15211456.
Sir John de Bourchier & 15211457. Helen de Colchester
~1265, John de
Bousser born in England, s/o §§Robert le Burser & Emma ?. (S) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1905,
P28.
~1275, Helen
born in England, heir & d/o 30422914. Walter de Colchester &
30422915. Joan de Montchensie.
1292, Roger
de Monchensi, son and heir of John, son of Roger de Monchensi, by his
charter releases unto John de Burser all his right and claim in and to one
moiety of the whole manor of Stansted, which said moiety the said John de
Burser was then in possession of.
1298, John le
Bourser acquired property in Stanstead, Essex. (S) Market Towns in Essex.
~1298, John
married Helen.
1303, John
and Ellen bought land in Stanstead from Giles de Colecestre. (S) Market Towns
in Essex.
1304, John
acquired property in Sible Hedingham from a member of the Munchensy family.
1306, John
de Boussier, judge, sent by Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, to represent him in
parliament to address granting aid on the occasion of the Prince of Wales
receiving kinghthood.
7/7/1307,
Edward II succeeded Edward I as King of England.
1308-09, Hertfordshire:
Record and process of assize of novel disseisin before John de Bousser and
others, justices of assize at Hitchin. (S) UKNA.
1309,
Bourchier’s Hall in Messing, Essex, of John de Busser.
1311, John
de Bourchier of Bourchier’s Grange in Great Coggeshall, Essex. (S) A Dictionary
of English Surnames, Reaney, 1991, P371.
1312, John
granted postponement of knighthood for 3 years for a fine of 100s.
1315, John
appointed a justice of the Common Bench. (S) Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries
of Ireland, 1905, P28.
1/15/1316,
John de Bousser appointed with 2 others to take assizes in the counties of
Kent, Surrey and Sussex. (S) CCRs.
12/3/1316, Oliver
Gernoun of Stanstede acknowledges that he owes to John de Bousser £20; to be levied, in default of payment, of his
lands and chattels in the county of Essex. (S) CCRs.
5/22/1317,
Commission of oyer and terminer to John de Bousser, … co. Essex, … (S) CPRs.
7/6/1318, To
John de Bousser and his fellows, justices to take assizes and juries in the
county of Kent. Order to permit the abbot of Battle to have cognisance of all
assizes and juries arramed before them. (S) CCRs.
1319, John a
Conservator of Peace.
9/20/1319,
Commission to John de Bousser, John de Wengrave, … co Middlesex, … (S) CPRs.
7/20/1320,
Appointment of Robert de Rocheford, John de Bousser and John de Dovorr to be
conservators of the peace for the county of Essex. (S) CPRs.
1/6/1321, To
John de Bousser … justices next in eyre at the Tower of London. Order not to
put Bartholomew de Badelesmere in default by reason of the common summons of
the eyre, as the king has warranted him his absence. (S) CCRs.
5/15/1321,
John summoned to parliament at Westminster as a justice.
5/31/1321,
John appointed a judge of the Bench of Common Pleas. (S) CPRs.
5/13/1322, Protection
with clause volumus … John de Bousser, going on the king’s business to Wales.
(S) CPRs.
10/14/1322,
King Edward at the losing Battle of Byland, 20 miles north of York, against
Robert Bruce. [This defeat compelled King Edward to recognize Scottish
independence.]
2/14/1323, Writ
of certiorari to John de Bousser and others, … (S) CIsPM.
5/15/1323, Order
to come with all speed by day and night to York, there to await the coming of
the king, who desires to have counsel and treaty … Henry de Scrop, John de
Stonore, John de Mutford, John de Bousser, and Gilbert de Toudeby. (S) CCRs.
8/1324, King Edward began the War of Saint-Sardos
with his brother-in-law King Charles of France, who had invaded Aquitaine.
1324, John knighted.
10/25/1324, John son of John de Kelleveden
acknowledges that he owes to John de Bousser, knight, 20 marks; to be levied,
in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Essex. (S) CCRs.
12/26/1325, To
the sheriff of Suffolk. Whereas the king has appointed John de Bousser and Adam
de Brom to hear and determine the complaints … (S) CCRs.
1326, Fine
between John de Bousser, quer., and John de Bucks, def., of 1 messuage, 85a. of
arable land, 1a. of meadow, 6a. of wood, 3a. of alders, 12s. rent: and rent of
2 cocks, 4 hens, and 2 pullets: with appurtenances in Great Coggeshall, the
right of John de Bousser who gave 40 marks of silver. (S) The Annals of
Coggeshall, Dale, 1863, P84.
2/1/1327 at
Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of England.
3/24/1327,
Appointment of John de Bousser as one of the justices of the Bench, during
pleasure. (S) CPRs.
8/18/1327, To
John de Bousser. Order to be at York in the octaves of Michaelmas to hold pleas
in the Bench with others of the king's subjects, the king having ordained that
the exchequer and the Bench shall be transferred to York. (S) CCRs.
11/24/1327,
John Gisors is substituted for John de Bousser, absent on the king’s service.
(S) CPRs.
5/11/1328, To
John de Bousser, Gilbert de Thoutheby, and John de Cantebrigg, justices to take
assizes in co. Sussex. (S) CCRs.
1/2/1329,
John de Bousser on a commission of assize at Canterbury. (S) UKNA. [Same month
on a commission of oyer and terminer.]
1329-31,
John, of Halstead, Essex, died.
(S) Lives of
the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, Campbell, 1847, P194. (S)
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1905, P367.
Child
of John and Helen:
i. Robert Bourchier (7605728), born ~1300 in
England.
