William (Boteler) le Boteler (1274 - bef. 1334)

Born 11 Jun 1274 in Wem, Shropshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Ela (Herdeburgh) Boteler — married before 1310 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 14 Sep 1334 before age 60 in Wem, Shropshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

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William was born on 11 Jun 1274, a younger son of William le Boteler of Wem, Shropshire, and Angharad, daughter of Griffith ap Madoc ap Griffith Maelor.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Complete Peerage^[2] styles him the 1st Baron of Wemme.

He was recorded in the Inquisition Post Mortem of his grandmother, Maud, Lady of Wemme, late the Wife of Walter de Hopton.^[7] Writ to be returned to the barons of the exchequer, 14 June, 18 Edw. I. [1290]. Concerned the manor of Wemme, Shropshire. William, son of William le Botiler, aged 16, was her next heir.

He was also recorded in the Inquisition Post Mortem of his brother Gawaine (Gawanus alias Cawanus) le Butiller.^[8] Writ, 21 March, 18 Edw. I. [1289/1290]. Salop. "William le Buteler his brother, aged 16 at the feast of St. Barnabas, 18 Edw. I. is his next heir."

Marriages

He married first Beatrice [surname unknown].^[2][9]

William le Bottiller of Wemme married second Ela, the daughter of Roger de Herdeburgh. She had a sister Isabella.^[2][10]

Children

Children by Beatrice:

• William (the elder)^[2][3][9]
• Isabella^[9][11]

• [possibly] Thomas (of Biddenham, Bedfordshire)^[12]

Children by Ela:

• Edmund
• Edward
• William (the younger)
• Ankaret
• Ida
• Alice
• Dyonisia

Inquisition Post Mortem of William le Botiller of Wemme 1334

The Inquisition Post Mortem of William le Botiller or le Boteler of Wemme following a Writ of 14 September, 8 Edward III [1334] noted that he held lands in Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Salop.^[13]

William his son, aged 36 years at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last, was his heir.

Regarding his lands at Wemme and Hynstoke in Shropshire: Alice de Monte Gomeri sometime the wife of Gauwyn le Botiler held a third part in dower, and John Lestraunge, lord of Whitchurch (de Albo Monasterio), and Ancareta his wife held Dodynton, which was also part of the manor of Wemme.

Pleas

At Michaelmas 1337 Ela, formerly the wife of William le Botiller of Wemme, and John de Payto junior and Alice his wife, sued William le Botiller of Wemme, Chivaler, for the manor of Wylye which Ela's grandfather, Hugh, had given to Nicholas de Hardeburgh and his issue, and Nicholas had died without issue and the right reverted to the donour (Hugh) and his heirs. The plaintiffs, Ela and John de Payto junior and Alice his wife, won their case.^[10]

At Michaelmas in 2 Henry IV, 1401^[3] "Thomas Molynton and Elizabeth, his wife, sued Ankaret, formerly wife of Richard Talbot, Chivaler, for the manor of Dodynton, which Ralph le Boteller, of Wemme, and Matilda, his wife, gave to William, their son, and Ankaret, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. This pedigree was provided:

Ralph le Boteller of Wemme and Matilda, his wife, had:

1. William who married Ankaret in the time of Edward I and had:
   1. William who had:
      1. Willliam, who was living in I Edward III, and had:
         1. William who had:
            1. Elizabeth who was married to Thomas Molynton, the plaintiffs

Ankaret, formerly wife of Richard Talbot, Chivaler, claimed by a fine levied in 1 Edward III, 1327, by William le Boteller, the manor of Dodynton was settled on William for life, with remainder to John Lestrange of Blankminster, and Ankaret, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, and gave this descent:

John Lestrange of Blankminster, and Ankaret, his wife, had

1. John, who had:
   1. John, who had;
      1. Elizabeth who had no descendants;
   2. Ankaret, the defendant, at one time married to Richard Talbot.

Note. Evidently the case turns on Sir William having two sons called William, one by each wife. In the pedigree presented by the plaintiffs, the 3rd William (living 1 Edw III) is the elder half-brother. His granddaughter Elizabeth, the heiress of Wem, married Robert de Ferrers and had a son Robert, but outlived both of them and had two more husbands.

In the defense statement, Ankaret is Sir William's daughter by his 2nd wife, Ela de Herdeburgh. The implication is that the manor had been settled on the younger half-brother, Ela's son (who came of age around 1327) - the remainder clause coming into play because he died childless.

This was probably true, since otherwise, it's hard to see how the Stranges would ever have got their hands on the property. If so, then the case was a blatant attempt to steal the property by deluding the court.

Arms

Arms of Botiller of Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire:^[14]

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Sources

1. ↑ 'Parishes: Weston Turville', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 365-372. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol2/pp365-372
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} The Complete Peerage. Vol II. Bass to Canning. 1912. Boteler, pp 230-232 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Wrottesley, Plea Rolls, p. 223.
4. ↑ Antiquities of Shropshire. By the Rev R W Eyton. Vol VIII, 1859, pp 20-22 Manor of Hinstock Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Antiquities of Shropshire. By the Rev R W Eyton. Vol IX, 1859, pp 168-176 Wem Internet Archive.
6. ↑ Wrottesley G (1905?) Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office. p 165 Internet Archive.
7. ↑ 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 57', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1906), pp. 467-479. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp467-479 [accessed 30 June 2020]. Entry 774.
8. ↑ 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 57', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1906), pp. 467-479. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp467-479 [accessed 30 June 2020]. Entry 773.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), I:371.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Wrottesley, Plea Rolls, p. 31.
11. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, 1912, Vol. II, p 7 Internet Archive.
12. ↑ The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Willey: in the County of Bedford. 1872-1878, p 11 link.
13. ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 38', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III (London, 1909), pp. 397-406. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp397-406 [accessed 3 June 2020]. Inquisition Post Mortem of William le Botiller or le Boteler of Wemme. Entry 593.
14. ↑ 'Parishes: Weston Turville', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 365-372. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol2/pp365-372 [accessed 2 June 2020].

See also:

• Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), I:371.

ELA DE HERDEBURGH, married (1st) WALTER DE HOPTON, Knt., she married (2nd) WILLIAM LE BOTELER (or LE BOTILLER), Knt, of Wem, etc., son of William le Boteler, of Wem, Shropshire, Oversley (in arrow), Warwickshire, etc., by Ankaret, daughter of Gruffudd ap Madoc [see OVERSLEY 9 for his ancestry]. He was born on 11 June 1274 (minor in 1293). they had three sons, William (styled "the younger"), Edmund, clerk, and Edward, clerk (Rector of Weston, Turville), and four daughters, Denise, Ida, Alice, and Ankaret. William married (1st) before 1298 BEATRICE _____ (died before 22 Nov. 1306), by whom he had one son, William, Knt. (styled " the elder" to distinguish him from his younger half-brother of the same name) [see WEM 10, SUDELEY 13], and one daughter, Isabel (wife of Simon Basset [see RANDOLPH 11].

• Marshall, George William. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London, 1871) Page 138
• Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 3 vols, Volume 1, page 273, BLACKMERE 7.
• The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. By Sir Henry Chauncy. 1826. Boteler pedigree, p57 [1].
• Calendar of the Charter Rolls Vol. III. Edward I, Edward II. AD 1300-1326. HMSO, 1908, p397 [2].
• Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623. Edited by Grazebrook G and Rylands JP. 1889. Part I. Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 28. Butler, Baron of Wem Pedigree, p96 [3].
• Bradley, Hal. A Royal Descent for John Stratton, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2006) Vol. 160, Page 107.