William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu

[5] His inheritance from his mother's Louvain lands included the Suffolk manors of Bildeston, Hopton, Shelland and "Lovaynes" in Drinkstone, and (in Essex), Little Easton, Broxted and Aythorpe Roding.

In 1417 he was in the retinue of King Henry V during his second expedition to France, and played a significant role in the capture of Normandy.

In 1419, he was appointed Captain of Dieppe and was granted powers to receive the submission of the town and Comté of Eu.

The French count of Eu had refused to pay homage to the conquering English king and thus had been held prisoner in England since Agincourt.

[7] He married Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, daughter of the Plantagenet prince Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397), youngest son of King Edward III by his wife Eleanor de Bohun, elder daughter and coheiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341–1373), Earl of Essex and Northampton.

Canting arms of Bourchier: Argent, a cross engrailed gules between four water bougets sable
Arms of Louvain of Little Easton: Gules billety or a fess of the last
Arms of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1374–1420) (Quarterly Bourchier and Lovain, feudal barons of Little Easton, Essex) impaling arms of his father-in-law Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397), youngest son of King Edward III ( Royal Arms of England , a label of three points argent for difference ). Stained glass, west window, Tawstock Church, Devon. The Count's son William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin (1407–1470) was the first to be connected with the manor of Tawstock , having married the heiress of that manor