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Philip Le Boteler Butler 1489 – 1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1489

Birth Location: Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 28 Mar 1546

Death Location: Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Sir Boteler

Mother: Dorothy Terril

Spouse(s): Lady Drury

Children(s): Dorothy (Butler)

Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons was born in 1489 in Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir John II Sheriff of Essex Hartfordshire, Lord of Woodall Boteler and Dorothy Terril. Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons married Lady Elizabeth Drury, and had children including Dorothy Boteler (Butler). Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons passed away in 1546 in Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons was born in 1489 in Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir John II Sheriff of Essex Hartfordshire, Lord of Woodall Boteler and Dorothy Terril.
  • Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons married Lady Elizabeth Drury, and had children including Dorothy Boteler (Butler).
  • Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons passed away in 1546 in Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England.

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Philip Butler's Ancestors

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Philip Butler
1489 – 1546
Birth Place: Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Sir John II Sheriff of Essex Hartfordshire, Lord of Woodall Boteler
1459 – 1514
Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
Dorothy Terril
1459 – 1491
Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
John (Boteler) Butler
1435 – 1491
Watton, Hertfordshire, England
Constance (De) Vere
1435 – 1499
Watton, Norfolk, England
Sir (William East Horndon Essex) Tyrrell**
1408 – 1462
Heron Hall, East Horndon, Essex
Lady (Anne Emma Marney) **
1402 – 1475
Layer Marney, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wollaton
1415 – 1453
Lady Wollaton
1418 – 1471
Richard Vere
1410 – 1480
Isabella Green
1416 – 1499
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Greene
1404 – 1486

Philip Butler's Descendants

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Philip (Le Boteler) Butler (1489 – 28 Mar 1546) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Drury (1493 – 11 Dec 1574)
  1. 1. Dorothy (Boteler) (Butler) (1532 – 24 Dec 1602) m. Sir (Anthony Browne, III Earl van Montague, 1st Viscount of) Montague, (29 Nov 1528 – 19 Oct 1592)
    1. 1. Robert Browne (1558 – 1634) m. Lady (Alice) Alden (1572 – 1610)
      1. 1. William Browne (25 May 1595 – 18 Jul 1677) m. Lydia (De) Warde (1596 – Aft. 1621)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (M) Browne (29 Sep 1621 – 29 Sep 1685) m. John Hawkes (1617 – 30 June 1662)

Philip Butler's Timeline

2 Records

1489
1489
Birth of Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons in Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
1546
28 Mar 1546
Age 57
Death of Philip Le Boteler Butler Sir Kt. of Watton, Speaker of the House of Commons in Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1489
    Event Place: Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Watton, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Mar 1546
    Event Place: Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Broadwater, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Watton-at-Stone, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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