BOURCHIER 247 II. 1349- 2. John (Bourchier), Lord BouRCHiER, s. and h. In 1355 he was with Prince Edward in Germany; in 1364 at the battle of Auray, which restored the Duke of Brittany to his inherit- ance; in 1370 was one of the Council to the King's Lieut, in France; in Dec. 1379 was with the fleet (whereof so many perished) intended to con- vey succour to the Breton army; in 1380, being then a Banneret, was with Thomas, "of Woodstock," Duke of Buckingham, in France, and from 16 July (138 1) 5 Ric. II to 30 Sep. (1399) i Henry IV, was sum. to Parl.,(^) the King, by patent, 14 Feb. following, dispensing with his future attend- ance there owing to his age and infirmities. He was sent in 1384 as Governor in Chief ("Ruward") of Flanders, to assert the right of Richard II (as Lord Paramount) to homage for that territory, and remained as such for I 8 months at Ghent, when that city was evacuated by the English and submitted to the Duke of Burgundy. In 1392 he was nom. K.G., and had robes of scarlet issued to him at the gorgeous celebration of that Order in 1399. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Coggeshall. He c/. 21 May 1400. III. 1400. 3. Bartholomew (Bourchier), Lord Bourchier, only s. and h. He was sum. to Pari. 9 Sep. (1400) i Hen. IV to 26 Oct. (1409) 1 1 Hen. IV,(^) the last writ being dat. more than 5 months after his death, but he also, like his father, obtained exemption from Pari. 16 Nov. 1405. He 7»., istly, before 5 July 1396, when she was living, Mar- garet, widow of Sir John Sutton, but had no issue by her. He »/., 2ndly, IdoIne,(^) widow of John Glevant, and formerly of Edmund Brook-sburn, and da. of ( — ) Lovey. He d'. s.p.nx, 18 May 1409, and was bur. at Halstead. His widow d. 12 Sep. 1410. IV. 1409. 4. Elizabeth, according to modern doctrine, j«o y«r^ Baroness Bourchier, da. and sole h. by 2nd wife, aged 10 in 1 409. She m., istly, before Sep. 1410, Sir Hugh Stafford, who, doubtless in consequence of such marriage,() was sum. to Parl.(^) from 21 Sep. (141 1) 12 Hen. IV to 22 Mar. (1412/3) i Hen. V, by writs directed Hugoni Stafford.(f) Nom. K.G. while serving with the King in Normandy in 1418 or early in 1419. He d. s.p., 25 Oct. 1420. She w., 2ndly, Sir Lewis Robessart, K.G. (so nom. 3 May 1421), Standard Bearer to Henry V, who similarly was sum. to Parl.C) from 24 Feb. (1424/5) 3 Hen. VI to 3 Aug. (1429) 7 Hen. VI, by writs directed (^) There is proof in the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. C") For some discussion on mediaeval English names see vol. iii, Appendix C. V.G. (') For a list of persons who have been sum. to Pari, in right of their wives, see vol. V, Appendix A. V.G. (■*) See note sub Elizabeth, Baroness le Boteler [1369].
