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 i8 BATH 1583, at St. Mary Major's, Exeter, EIizabeth,('') 2nd da. of Francis (Russell), 2nd Earl of Bedford, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Long, of Shengay, co. Cambridge. She d. 24, and was bur. 25 Mar. 1605, at Tawstock afsd. He d. 12 July 1623, and was bur. at Tawstock, aged 66. Will dat. 31 Oct. 1622, pr. 25 Sep. 1623. Inq. p. m. 1624/5. T'^^ ^'^^ of his 1st wife was pr. i62 7.('') [John Bourchier, styled Lord FitzWarine, s. and h. ap., by 2nd wife, 1^^/). 24 Nov. 1585, i/. i;./)., and was ^«r. 12 Mar. 1586/7, at Tawstock.] [Robert Bourchier, styled Lord FitzWarine, 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h. ap., bap. 3 Mar. 1586/7, d. x^./;., and was bur. 27 May 1588, at Tawstock.] V. 1623. 4. Edward (Bourchier), Earl of Bath, Lord Fitz Warine, and possibly, as some may consider,('=) Lord Daubeney, 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h., by 2nd wife, bap. i Mar. 1590, at Tawstock. Fellow Commoner of Caius Coll. Cambridge, 1 7 July 1603. K.B. (as '■'■Lord FitzWarine') at the creation of the Prince of Wales, 2 June 16x0. He »;., istly, 14 July 1623, Dorothy, sister of Oliver, Earl of Bolingbroke, da. of Oliver (St. John), 3rd Baron St. John, by Dorothy, da. and h. of Sir John Rede. She d. 20, and was bur. 21 Aug. 1632, at Tawstock.('^) He «;., 2ndly, in 1633, Anne, da. of Sir Robert Lovet, of Lipscombe, Bucks, by his 2nd wife, Anne, da. of Richard Saunders, of Dinton. He d. s.p.m., 2 Mar. 1636/7, aged 47, at Tawstock, and was bur. there, when the Baronies of FitzWarine and (if it existed) of Daubeney fell into abeyance between his three daughters and Delegates, i'lne gravamlnc. . . who thereupon proceeded in so violent a course as the like hath not been heard of. . . . Her adversaries effected the end of their desire ; and yet the Commissioners' Sentence was with this corrective, w/z. leaving the Earl to his own conscience." {Hist. MSS. Com., Hatfield MSS., Part xi, p. 223). This Mary was a legatee, 25 June 1601, in the will of Sir Thomas Kitson, her sister's husband, who mentions her said marriage, and that it afterwards proved most unfortunate and to her great hindrance. W. Lewyn, also, speaks of this Earl as having "made an untimely marriage by night with the da. of Sir Thomas Cornwallys, which was undone and the Earl since married to another, the da. (as I think) of the late Earl of Bedford." (Letter to Lord Cobham, 29 May 1596). V.G. (^) There is a letter from Anne, Countess of Warwick, dat. 16 Apr. 1594, reproaching him with his conduct to her sister [his wife], and threatening to tell the Queen and obtain a separation for her. [Hist. MSS. Com., 13th Rep., App., Part ii, p. 19). V.G. ('') P.C.C, 53 Skynner. In the Index to TVills, P.C.C, 1620-29, she appears as " Mary, Countess of Bathon, Thorpe, Norfolk, yst. da. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, then deceased." V.G. if) Among whom is not the Editor. V.G. if) There are letters from him and from the Earl of Bedford, both dat. 26 May 1633, referring to "the fresh sense he hath of the loss of so noble a wife," and to his unwillingness on that account to marry "Mistress Dorothy Seymour," as suggested by the King. V.G.