Anne Bourchier, suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier, suo jure Lady Lovayne, was the only child and sole heiress of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 6th Baron Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier, 3rd Count of Eu, and his wife, the former Mary Say, who was a lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's first Queen consort, Catherine of Aragon.
Anne was one of the wealthiest heiresses in England and was married on 9 February 1527, to Sir William Parr, the only son of Sir Thomas Parr, Sheriff of Northamptonshire and brother of Catherine Parr, the yet-to-be last wife and Queen Consort of King Henry VIII. Anne was approximately ten years old at the time of her marriage. She later succeeded to the titles of suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier and Lady Lovayne on 13 March 1540 at the time of her father's accidental death. His viscounty of Bourchier and earldom of Essex did not pass to her, however, and both titles became extinct upon his death. Her husband was created 1st Baron Parr of Kendal in 1539.
A brief biographical entry for this lady was published in George Edward Cokayne's "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant" volume 2 (1910), pages 249-250. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below.
"Anne, suo jure, Baroness Bourchier, da. and sole h. [of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex]. She m. (lic. Bp. of London), 9 Feb. 1526/7 (as the 1st of his three wives), William Parr, cr. in 1539, Baron Parr of Kendal, in 1543, Earl of Essex, and both in 1547 and 1559, Marquess of Northampton. His creation as Earl of Essex, 23 Dec. 1543, is remarkable as being "with the same place and voice in Parl, as his wife's father had in his lifetime," notwithstanding that, early that year, he had repudiated his said wife and obtained an Act of Parl., 17 Apr. 1543, declaring her children bastards and incapable of inheriting. In 1552 his influence as leader of the Protestant party enabled him to obtain another Act altogether annulling such marriage, and declaring his marriage, in his said wife's lifetime, to Elizabeth Brooke, to be valid. The Marquess d. 28 Oct. 1570, aged about 58, and soon afterwards his divorced wife (the Baroness) d. in obscurity and s.p. legit., 28 Jan. 1570/1."
Anne was one of the wealthiest heiresses in England and was married on 9 February 1527, to Sir William Parr, the only son of Sir Thomas Parr, Sheriff of Northamptonshire and brother of Catherine Parr, the yet-to-be last wife and Queen Consort of King Henry VIII. Anne was approximately ten years old at the time of her marriage. She later succeeded to the titles of suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier and Lady Lovayne on 13 March 1540 at the time of her father's accidental death. His viscounty of Bourchier and earldom of Essex did not pass to her, however, and both titles became extinct upon his death. Her husband was created 1st Baron Parr of Kendal in 1539.
A brief biographical entry for this lady was published in George Edward Cokayne's "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant" volume 2 (1910), pages 249-250. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below.
"Anne, suo jure, Baroness Bourchier, da. and sole h. [of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex]. She m. (lic. Bp. of London), 9 Feb. 1526/7 (as the 1st of his three wives), William Parr, cr. in 1539, Baron Parr of Kendal, in 1543, Earl of Essex, and both in 1547 and 1559, Marquess of Northampton. His creation as Earl of Essex, 23 Dec. 1543, is remarkable as being "with the same place and voice in Parl, as his wife's father had in his lifetime," notwithstanding that, early that year, he had repudiated his said wife and obtained an Act of Parl., 17 Apr. 1543, declaring her children bastards and incapable of inheriting. In 1552 his influence as leader of the Protestant party enabled him to obtain another Act altogether annulling such marriage, and declaring his marriage, in his said wife's lifetime, to Elizabeth Brooke, to be valid. The Marquess d. 28 Oct. 1570, aged about 58, and soon afterwards his divorced wife (the Baroness) d. in obscurity and s.p. legit., 28 Jan. 1570/1."
Anne Bourchier, suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier, suo jure Lady Lovayne, was the only child and sole heiress of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 6th Baron Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier, 3rd Count of Eu, and his wife, the former Mary Say, who was a lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's first Queen consort, Catherine of Aragon.
Anne was one of the wealthiest heiresses in England and was married on 9 February 1527, to Sir William Parr, the only son of Sir Thomas Parr, Sheriff of Northamptonshire and brother of Catherine Parr, the yet-to-be last wife and Queen Consort of King Henry VIII. Anne was approximately ten years old at the time of her marriage. She later succeeded to the titles of suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier and Lady Lovayne on 13 March 1540 at the time of her father's accidental death. His viscounty of Bourchier and earldom of Essex did not pass to her, however, and both titles became extinct upon his death. Her husband was created 1st Baron Parr of Kendal in 1539.
A brief biographical entry for this lady was published in George Edward Cokayne's "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant" volume 2 (1910), pages 249-250. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below.
"Anne, suo jure, Baroness Bourchier, da. and sole h. [of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex]. She m. (lic. Bp. of London), 9 Feb. 1526/7 (as the 1st of his three wives), William Parr, cr. in 1539, Baron Parr of Kendal, in 1543, Earl of Essex, and both in 1547 and 1559, Marquess of Northampton. His creation as Earl of Essex, 23 Dec. 1543, is remarkable as being "with the same place and voice in Parl, as his wife's father had in his lifetime," notwithstanding that, early that year, he had repudiated his said wife and obtained an Act of Parl., 17 Apr. 1543, declaring her children bastards and incapable of inheriting. In 1552 his influence as leader of the Protestant party enabled him to obtain another Act altogether annulling such marriage, and declaring his marriage, in his said wife's lifetime, to Elizabeth Brooke, to be valid. The Marquess d. 28 Oct. 1570, aged about 58, and soon afterwards his divorced wife (the Baroness) d. in obscurity and s.p. legit., 28 Jan. 1570/1."
Anne was one of the wealthiest heiresses in England and was married on 9 February 1527, to Sir William Parr, the only son of Sir Thomas Parr, Sheriff of Northamptonshire and brother of Catherine Parr, the yet-to-be last wife and Queen Consort of King Henry VIII. Anne was approximately ten years old at the time of her marriage. She later succeeded to the titles of suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier and Lady Lovayne on 13 March 1540 at the time of her father's accidental death. His viscounty of Bourchier and earldom of Essex did not pass to her, however, and both titles became extinct upon his death. Her husband was created 1st Baron Parr of Kendal in 1539.
A brief biographical entry for this lady was published in George Edward Cokayne's "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, or Dormant" volume 2 (1910), pages 249-250. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below.
"Anne, suo jure, Baroness Bourchier, da. and sole h. [of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex]. She m. (lic. Bp. of London), 9 Feb. 1526/7 (as the 1st of his three wives), William Parr, cr. in 1539, Baron Parr of Kendal, in 1543, Earl of Essex, and both in 1547 and 1559, Marquess of Northampton. His creation as Earl of Essex, 23 Dec. 1543, is remarkable as being "with the same place and voice in Parl, as his wife's father had in his lifetime," notwithstanding that, early that year, he had repudiated his said wife and obtained an Act of Parl., 17 Apr. 1543, declaring her children bastards and incapable of inheriting. In 1552 his influence as leader of the Protestant party enabled him to obtain another Act altogether annulling such marriage, and declaring his marriage, in his said wife's lifetime, to Elizabeth Brooke, to be valid. The Marquess d. 28 Oct. 1570, aged about 58, and soon afterwards his divorced wife (the Baroness) d. in obscurity and s.p. legit., 28 Jan. 1570/1."
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She died in obscurity and no apparent trace of her burial site remains.
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