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Lord Robert Bourchier & 7605729. Margaret Prayers
~1300, Robert de Burghcher born in England, s/o 15211456. John de Bourchier & 15211457.
Helen de Colchester.
~1305, Margaret born in England, heir & d/o 15211458. Sir Thomas Prayers &
15211459. Anne de Essex.
2/25/1308, Edward II crowned king of England.
2/1/1327 at Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of
England.
1328, Robert heir to his father.
1329, Robert a Knight of the Shire for Essex in parliament.
1330, Robert granted free warren for his 21 lordships in
Essex.
1330, Robert a Knight of the Shire for Essex in parliament.
1332, Robert a Knight of the Shire for Essex in parliament.
1336, Robert granted a license for a park at Halstead.
1337, Robert with King Edward III at the battle of Cadsant,
France, an attack by sea. The locals and soldiers saw
them coming. The French attached the ships with archers. The English landed
with battle axes, sword and lances. Wryneck, Earl of Derby, s/o Henry of
Lancaster, was wounded. The English archers then decimated the French. More
than 3000 French soldiers were killed.
1339, Robert a Knight of the Shire for Essex in parliament.
12/14/1340, Robert appointed Chancellor of England. [Robert,
an opponent of Robert Stratford, then chancellor.]
12/17/1340, Be it remembered that on 14 December the Great
Seal was delivered to Robert de Burghcher, the chancellor, … at the Tower. (S)
CPRs.
12/20/1340, Grant to Robert de Burghcher, the chancellor,…
charges incumbent on him … by reason of his office … of £300 yearly … and £200
towards purveyances of plate and other things necessary for the office. (S)
CPRs.
1/13/1341, “Hugh del Audele (Audley), Earl of Gloucester … [Robert
Bourchier], Chancellor.” (S) UKNA.
1/21/1341, Gift to Robert de Burghcher, the chancellor,… of
100£ yearly … (S) CPRs.
1/27/1341, Commission of oyer … on complaint by Robert de
Bourghchier that … entered his free warren at Retyngdon, co. Essex, and hunted
therein, and carried away his goods there with hares, rabbits, pheasants and
partridges from his warren. (S) CPRs.
3/3/1341, Robert, chancellor, returned to London from a trip
to visit the king at Norwich.
4/2/1341, Licence in mortmain for Robert de Burghcher, the
chancellor, to found a college or chapelry of seculars in the town of Halstede,
co. Essex, … out of the abundance of the king’s affection for the said Robert …
(S) CPRs.
4/1341, Robert generated a proclamation under the Great Seal
to be read in all churches charging ex-chancellor John Stratford with
misappropriation of the king’s funds. Robert and the King withheld a writ of
summons for John Stratford to parliament. [John showed up anyway with a train
of priests.]
1341, Robert refused to sign a bill of the House of Commons
to obey the Magna Carta; although he did seal it and deliver it to the Lords
and Commons. [Robert suggested the King revoke the writ as soon as parliament
adjourned.]
6/3/1341, Robertus Bourghchier granted the right to
crennelate his house into a castle.
8/20/1341, Assignment to Robert de Burghcher, the
chancellor, of £401 10s for wages for himself and 70 men-at-arms, including 2
bannerets and 18 knights, of 25 armed men and 100 archers … (S) CPRs.
10/1341, Robert dismissed as chancellor, Sir Robert Parnyng
[treasurer] replacing him. (S) Syllabus (in English) of the Doc’s relating to
England, 1869, P324.
10/12/1341, Grant to Robert de Burghcher of the custody of
the lands late of John de Claydon, … with the marriage of the said heir. (S)
CPRs.
5/8/1342, Pardon to Robert de Burghcher, knight, and John
his son, for acquiring to them … from John Giffard of Bures and Eleanor his wife,
… manor of Morden, co. Essex … (S) CPRs.
7/6/1343, Commission of oyer and terminer to William Scot,
Ralph de Stafford, Robert de Burghcher, … (S) CPRs.
9/18/1343, Master John de Burghchier, archdeacon of Essex,
acknowledges that the owes to Robert de Burghchier, knight, £600. (S) CCRs.
7/20/1344, Commission of the peace … Robert de Burghcher }
Essex. (S) CPRs.
3/18/1345, Pardon to Robert de Burghcher, in consideration
of his good service especially in attending continually at his own charges upon
the business of the council at London after that he had been removed from the
office of chancellor, of the £8 which he should render at the exchequer yearly
for the custody of the lands late of John Damory, … and of the £22 which he
owes to the king for the marriage of the said heir. (S) CPRs.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of
10000 in Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip
VI, with 8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued.
7/15/1346 at La Hogue, Pardon, for good service done to the
king and especially at the present time in his passage to Normandy, … John
Hood. By K. and testimony of Robert de Burghcher.
8/26/1346, Robert fought at the battle of Crecy under the
Black Prince. North of Paris, Edward III vs. Philip VI, heralded
the rise of the longbow as the dominant weapon, and also saw the use of the
ribauldequin, an early cannon, by the English. The English longbowmen could
fire much more quickly than the Genoese, with a killing range of 250 yards. A
decisive victory, a third of the French forces lost [mainly to arrows] to less
than 100 Englishmen, this started the decline in importance of the mounted
knight, and the rise of England as a European power.
1/2/1347, Pardon to Robert de
Burghcher of £100 of prest money lately delivered to him for his expenses
in going on the king’s service to Brittany. (S) CPRs.
8/16/1347, Licence … county of Essex … for Robert de
Burghcher to bring into cultivation a road in the field of Stanstede, between
land of his on either side … which leads from Halstede towards Colne … to the
house of John atte Hacche … provided that he make another road on his soil for
public use. (S) CPRs.
9/25/1347 at Calais, power to Ralph, baron of Stafford,
Reginald de Cobham, John Darcy and Robert de Burghcher to treat with the
cardinals of Naples and Clermont of peace with Philip de Valois and his allies.
(S) CPRs.
1348, The Black Death entered the west countryside of
England [likely entering through Bristol].
8/1348, Robert Bouchier, leader of the retinue of Joan, d/o
Edward III, as she travelled to Castile to be married.
8/20/1348 in Bordeaux, where the plague had hit, Robert
died.
(S) Irish Pedigrees, O’Hart, 1892, P55. (S) Lives of the
Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, Campbell, 1847, P194.
Family notes:
·
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had
spread across England by the end of 1349. [Usually 2-3 wills were executed in
the town of Colchester, Essex, each year. In the 2 years 1349-50, 111 wills
were executed.].
·
5/2/1412, Licence, for 100 marks … to found a
perpetual chantry … in the church of Halsted for the souls of Robert de
Bourghchier, knight, and Margaret late his wife, John de Bourghchier, knight,
and Maud late his wife, Bartholomew Bourchier, knight, and Margaret and Idonia
his late wives … chantry called ‘Bourchiereschantrie’ … (S) CPRs.
Children of Robert and Margaret:
i. Robert Bourchier,
born ? in England.
11/1348, Robert summoned to parliament.
3/1349, Robert summoned to parliament by writ.
1349, Robert, Lord Bourchier, died of the plague; buried at
Stansted.
ii. John Bourchier,
born 3/12/1329 in Sible, Hedingham, Essex, England.
John, Lord Bouchier, Knight of the Garter, governor of
Gaunt.
5/21/1400, John died, age 71.
iii. William Bouchier
(3802864), born ~1332 in England.
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