Sir Ralph Bourchier

• General Notes
  • Sir Ralph Bourchier of Beningbrough, Yorks Knight c1528-1598
    m1 Elizabeth Hall dau of Francis Hall of Grantham, Lincs c1510-1553 QV; d a1577
    m2 (by licence, 29 Nov 1577): Christian Shakerley dau of Rowland Shakerley of
    London; m1 John Harding of London (Alderman)
    m3 Ann ..... ; m1 ..... Coote; d Aug 1598
    i 11 Jun 1598 Barking, Essex; Adm (PCC) 15 Jun 1598 to widow Ann; IPM 1599-1600
    (by purchase from Baron Buckhurst, lord of Hanging Grimston) 1575; (as heir of his uncle John Bannister, held an estate in Yorkshire)
    (Keeper, Rochester Castle, Kent) 1559
    (M.P., Newcastle) 1571 1572-83
    (J.P., Yorks NR) c1573-
    (Sheriff, Yorks) 1580-1 [LLHSY]
    (knighted at Westminster) 6 Mar 1584
    (J.P., Yorks ER) c1584-
    (M.P., Newport, I.O.W.) 1584-5
    (M.P., Scarborough) 1586-7
    (M.P., Yorks) 1588-9
    
    (stated to have held a court in the manor, immediately after the death of his father, and ordered the tenants to show their copies) 17 Sep 1556 [1931 175-176]
    (granted copyhold lease of Brazenhill to William Addersage and his son, John, for their lives) [date uncertain but probably 17 Sep 1556] [NS IX 85-87]
    (recovered Brazenhill from William Addersage for �40) 28 Oct 1562 [NX IX 29-30]
    (leased parts of Brazenhill to Humphrey Walter, Christopher Warrella, Alexander Pye, Lewis Adams, John Hodges and William Pye) 1562 [NS IX 29-30]
    (leased the Woodhouse, probably the capital messuage, to Michael Chapman for life) 1563
    (through his nominee Philip Bold, presented Lawrence Nowell as Rector of Haughton) 1564
    (succesfully sued by Thomas Knyvett for manor of Haughton) 1566 [1931 162-3]
    (purchased manor of Haughton and other property from Thomas Knyvett for �600) 1572 [Final Concord XIII 291]
    (with his wife Elizabeth, sold property in Haughton etc to Humphrey Walter for �40) 1573??? [Final Concord XIII 297]
    (with his wife Elizabeth, sold a tenement to Robert Bailey) 1573 [BAY A1-4]
    (with his wife Elizabeth, sold land in Haughton and Bradley to George Dickinson) 1574 [Final Concords XIV 171]
    (with his wife Elizabeth, sold property in Haughton etc to 15 named people for 160 marks) 1573 [Final Concord XIII 299]
    (with his wife Elizabeth, sold the manor of Haughton and property in Haughton, Alstone, Brasenil, Cowley, Ranton and Cotton to Ralph Sneyd, for 460 marks) 1575 [Final Concords XIV 176]
    (sold property to Thomas Warham) 1575 [KUL/S/475]
    (through his nominee Philip Bold, presented John Falconer as Rector of Haughton) 1577
    (sold for �130 the advowson of Haughton to John Walter, reserving a grant of the next turn to his steward Philip Bold) ....
    
    chn: William Bourchier [1] b c1559; (aged 25) 1584 [VIS] below
    Ursula Bourchier [1] m1 Sir Richard Molyneux; m2 Sir Richard Trewe Knight
    Bridget Bourchier [2] m ? Sir Richard Mauleverer of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorks
    Lucy Bourchier [3] m a1585 Richard Aldeburgh of Aldeburgh, Suffolk
    John Bourchier [2] b c1566 (after Lucy see SURTEES) further below
    Catherine Bourchier [4]