John Bourne

Sir John Bourne (by 1518 – May 1575), of Worcestershire, was an English politician and privy councillor to Queen Mary I.

Family Bourne's family were minor gentry from Worcestershire; he was probably the son of Walter Bourne of Wick, Worcestershire. He was more distantly related Gilbert Bourne, bishop of Bath and Wales than has often been thought.

Career He was educated at Lincoln's Inn. He was elected for Midhurst in 1542 through the earl's patronage. He also became a clerk of the privy seal under Southampton. In 1545 he became a justice of the peace in Worcestershire.

In Elizabeth I's reign Bourne, 'a great advocate for the old religion, and violent enemy to the reformers', was engaged in a feud with the bishop of Worcester Edwin Sandys.