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BATH 17 wall, 1556. He m., istly, Isabel, or Elizabeth, (named in her father's will, Aug. 151 5) da. of Sir Walter Hungerford (2nd s. of Robert, 3rd Lord Hungerford), by Jane, widow of Thomas Bolstred [.Bulstrode]. She t/. s.p.ifi. He ;;;., 2ndly, Eleanor, sister of Thomas, Earl of Rutland, da. of George (Manners), Lord Ros, by Anne, (niece of Edward IV) da. and h. of Sir Thomas St. Leger. She was iur. 1 6 Sep. 1 547, at Tawstock. He OT.,3rdly, (cont. dat. 4 Nov., lie. at Fac. ofF. dat. 1 1 Dec.) 1548, Margaret, widow of Sir Richard Long, of Shengay, co. Cambridge, (who i^. 29 Sep. 1546) and formerly of Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, Suffolk (who a. II Sep. 1540), da. of John Donington, of Stoke Newington, Midx., by Ehzabeth, da. and h. of ( — ) Pye. To her he writes, 7 Oct. 1553, "from my house in Milk Str." London. He d. 10 Feb., and was bur. 10 Mar. 1 5 60/ 1, aged 61, at Hengrave afsd. Fun. certif. Will dat. 14 Jan. 1 5 60/ 1, pr. 22 Apr. 1 56 1. Irt^. p. m. 15 60/1. His widow d. at Stoke Newington, Midx., 20 Dec. 1561, aged 52, and was bur. 12 Jan. 1561/2, at Hengrave. Will dat. 10 Dec. 1561, pr. 18 Feb. 156 1/2. [John Bourchier, sfykc/ Lord FitzWarine, s. and h. ap., by 2nd wife, h. 1529. He was one of the hostages demanded by France at the conclusion of the peace in 1550. Knighted 17 Nov. 1549. He m. Frances, da. of his step-mother, Margaret, by the said Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave. Mar. lie. at Fac. off. 1 1 Dec. 1 548 (the same day as his father's 3rd marriage). He d. v.p., 28 Feb. I556,(^) aged 27, and was iur. at Hengrave. His widow m., about Sep. 1557, William Barnaby, of Great Saxham, Suffolk, who was land agent to the Earl of Bath, which marriage gave great offence to her friends. He was living 1571. She survived him, and was bur. 4 Apr. 1586, at Tawstock, North Devon. Will dat. I Mar., pr. 16 Apr. 1585/6.] IV. 1561. 3. William (Bourchier), Earl of Bath, &fc., grand- son and h., being s. and h. of John Bourchier, sty/ei:^ Lord FitzWarine, and Frances his wife, abovenamed.() He was b. 1557. Ed. at Bury St. Edmunds, and Ely, and for 2 years at Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge. Fellow Commoner 4 Apr. 1575 at Calus Coll., being then i8; was in the campaign in the Netherlands, 1585; Vice Admiral of Devon, 1586; Lord Lieut., 1587. He ;;;., istly, secretly at night, Mary, yst. da. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, of Brome, Suffolk, by Anne, da. of Sir John Jernegan. This marriage was annulled.(') He /«., 2ndly, 7 Aug. (*) He was one of the eldest sons of Peers who subscribed the letters patent, 16 June 1553, settling the crown on Lady Jane Grey. For a list of these see sub Derby. C") "A man singularly adorned with the best sciences." (Vincent's Errours of Brooke, p. 44). (') A letter of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, dat. Brome, 10 June 1601, states "By deposition of 10 witnesses, it was most manifestly proved in the Arches, that the marriage was lawfully, clearly, and honestly compassed," that the Earl's mother "did by great means attempt to corrupt the then Judge of that Court . . . but not prevailing that way, all course of law was then broken, for they appealed to the 4