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John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

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A statesman and scholar, Berners was made Chancellor of the Exchequer by Henry VIII in 1516. He assisted in negotiations for an alliance with Spain (1518), and attended Henry at his meeting with Francis I in France in 1520, a spectacular event known as the Field of Cloth of Gold. While Lord Deputy of Calais (1520–1526), he produced a translation of Jean Froissart's Chronicles which became extremely popular. He resumed this appointment in 1531, and died at Calais two years later.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

Date

1520–1526

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 49.5 x W 39.4 cm

Accession number

4953

Acquisition method

Purchased with help from the Art Fund and HM Government, 1973

Work type

Painting

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