Puffer Genealogy

BOURCHIER, Thomas Cardinal

Male Abt 1404 - 1480  (76 years)


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  • Name BOURCHIER, Thomas Cardinal 
    Birth Abt 1404  Little Easton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death 30 Mar 1480 
    Person ID I6488  Puffers
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2013 

    Father BOURCHIER, William Count of Eu,   b. 1374, Little Easton, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1420, Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother PLANTAGENET, Anne Countess of Stafford,   b. Apr 1383, Pheshy, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1438 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage Bef 20 Nov 1405 
    Family ID F2163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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.