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William Butler 1435–1504 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1435

Birth Location: Watton, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: Sep 1504

Death Location: Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Boteler

Mother: Lady Wollaton

Spouse(s): Margt Taggart, Lady deVere, Constance Downhall

Children(s): John Boteler

William Butler was born in 1435 in Watton, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Philip Ii Earl Of Watton Boteler And Lady Elizabeth Isabel Willoughby Countess Of Wollaton. William Butler married Constance Downhall, Lady Constance Devere, Margt Taggart, and had children including John Boteler. William Butler passed away in 1504 in Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Butler was born in 1435 in Watton, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Sir Philip Ii Earl Of Watton Boteler And Lady Elizabeth Isabel Willoughby Countess Of Wollaton.
  • William Butler married Constance Downhall, Lady Constance Devere, Margt Taggart, and had children including John Boteler.
  • William Butler passed away in 1504 in Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England.

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William Butler's Ancestors

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William Butler
1435–1504
Birth Place: Watton, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Philip II, Earl of Watton Boteler
1415–1453
Watton Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth "Isabel" Willoughby, Countess of) Wollaton
1418–1471
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Ralph "Lord of Sudeley" Le) Boteler
1385–1473
Sudeley Castle, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Alice (Baroness of Eyncourt & Rotherfield) Deincourt
1395–1474
Blankney, Lincolnshire, England
Sir (Hugh Willoughby, Baron Willoughby of) Wollaston
1370–1429
Wollaston, Nottinghamshire, England
Lady (Margaret De Freville, Baroness of) Willoughby
1397–1493
Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas BOTELER
1354–1398
Alice Beauchamp
1367–1443
John Cokayne
1381–1429
Joan Grey
1386–1408
Edmund Wollaton
1365–
Isabelle Annesley
1380–
Baldwin Freville
1368–1416
Lady Freville
1370–1401
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Deincourt
1357–1381
Alice Neville
–1433
Thomas Greene
1345–1417
Maria Mablethorpe
1350–

William Butler's Descendants

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William Butler (1435–Sep 1504) m. Margt Taggart (1435–16 May 1499) m. Lady (Constance) deVere (1454–16 May 1499) m. Constance Downhall (1435–16 May 1499)
  1. 1. John Boteler 1459–1514 m. Dorothy Terril 1459–1491 m. LADY (MARGARET) DELVES 1463–1504 m. Elizabeth Langston* 1460–1482
    1. 1. Philip ((Sir)) Boteler 1489–1545 m. Lady (Elizabeth Drury "Countess of Exeter" Lady) Suffolk 1492–1574 m. Lady (Anne Bold) (Bould) 1509–1550
      1. 1. John (3rd BUTLER Le) Boteler 1514–1576 m. Grizel (De La) ROCHE 1516–1581
        1. 1. Dorothy (Boteler \) Butler 1532–1602 m. Anthonie (Browne Earl van Montagu Sherriff van Surrey en) Sussex 1526–1589

William Butler's Timeline

2 Records

1435
1435
Birth of William Butler in Watton, Hertfordshire, England
Watton, Hertfordshire, England
1504
Sep 1504
Age 69
Death of William Butler in Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England
Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1435
    Event Place: Watton, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Worcestershire: Bushley - Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages, Burials), 1538-1812
    Record Source: Worcestershire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1504
    Event Place: Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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