Thomas (Booth) del Booth of Barton (abt. 1320 - 1368)

Born about 1320 in Preston, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1368 at about age 48 in Barton, Eccles, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Sir Thomas Booth was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Per British History Online:

"John, son of Gilbert de Barton, in 1343 granted to Thomas del Booth and his tenants at Bickford common of pasture on Pool Moss in Barton, viz., between Pool Brook and Sandyford under Harley Cliff in Boysnope, and between the fences of Poolfields and the bounds of Worsley upon Chat Moss; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol.158b. Thomas del Booth had claimed common of pasture as the right of his father Robert, dispossessed by Gilbert de Barton, John his son and Denise his wife, and Robert son of John; De Banco R.334, m. 179 d."

"In 1345, Thomas de Booth and Gilbert de Barton, with his sons Hugh, Edmund, and John, were implicated in a seizure of cattle and assault at Barton. (De Banco R. 344, m. 21)

"Also in 1345, John La Warre, lord of Manchester, and Joan his wife granted to Thomas son of Robert del Booth 30 acres of the waste in Barton at a rent of 10s., with remainder to John son of Emma de Bury, brother of the said Thomas; Dods.MSS. cxlix, fol. 157b. Roger La Warre, lord of Manchester, confirmed to Thomas del Booth all the lands, &c., in Barton which had descended to him from his father, and his other lands more recently acquired; ibid. fol. 160b.

"Simon del Slack in 1329 granted to a feoffee all his land in Barton, with the rent of 7d. and the homage and other services due from John son of John de Prestwich; De Trafford D. no. 213. Richard son of Simon sold all his rights in the Slack to Thomas del Booth in 1348; ibid. no. 217; Dods. MSS. cxlix, fol. 157, 158. Thurstan son of Thomas del Booth claimed a messuage and lands in Barton in 1359 against William son of Simon del Slack; Duchy of Lanc. AssizeR. 7, m. 1.

"Roger LaWarre in 1355, after reciting that John La Warre had granted Thomas del Booth 30 acres in Barton at a rent of 29s. 4d., and 30 acres of the waste at a rent of10s.; and that Joan La Warre and Roger had granted to Thomas and Ellen his wife and their heirs 10 acres for the rent of 1d.during the life of Thomas and 5s. afterwards, reduced the total rent to 2d. a year for the life of Thomas and his sons Thurstan and Robert, 44s. 4d. to be paid afterwards, and granted other lands; DeTrafford D. no. 219. The rent was in1357 reduced to 1d. after the death of Thomas; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. iv,no. 15.

"In 1360, John de Barton and Robert his son granted Thomas del Booth an acre by the Pool Brook near the Pool Bridge, to strengthen Thomas's mill race and enlarge the mill pool. (De Trafford D. no. 224)

"In 1361, John son of Gilbert son of John de Barton claimed two-thirds of the manor of Barton against Roger La Warre, Eleanor his wife, Thomas del Booth, and Ellen his wife. (Assize R.440, m. 1)

"In 1363 John de Barton, in conjunction with Denise his wife and Robert his son, enfeoffed Thomas del Booth and Ellen his wife of all their lands in Barton, between Eccles and Irlam and between Newham and Davyhulme, for an annuity of 20s. (De Trafford D. no. 225) Releases were afterwards given by Alice and Margaret sisters of Robert de Barton, and by Edmund, a son of Gilbert de Barton. (ibid, no. 227, 228)

Children

NOTE: Neither of the daughters listed below are mentioned in his will and are likely descended from a different Thomas.

1. William (dsp), eldest son and heir; [HoP 1386-1421, vol 2, sub John Booth].

2. John, JP, MP, died 1422; married Joan Trafford; left six legitimate sons and five daughters, plus an illegitimate son. Of these, the legitimate children included (a) Sir Thomas, son and heir; (b) Sir Robert, married Douce Venables; (c) John; (d) Roger; (e) William, died 1464, Archbishop of York; (f) Margery, married Sir John Byron, MP; (g) Katherine, married 1stly Sir Thomas Radcliffe, MP, and 2ndly Nicholas Boteler, MP; the natural son was Laurence Booth, Archbishop of York (d 1480). John Booth has a biography in HoP.

3. Henry, MP, died 1446; MI at Barrow near Swarkestone, Derbyshire; married and had a son, John, and a daughter, Alice, wife of Nicholas Fitzherbert, MP. Henry Booth also has a biography in HoP.

4. Katherine, married Gilbert de Culceth: "February 14th 1365: Gilbert de Culceth, aged 19 and upwards, in the church at Manchester, openly acknowledges his marriage to Katherine, the daughter of Thomas de Bothe" [Lancs & Cheshire Historical & Genealogical Notes, J. Rose, vol. 1, Leigh, 1879, p 66, #LXVII]

5. Ellen Booth, said to have married as his first wife, Sir John Radcliffe.

Death

He died as a result of an assault by Robert Worsley and others; presumably this was his nephew, son of his wife's brother William (Visitation of Lancs, ibid). He left a will, under which he set up various chantries and requested to be buried in Eccles church. In Shoresworth (or Mode Wheel), the Street Fields road crossed Worsley brook at Salt Eye by a plat or small bridge, which in 1369 was called "Salt Eye Piatt" in the will of Thomas Booth, of Barton (Harl. MSS., 2,122, fo. 133, Brit. Mus.). He was buried before the altar of St. Katherine, Eccles church, Lancashire, England.

His will mentions his wife together with three sons: William, John and Henry, indicating that his sons were minors in 1368. It doesn't mention any other children for him. It does mention another Thomas Booth and six of his children

Notes

Son of John de Boothe, of Barrowford and Agnes Booth (De Barton) Husband of Elena Booth Father of Henry de Booth; Alice de Booth; Catherine de Booth; John Boothe, of Barton; Anne de Weever and 2 others Brother of Mary Booth; Robert De Booth and John De Booth

Thomas de Boothes1 M, #11211, b. circa 1325, d. 1368 Father John (Robert) de Boothes b. c 1300 Mother Loretta (Agnes) Notton b. c 1333 Thomas de Boothes Called Tomalin of the Boothes. He was born circa 1325 at of Barton Eccles, Lancashire, England. He married Ellen de Workesley, daughter of Robert (Thomas) de Workesley and Margaret (Cecily) Bromhall, circa 1349. Thomas de Boothes died in 1368; Murdered. Family Ellen de Workesley b. c 1325, d. a 1368 Children Anne Booth b. c 1350 Alice Booth b. c 1352 Catherine Booth b. c 1354 Margaret Booth b. c 1356 John Boothe, Esq.+ b. c 1358, d. Mar 1422 Sir Thomas Boothe+ b. c 1360 Henry Booth b. c 1360 Citations 1. Unknown author, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 57; Wallop Family, p. 112. From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p374.htm#i11211

Sources

• 'Townships: Barton', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 363-376. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41441 Date accessed: 16 March 2012

• Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 23, by Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society

• 20 Apr 2008 posting of mjcar@btinternet.com on soc.genealogy.medieval re: Issue of Thomas del Booth of Barton Lancs +1368

• http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Thomas-Bouth-of-Barton/6000000011343624420