Thomas (Boteler) Butler KB (abt. 1461 - 1522)

Born about 1461 in Warrington, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Delves) Boteler — married about 1482 in Bewsey Hall, Lancashire, England.

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1522 at about age 61 in Lancashire, England

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Biography

Thomas Boteler was born in 1461.^[1] He was a younger son of Sir John Boteler and his third wife, Margaret Stanley, grandson of Sir John Boteler and Isabel Harington, Sir Thomas Stanley and Joan Goushill.^[1]

An Inquisition post mortem taken at Weryngton on 23 March 1472, found that Thomas was 10 years old when he inherited his family's estates from his brother William.^[2] Thomas reached his majority on or before 4 July 1482, when he was granted "special livery of the lands of his late father sir John Boteler, and of sir William Boteler his late brother."^[3]

Marriage and Children

Thomas was married to Margaret Delves. She was the daughter of Sir John Delves, knt. and his wife, Ellen, daughter of Sir Ralph.^[4] They were married sometime before 26 November 1480, when they appointed attorneys.^{[5] [1]}

Sir Thomas and Margaret had children:^{[4] [6]}

1. Sir Thomas Boteler or Butler of Bewsey, Lancashire, High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1535^[7] m.1 Cecily Legh & m.2 Elizabeth Sutton.^[4]
2. Margaret, wife of Sir Richard Bolde of Bolde (or Bowlde)^[4]
3. Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Booth of Dunham, esq^[4]
4. Anne, m. (1) Sir George Atherton esq., and (2) Laurence Storkey of Stretton^[4]
5. Isabel, wife of Sir Randolph Brereton^[4]
6. Margery, wife of Sir Thomas Southworth^[4]
7. Cecily, wife of Henry Kighley^[4]
8. Eleanor, wife of John Bagott , son and heir of Sir Lewes Bagott, knt^[4]
9. Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler of Bewse, and sister to Thomas Butler that "now ys" in 1533, was married to John Bowthe of Barton, widower of Sysle, daughter to Sir John Waren of Cheshire,^[8] son and heir of Sir John Boothe.^[9]

Occupation

Knight of Bewsey^[1] in Warrington, Lancashire (now Cheshire). He was Master Forester of the forests of Toxteth, Croxteth and Simonswood and Seneschal of Liverpool.^[4]

In 1483 he was summoned to be created a Knight of the Bath at the intended coronation of Edward V, but did not receive it until the coronation of Elizabeth of York on 24 Nov 1487.^[10] Sir Thomas fought at Flodden in 1513 and his "penion became a banner" on the field.^[11]

Will

Thomas made his will on 2 February, 1497, leaving 300 marks to each of his daughters "who shall be unmarried and of good governance, and shall at my decease be guided and ruled by their mother and my feoffees", and 300 marks to any of his daughters who was "unmarried at my decease and be of good governance to the age of 29 years" and if he had any younger sons they were to get 20 marks a year for their lives.^[12]

Thomas made a new will on 16 August, 1520,^[13] in which he made provision for a free grammar school to be founded in Weryngton, and mentions Margaret his wife, his unmarried daughter Dorothy, the indenture of marriage of his son made between him and his son and sir Piers Legh and his son Piers.^[14]

He added a codicil on 13 February, 1533, in which he leaves an estate to John Botelier, youngest son of his son Thomas, an bequeaths items to: his son Thomas Boteler, his wife dame Margaret, Lawrence Starkey, sir Randle Pole, sir Richard Bold, George Both, esq, Randle Brereton, Thomas Soughworth, Hnery Kighley, Dorothy Botelier his daughter, Clemence Holt's marriage.^[15] Sir Thomas "quietly expired at Bewsey" on 27 April 1522 at 62 years of age.^[15]

Death and Burial

Thomas died on 27 April, 1522.^[1] He was buried in St Elphin Churchyard, Warrington, Cheshire, England.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Weis, F.L. (1999). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th ed. Walter Lee Shippard Jr., Ed. 46-37
2. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 329-31.[1].
3. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 338.[2]
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Richardson, D. (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed, p. 213.
5. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 337.[3].
6. ↑ Vis. of Lancs., 1567, p. 106. https://archive.org/stream/remainshistorica81chetuoft#page/n131/mode/2up
7. ↑ Wikipedia
8. ↑ William Langton, ed. The Visitation of Lancashire and a Part of Cheshire, Made in the Twenty-Fourth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, AD 1533, by Special Commission of Thomas Benalt, Clarencieux, Part I, (Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, XCVIII (The Chetham Society, 1876), 78. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/remainshistoric206socigoog/page/n114/mode/1up : accessed 19 July, 2022).
9. ↑ Bouth of Barton, (Vis. of Lancs., 1567). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
10. ↑ Knights of England p.142
11. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 388.[4]
12. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 355.[5]
13. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 404-5.[6].
14. ↑ Beamont, 1873, p. 409.[7]
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Beamont, 1873, p. 411-3.[8]
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #106619901.

See also:

• Richardson, D. (2011). "Troutbbeck," in Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed. (2011), 3, p. 356. Google Books.