William Botreaux (1337 - 1391)

Born 1 Sep 1337 in Botylet, Lanreath, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Aubeney) Botreaux — married 14 Feb 1370 in Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1391 at age 53 in Somerset, England

Biography

Sir William Botreaux was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Sir William Botreaux, 1st Lord Botreaux was born on 1 September 1337 at Botylet, Lanreath, Cornwall, England; Age 12 in 1349.^[1]

He was the son of Sir William Botreaux, Sheriff of Cornwall^[2] (b. c 1316, d. 22 Jul 1349 or 8 Aug 1349) and his wife, Isabel de Moels^[3]( b. 31 May 1326, d. 19 Jul 1349).

A contract for the marriage of Sir William Botreaux, 1st Lord Botreaux and Elizabeth Daubeney was signed on 14 February 1370. Elizabeth was born circa 1353, and died on 29 March, 1433.

William and Elizabeth had children:

1. Sir William, 2nd Lord Botreaux;^[4]
2. Thomas Botreaux;^[4]
3. Sir Ralph Botreaux;^[4] and
4. John Botreaux.^[4]

On 20 May, 1377, for William de Botrieux, chevalier, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Katherine, one of the sisters and heirs of Thomas de Thweng, [a mandate was sent to the escheator to deliver] the moiety of one knight's fee, with appurtenances in Ellale, Scotford, Assheton, Stodagh, Thirnum, Ketelfeld, Fynchecroft, Stalegill, Kliflegh, Bakesterfeld in Esshescogh and Kerneford called Saltacre, in the county of Lancaster, witnessed by John, King of Castile and Leon, and Duke of Lancaster.^[5]

Sir William Botreaux, 1st Lord Botreaux of Halton, Kilmersdon, & North Cadbury, Somerset, England, died on 10 August 1391 at age 53.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 96.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 95.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 149.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 502.
5. ↑ William Hardy, comp, "Appendix 1 No. 4—Duchy of Lancaster Records: Calendar of Rolls of the Chancery of the County Palatine, The Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [23 February 1871.] Vol. I. Report and Appendix I. (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1871), 349, e-Book HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450526?urlappend=%3Bseq=812%3Bownerid=34524647-811 : accessed 5 February, 2023). No. 5.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 149-150.

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