William Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin

Aft 1412 - 1470  (57 years)

• Name	William Bourchier
  Birth	Aft 1412  [2]
  Land/House	15 Aug 1437 (24 years)  [1]
  On 15 August 1437 the King took the fealty of William, and he and his wife, Thomasine, had livery of the lands which her father, Sir Richard Hankeford, had held by the courtesy after the death of Elizabeth his 1st wife, and also of Thomasme's purparty of her father's lands.
  Offices Held	2 Jan 1448/49 (36 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  He was summoned to Parliament as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford on 2 January 1448/49.
  Oath	24 Jul 1455 (42 years)  [1]
  He was one of the Lords who swore allegiance to the King on 24 July 1455 in Parliament after the first battle of St. Albans.
  Offices Held	10 May 1461 (48 years)  [1]
  On 10 May 1461 he was appointed Master Forester of the forests of Exmoor and Neroche for life.
  Death	1469/70  [2]
  Burial	1469/70	St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England   [3]
  Siblings	2 brothers
  > 1. Sir John Bourchier, KG, Baron Berners   d. 16 May 1474 ▻ Margery Berners   2. Sir Henry Bourchier, Count of Eu, KG,   b. Abt 1404   d. 4 Apr 1483  (Age 79 years) + 3. William Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin,   b. Aft 1412   d. 1469/70  (Age 57 years) ▻ Thomasine Hankeford, Baroness FitzWarin,  m. Before 3 Aug 1437 ;   Katherine de Affeton,  m. Before 9 Jan 1448/49
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert de Bourchier   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Mor ingen Muirchertaig   d. 1164  (10 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I7048	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Wikipedia gives his birth date as 1407. [3]

  
  

Father	Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu,   b. 1374, Little Eaton, Essex, England d. 28 May 1420, Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France (Age 46 years)
Mother	Anne, Countess of Buckingham, Herefored, and Northampton,   b. Apr 1383, Pleshey, Essex, England d. 16 Oct 1438, England (Age 55 years)
Family ID	F5182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Thomasine Hankeford, Baroness FitzWarin,   b. 23 Feb 1423, Tawstock, Devonshire, England d. 3 Jul 1453 (Age 30 years)
Marriage	Before 3 Aug 1437  [1, 2, 3]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 24 years and 8 months - She : 14 years and 6 months.
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
+   1. Fulk Bourchier,   b. 25 Oct 1445, Braunton, Devonshire, England d. 18 Sep 1479, England (Age 33 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Elizabeth Dinham  m. Abt 1467 >   2. Blanche Bourchier   d. 4 Jan 1483  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Phililp Beaumont of Shirwell
Family ID	F5180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	28 Oct 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Katherine de Affeton   d. 26 Mar 1467
Marriage	Before 9 Jan 1448/49  [1, 2, 3]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 36 years and 1 month - She : ??.
Family ID	F8914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	28 Oct 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin(Aft 1412 – 1469/70) 2Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu(1374 – 1420) 4William Bourchier 8Robert Bourchier( – 1349) 16John Bourchier 17Helen Colchester 9Margaret Prayers 18Sir Thomas de Prayers(1270 – 1348) 19Anne de Essex(Abt 1285 – 1337) 5Eleanor de Louvaine(1345 – 1397) 10John de Louvaine 20 21 11Margaret Weston 22 23 3Anne, Countess of Buckingham, Herefored, and Northampton(1383 – 1438) 6Thomas of Woodstock, KG, Duke of Gloucester(7 Jan 1354/55 – 1397) 12Edward III, King of England(1312 – 1377) 24Edward II, King of England(1284 – 1327) 25Isabella "the Fair" of France(1292 – 1358) 13Philippa of Hainault(1311 – 1369) 26William III d'Avêsnes, Count of Hainault and Holland(Abt 1286 – 1337) 27Jeanne de Valois(Abt 1294 – 1342) 7Eleanor de Bohun(1366 – 1399) 14Sir Humphrey de Bohun IX, KG, Earl of Hereford and Essex(24 Mar 1341/42 – 16 Jan 1372/73) 28Sir William de Bohun, KG, Earl of Northampton(Abt 1309 – 1360) 29Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton( – 1356) 15Joan FitzAlan(1347 – 1419) 30Sir Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel(1306 – 24 Jan 1375/76) 31Eleanor de Lancaster( – 1372)

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - 1469/70 - St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1444] Cokayne, George E. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland Volume V (L-M), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1926). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S304] Wikipedia, William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin.