John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

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John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

Portrait by Ambrosius Benson, 1520–1526
Born 1467
Sherfield, Hertfordshire
Died 1533 (aged 65–66)
Calais, Pale of Calais
Nationality English
Occupation statesman, translator

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467–1533) was an English statesman and translator.

He was born at Sherfield, Hertfordshire, England, to Sir Humphrey Bourchier and Elizabeth Tilney, and educated at Oxford University. He held various Offices of State, including from 28 November 1520 that of Lieutenant of Calais and from 14 July 1524 that of Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Henry VIII. He was the heir of his grandfather John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, his father having died in 1471 at the Battle of Barnet.

He translated, at the King's desire, Froissart's Chronicles (1523–1525), in such a manner as to make distinct advance in English historical writing, and the Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius (1534); also The History of Arthur of Lytell Brytaine (Brittany), and the romance of Huon of Bordeaux.[1]

He died at Calais in 1533.

His illegitimate daughter Ursula married William Sharington.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ BERNERS, JOHN BOURCHIER, 2ND LORD (1467–1553), in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature from Project Gutenberg
  2. ^ C. E. Challis, 'Sharington, Sir William (c. 1495–1553), administrator and embezzler', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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John Bourchier
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