William (Boteler) le Boteler (abt. 1222 - abt. 1303)

Born about 1222 in Bewsey, Warrington, Lancashire, England

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Died about 1303 at about age 81 in Bewsey, Warrrington, Lancashire, England

Biography

Sheriff of Lancaster 1258-59 & Governor of Lancaster Castle. [Complete Peerage]

William FitzAlmeric le Boteler built Bewsey Hall in Warrington, on the site of a monastic grange.

William died in 1303 and was succeeded by his grandson, William FitzHenry, because his son, Henry, had died before him in 1297. (Ref: Beaumont, William, _Annals of the Lords of Warrington for the First Five Centuries After the Conquest_, pp. 130 & 133:

"In the year 1297, when the king called a parliament to raise money for the invasion of France, Henry Pincerna, who was then called Henry le Boteler, was returned knight of the shire for Lancashire, having for his colleague Henry de Kighley; but dying in the same year his name does not occur at the next election, though his colleague's does. (Hist. Lan., vol. i. pp. 295, 296.) In the same year Richard le Boteler of Merton granted lands to his widow, 'dna Isabella quondam uxor Henrici le Boteler.'"

"SIR WILLIAM FITZ HENRY LE BOTELER, EIGHTH BARON.

SIR William Fitz Henry Le Boteler was born about the year 1275, and succeeded his grandfather of his own name in the possession of the Boteler estates in the year 1304."

Sources

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I04612 - accessed 3 Jan 2017

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24438665&pid=1553800804
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6835128&pid=-936931143