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Robert Bourchier (or Boussier), 1st Baron Bourchier (d. August 20, 1349) was the eldest son of John de Bourchier (d.circa 1330) (alias Boucher, Boussier, etc.), a Judge of the Common Pleas, by his wife Helen of Colchester. He served on a diplomatic mission to France in 1327 and was returned as a member of parliament for the county of Essex in 1328-9, 1330 (twice), 1332 (once), and 1339 (both). In 1334 he was chief justice of the king's bench in Ireland. Military action during invasion of Scotland in 1335, was stated to have been present at the Battle of Cadsand in 1337. On 14 December 1340, the first lay Lord Chancellor of England. He resigned his office on 29 October 1341. Robert continued to serve in the King's Council, as a diplomat and as a soldier. In 1342, he commanded a contingent in Brittany, and is recorded as being at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. He was summoned to parliament as a peer in November 1348 and from then was known as Lord Bourchier (or Burgchier). He died the following year, of the Black Death in Bordeaux. He was later buried at Halstead. At some time before 1329 he married Margaret Prayers, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Prayers of Sible Hedingham and his wife Anne of Essex. They had two known children.

Robert Bourchier (or Boussier), 1st Baron Bourchier (d. August 20, 1349) was the eldest son of John de Bourchier (d.circa 1330) (alias Boucher, Boussier, etc.), a Judge of the Common Pleas, by his wife Helen of Colchester. He served on a diplomatic mission to France in 1327 and was returned as a member of parliament for the county of Essex in 1328-9, 1330 (twice), 1332 (once), and 1339 (both). In 1334 he was chief justice of the king's bench in Ireland. Military action during invasion of Scotland in 1335, was stated to have been present at the Battle of Cadsand in 1337. On 14 December 1340, the first lay Lord Chancellor of England. He resigned his office on 29 October 1341. Robert continued to serve in the King's Council, as a diplomat and as a soldier. In 1342, he commanded a contingent in Brittany, and is recorded as being at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. He was summoned to parliament as a peer in November 1348 and from then was known as Lord Bourchier (or Burgchier). He died the following year, of the Black Death in Bordeaux. He was later buried at Halstead. At some time before 1329 he married Margaret Prayers, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Prayers of Sible Hedingham and his wife Anne of Essex. They had two known children.