Elizabeth (Wroth) Butler (abt. 1555 - 1614)

Ancestors

Wife of George Mynne — married 24 Jun 1574 in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1614 at about age 59 in St Marys, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, England

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Caution: Some internet genealogies show a second husband John Wynne. There is no documentation, however, for such a connection.

Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Wroth and Mary Rich.^[1][2] Her birth date is uncertain but her 1574 marriage date may point to a birth date of 1555-1560. She was a legatee in the 1573 will of her father.^[1][2]

Elizabeth married twice. On 24 June 1574 at Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, she married George Mynne Esq of Hertingfordbury.^[1][2][3][4] They had six children:

• Robert,^[1][2] their eldest son,^[5] found to be aged three and more at his father's December 1581 Inquisition Post Mortem^[4]
• John,^[1][2] their second son^[5]
• George^[1][2]
• Mary^[1][2][5]
• Susan^[1][2][5]
• Anne,^[5] who married George Calvert^[1][2]

Her first husband died in 1581,^[1][2][3][4] and appointed Elizabeth sole executor, leaving her his manor at Gawlden, Somerset and other lands in London, Hertfordshire and Somerset.^[5]

Elizabeth's second husband was Nicholas Boteler/Butler.^[1][2]

In 1606 Elizabeth had a bequest from her brother Robert.^[1][2]

Elizabeth died on 14 August 1614.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 392, CALVERT 15, [Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 63, CALVERT 20
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The marriage and marriage year are referred to in her first husband's Inquisition Post Mortem on 8 December 1581 - transcript in Calvert and Darnall Gleanings from English Wills by Mrs Russel Hastings, 'Maryland Historical Magazine', Volume 21, Issue No. 4, 1926, p.308, web
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} 'Inquisitions: 1582', in Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem For the City of London: Part 3, ed. E A Fry (London, 1908), pp. 44-58, British History Online, accessed 30 March 2023
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Mrs Russel Hastings. Calvert and Darnall Gleanings from English Wills, 'Maryland Historical Magazine', Volume 21, Issue No. 4, 1926, pp. 307-313, web

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 22 March 2021.

Elizabeth (Wroth) Butler appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors Leonard Calvert and Charles Calvert to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Huntingfield (vol. I, pages 392-394 CALVERT). This trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 and was re-reviewed in 2021. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Leonard Cavert's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".