Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath
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Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath (Baptised 1 March 1590 – 31 March 1636), was born 27 Aug 1575 in Somerset
to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
and Elizabeth Russell. Edward was married twice first on 14 July 1623 to Dorothy St John, daughter of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso
and Dorothy Read. They had five children. A year after Dorothy died he married a second time to Ann Lovet in 1633. Ann was the daughter of Sir Robert Lovet and Anne Saunders.
He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. Amongst his possessions at his death was the Illyrian Armorial with the Arms of the Families and Surnames of Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Montenengro, Rascia, Serbia and Slavonia from the Armorial of Stanislas Rubchich, King of Arms to Tsar Stephen Dushan (Nemanja).
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
to William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath was the son of John Bourchier, 5th Baron FitzWarin, who died in the same year he was born, and Lady Frances Kytson. William succeeded to the title on the death of his grandfather, John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath in 1561.He was married in 1583 to Lady Elizabeth...
and Elizabeth Russell. Edward was married twice first on 14 July 1623 to Dorothy St John, daughter of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso
Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso
Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1588 until 1596 when he inherited the peerage as Baron St John of Bletso....
and Dorothy Read. They had five children. A year after Dorothy died he married a second time to Ann Lovet in 1633. Ann was the daughter of Sir Robert Lovet and Anne Saunders.
He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. Amongst his possessions at his death was the Illyrian Armorial with the Arms of the Families and Surnames of Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Montenengro, Rascia, Serbia and Slavonia from the Armorial of Stanislas Rubchich, King of Arms to Tsar Stephen Dushan (Nemanja).
Children
by Dorothy St John:- Lady Anne Bourchier married James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of MiddlesexJames Cranfield, 2nd Earl of MiddlesexJames Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex , styled Lord Cranfield from 1622 until 1645, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and inherited his peerage in 1645....
- William Bourchier born 1624 married Sarah Coole. Their granddaughter, Sarah Bourchier moved to America and continued a long line of American Bourchier descendants.
- Lady Elizabeth Bourchier (1626 – 22 September 1670)
- John Bourchier, Baron FitzWarin (21 January 1630 – September, 1631)
- Lady Dorothy Bourchier (1631–1659)