in 1483 and was succeeded by his son as Edward V, and York's youngest son succeeded him as Richard III.

Richard of York's grandchildren included Edward V and Elizabeth of York. Elizabeth married Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty, and became the mother of Henry VIII, Margaret Tudor, and Mary Tudor. All subsequent English monarchs have been descendants of Elizabeth of York, and, therefore, of Richard of York.

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_of_York,_3rd_Duke_of_York

Family/Spouse: Cecily Neville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan Stanhope, Baroness Cromwell. Joan (daughter of Sir Richard Stanhope, Knight and Maud de Cromwell) was born in 1434 in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 10 Nov 1490. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 14 April 1471, William fought at the Battle of Barnet on the side of the Yorkists who won a decisive victory.

William married Anne /Woodville Viscountess Bourchier, Countess of Kent before 15 Aug 1467. Anne (daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta, of Luxembourg) was born about 1438 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England; died on 30 Jul 1489; was buried in Warden, Bedfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

no issue

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Scales. Elizabeth was born about 1436; died on 2 Sep 1473. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabel de la Barre, Countess of Devon. Isabel was born in 1453 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire; died in 1489. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.
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Source[1] Douglas Richardson. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161–164.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ferrers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Chichele. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Killed in the Battle of Wakefield

Family/Spouse: John Courtenay. John died in 1471 in Tewkesbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: A7E9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D37436BFE7
• Coronation: 28 Jun 1461, Westminster

Notes:

Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was the King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470,[1][2] and again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was the first Yorkist King of England.[3] The first half of his rule was marred by the violence associated with the Wars of the Roses, but he overcame the Lancastrian challenge to the throne at Tewkesbury in 1471 to reign in peace until his sudden death. Before becoming king, he was 4th Duke of York,[4] 7th Earl of March, 5th Earl of Cambridge and 9th Earl of Ulster. He was also the 65th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

Edward married Elizabeth Woodville on 1 May 1464 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta, of Luxembourg) died in Jun 1492 in Bermondsey Abbey; was buried on 12 Jun 1492 in St George's Chapel, Windsor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485, at the age of 32, in the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the subject of the fictional historical play Richard III by William Shakespeare.

When his brother King Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old Edward V. As the young king travelled to London from Ludlow, Richard met and escorted him to lodgings in the Tower of London, where Edward V's own brother Richard of Shrewsbury joined him shortly afterwards. Arrangements were made for Edward's coronation on 22 June 1483; but, before the young king could be crowned, his father's marriage to his mother Elizabeth Woodville was declared invalid, making their children illegitimate and ineligible for the throne. On 25 June, an assembly of Lords and commoners endorsed the claims. The following day, Richard III began his reign, and he was crowned on 6 July 1483. The young princes were not seen in public after August, and accusations circulated that the boys had been murdered on Richard's orders, giving rise to the legend of the Princes in the Tower.

Of the two major rebellions against Richard, the first, in October 1483, was led by staunch allies of Edward IV[1] and Richard's former ally, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham;[2] but the revolt collapsed. In August 1485, Henry Tudor and his uncle, Jasper Tudor, led a second rebellion against Richard. Henry Tudor landed in southern Wales with a small contingent of French troops and marched through his birthplace, Pembrokeshire, recruiting soldiers. Henry's force engaged Richard's army and defeated it at the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire. Richard was struck down in the conflict, making him the last English king to die in battle on home soil and the first since Harold II was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

After the battle Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp.[3] His original tomb is believed to have been destroyed during the Reformation, and his remains were lost for more than five centuries.[4] In 2012, an archaeological excavation was conducted on a city council car park on the site once occupied by Greyfriars Priory Church. The University of Leicester identified the skeleton found in the excavation as that of Richard III as a result of radiocarbon dating, comparison with contemporary reports of his appearance, and comparison of his mitochondrial DNA with that of two matrilineal descendants of Richard III's eldest sister, Anne of York.[5][6][7] Richard's remains were reburied in Leicester Cathedral on 26 March 2015

Following a decisive Yorkist victory over the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury, Richard married Anne Neville, the younger daughter of the Earl of Warwick, on 12 July 1472.[28] By the end of 1470 Anne had previously been wedded to Edward of Westminster, only son of Henry VI, to seal her father's allegiance with the Lancastrian party.[29] Edward died at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471,[30] while Warwick had died at the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471.[31] Richard's marriage plans brought him into conflict with his brother George:[32] John Paston’s letter of 17 February 1472 makes it clear that George was not happy about the marriage but grudgingly accepted it on the basis that "he may well have my Lady his sister-in-law, but they shall part no livelihood".[33] The reason was the inheritance Anne shared with her elder sister Isabel, whom George had married in 1469. It was not only the earldom that was at stake; Richard Neville had inherited it as a result of his marriage to Anne Beauchamp, who was still alive (and outlived both her daughters) and was technically the owner of the substantial Beauchamp estates, her own father having left no male heirs



see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England

Richard married Anne Neville on 12 Jul 1472. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir John Devereux, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Chartley. John was born in 1464; died on 5 Mar 1500. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Henry married Mary Say on 12 Mar 1497. Mary (daughter of Sir William Say and Elizabeth Fray) was born in 1485 in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire; died on 5 Jun 1535. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Mary Blount about 1536. Mary was born in 1498; died in 1555. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A6220CEE05D7D711BA228E18B8357A36A5C7
• Coronation: 25 Nov 1487, Westminster Abbey

Notes:

Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was queen consort of England from 1486 until her death. As the wife of Henry VII, she was the first Tudor queen. She was the daughter of Edward IV, niece of Richard III and married the king following Henry's victory at the Battle of Bosworth which ended the Wars of the Roses. She was the mother of Henry VIII.

Elizabeth married King Henry Tudor, King Henry VII on 18 Jan 1486. Henry (son of Knight Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort) was born on (28 Jan 1456/1457) in Pembroke Castle; died on 21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CEE9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D37436E657

Cecily married Ralph Scrope after Jun 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecily married Viscount Welles John Welles between 25 Nov 1487 and 1 Jan 1488. John died on (9 Feb 1498/1499) in "Pasmer's Place", St Sithes Lane; was buried in Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecily married Thomas Kyme in (Possibly 13 May 1502 - Jan/Mar 1503/4). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: DEE9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D37436F657

Notes:

Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of March and Earl of Pembroke

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• _UID: E0E9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D37436F877

Notes:

Brother of King Edward V, Earl of Nottingham from 12 June 1476; Earl of Warenne and Duke of Norfolk fron Beb 1476

Richard married Anne Mowbray, Baroness Mowbray and Baroness Segrave on (15 Jan 1477/1478) in St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster. Anne (daughter of 4th Duke of Norfolk John Mowbray and Elizabeth Talbot) was born on 10 Dec 1472; was christened on 17 Dec 1472 in Framlingham, Suffolk; died before 26 Nov 1481; was buried in Chapel of St Erasmus, Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 19EAF64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D374363216

Notes:

Buried:
Removed later to Framlingham

Anne married Lord Howard Thomas Howard on (4 Feb 1494/1495) in Greenwich. Thomas (son of Earl of Surrey Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Tylney, Countess of Surrey) was born in 1473; died on 25 Aug 1554 in Kenninghall, Norfolk; was buried on 2 Oct 1554 in Framlingham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: F2E9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D374360A97

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• Title: Viscount Lisle
• _UID: B0E9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D37436C877

Notes:

Illegitimate

The name of Arthur Plantagenet's mother is unknown. She is said by some to be the "Lady Elizabeth Lucy", by others the notorious Jane Shore, and by others one Elizabeth Waite, he himself being at first known as Arthur Waite.

Died:
He died "it is said of joy at the King having ordered his release on being convinced of his innocence, and is said to have been bur. there."

without male issue

Arthur married Baroness Lisle in her own right Elizabeth Grey on 12 Nov 1511. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Grey and Elizabeth Talbot) died about 1530. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Honor Grenville in (BEF 20 Feb 1530/1531). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]