Q:Facts: - resting place: st. peter 's church , tawstock , devon - caption: effigy -lrb- d. 1623 -rrb- , wearing an earl 's coronet of and robes with ermine collar with sapphire clasp , st william peter 's church , tawstock , devon bourchier , 3rd earl of bath - death date: 12 july 1623 - spouse: mary cornwallis lady elizabeth russell - parents: john bourchier , lord fitzwarin frances kitson - birth date: 29 sep 1557 - image: williambourchierearlofbathtawstockdevon.jpg - birth place: devon Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william bourchier , 3rd earl of bath .
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william bourchier , 3rd earl of bath -lrb- 29 sep 1557 - 12 july 1623 -rrb- was lord lieutenant of devon .his seat was tawstock court three miles south of barnstaple in north devon , which he rebuilt in the elizabethan style in 1574 , which date is sculpted on the surviving gate house .