Puffer Genealogy

BOURCHIER, Thomas Cardinal

Male Abt 1404 - 1480  (76 years)


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  1. 1.  BOURCHIER, Thomas Cardinal was born about 1404 in Little Easton, Essex, England; died on 30 Mar 1480.

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    Educated at the University of Oxford, he then entered the church and ob tained rapid promotion. After holding some minor appointments he became B ishop of Worcester in 1434, being consecrated on 15 May. In the same y ear he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and in 1443 he was a ppointed Bishop of Ely; then in April of 1454 he was made Archbishop of C anterbury, becoming Lord Chancellor of England in the following March.