William le Boteler

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Personal and Family Information

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).

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth1245
Place: Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Death11 DEC 1283
Place: Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Notes

Note 1

!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 le Boteler and Matilda de Hopton edit

Brother of Johanna Raleigh and Ralph le Boteler add sibling

Husband of Angharad Boteler — married 2 Oct 1261 [location unknown] add/edit spouses

Father of Nigel le Boteler, John Boteler, Gawaine Boteler, Anne Talbot and William 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 , 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] .

Angharad was the daughter of Gruffydd ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, Dinas Bran, and Yale, second husband of her mother, Emme , daughter of Henry de Audley , 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 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 , 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 [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 . [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 ; digital image. .

↑ 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 , 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. . Ankaret ferch Gruffudd, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" "Ankaret ferch Gruffudd," . ORTNCA.[2] Web.

Richardson, D. . 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

↑ 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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