William was born on 11 JUN 1274 in Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, the son of William le Boteler and Angarad Ferch Gruffydd.
He died before 14 SEP 1334 in Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
His wife was Ela Hereburgh. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their eleven known children were Isabel (c1295-1347), William (1298-1361), Thomas (c1300-?), Nicholas (c1308->1368), William (c1308->1334), Edmund (c1309-?), Ankaret (c1310-1361), Alice (c1310->1356), Edward (c1310-1375), Ida (c1320-?) and Denise (c1326-1376).
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Note 1
!Note: Summary Boteler, Hesketh, and the Lancashire Re-Formation:
An early marriage between the Botelers of Wem and the de Ferrers line — through Ankaret le Boteler [1310–1361] and Thomas de Ferrers [1305–1353] —
shows an established partnership between those families and the wider Sybil-descended group.
By the early 14th century, the lines of Henry [de Baskerville] Hesketh of Hesketh [~1206 - ?] and Sir William Hawkins Hesketh [~1243 - ~1327] are
established in the Hesketh and Heskin area, along with the Clerk and Taillour lines, forming a working local network.
At the same time, the Lancashire Botelers are split between the Warrington barony, which ends c.1328, and the Wem barony, created 1308 and continuing
through William le Boteler [d. 1334], William [d. 1361], and William [d. 1369].
During the final phase of the Wem line, Nicholas le Boteler is active in Lancashire from about 1331 to 1368, holding land beside Hesketh and supporting
the group, including land transfers into their hands. This places the Wem interest directly next to the developing Hesketh network.
In 1369, the 3rd Baron of Wem dies and the line passes through Elizabeth, effectively ending the male baronial line. At the same time, Nicholas
disappears from the Lancashire record.
What follows is a short gap in authority for the Botelers. The local Hesketh-side group remains in place, but the Boteler structure is no longer unified.
The turning point comes in 1389, when Elizabeth Boteler of the Warrington line marries Richard Boteler of the Rawcliffe line under papal dispensation.
This reunites the two Lancashire branches into a single organized line.
After this, authority stabilizes. By the 1390s, Sir John Boteler of Rawcliffe appears as sheriff, marking the return of a functioning Lancashire leadership.
!Notes: 1. The Sheriff as the "Legal Witness"When you see Sir William or Sir Richard as a witness in a deed, they are often acting in their capacity as High Sheriff or Governor of Lancaster Castle.
— The "Public" Role: Their presence as a witness wasn't just about friendship; it provided the document with official Crown authority. If a dispute arose, the Sheriff’s seal on the deed meant the transaction was "on the record" of the county court.
— The Group Authority: This is why you see the "Shropshire Group" [Heskeths, Clerks, Taillours] appearing on deeds witnessed by the Sheriff. He was the one physically "legalizing" their arrival and status in Lancashire.
2. Wem as the "Landed Grantor "When it comes to granting land, the Barony of Wem remains the superior source of power for the "Shropshire Group" because of the Tenurial Link:
— The "Private" Role: Land wasn't granted by a Sheriff [who was an officer]; it was granted by a Lord [who was the owner].
— The Investment Hub: If the land being granted was part of the Wem/Ferrers/Braose "investment" moities, the authority to grant that land came from their status as Lords of Wem.
— Sub-Tenure: This explains why a "non-regular" Boteler might be granting land near Hesketh. He wasn't acting as a Lancashire official; he was acting as a member of the Wem family corporation distributing their northern assets to their trusted "Kith and Kin."
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Summary of "Two-Hat" Strategy
Action Best Reference Reason
Witnessing a Deed High Sheriff of Lancaster Proves the transaction had Official County Authority.
—
Granting / Leasing Land Baron of Wem [Shropshire] Proves the Direct Tenurial Ownership and family "investment" link.
By using both, you can prove that the family had the wealth to own the land [Wem] and the power to protect it [Sheriff].
!Source: VCH SHROPSHIRE, Wem Rural, Northwood http://www.vchshropshire.org/_Wem_Rural_Texts/Northwood.pdf
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A tenement in the lord’s demesne named ‘the castellstede’ is recorded in 1561.51 Its 17 a.
contained a close named ‘fordecrofte’, suggesting it was located near the Roden. A medieval
fortification at the strategic river crossing into Wales is possible, however, there is no later
record of it. This location also coincides with the exclave of Wolverley township, bounded by
the Roden and, on the landward side, enclosed by a curvilinear ditch, whose origin may
therefore be connected to this putative castle.
About 2 km to the northeast stood the ‘vowry cross’, depicted on the 1631 map as standing in
isolation just outside bounds of Northwood. The custom of advocaria was claimed by Ralph <<<< Not our Northwood.
le Botiler as lord of Wem in 1255, so it is likely that a ‘vowry cross’ then existed at the
boundary of Wem and Whixall to signify where his authority began and ended.52 The cross is
not mentioned in extant documentary records until 1612, however.53
Footnotes:
51 Survey 1561, 166–7.
52 Rot. Hund. II, 58b; VCH Wem, 134.
53 SA, 167/5A, 18 Apr. 1612. A ‘new inclosure called the Bowry Crosse’ in 1648: ACA, MS
508, f. 30r.
Note: 1. First this is not our Northwood. This is next to Wem Moss National Nature Reserve, near Whixall and Wolverley and Market Drayton and Whitchurch, which is the area of Richard Hotchkiss of Ashe, Whitchurch [~1462 - 1557]. That actually says it might be good to research it more fully sometime.
2. Please understand that this other Northwood was not part of Wem, but was included in its Church Advowson, with the border marked by a vowry cross.
Apparently the Church Advowson for Wemme included this other Northwode.
!Source: William le Boteler [abt. 1331 - 1369] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Butler-3351
Born about 1331 [uncertain] in Wem, Shropshire, England [uncertain]
Died 14 Aug 1369 at about age 38 in Wem, Shropshire, England [uncertain]
— Inquisition Post Mortem 1369
Inquisition Post Mortem of William Botiller, Botyller, or le Botiller, of Wemme, knight, following a writ of 20 August, 43 Edward III [1369].[10]
Wemme. The manor [of Wemme] [extent given], with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of two-thirds of a knight’s fee. He held it in fee tail, as above. The extent includes woods called ‘Northwode,’ ‘Brokhurst’ and ‘Shutles,’ two parks with deer, a fishpond, a market held every week on Sunday, and a fair on the feast of SS. Peter and Paul. <<<< Not our Northwood.
Sources:
10.0 10.1 M. C. B. Dawes and J. B. W. Chapman, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 206', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III [London, 1938], pp. 284-303. Inquisition Post Mortem of William Botiller, Botyller, or le Botiller, of Wemme, knight [Item 324]. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp284-303 [accessed 12 July 2021].
Note: 1. First this is not our Northwood. This is next to Wem Moss National Nature Reserve, near Whixall and Wolverley and Market Drayton and Whitchurch, which is the area of Richard Hotchkiss of Ashe, Whitchurch [~1462 - 1557]. That actually says it might be good to research it more fully sometime.
2. Please understand that this other Northwood was not part of Wem, but was included in its Church Advowson, with the border marked by a vowry cross.
Apparently the Church Advowson for Wemme included this other Northwode.
!Source: Lancaster Castle Heraldry https://www.lancastercastle.com/heraldry/sir-richard-le-boteler/
Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: Sir Richard le Boteler, of Rawcliffe, Fylde
Herald date: 1266
Azure, a chevron between three covered cups Or.
!Source: The Occupants of The Ancient office of High Sheriff of the County of Lancashire From 1160 to 1603 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/sheriffs_of_lancashire.htm
—
Boteler Family High Sheriffs of Lancashire.
The following list highlights members of the Boteler family who served in this role:
Year[s] Name Branch/Notes
1197–1198 Nicholas le Boteler Served under Theobald Walter [Baron of Amounderness]; possibly from Norfolk or Carnforth.
1241–1246 Richard le Boteler Associated with the House of Bewsey, Warrington.
1259 Sir William le Boteler When he became Sheriff, he was recorded as Willielmus Pincerna de Bewsey, marking the first historical mention of his "fair seat" at Bewsey Hall in Lancashire.
1266, 1269 Sir Richard le Boteler Of Rawcliffe, Fylde; he established the Rawcliffe branch.
1371–1374 Sir John le Boteler Of Warrington; he was knighted by 1363 and served as an MP 10 times.
1394–1397 Sir John le Boteler Of Rawcliffe, Fylde.
1401–1404 Sir John de Boteler Of Rawcliffe.
1405–1406 John Boteler Possibly of Crophull and Eccleston.
1534 Sir Thomas Butler 16th Baron of Warrington.
1569–1570 Sir Thomas Butler Son of the 16th Baron of Warrington.
Source: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Richard-Boteler/6000000003828280433?through=6000000023209652125:
This is Sheriff Sir Richard’s line. I’m pretty sure the Sir Richard that shows up as witness is the sheriff. The rest of this line doesn’t match.
1. Sir Almeric Pincerna le Boteler, Lord of Warrington, 6th Baron [~1216 - < 1235], wife Lady Alicia le Boteler, Baroness of Warrington.
2. Sheriff Sir Richard le Boteler [~1232 - 1281], wife Alice de Carleton.
3. William le Boteler, of Rawcliffe Hall [~1252 - ~1287], wife Johanna de Sifewast.
4. Sir Nicholas le Boteler, of Rawcliffe Hall [~1285 - ~1348], wife Mabel. No children. Goes to brother John. Corrected impossible birthdate of 1315.
5. John Boteler of Kirkland [~1286 - ?]. Corrected another impossible birthdate of ~1350, but then his sons can’t be born 1380.
Notes: So Sir Nicholas and John above don’t fit at all and there is no reason to choose William from that line either.
We have Nicholas son of William showing up with land at Longeton [Longton] in 1331 and at Wrightington in 1336, literally next door to Heskin [2.2 miles]. William is a witness in 1347.
Nicholas continues to show up until 1368, which just happens to be the same year the Wem Barony dies out. These occurrences of William fit the 1st and 2nd Barons of Wem, while Nicholas a younger son of William the 1st Baron.
In 1396 we see Sir John Botiller of Roucliff, who must be that line straightening itself out.
!Source: Townships: Out Rawcliffe. A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1912. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol7/pp273-276
Theobald Walter in 1266–7 granted to his 'cousin' Sir Richard le Boteler all the land of Out Rawcliffe together with an oxgang in Staynall, for which he was to render the farm the men of the place had been accustomed to pay. [fn. 8] At the same time he ordered these men to render their services to the said Richard, [fn. 9] whom they were to consider as their lord. The rents seem to have amounted to £7 a year, for this was the sum remitted or commuted to a pair of gloves or 1d. by Theobald Walter, butler of Ireland, when William le Boteler, the son and heir of Richard, married Joan de Syfrewast. [fn. 10] Richard had also acquired Mid Rawcliffe from Richard de Thornhill [fn. 11] and John Debaud, [fn. 12] and thus held the whole, though by different tenures. From this time until 1716 his family retained possession, and there are practically no records of any other tenants. The manors seem to have been regarded as one, called indifferently either Middle or Out Rawcliffe; but sometimes these were named separately. The Botelers also held manors and lands in Hoole, Whittle-le-Woods, Freckleton, Goosnargh and other places.
Sir Richard le Boteler, brother of Sir William le Boteler of Warrington, [fn. 13] was living in 1273, [fn. 14] but must have died not long afterwards, leaving a widow Alice. [fn. 15] His eldest son William did not long survive him, being dead in 1287; his widow Joan had by that time married Thomas de Singleton. [fn. 16] The son Nicholas was a minor at his father's death, [fn. 17] and by his wife Mabel left a son William, a minor in 1305. [fn. 18] This son also appears to have died young. By his wife Isabel he left a son Nicholas, who served as knight of the shire in 1344, [fn. 19] and occurs from 1328 [fn. 20] until about 1364. He was succeeded by his son Sir John Boteler, [fn. 21] who rendered public service as sheriff of the county [fn. 22] and in other ways. [fn. 23]
Footnotes:
8. Dods. MSS. xxxiii, fol. 29 5 liii, fol. 99.
9. Ibid, xxxiii, fol. 29b; this charter supplies the date.
10. Ibid. fol. 30. Should William and Joan have no issue the rent was to revert to the grantor or his heirs.
11. Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 85; a grant of all Thornhill's land, made about 1253, Sir Robert de Lathom being sheriff and attesting. Richard de Thornhill directed his tenants in future to answer to Richard le Boteler as to their lord; ibid. Richard de Thornhill granted 2 oxgangs of land and a half in Middle Rawcliffe to Richard de Thornton in free marriage with his 'cousin' Olive; ibid. In 1308–9 William son of Nicholas Boteler made a claim respecting a tenement in Midst Rawcliffe against John de Thornhill and others, but did not prosecute it; Assize R. 423, m. 2 d. 5.
12. Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 99; a direction to the tenants to render services to Richard le Boteler.
13. Raines MSS. [Chet. Lib.], xxxviii, 93; Beamont, Annals of the Lords of Warrington, i, 60, 79.
14. In 1273 the sheriff was ordered to fix a boundary between the lands of Richard le Boteler in Middle Rawcliffe and those of the Abbot of Cockersand in Pilling Grange; De Banco R. 3, m. 24. There had already [in 1270] been an agreement as to bounds, which were to go from the head of Pilling straight between Scytholme and south by the hedge to the head of Westpool; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 120. In 1273 Richard, in bequeathing his body to the abbey, released his right in Pilling pasture; ibid.; Cockersand Chartul. [Chet. Soc], 1, 47–50.
15. She was the daughter of William de Carleton; Whittle-le-Woods and part of Goosnargh appear to have come to the Botelers through her. In 1281 dower was granted to her by her eldest son William, viz. the whole manor of Middle Rawcliffe. The other sons were Henry, John, Richard, Edmund and Geoffrey; Dods. MSS. liii, fol. 85. For Richard see the account of Marton ia Poulton. Alice, when widow, granted to Richard son of Sir Henry de Kighley all her part of the fishery of Wyre, given her by her brother Adam; ibid. fol. 97b.
16. At the beginning of 1287 Joan widow of Theobald le Boteler claimed dower in Rawclifte-as to 6 oxgangs of land, &c., against Nicholas son of Theobald le Boteler, who was custodee of the land and heir of William son of Richard le Boteler; and as to 10 oxgangs, &c., against Thomas de Singleton and Joan his wife; De Banco R. 66, m. 27 d. It appeared that Joan, who held in dower, was the widow of William le Boteler, whose son and heir Nicholas was under age; ibid. 68, m. 21 d.
17. Nicholas occurs in a Wrightington plea in 1292; Assize R. 408, m. 41.
18. Assize R. 420, m. 9 d.; from which it appears that William's wardship had been granted to Richard de Lathom by John de Kirkby as superior lord of Wrightington, where the family had lands. The lord of Weeton seems for the time to have been overlooked, but in 1313 Edmund the Butler of Ireland appeared against William son and heir of Nicholas Boteler for having intruded himself into the manor of Out Rawcliffe, which had been held of plaintiff by the said Nicholas by knight's service, so that William's wardship belonged to him; De Banco R. 198, m. 10 d.
19. Pink and Beaven, Parl. Repre. of Lancs. 29.
20. In that year Nicholas son of William Boteler claimed the third part of £7 rent from Out Rawcliffe against Randle de Singleton and Mabel his wife. Mabel was the widow of Nicholas Boteler, who had held the manor of a certain William [sic] Boteler by the rent of a pair of gloves. From Nicholas it had descended to William as son and heir, and he had granted Mabel a third of two-thirds of the manor for dower. The descent of the manor was traced [as in the text]; it was stated that Joan, as widow of the first William [son of Richard], had received the £7 rent until her death, and it was argued that a third part of this was due from Mabel to the lord of the manor. The defence was that the rent had been extinguished by the charter to William and Joan; Assize R. 1400, m. 233d.; De Banco R. 276, m. 93. Isabel widow of the second William [father of Nicholas] had married Sir Henry de Croft by 1331; ibid. 287, m. 307 d. Dower was claimed in seventytwo messuages, lands, &c, in Middle Rawcliffe, Out Rawcliffe, Upper Rawcliffe, Great and Little Sowerby, Inskip and many other places against Nicholas son of William Boteler; ibid. 295, m. 102; Cal. Pat. 1330–4, p. 388. Nicholas occurs again in 1346–7; De Banco R. 348, m. 286; 351, m. 109 d.
21. Sir John son of Nicholas Boteler of Rawcliffe in the time of Richard II recovered a moiety of the manor of Freckleton; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 116. Sir John Boteler of Rawcliffe and Agnes his wife occur in 1401; Final Conc. [Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.], iii, 62.
22. From 1371 to 1374; P.R.O. List, 72.
Source: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Richard-Boteler/6000000003828280433?through=6000000023209652125:
This is Sheriff Sir Richard’s line. I’m pretty sure the Sir Richard that shows up as witness is the sheriff. The rest of this line doesn’t match.
1. Sir Almeric Pincerna le Boteler, Lord of Warrington, 6th Baron [~1216 - < 1235], wife Lady Alicia le Boteler, Baroness of Warrington.
2. Sheriff Sir Richard le Boteler [~1232 - 1281], wife Alice de Carleton.
3. William le Boteler, of Rawcliffe Hall [~1252 - ~1287], wife Johanna de Sifewast.
4. Sir Nicholas le Boteler, of Rawcliffe Hall [~1285 - ~1348], wife Mabel. No children. Goes to brother John. Corrected impossible birthdate of 1315.
5. John Boteler of Kirkland [~1286 - ?]. Corrected another impossible birthdate of ~1350, but then his sons can’t be born 1380.
Notes: So Sir Nicholas and John above don’t fit at all and there is no reason to choose William from that line either.
We have Nicholas son of William showing up with land at Longeton [Longton] in 1331 and at Wrightington in 1336, literally next door to Heskin [2.2 miles]. William is a witness in 1347.
Nicholas continues to show up until 1368, which just happens to be the same year the Wem Barony dies out. These occurrences of William fit the 1st and 2nd Barons of Wem, while Nicholas an unknown younger son of William, son of the 2nd Baron whose wife and children are unknown. [see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boteler-214]
In 1396 we see Sir John Botiller of Roucliff, who must be that line straightening itself out.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/04d2556b-0d60-4716-9bda-55605d8c66c5
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDHE - HESKETH of RUFFORD
DDHE 104 - RUFFORD - GENERAL.
Catalogue description Grant: Richard Fiton to his daughter Matilda -- half of Rufford, beginning at the mere...
Reference: DDHE 104/1
Description:
Grant: Richard Fiton to his daughter Matilda -- half of Rufford, beginning at the mere and so following a certain syke towards the E. as far as the moss, and so following a certain lake in the moss while it lasts, and so in a straight line through the middle of the moss to the head of the Monkeslache, following it to the Pepinstrind, thence in a straight line to the foot of the Duggles, and so up the water of the Duggles, to where the Ellerbekbroke falls into the Duggles, and so up the Ellerbekbroke, to the Oxpolelache, and so along the Oxpolelache while it lasts, and thence in a straight line to the Quytstrindes, and by thence to the Sinkfall, and thence to the Blakepulles, from one to another, and thence following a ditch called Couplacedike, back to the water of the mere. With half of the lordship and its appurtenances -- His daughter Anebie, sister of M. to hold the other half, with cross remainders. Rendering yearly one penny to R.F. and 2s.6d. to the abbot and convict of St. Werburgh, Chester at the Feast of St. Martin.
Witn: Sir Robert Banastre, Sir Henry of Lee, Sir William of Mara, Sir Richard the Botiler, Adam Banastre, Henry of Pulle, Warin of Bispham. Thomas Banastre.
Date: n.d. [c.1260]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Depending on which William we are talking about, Richard could be related.
This seems likely to be Sir Richard le Boteler, of Rawcliffe, Fylde who was High Sheriff of Lancaster, Herald date: 1266. [].
Note: Sir Richard le Boteler here is the sheriff.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/59b6c8b0-5355-4500-84fd-0a190d665d0f
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDHE - HESKETH of RUFFORD
DDHE 25 - LONGTON
Catalogue description Grant : Adam son of Henry of Longeton to Robert son of William son of Thomas the Clerk,...
Reference: DDHE 25/32
Description:
Grant : Adam son of Henry of Longeton to Robert son of William son of Thomas the Clerk, senior, of Longeton -- 7ac. in Longeton had from Nicholas the Botiller, viz. 1 toft and building, containing 2ac. and 1ac. in the Caliardstade, and 4ac. in Osbernescrofte with 1 head abutting towards Waldemyr on the south and towards Apaldsick on the north; also 1 place of meadow land had from Henry Pluket -- with remainder to John brother of Robert, then to William their brother. Witn: Sir Robert, lord of Shirburne, William of Farington, Adam Banastre of the Bonk, William of Hoghwik, Adam the Clerk of Penwortham and others. Given at Longeton, Mon. in Feast of Nativity of St. John Baptist, 5 Ed. III.
Date: [24 Jun. 1331.]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: The 1330s Botiler records in the Hesketh area match the time, status, and network of the Shropshire Boteler family, likely reflecting the same broader family system.
Note: Nicholas le Boteler [~1308 - > 1368].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/509dd0a6-2e21-4233-8e07-5b5b117c8a84
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDHE - HESKETH of RUFFORD
DDHE 50 - WRIGHTINGTON
Catalogue description Lease for life : Nicholaus the Botiler to Adam the Tayliour, gent., Robert Wrennolsone...
Reference: DDHE 50/16
Description:
Lease for life : Nicholaus the Botiler to Adam the Tayliour, gent., Robert Wrennolsone of Writhinton and Alice his wife -- 6ac. and 1 rod land and buildings in Writhinton, viz. 4ac. beginning at land of Robert Bennesone abutting on the bounds of Heskyn, and 2ac. and 1 rod next to the high way in Writhinton -- paying 6/9 silver. Witn: Robert of Heskyn, Richard his son, Richard Banastre, Henry of Tunlegh, Geoffrey Banastre and others. Given at Writtinton in Vigil St. Thomas Apostle, 10 Ed. III.
Date: [20 Dec. 1336.]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: The 1330s Botiler records in the Hesketh area match the time, status, and network of the Shropshire Boteler family, likely reflecting the same broader family system.
Note: Nicholas le Boteler [~1308 - > 1368].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b5c62dda-1232-45e5-8f2c-95746464465b
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDB - PARKER FAMILY of BROWSHOLME
DDB 18 - Wrightington
Grant: Nicholas son of William the Botiler, to Lucy of Lathum, lady of Perbald -- his...
Reference: DDB 18/2
Description:
Grant: Nicholas son of William the Botiler, to Lucy of Lathum, lady of Perbald -- his part of the Menewode in Wrightington between Hawkesbrek and Lyneleyclogh -- rendering 2/- yearly. Witn. Sir John Flemyng, Sir William of Lee, Sir Robert of Dalton, Adam Banastre, Robert of Prestecote, Richard of Heskin, Henry of Tunlegh. Given at Wrightington, Sun. after translation St. Thomas Martyr, 11 Edw.III.
Date: [9 Jul. 1337]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: The 1330s Botiler records in the Hesketh area match the time, status, and network of the Shropshire Boteler family, likely reflecting the same broader family system.
Note: Nicholas le Boteler [~1308 - > 1368].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C18682196
DL - Records of the Duchy of Lancaster
Division within DL - Records of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster
DL 42 - Duchy of Lancaster: Cartularies, Enrolments, Surveys and other Miscellaneous Books
Subseries within DL 42 - COWCHERS AND CARTULARIES
DL 42/1 - Great cowcher or carte regum, I. Register of evidences of title for the Duchy of Lancaster and its constituent parts, including the earldoms of...
Catalogue description Folios: 399v-400. County of Yorkshire. Charters or muniments found in the castle of...
Reference: DL 42/1/77/20
Description:
Folios: 399v-400. County of Yorkshire. Charters or muniments found in the castle of Pontefract, Yorks, in a box, marked by a sign. Indenture of exchange.
First party: Henry, earl of Lancaster, Derby and Leicester, steward of England.
Second Party: William de Bracebrigge and Maud, his wife.
Place or Subject: William and Maud have granted to the earl two parts of the manor of Ulneswalton [Ulnes Walton], Lancs, and two parts of all the two parts of the lands and tenements, which are in Lailond [Leyland], Eleston [Eccleston], Heskyn [Heskin] and Kilgrymesargh [Kellamergh], with the reversion of the third part of that manor, lands and tenements, which Emma de Walton holds in the name of dower from Maud's inheritance. The which third part after Emma's death ought to revert to William and Maud and her heirs, with remainder to the earl and his heirs and assigns.
Additional people: [witnesses] Hugh de Hastinges; William Basset; William Skargill of Yorkshire; William Botiler; Adam de Hoghton of Lancashire, knights; Robert de Lasci, and Gilbert Haydok.
Dated at Kenilworth.
20 Apr 21 Edw III.
Date: 1347 Apr 20
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Not Public Record[s]
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: The 1340s Botiler records in the Hesketh area match the time, status, and network of the Shropshire Boteler family, likely reflecting the same broader family system. This could be a son to William 1274-1334.
Note: William le Boteler, 2nd Baron Boteler of Wem [1298 - 1361].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d87325fd-0e01-4c88-a935-c2c1a3c847f9
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDB - PARKER FAMILY of BROWSHOLME
DDB 7 - Mawdesley
Catalogue description Grant: William son of John son of Adam of Moudeslegh, to Sir William of Heskeyth -- 6ac....
Reference: DDB 7/12
Description:
Grant: William son of John son of Adam of Moudeslegh, to Sir William of Heskeyth -- 6ac. land in Moudeslegh, lying next land which he granted to Sir William after the death of Thomas his brother -- Witn. Sir Nicholas the Botiller, Henry of Bekaneshowe, William son of William Banastre, John of Thorpe, William the Clerk. Given at Moudeslegh, Mon. in St. Andrew, 23 Edw. III. Seal.
Date: [30 Nov. 1349]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Nicholas le Boteler [~1308 - > 1368].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/725b199a-e9c6-4def-9379-801faafd870d
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDB - PARKER FAMILY of BROWSHOLME
DDB 2 - Croston
Catalogue description Grant: Roger of Fulwode of Rughford to Sir William of Heskeyth -- 3 burgages in Croston,...
Reference: DDB 2/3
Description:
Grant: Roger of Fulwode of Rughford to Sir William of Heskeyth -- 3 burgages in Croston, with 2 acres; also a messuage had from William of Rughford -- Witn. Sir Robert of Dalton, Sir Nicholas the Botiller, William son of William Banastre, John of Thorpe, Richard of Alston, William sons of Richard the Clerk, Given at Croston, Thu. after St. Andrew 23 Edw.III. Seal.
Date: [3 Dec. 1349]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Nicholas le Boteler [~1308 - > 1368].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/032b1563-8384-4d8a-85d1-28355ba09190
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDB - PARKER FAMILY of BROWSHOLME
DDB 13 - Properties in divers townships
Catalogue description Grant: Henry Banastyr of Wryghtynton to John his son -- places of land called Dobbefeld...
Reference: DDB 13/3
Description:
Grant: Henry Banastyr of Wryghtynton to John his son -- places of land called Dobbefeld and Herlecarres in PERBALTE, and Moldesfeld, with the reversion of lands held by mother Joan, in WRYGHTYNTON -- paying the accustomed dues, to St. John of Jerusalem 6d, St. Mary of Cokyrsond 6d, the lord of Perbalte 1d and the heirs of Sir Nicholas the Botyler 21d. To J.B. for life, then to Robert brother of J.B. and their issue respectively. Witn. Roger Banastre, John of Byllynge, John of Heskyn, senior, John of Heskyn, junior, William of Eccleston, clerk. Given at Perbalte, Fri. after All Saints, 42 Edw.III.
Date: [3 Nov. 1368]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Nicholas le Boteler [~1308 - > 1368].
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/205a18cc-3bed-43a8-a6cf-7b9a85796e3a
55 - Lancashire Archives
DDHE - HESKETH of RUFFORD
DDHE 50 - WRIGHTINGTON
Catalogue description Lease for 40 years at 2/- rent : Sir John Botiller of Roucliff to Richard the Bouker of...
Reference: DDHE 50/43
Description:
Lease for 40 years at 2/- rent : Sir John Botiller of Roucliff to Richard the Bouker of Bispham, Joan his wife, and John his son -- 1ac. arable land in Wrightyngton, beginning at the Grymeskar, following the Lidezate Lone to Ambroseacre, from Ambroseacre ascending to the ditch of Robert Banastre -- Given at Wrightyngton, Sun. after Easter, 19 Ric. II. Seal.
Date: [9 Apr. 1396.]
Held by: Lancashire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Lancashire sheriff from 1394–1397: Sir John le Boteler, of Rawcliffe, Fylde.
!Source: Visitation of Lancashire, 1533 https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1533_visitation_pt1.pdf
John Buttler of Raclyffe
married Anne, daughter to Sir Richard Sherborne, knyght, and
they had yssue, Elizabeth, Isabell, Elynor and Grace.
Elizabeth is maryed to James Standyke of Duxberge.
Elimor ys maryed to Harry Rucheton of Donkynsall.
—
ARMS sable [£5a]/ a chevron between three covered cups or [0].
The surname of Butler [in Latin, Pincerna] being a title of office,
has been held by families entirely unconnected in relationship,
and is found in various parts of the country. It has generally
been assumed, however, that the two lines of Butler in Lancashire
were of the same stock, and many circumstances render it not
improbable that they were so. The grant of Out Rawcliffe, temp.
Henry IlI, to Sir Richard Ie Botiller by Theobald Walter, the <<<< Sir Richard, the sheriff. time of Henry III 1216 - 1272.
chief lord of Amonnderness [who held the office of Butler to the
Kings of England in Ireland, and was ancestor to the noble
families of Butler in that island], being made to him under the
description of "his beloved kinsman," might lead to the inference
I In the Office copy the tincture of the field is " Azu1'e," and in "A Roll of Arms
of the reign of Richard II.," edited by Thomas Willement, we find the arms of
Monsieur John Boteler, azure, !\ chevron between three covel'ed cups, or <<<< Which John?
,...,
The traditional arms of Villers, six. lioncelles rampant, three,
two and one, have been assumed by the Corporation of Wan'ing"
ton, and· are borne on their common seal, but we have met with
no example of their being quartered by the Butlers. At p. 149 of
the Annals of the Lords of Warrington, Mr. Beamont has given
various examples of Boteler seals; 28 Edward 1., the seal of
William Ie Boteler bears on the shield a single cup j 2 Edward III., <<<< 2 Ed III = 1329.
the shield bears a bend between six covered cups on the seal of
Sir William Ie Boteler; 7 Edward III., Sir William Ie Boteler <<<<
seals with a single cup on the shield; in the same year Elizabeth <<<<
wife of Sir "William Boteler, seals with a coat of a bend betwee~
six covered cups, impaling a lion rampant.
It has not been discovered to what family this lady belonged,
but If she were an heiress, it would acconnt for the third and fourth
quarters assigned to the Butlers at the Visitations. The family
acquired property in Wiltshire, Essex, and Bedfordshire; from what
source has not been discovered.
On the seal of William Ie Boteler, Dns de Werington, A.D. 1366 <<<<
and 1370, fine Impressions of which were found amongst the Legh
deeds, the arms of Butler only are given, a bend between six
covered cups, three and three. On the seals of William Ie Boteler
above quoted, upon a knightly helmet, the crest appears as a
covered cup supported by two doves. It is strange that such a
characteristic device should have been neglected and forgotten, and
that this ancient family should have taken an unicorn saliant
argent, armed and crined, or, tied round the neck with a scarf
of the last, as a grant from Dalton, Norroy. This crest appears
indistinctly on a seal of Edward Butler A D 1581 where, by a <<<<
curious arrangement, the six covered cups are divided between the
first apd fourth quarters instead of being repeated, and the bend
is made to cross the whole shield, the lion rampant appearing
correctly in the posltlon of second and third quarters. The
mangling of the Butler coat must have been an engraver's blunder.
Note: Possible Williams mentioned here.
!Source: Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower, 1506 https://dn720705.ca.archive.org/0/items/visitationofcoun00manc/visitationofcoun00manc.pdf
Sir William Butler of Bewsy, knt., sonne and heir, anno 12 Edw. 2 [1310] is shown with sons Richard, eldest son sans yssue and Sir John Butler of Bewsey, knt. baron of Warington, brother to Richard temp [time of] Edw 2.
Note: Possible Williams mentioned here.
!Source: William [Boteler] le Boteler https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boteler-286
Born 11 Jun 1274 in Wem, Shropshire, England [uncertain]
Died before 14 Sep 1334 before age 60 in Wem, Shropshire, England [uncertain]
William "Baron of Wemme" le Boteler formerly Boteler aka le Botiller, Butler edit
Son of William Boteler and Angharad [ferch Gruffydd] Boteler edit
Brother of Nigel [Boteler] le Boteler, John [Botiler] Boteler, Gawaine Boteler, Anne [Boteler] Talbot and Elizabeth [Neville] Greystoke [half] add sibling
Husband of Beatrice [Unknown] Boteler — married before 1298 [location unknown]
Husband of Ela [Herdeburgh] Boteler — married before 1310 in England map icon [uncertain] add/edit spouses
Father of Isabel [Boteler] Basset, William [Butler] le Boteler, Thomas Boteler, William [Boteler] le Botiller, Edmund [Boteler] le Boteler, Alice [Boteler] Longford, Ankaret [Boteler] de Ferrers, Edward [Boteler] le Boteler, Ida [Boteler] Trussell and Denise [Boteler] Shareshull add/edit children
Biography
Gules a fesse checky argent and sable between six crosslets or. [1]
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
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:
William who married Ankaret in the time of Edward I and had:
William who had:
Willliam, who was living in I Edward III, and had:
William who had:
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
John, who had:
John, who had;
Elizabeth who had no descendants;
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]
"Gules a fesse checky argent and sable between six crosslet or"
Sources
↑ '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
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Complete Peerage. Vol II. Bass to Canning. 1912. Boteler, pp 230-232 Internet Archive.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wrottesley, Plea Rolls, p. 223.
↑ Antiquities of Shropshire. By the Rev R W Eyton. Vol VIII, 1859, pp 20-22 Manor of Hinstock Internet Archive.
↑ Antiquities of Shropshire. By the Rev R W Eyton. Vol IX, 1859, pp 168-176 Wem Internet Archive.
↑ 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.
↑ '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.
↑ '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.
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, [2013], I:371.
↑ 10.0 10.1 Wrottesley, Plea Rolls, p. 31.
↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, 1912, Vol. II, p 7 Internet Archive.
↑ The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Willey: in the County of Bedford. 1872-1878, p 11 link.
↑ 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.
↑ '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.