March 1486 A.D. Thomas Bourchier Dies—65th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury; Also Bishop of Worcester and Ely
March 1486 A.D. Thomas Bourchier Dies—65 th of 105 Archbishops of Canterbury; Also Bishop of Worcester and Ely Thomas Bourchier ( c. 1404 – 30 March 1486) was a medieval English cardinal , Archbishop of Canterbury , and Lord Chancellor of England. Contents 1 Origins 2 Education 3 Career 4 Death & burial 5 Ancestry 6 Citations 7 References 8 External links Origins Bourchier was a younger son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (d. 1420) by his wife Anne of Gloucester , a daughter of Thomas of Woodstock (1355-1397), youngest son of of King Edward III . One of his brothers was Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (d. 1483), and his great-nephew was John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners , the translator of Froissart . Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham was his half-brother. Education He was educated at the University of Oxford , after which he entered the church and obtained rapid promotion. Caree...