Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 1590-1637

Paternal Family Tree: Bourchier

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Hussey 1389-1418

On 15th December 1578 [his father] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 21] and [his step-mother] Mary Cornwallis Countess Bath were married. The marriage, apparently, taking place secretly at night. She by marriage Countess Bath.

On 7th August 1583 [his father] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 25] and [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath were married at St Mary Major Church, Exeter. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 56] and [his grandmother] Margaret St John Countess Bedford. They were half sixth cousins.

Before 1st March 1590, the date of his baptism at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map], Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath was born to William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 32] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath at Somerset.

On 24th March 1605 [his mother] Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath died.

On 12th July 1623 [his father] William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [aged 65] died. His son Edward [aged 33] succeeded 4th Earl Bath, 14th Baron Fitzwarin, 5th Baron Daubeney.

On 14th July 1623, two days after the death of his father, and his succeeding as Earl of Bath, Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 33] and Dorothy St John Countess Bath were married. She by marriage Countess Bath. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath [deceased] and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath. They were second cousins.

On 28th December 1624 [his brother-in-law] Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke [aged 44] was created 1st Earl Bolingbroke by King James I of Scotland. Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke by marriage Countess Bolingbroke.

In 1626 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bourchier Countess Denbigh was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 35] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. She married 8th July 1641 Basil Feilding 2nd Earl Denbigh, son of William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh and Susan Villiers Countess Denbigh.

In 1627 [his daughter] Dorothy Bourchier was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 36] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. She married 4th June 1646 her half sixth cousin Thomas Grey, son of Henry Grey 1st Earl Stamford and Anne Cecil Countess Stamford, and had issue.

On 21st January 1630 [his son] John Bourchier was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 39] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. He died aged one in 1631.

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In 1631 [his daughter] Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex was born to Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 40] and [his wife] Dorothy St John Countess Bath. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.56%. She married 1. 3rd March 1646 James Cranfield 2nd Earl Middlesex, son of Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex and Anne Brett Countess Middlesex, and had issue 2. after 16th September 1651 her fourth cousin Chichester Wrey 3rd Baronet, son of William Wrey 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Chichester Lady Wrey, and had issue.

In October 1631 [his son] John Bourchier [aged 1] died.

On 20th August 1632 Dorothy St John Countess Bath died. She was buried on 21st August 1632 at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. There are letters from her husband Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 42] and from the Earl of Bedford, both dat. 26 May 1633, referring to "the fresh sense he hath of the loss of so noble a wife," and to his unwillingness on that account to marry "Mistress Dorothy Seymour," as suggested by the King.

In 1633 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 42] and Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Bath, Countess Eu. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath.

Around June 1636 Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden [aged 25] and [his wife] Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 19] were married.

On 2nd March 1637 Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath [aged 47] died. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Tawstock [Map]. His first cousin once removed Henry [aged 50] succeeded 5th Earl Bath. Baron Daubeney and Baron Fitzwarin abeyant between his three daughters Elizabeth Bourchier Countess Denbigh [aged 11], Dorothy Bourchier [aged 10] and Anne Bourchier Countess Middlesex [aged 6] and their coheirs.

In 1639 [his former wife] Ann Lovett Countess Bath [aged 22] died.

Ancestors of Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 1590-1637

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Daubeney 15 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Stourton 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Arundell Baroness Offaly 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Chideocke 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandfather: John Bourchier 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Manners

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Manners 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ogle 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 11th Baron Ros Helmsley 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Ros 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Tiptoft Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Manners Countess Bath 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St Leger 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas St Leger 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Donet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne St Leger Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne York Duchess Exeter 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Father: William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Kitson

Grandmother: Frances Kitson

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Donnington of Stoke Newington

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Donnington Countess Bath

Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Russell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Russell

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Russell

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Russell 1st Earl Bedford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wise

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Wise

Grandfather: Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sapcote

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Sapcote of Thornhaugh, Bedfordshire

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Semarc

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne de Semarc

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Laxham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford

Mother: Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John St John 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh

Great x 1 Grandfather: John St John 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jenkyn ap Philip

Great x 3 Grandfather: Morgan ap Jenkin Lord of Langstone

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Lansgtone Manor

Grandmother: Margaret St John Countess Bedford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Waldegrave

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Waldegrave

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waldegrave

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Waldegrave 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Wentworth

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Wentworth 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Despencer 3rd Baroness Despencer, Baroness Ros 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Wentworth 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hussey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 1590-1637

Royal Ancestors of Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 1590-1637

Ancestors of Edward Bourchier 4th Earl Bath 1590-1637