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} == Biography ==Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex was the son of William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier and Lady Anne Woodville. He succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Essex on 4 April 1483. He died on 13 March 1539/40, and on his death the Earldom of Essex and Viscountancy of Bourchier became extinct. Child of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Mary Say #Anne Bourchier, Baroness Bourchier d. 28 Jan 1570/71 ==== Titles ==== * 3rd Count of Eu [Normandy, 1419] on 4 April 1483. * 6th Lord Bourchier [E., 1348] on 4 April 1483. * 2nd Earl of Essex [E., 1461] on 4 April 1483. * 2nd Viscount Bourchier [E., 1446] on 4 April 1483. On his death, the countship of Eu should have devolved on his cousin, John Bourchier, Earl of Bath, male heir of the 1st Count, although these heirs never assumed the title. ==== Property ==== ===== Sawbridgeworth Manor =====:"[[De_Say-54|Elizabeth Lady Say]] died without issue in 1399. [[Heron-610|Heron]], who was summoned to Parliament as [[Heron-610|Lord Heron]] from 1393, and is generally considered to have been styled Lord Say, (fn. 34) obtained many of his wife's estates, including Sawbridgeworth. [[Alden-2340|Maud Bosenho]], daughter of [[De_Saye-46|Elizabeth de Alden]], one of the co-heirs of [[De_Say-54|Elizabeth de Say]], quitclaimed her right in the manor to him in 1401. (fn. 35) He died seised in 1404, (fn. 36) his nephew [[Saye-43|John]], son of his brother [[Heron-613|John]], being his heir. The extent taken at his death mentions that the capital messuage was then ruinous. [[Saye-43|Sir John Heron]] died in 1420 and was succeeded by his son [[Saye-44|John]], (fn. 37) who in 1460–1 settled Sawbridgeworth on himself and his wife [[Unknown-137687|Agnes]] in tail with contingent remainder to Brian Rowcliff and other feoffees. (fn. 38) [[Saye-44|John Heron]] died in 1468 without issue. (fn. 39) A few months afterwards the feoffees conveyed the manor to [[Saye-45|Sir John Say]], who died seised of it in 1478. (fn. 40) His son [[Say-65|Sir William Say]] died in 1529, leaving two daughters, of whom [[Say-166|Mary]] wife of [[Bourchier-117|Henry Bourchier]], Earl of Essex, inherited Sawbridgeworth. (fn. 41) Their daughter and heir [[Bourchier-58|Anne]], wife of [[Parr-41|William Lord Parr]], had livery of Sawbridgeworth on her father's death in March 1539–40. (fn. 42) [[Parr-41|Lord Parr]], who was created Earl of Essex in 1543 and Marquess of Northampton in 1547, was attainted in 1553 (fn. 43) and Sawbridgeworth came to the Crown."'Parishes: Sawbridgeworth', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 332-347 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp332-347] ===== Baas Manor ===== :"Ten years later it was conveyed to [[Saye-45|John Say]] by John Edward and Joan his wife, (fn. 68) brother and sister-in-law of Thomas Gloucester. [[Saye-45|Sir John Say]] died seised of Baas in 1478 and was succeeded by his son [[Say-65|William]], (fn. 69) after whose death in 1529 it passed to his daughter [[Say-166|Mary]] and her husband [[Bourchier-117|Henry Earl of Essex]], (fn. 70) and thence to their daughter [[Bourchier-58|Anne]], the wife of [[Parr-41|William Lord Parr]], created Marquess of Northampton in 1547. (fn. 71) The marquess was attainted in 1553 and his lands forfeited. (fn. 72) Queen Mary granted the manor to the Earl of Arundel and others in 1553, to hold during pleasure, apparently to the use of Anne Marchioness of Northampton. (fn. 73) Elizabeth granted it in 1569 to Sir William Cecil, (fn. 74) who also obtained releases of title from [[Bourchier-58|Anne Parr]] (fn. 75) and other heirs of [[Say-65|Sir William Say]]. (fn. 76)"'Parishes: Broxbourne with Hoddesdon,' in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1912), 430-440, accessed March 14, 2016, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp430-440] == Sources == * http://www.thepeerage.com/p13990.htm

Birth	1472
Death	13 Mar 1540	Baas, Broxbourne

Father	William Bourchier (1440 - 1480)
Mother	Anne Wydeville (1438 - 1489)
Sibling	Cecily Bourchier (1470 - 1492)