Cardinal Thomas Bourchier ( born Thomas Bourchier ; circa 1404–30 March 1486 ) is an English statesman and cardinal . Bishop of Worcester from September 24, 1434 to December 20, 1443 . Bishop Or from December 20, 1443 to June 21, 1454 . Archbishop of Canterbury from June 21, 1454 to March 30, 1486 . Lord Chancellor of England from March 5, 1455 to October 1456 . Cardinal priest with the church title S. Ciriaco alle Terme .
| Thomas Bourcher | ||
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| Thomas bourchier | ||
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| September 18, 1467 - March 30, 1486 | ||
| Predecessor | Denes Szekzie | |
| Successor | Bernardino Lonati | |
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| June 21, 1454 - March 30, 1486 | ||
| Predecessor | John camp | |
| Successor | John Morton | |
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| December 20, 1443 - June 21, 1454 | ||
| Predecessor | Lewis Luxembourg | |
| Successor | William Gray | |
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| September 24, 1434 - December 20, 1443 | ||
| Predecessor | Thomas polton | |
| Successor | John carpenter | |
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Biography
Origin
Thomas was the youngest son of William Bursier (died 1420 ), Count d'E, and through his mother, Anna Gloucester , daughter of Thomas Woodstock , was a descendant of King Edward III Plantagenet of England . One of his brothers was Henry Bursier (died 1483), 1st Earl of Essex , and his great-nephew was John , 2nd Baron Berners, translator of Froissart . Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham was his half-brother.
Church and Political Career
He studied at Oxford University , a doctorate in utroque iure , in canonical and civil law , and a master of arts in 1433 .
He then entered the church path and received a quick career advancement: Lichfield prebendarium in May 1424 ; Dean of Salisbury, Dean of St. Martin-le-Grand, London , in 1428 . Received the junior dignity and subdeaconate on September 24, 1429 ; the second prebend in West Tarrock, at Hastings in 1432 . He was ordained priest in 1433 (no further information was found). He became a prebendary at the Lincoln Church in 1433 and Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1433 - 1437 .
After some minor appointments, he became bishop of Worcester in 1434 , consecrated May 15 . [3] In the same year, he was chancellor of Oxford University, and in 1443 he was appointed bishop of Eli , [4] then in April 1454 he was made archbishop of Canterbury , [5] became Lord Chancellor of England the following March. [6]
Burshye and the war of the Scarlet and White Roses
Bursier’s short tenure as Lord Chancellor coincided with the outbreak of the Scarlet and White Rose war , and at first he was not a strong supporter of either side, although he lost his post as Lord Chancellor when Richard, Duke of York , was deprived of power in October 1456 . Subsequently, in 1458 , he helped reconcile the warring parties, but when the war resumed in 1459 , he appears as a determined Yorkist ; he crowned Edward IV in June 1461 , and four years later he performed a similar ceremony for Queen Elizabeth Woodville .
Yorkshire Bursier
In 1457, Bourchieu took the main part in the trial of Reginald Pecock, bishop of Chichester , accused of heresy . Cardinal priest from September 18, 1467 with the title of the church S. Ciriaco alle Terme , in 1473 after some delay, he was declared cardinal, since this honor was obtained for him by Edward IV in 1465 , and in 1475 he was one of the four arbitrators, appointed to arrange details regarding the Pikigny treaty between England and France . After the death of Edward IV in 1483, Bourceux persuaded the queen to allow her youngest son, Richard, Duke of York , to share his residence with his brother in the Tower of London ; and although he vowed to be loyal to Edward V before the death of his father, he crowned Richard III in July 1483 . He was not, however, in any way involved in the murder of the young princes, and he was probably a participant in conspiracies against Richard.
Bursier and Henry VII
The third English king, crowned by Bursier, was Henry VII , who also married Elizabeth of York in January 1486 . The archbishop died on March 30, 1486 [5] in his residence, Nole House , near Sevenox , and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 280
- ↑ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 245
- ↑ 1 2 Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 234
- ↑ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 87
Literature
- Thomas More. Epigrams. The Story of Richard III. - M .: Nauka, 1973.- 254 p. - (Literary monuments).
- Ustinov V.G. The Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses. - M .: AST: Astrel, Guardian, 2007 .-- 637 p. - (Historical Library). - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-17-042765-9 .