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Godfrey Butler 1542–1564 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1564

Death Location: Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Butler

Mother: Lady Northumberland)

Spouse(s): Mary Joseph

Children(s): William Butler

In 1542, Godfrey Butler entered the world in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, born to Thomas Butler And Lady Joane Sutton Duchess Of Northumberland. Godfrey Butler married Mary Joseph, and had children including William Guilielmus Butler. Godfrey Butler passed away in 1564 in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1542, Godfrey Butler entered the world in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, born to Thomas Butler And Lady Joane Sutton Duchess Of Northumberland.
  • Godfrey Butler married Mary Joseph, and had children including William Guilielmus Butler.
  • Godfrey Butler passed away in 1564 in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Butler
1504–1555
Birth Location: in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
TB
Lady Northumberland)
1500–1555
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
LN

Spouses(s)

Mary Joseph
1542–1566
Birth Location: Sussex, England
MJ

Children(s)

William Butler
1564–1597
Birth Location: Burwash, Sussex, , England
WB

Godfrey Butler's Ancestors

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Godfrey Butler
1542–1564
Birth Place: Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Butler
1504–1555
in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Lady (Joane Sutton (Duchess of) Northumberland)
1500–1555
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Grandparents
Piers Butler
1467–1539
Kilkenny Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Lady (Margaret Fitzgerald (Countess) Ormond)
1464–1542
Castletown, Kildrought, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland
Sir (Edward Sutton (2nd Baron of) Dudley)
1460–1483
Dudley Castle, Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Lady (Cicely Margaret) Willoughby
1463–1539
Boston, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Butler
1426–1515
Sabina Ormond)
1438–1508
Edmund Sutton
1395–1483
Lady Beverstone)
1401–1478
William Willoughby
1430–1492
Joan Strangeways
1427–1485
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Ormond
1392–1452
Joan Beauchamp
1395–1430
Domhnall Ferns)
1407–1476
Lady (O’nolan)
1412–1506
John Berkeley
1352–1428
Lady Betteshorne
1353–1420

Godfrey Butler's Descendants

1.
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Godfrey Butler (1542–1564) m. Mary Joseph (abt 1542–abt 1566)
  1. 1. William (Guilielmus) Butler 1564–1597 m. Shosanna ((Susanna) Whytman) (Whiteman) 1563–1637
    1. 1. Abraham (Guiliemus) Butler 1581–1637 m. Elizabeth (Makane) Jones 1610–1659
      1. 1. Elizabeth Underwood 1630–1676 m. John (William) James 1623–1690
        1. 1. John (James) II 1658–1725 m. Sarah (Ann) Sharpe 1673–1700
        2. 2. John (William) James 1662–1725
        3. 3. Thomas James 1674–1726
        4. 4. Frances James 1683–1738
        5. 5. Joane James 1673–
        6. 6. Thomas James 1646–1726
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Diana) James 1665–

Godfrey Butler's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Godfrey Butler in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1564
1564
Age 22
Death of Godfrey Butler in Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1564
    Event Place: Burwash, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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