William was born in 1245 in Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, the son of unknown parents.
He died on 11 DEC 1283 in Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
His wife was Angarad Ferch Gruffydd. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was William (1274-<1334).
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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.
!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: William Boteler
Born 1245 in Wem, Shropshire, England
Died before 11 Dec 1283 before age 38 in Wem, Shropshire, England
William Boteler aka le Boteller edit
Son of Ralph [Boteler] le Boteler and Matilda [Pantulf] de Hopton edit
Brother of Johanna [Boteler] Raleigh and Ralph [Boteler] le Boteler add sibling
Husband of Angharad [ferch Gruffydd] Boteler — married 2 Oct 1261 [location unknown] add/edit spouses
Father of Nigel [Boteler] le Boteler, John [Botiler] Boteler, Gawaine Boteler, Anne [Boteler] Talbot and William [Boteler] le Boteler add/edit children
Biography
1245 Birth and Parents
Sir William le Boteler of Wemme [1] and Oversley was born about 1245 in Wem, Shorpshire, England. [2]
William le Boteler was of Oversley, Warwickshire, Dodington and Loppington, Shropshire. [3]
William le Boteler was the son of Ralph le Boteler of Oversley, Warwickshire, Wem, Shropshire, etc, by Maud, daughter and co-heiress of William Pantulf.[3][4]
A Pipe Roll confirms that William was the son of Ralph le Boteller of Wemme and Matilda, his wife.[1][5]
Eyton mentions William as the "eldest son" of his parents Ralph le Boteler and Matilda Pantulf, but does not name Joanna or any other children. [6]
Weber reports that he was the son of
Ralph le Boteler, Lord of Oversley b: ABT 1220 in Oversley, Alcester, Warwickshire, England [2]
Maud Pantulf, Heiress of Wemme b: ABT 1227 in Wem, Shropshire, England [2]
1261 Marriage to Ankaret
Ankaret, or Angharad, married William le Boteler by license dated 2 October 1261. [3]
William married, after 2 October 1261, Angharad, daughter of Griffith ap Madoc ap Griffith Maelor, Lord of Bromfield, Dinas Bran and Yale [now co. Denbigh], i.e. of Lower Powis, by Emma, daughter of Henry AUDLEY, of Heleigh, co. Stafford. He died shortly before 11 December 1283. His widow, to whom dower was ordered to be assigned, 8 February 1283/4, was living 22 July 1308. [1]
After 2 October 1261 he married as her first husband Angharad verch Gruffudd, who was born about 1249 in Bromfield, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. [1]
William married Ankaret, in the time of Edward I[5] [reigned 1272-1307].
Angharad was the daughter of Gruffydd ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, Dinas Bran, and Yale, second husband of her mother, Emme [c.1218 - d. after 22 Dec 1270], daughter of Henry de Audley [1175-1246], Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire. [1][7] Emma's first husband, Henry Tuchet, died before 8 January 1242.[3]
1277 Court Case
In 1277 William and Ankaret engaged in a court case against Walter de Finchingfeld. [3]
1281 Succeeded Father
William le Botiler of Wem, Salop, son & heir of Ralph le Botiler of Oversley, co. Warwick, by Maud, daughter & heir of William Pantulf of Wem. He succeeded his father shortly before 3 July 1281 He was summoned cum equis et armis, 24 May 1282 and 14 March 1282/3, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 July 1283, by writs directed Willelmo le Botiler [or le Botiller] de Wemme. [1]
Battles in Wales
In 1282 and 1283 William fought in Wales. [3]
1283 Death
Shortly before 11 December 1283 William le Boteler died. [1][3]
William Boteler, who, in the lifetime of his father, had m. Ankaret, niece of James de Aldithley, died, however, in a very few years after inheriting his paternal property [anno 1283], leaving three sons, John, Gawine, and William, and was s. by his eldest, John Boteler. [8]
He died before 11 December 1283 in Oversley, Alcester, Warwickshire, England. [9]
1284 Remarriage of Widow
William's widow Ankaret married secondly before 10 June 1285 Sir Robert de Neville of Scotton, Lincolnshire[7] They had one daughter, Elizabeth. [3]:
Ankaret was living 22 June 1308. [1] Sir Robert de Neville died 1313/14.[3]:
1401 Lawsuit regarding Dodynton
At Michaelmas in 2 Henry IV, 1401, at Salop, "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.[5] This pedigree was provided:[5]
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:[5]
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.
Issue
Richardson shows two children, William and Anne, of their union.[3]. However, Inquisitions Post Mortem identify additional children. [10]
John. When William le Boteler died, his heir was his son John, aged 17 [1][10] John le Boteler, of Wem b: 17 JUL 1266 in Wem, Shropshire, England [2]
Gawaine. When John died his heir was his brother Gawaine agd 17 [Inq no. 641, p. 396] [10] Gawain le Boteler, of Wem b: 2 FEB 1269/70 in Wem, Shropshire, England [1]
Wiliam le Boteler, When Gawaine died his heir was his brother William, aged 16 [Inq No. 773, p. 470]. [1][10] William, son of William and Ankaret is identified in a Pipe Roll. [5] William le Boteler, Knt., son of Ankaret and William, married Ela de Herdeburgh[3] William 1st Baron le Boteler, of Wemme, Sir b: 11 JUN 1274 in Oversley, Alcester, Warwickshire, England [2]
Anne le Boteler, daughter of Ankaret and William, married Gilbert Talbot[3] born 1272 Anne le Boteler b: ABT 1278 in Wem, Shropshire, England [2]
Additional Children Currently linked as of 9/24/2019
Profiles attached as children but not supported in text as of 12 February 2018:
Nigel le Boteler, b. 1265[11], b. 1263[citation needed]
Research Notes
Also cited: [12][13][14][15]
Sources
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs, editor, Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Edition 2, Vol II Bass to Canning. Page 230-231 [London: The St. Catherine Press, 1912]; digital image. [https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/n7/mode/2up].
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham [Salt Lake City, Utah: by William was the son of the author, 2013], Vol IV, pp 282-283 Oversley #9
↑ The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. By Sir Henry Chauncy. 1826. Boteler pedigree, p57 [1].
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Space:Pedigrees_from_the_Plea_Rolls_1200_to_1500 p. 223.
↑ Rev. Robert William Eyton Antiquities of Shropshire [https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesshro00eytogoog/page/n199 Volume IX, Page 199] London: John Russell Smith,1859. Accessed 9/24/2019 jhd
↑ 7.0 7.1
Lewis, M. [2017]. Ankaret ferch Gruffudd, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" [website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed 13 February 2018] "Ankaret ferch Gruffudd," [citing: Richardson; Cokayne; Noor]. ORTNCA.[2] Web.
Richardson, D. [2011]. Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed, pp. 173. Google Books.[3]
↑ Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 63, Boteler, Barons Boteler, of Oversley and Wemme. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
↑ Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Page: II:230-1. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Inquisitions Post Mortem for 1272-1291 IPM Accessed by John Atkinson. The Inquistions are also found on the British History Online website http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2
↑ Ancestry [which shows him married to Nigel b. 1269, with a daughter Agnes, b. 1282]
↑ Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 84a-30. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
↑ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, Page: 2604, William le Botiler. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
↑ Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: XII/1:612; William le Botiler. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
↑ Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Page: II:230-1 William le Botiler, Barony of Boteler. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Profile for Sir William le Boteler of Wemme and Oversley Updated 2015-06-11. Accessed 9/23/2019 jhd
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