Anne Bourchier | |
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| suo jure Baroness Bourchier suo jure Lady Lovayne Baroness Parr of Kendal | |
| Born | 1517 England |
| Died | 28 January 1571 (aged about 54) |
| Noble family | Bourchier (by birth) Parr (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton |
| Issue | (illegitimate by John Lyngfield): Mary, wife of Thomas York |
| Father | Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex, 6th Baron Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu |
| Mother | Mary Say |
Anne Bourchier (1517 – 28 January 1571) was the suo jure 7th Baroness Bourchier, suo jure Lady Lovayne, and Baroness Parr of Kendal. She was the first wife of William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, and the sister-in-law of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII of England.
She created a scandal in 1541 when she deserted her husband to elope with her lover, John Lyngfield (John Hunt or Huntley), the prior of St. James's Church, Tanbridge, Surrey, by whom she would have several illegitimate children. In 1543, Lord Parr obtained an Act of Parliament repudiating Anne and nullifying their marriage.