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Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex

Henry Bourchier
5th Baron Bourchier
1st Viscount Bourchier
Earl of Essex
Canting arms of Bourchier: Argent, a cross engrailed gules between four water bougets sable
Bornc. 1404-1406
Died(1483-04-04)4 April 1483 (aged 76–79)
Noble familyBourchier
Spouse(s)Isabel of York
IssueHenry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex
Humphrey Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell
John Bourchier
Edward Bourchier
Thomas Bourchier
Florence Bourchier
Fulk Bourchier
Hugh Bourchier
Isabella Bourchier
FatherWilliam Bourchier, Count of Eu
MotherAnne of Gloucester
Garter stall plate of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Count of Eu (1404-1483), nominated as a Knight of the Garter in 1452. St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Inscribed below: "Mons. Henry Bourcheher le Count de Essex". Arms: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Bourchier; 2nd & 3rd: Gules billety or a fess of the last (sometimes a fess argent[1]) (Louvain, feudal barons of Little Easton, Essex, for the mother of the 1st Count of Eu, Eleanor de Louvain (d.1397)). Crest: A man's (Moor's) head in profile proper ducally crowned or with a pointed cap gules[2] The Bourchier bougets appear on the mantling
Arms of Sir Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, at the time of his installation into the Most Noble Order of the Garter: Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent, a cross engrailed gules between four water bougets sable (Bourchier); 2nd & 3rd: Gules billety or, a fess of the last (Louvain of Little Easton) the whole surrounded by the Garter

Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (c. 1404-1406 – 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and Anne of Gloucester. On his mother's side, he was a great-grandson of Edward III of England.

  1. ^ See garter plate of his grandson the 2nd Earl
  2. ^ Vivian, Heralds' Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.106

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