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Biography of Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 1468-1552

Paternal Family Tree: Bourchier

Maternal Family Tree: Emma de Dinan 1136-1208

14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet

1516 Birth of Princess Mary

Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan was appointed Lady in Waiting to Catherine of Aragon Queen Consort England.

In 1466 [her father] Humphrey Bourchier (age 31) and [her mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 22) were married.

Around 1468 Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan was born to Humphrey Bourchier (age 33) and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 24) at Beningborough North Yorkshire. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

14th April 1471 Battle of Barnet

On 14th April 1471 Edward IV (age 28) commanded at the Battle of Barnet supported by his brothers George (age 21) and Richard (age 18), John Babington (age 48), Wiliam Hastings (age 40) (commanded), Ralph Hastings, William Norreys (age 30), William Parr (age 37), John Savage (age 49), William Bourchier Viscount Bourchier (age 41), Thomas St Leger (age 31), John Tuchet 6th Baron Audley, 3rd Baron Tuchet (age 45), Thomas Burgh 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough (age 40), John Scott (age 48) and Thomas Strickland.

The Yorkists William Blount (age 29), [her father] Humphrey Bourchier (age 36), Henry Stafford (age 46) and Thomas Parr were killed.

Humphrey Bourchier 1st Baron Cromwell (age 40), was killed. Baron Cromwell extinct.

The Lancastrians ...

Warwick the Kingmaker (age 42) was killed. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu and Baron Montagu forfeit on the assumption he was attainted either before or after his death; the date of his attainder is unknown. If not attainted the titles may have been abeyant between his two daughters Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence (age 19) and Anne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14).

John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 40) was killed. Marquess Montagu, Baron Montagu forfeit; unclear as to when he was attainted. He was buried at Bisham Abbey [Map].

William Tyrrell was killed.

William Fiennes 2nd Baron Saye and Sele (age 43) was killed. His son Henry (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Saye and Sele. Anne Harcourt Baroness Saye and Sele by marriage Baroness Saye and Sele.

Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 40) commanded the left flank, was badly wounded and left for dead, Henry Stafford and John Paston (age 27) were wounded, John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 28) commanded, and John Paston (age 29) and William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 33) fought.

Robert Harleston (age 36) was killed.

Thomas Hen Salusbury (age 62) was killed.

Thomas Tresham (age 51) escaped but was subsequently captured and executed on the 6th of May 1471.

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On 30th September 1472 [her step-father] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 29) and [her mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 28) were married. He the son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 47) and Katherine Moleyns.

Around 1490 [her son] Francis Bryan was born to [her future husband] Thomas Bryan (age 25) and Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 22).

On 4th April 1497 [her mother] Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey (age 53) died.

In or before 1500 Thomas Bryan (age 35) and Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

Around 1500 [her daughter] Elizabeth Bryan was born to [her husband] Thomas Bryan (age 35) and Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 32).

In May 1512 [her son-in-law] Henry Guildford (age 23) and [her daughter] Margaret Bryan were married.

Birth of Princess Mary

On 18th February 1516 Queen Mary I of England and Ireland was born to Henry VIII (age 24) and Catherine of Aragon (age 30) at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 48) was created 1st Baroness Bryan and appointed the child's governess. Catherine York Countess Devon (age 36) was her godmother.

On 30th January 1517 [her husband] Thomas Bryan (age 52) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1519 David Zouche (age 38) and Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 51) were married. She the daughter of Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey.

Before 1522 [her son] Francis Bryan (age 31) and [her daughter-in-law] Philippa Spice were married.

In 1527 [her daughter] Margaret Bryan died.

Around 1530 [her husband] David Zouche (age 49) died.

In 1546 [her daughter] Elizabeth Bryan (age 46) died.

In August 1548 [her son] Francis Bryan (age 58) and [her daughter-in-law] Joan Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde and Ossory (age 39) were married. She the daughter of James Fitzgerald 10th Earl Desmond.

On 2nd February 1550 [her son] Francis Bryan (age 60) died.

Around 1552 Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 84) died at Leyton, Essex. Baron Bryan extinct. It appears the title was for life only.

[her daughter] Margaret Bryan was born to Thomas Bryan and Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan.

Strype Ecclesiastical Memorials Volume 5 Letter LXXI. The Lady Brian, governess to the Lady Elizabeth, her letter to the Lord Crumwel, from Hunsdon [Map]; for instructtions concerning the said lady, after the death Queen Anne her mother.

Cott. Librar. Otho. C. 10.

Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 1468-1552 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 1468-1552

Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 1468-1552

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 1468-1552

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourchier

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bourchier 1st Baron Bourchier

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen of Colchester

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bourchier

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Prayers Baroness Bourchier

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Louvain

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Louvaine

GrandFather: John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward II of England Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hainault I Count Hainault III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainault 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Humphrey Bourchier 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Margery Berners Baroness Berners

Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

GrandFather: Frederick Tilney

Mother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Cheney

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Henry Cheney

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cheney

Great x 1 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney

GrandMother: Elizabeth Cheney 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cockayne

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cockayne

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Cockayne

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vernon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecilia Vernon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ida Grey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England