Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath

Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath (née Donington; c. 1509 – 20 December 1561) was an English Tudor noblewoman.

[1] Margaret was the only daughter and sole heiress of John Donington, a member of the Worshipful Company of Salters, and Elizabeth Pye.

Through her first marriage she became the owner of Hengrave Hall, where she installed a tomb and stained glass window to the memory of her three husbands, who all predeceased her.

[3] Together they had five children: Through this marriage Dame Margaret inherited extensive property, including Hengrave Hall in Suffolk.

Margaret's marriage to the courtier Sir Richard Long took place in 1540, a few months after the death of her first husband.