Matilda (Vavasour) Butler (abt. 1176 - bef. 1226)

Born about 1176 in Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Fulk FitzWarin — married before 1 Oct 1207 in Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 1226 before about age 50 in Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland

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Biography

Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler^[1]

1176 Birth and Parents

Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler was born in Yorkshire, England, about June 24 1176^[1]

Maud le Vavasour was the daughter of Robert le Vavasour, deputy sheriff of Lancashire (1150–1227), and his first wife, an unnamed daughter of Adam de Birkin.^[2]

Maud's paternal grandfather was William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazlewood, and Justiciar of England. Her maternal grandfather was Adam fitz Peter of Birkin. ^[1]

She was an Anglo-Norman heiress ^[3]

She was the heiress of her mother, the unnamed daughter of Adam de Birkin. ^[4]

Maud was heiress to properties in Edlington, Yorkshire and Narborough in Leicestershire.^[1]

There were two Roberts le Vavasour living at the same time. The Robert who was Matilda's father was associated with Yorkshire.

• • Manor or Vill of Bolton
  • Hazlewood
  • Edlington

Another Robert was deputy sheriff of Lancashire 1150-1227.

Ancestry

William Wheater published an ancestry of the Vavasours. ^[5]

1. Sir Mauger le Vavasor, mentioned in Domesday, had issue
2. Sir Mauger le Vavasor, who had issue
3. Sir William le Vavasor, one of the justices 30 Hen. II., 1184. He was lord of Hazlewood, and stands witness to Matilda Percy Countess of Warwick's re-foundation charter of Sallay Abbey. He had issue
4. Robert, Sir Robert Vavasour«/b», knight, s. and h. of Sir William, mar. Juliana, d. of Gilbert Ross, of Steeton, esq., and had issue:
   1. John.
   2. Maud, mar.Theobald Walter, bro. to Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury.
   3. Jane, mar. Patrick Sacheverel.

Keats-Rohan provides the same ancestry:

1. Malger, Domesday tenant of William I de Percy in 1086 .
2. Malger Fitz Malger, probably brother of Willelm's uncle Robert and father of Willelm. Keats-Rohan shows Robert separately as Roberti Filus Malgeri, who was succeeded by his nephew, William.
3. Willelm Vavassor, descendant of Malger, Domesday tenant of William I de Percy. Nephew and successor, by 1166, of Robert Fitz Malger. Willelm served Henry II as a justice. He died 1189/91 leaving issue Robert and Mauger. Mauger married Agnes daughter of Walter P:olcard of Denton.
4. Robert's heirs were a daughter, Matilda by his first wife and John by his second.

Keats-Rohan ^[6] provides an entry for Willelm Vavassor, descendent of Malger, Domesday tenant of William I. This Willelm is the nephew and successor, b. 1166, of Robert Fitz Malger. The Robert of this biography being Robert Fitz William, it is not certain where this Robert is to be placed.

Robert Fitz Malger served Henry II as a justice and died 1189-1191, leaving issue Robert and Mauger, who married Agnes daughter of Walter Polcard of Denton.

Sibling

Matilda, daughter of Robert's first wife, and herself wife successively of Theobald Walter and Fulk FitzWarin was one of two heirs of her father Robert. The other heir, by Robert's second wife Juliana, daughter of Thomas of Multon, was a son John, Matilda's half brother, who held in 1242 the Percy fee William had held in 1166. ^[6]

Maud had a half-brother, Sir John le Vavasour who married Alice Cockfield, by whom he had issue.

1200 First Marriage to Theobald Walter

In or shortly before 1200, Maud married her first husband Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler (died February 1206), son of Hervey Walter and Maud de Valoignes, and went to live in Ireland. His brother Hubert Walter was Archbishop of Canterbury.

In 1185, Theobald had been granted land by Prince John, who was then Lord of Ireland. He was appointed Butler of Ireland in 1192,^[7]and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1194.^[1]

She evidently had a fourth of the manor of Bolton, co. Yorks. as her maritagium on her marriage to Theobald Walter: 'Robert le Vavasour gave his share (it was a fourth) of the Vill of Bolton with Matilda le Count, his daughter, in frank marriage to Theobald Walter, and that the said Matilda afterwards gave it to Roger de Birkyn, her Uncle'. ^[1]

On her marriage to Theobald Walter: ' 'Robert le Vavasour gave his share (it was a fourth) of the Vill of Bolton with Matilda le Count, his daughter, in frank marriage to Theobald Walter, and that the said Matilda afterwards gave it to Roger de Birkyn, her Uncle ' (Sallay Register, Dugd. MS., D. 2) [Delafield pp. 610-1 note 11 cites Eyton. She had dower of lands in Norfolk, Lancashire and Ireland on death of Theobald Walter, her maritagium consisted ofNarborough, co. Leics., and Shipley, Edlington and two other manors in co. York.

1207 Second Marriage to Fulk FitzWarin

Following the death of Theobald in early February 1206, Maud returned to England into the custody of her father, who, having bought the right of marrying her at the price of 1200 marks and two palfreys, gave her in marriage by October 1207, to Fulk FitzWarin. ^[8]

She married Fulk FitzWarin, ^[3]a medieval landed gentleman who was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century. Part of the legend of Robin Hood might be based on him.^[1]

Maude married secondly Fulk FitzWarin (III), who died between 13 August 1257 and 5 August 1258. ^[9]

Fulk was born before 1178, the son of Fulk fitz Warin who died before 1194, and his wife Hawise de Dinan (-1218). Fulk's parents were married before1 Oct 1207 .

Between 22 July and 1 October 1207, Matilda le Vavasour, daughter of Robert le Vavasour, widow of Theobald Walter, Butler of Ireland married as her second husband, Fulk FitzWarin.^[9]

King John ordered the restoration of the dower of "Matilda his daughter who was the wife of Theobald Walter" to "Robert le Vavasour" dated 20 Jul 1207[1002]. ^[9]

King John ordered payment of her dower to "Fulk Fitz Warin and Matilda (who was the wife of Theobald Walter)" restoring to them what he "had previously granted to Robert le Vavasour", dated 1 Oct 1207[1003]. ^[9]

Fulk appears in a number of documents:

• 1198 "…Fulcus filius Warini et Alanus frater eius…" subscribed a charter dated to [1198] under which "Robertus Corbet" donated property to Buildwas Abbey[992]. ^[9]
• 1201 The 1201 Pipe Roll names "Sibil, widow of Hugh de Plugenai and Hawise, mother of Fulk Fitz Warin" as co-parceners in Lamborn, Berkshire[993]. ^[9]
• 1210 The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Fulco filius Warini" holding one knight’s fee in Shropshire in [1210/12][994]. ^[9]
• 1211 The Testa de Nevill lists knights who held land in Gloucestershire, dated to [1211/13]: "Fulco filius Warini" held land "in Alwesten i militis"[995]. ^[9]

*1218 The king ordered the sheriff of Berkshire to "take into the king’s hands" the lands of "Fulk fitz Warin and Eva de Tracy and her sister on account of the son and heir of Thomas de London, who they detain from the king", dated to [1218/19][996]. ^[9]

• 1234 A charter of Henry III King of England dated 12 Dec 1234 confirmed the foundation of Alberbury priory, Shropshire by "Fulconis filii Warini"[997]. ^[9]
• 1251 By order dated 13 Nov 1251 the king confirmed rights of "Fulconi filio Warini seniori" in "foresta de Dene"[998]. “Fulco fil Warini et Claric ux eius” made a fine relating to a lawsuit in Kent in [Oct] 1250[999]. His son Fulk FitzWarin [IV] was named "Fulk son of Warin the younger" in an order dated 13 Aug 1257[1000], suggesting that Fulk FitzWarin [III] was still alive at that date. The Legend of Fulk Fitz Warin records the death "a Blaunchevyle" of Fulk, after seven years of blindness, and his burial "a la Novele Abbeye"[1001]. ^[9]
• 1258 It is likely that Fulk FitzWarin [III] died before 5 Aug 1258, the date of a confirmation made by his son of a grant made by his father (see below). ^[9]

Fulk was the son of Fulk FitzWarin and Hawise de Dinan, who subsequent to a violent quarrel with King John of England, was deprived of his lands and property by the vengeful king. Fulk then sought refuge in the woods and became an outlaw, with Maud having accompanied him. The legendary figures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian are said to be based on Fulk and Maud.^[10]

She married secondly Fulk FitzWarin as his first wife. ^{[citation needed]}

The gift of husband Fulk fitz Warin of land for his foundation at Alberbury ca. 1220-1230 was made ' pro anime mee & Matilde uxoris mee ...' (Nichols III/1, p. 332 charter 2) ^[11]

1225 Death and Burial

Maud le Vavasour died before 1227.

She died prior to 1226, as in that year her son and heir Theobald Walter brought suit of "mort d'ancestor" against her younger son Fulk FitzWarin to recover the manor of Edlington. co. York, and against her daughter Hawise and her [Hawise's] husband William Pantulf to recover Narborough, co. York. (The suit failed). ^[1]

Maud was buried in the Alberbury priory, in the woods on the Severne river. "The Legend of Fulk Fitz Warin records the death of "dame Mahaud de Caus" and her burial in "une priorie en le honour de Nostre Dame Seinte Marie de le ordre de Grantmont pres de Alberburs, en le boschage, sur la rivere de Sauverne" ^[9]

Maud died in 1226 or before: her son and heir Theobald Walter brought suit of "mort d'ancestor" against her younger son Fulk FitzWarin, 1226 to recover the manor of Edlington. co. York and against her daughter Hawise and her [Hawise's] husband William Pantulf to recover Narborough, co. York [failed] -see Meisel, pp. 98-99.

Remarriage of Fulk

After her death in 1226, Fulke III married again to Clarice D'Auberville.^[1]

Maud's widow Fulk married secondly Clarice [d’Auberville], daughter of --- (-[1258]). The Legend of Fulk Fitz Warin records that "Fouke" married "dame Clarice de Auberville" after the death of his first wife. “Fulco fil Warini et Claric ux eius” made a fine relating to a lawsuit in Kent in [Oct] 1250. The Legend of Fulk Fitz Warin records that "dame Clarice" died and was buried "a la Novele Abbeye" one year before the death of her husband. ^[9]

Sir Fulk FitzWarin, Maud's second husband, died after 8 October 1250 ^{[12] [13]}

Issue

Maud and Theobald Maud and Theobald had three children who would have been born in the time period 1200-1206:

1. a female (dead by 1240), who married as his first wife Sir Gerald de Prendergast by whom she had issue, including Marie de Prendergast, who in her turn married Sir John de Cogan and had issue. We know about her only because a later inquisition claimed that Gerald married a "sister of Theobald pincerna", no name is given to her, and no dates. ^[1]
2. Theobald le Botiller, born 1200, Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland. Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland (by 1199 - 19 July 1230), who married firstly Joan du Marais, daughter of Geoffrey du Marais and Eva de Bermingham, and had a son,
   1. Theobald le Botiller (1224–1248), who married Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht, and Egidia de Lacy (daughter of Walter de Lacy and Margaret de Braose), and from whom descended the Earls of Ormond. Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland married secondly, after 4 September 1225, Rohese de Verdon (1205- 10 February 1247), daughter of Nicholas de Verdon and Joan de Lacy, by whom he had a son and daughter:
      1. John le Botiller de Verdon, Lord of Westmeath (1226–1274), who married Margery de Lacy (1229- after 10 June 1276), by whom he had issue, and
      2. Maud le Botiller de Verdon, who upon her marriage to John Fitzalan became the 6th Countess of Arundel, and from whom descended the Fitzalan Earls of Arundel.
3. Maud le Botiller, born 1199, Douglas, Cork, Ireland
4. Beatrice le Botiller

Maude and Fulk Maude and Fulk FitzWarin had two sons and three daughters who would have been born in the time period 1208 to 1226.

1. Fulk IV FitzWarin ^[1] born Alveston, Gloucestershire, 1208. Sir Fulk FitzWarin^[1][9]
2. Fulk Glas FitzWarin ^[1] Fulk of Alberbury. ^[9]
3. Hawise FitzWarin ^[1]wife of William Pantulf. Married Huse. Hawise FitzWarin^[1][9]
4. Eve FitzWarin, the daughter of Fulk FitzWarin and his first wife, Maud, daughter of Robert le Vavasour, married first Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales, Prince of Aberffraw, Lord of Snowdon, and secondly as his second wife William de Blanchminster (or Blancmouster) of Blanchminster (or Whitchurch), Shropshire. ^[14] Eva. ^[9]
5. Joanna FitzWarin ^[1]Joan ^[9]
6. Mabel, FitzWarin ^[1] Cawley does not include a daughter Mabel or Maud among the children of Maud and Fulk. ^[9]

Children of Sir Fulk FitzWarin of Whittington, co. Salop. , who died 1264 were:

1. Hawise, m. 1) William Pantulf, 2) Hubert Huse
2. Eve, m. 1) [as 2nd wife] Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, prince of Aberffraw, and 2) William de Blancminster

Maud le Vavasour married her first husband Theobald Walter. He died before 14 Feb 1205. He was the son of Hervey Walter and Maud de Valoins, who were married before 1201.

Their children were

1. Theobald le Botiller, of Boxted, Suffolk (ca1200-1230)
2. Maud le Botiller

Descendants

By her first marriage to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, Maud was the ancestress of the Butler Earls of Ormond.^[1]

Theobald Walter is an ancestor of the Butler Family of Lebanon, Connecticut. ^[15]

Maud le Vavasour is a matrilineal ancestor of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife to King Henry VIII of England.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18} Wikipedia. Maud le Vavasour Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
2. ↑ Robert W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol. VII (London: 1858) pp. 73-74. Cited by Wikipedia. Maud le Vavasour Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Peerage.com. Cited by Wikipedia. Maud le Vavasour Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
4. ↑ John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. Reconstruction of the family of De Birkin, oc Laxton, co. Notts, and Birkin, co. Yorks. This family is probably best known as being ancestral to the family of Everingham of Laxton. Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
5. ↑ William Wheater. The History of the Parishes of Sherburn and Cawood, with Notices of Wistow, Saxton, Towton, Etc. Edition 2, London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1882. First Edition, April 1809. Digitized March 19, 2007, Google Books
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} K. S. B. Keats-Rohan. Domesday Descendants. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. p. 1134, citing Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters (1955), XI,nos 19-20, Pipe Roll 12 Henry II, 47-y; Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. Hall,(1897), pp. 421-24. 424-26, 430-32.
7. ↑ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of Ormond. Cited in Wikipedia. Maud le Vavasour Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
8. ↑ 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Butler. Cited in Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_le_Vavasour,_Baroness_Butler Maud le Vavasour] Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
9. ↑ ^{9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19} Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. English Nobility Medieval. Fulk FitzWarin Accessed Feb 15, 2018. jhd
10. ↑ Fouke le Fitz Waryn, edited by Stephen Knight, Thomas H. Ohlgren. Originally published in Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1997. Cited in Wikipedia. Maud le Vavasour Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
11. ↑ John Nichols, F.S.A., "The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester," London: Printed By and For John Nichols, 1795, Vol. I, Appendix XIII: Chartulary of the Honour of Segrave, p. 119, charters of Thomas de Birkin, William de Flamborough and Nicholas de Anesty, of lands in Pickwell and Leesthorpe, co. Leics. to Stephen de Segrave, Vol. II, Pt. II (Gartre Hundred), p. 488 re: grant of 'Boggeden' and Haverburgh to William de Cantelou, 1237;, pp. 531 et seq., Burton Overy (family of Hugh de Meinill), p. 768 et seq., manors of Pickwell and Leesthorpe (Camville and Curzon), Vol. III, Pt. I (East Gascote Hundred) - 1800; p. 62 et seq., Barrow;, pp. 301 et seq., Launde priory;, pp. 332 et seq., Whadborough (charters of Fulk Fitz Warin and family), pp. 353 et seq., Prestwould; pp. 363 et seq., Burton on the Wolds. Cited by Cited by John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. De Birkin Family , Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
12. ↑ John P. Ravilious, "CP Correction: Fulk 'III' FitzWarin and His Descendants," May 3, 2003, GEN-MED...@rootsweb.com, cites Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III (1227-1272), Vol. II p. 210, as cited in the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs:, and the records of King’s Bench from 1249, as cited by Janet Meisel, Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf and Fitz Warin Families, 1066-1272, p. 96.Cited by Cited by John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. De Birkin Family , Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
13. ↑ Chris Phillips, "Re: CP Correction: Fulk 'III' FitzWarin and His Descendants," May 9, 2003, paper copy: library of John Ravilious, cites Curia Regis Rolls, vol. 16, p. 165 - Trin. Term 23 Hen III (1239) m. 14, re: Agnes filia Warini;, Excerpta e Rotulis Finium 2:89 (34 Hen III m. 2), re: Clarice, wife of Fulk Fitz Warin;, CCR 1251-53 p. 208 (36 Hen III m. 20d), re: Fulk fitz Warin 'junior' vs. John le Vavasour, Chris Phillips, Cited by Cited by John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. De Birkin Family , Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
14. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry. Volume I, page 200
15. ↑ The Butler Family of Lebanon, Connecticut Rutland, Vt: The Tuttle Co. 1934, page 9