Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameTheobald BUTLER Le Botiller, 21G Grandfather
FatherTheobald BUTLER Le Botiller (~1216-1248)
MotherMargery DE BURGH (~1220-~1266)
Spouses
1Joan FITZJOHN, 21G Grandmother
FatherJohn FITZGEOFFREY Baron Of Berkhampstead (~1208-1258)
MotherIsabel BIGOD (->1230)
Web Notes notes for Theobald BUTLER Le Botiller
THEOBOLD, 4th Butler, b. ca. 1242, sat as a Baron in the Parliament of Ireland, fought in the Evesham Campaign, and assisted EDWARD I in his wars In Scotland. He m. Joan (d. 1303), 4th dau. of John Fitz-Geoffry, Lord of Kirtling and Baron of Berkham pstead, Lord Justice of Scotland, and yst. son of the famous Geoffry Fitz-Piers, Earl of Essex, Lord Justiciary of England, and d. 26 Sept. 1285
The fourth Butler of Nenagh was named Theobald. He seems to have had a troubled life, and to have been seriously mixed up in the intestine wars which were so common in Ireland at that time; not only amongst the Irish themselves, but also among the Anglo-Norman lords after they had settled in Ireland.46
Walter de Burgh, by his marriage with the heiress of de Lacy, had been created Earl of Ulster. At this time he was the head of the great house of the De Burghs, and to such a pitch had arrived the feud between them and the Geraldines that, at a meeting during 1264 at Castle Dermond, Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, assisted by John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl of Kildare, audaciously seized on the persons of the Lord Justice, Richard de Capella, Richard de Burgh, heir apparent of Ulster, of Theobald le Butler, and one of two other great partisans of the family of the de Burghs, and committed them to prison in the castles of Ley and Dunamaise. At length the attention of Henry III was drawn to the disturbed state of his Irish dominions. A Parliament was held at Kilkenny, by whose advice the prisoners detained by the Geraldines were released; and the king, recalling the present Lord Justice, appointed in his place David Barry of the noble family of Barrymore who, curbing the insolent ambition of the Geraldines, restored peace between the two rival houses.46
The last record in Ware is given in 1285 in which Theobald died. "The Lord Theobald Butler fled from Dublin, and died shortly after; and the Lord Theobald Verdun lost his men and horses going towards Offaly; and the next morning Gerald FitzMaurice was taken prisoner; and the Lord Geoffrey Genevill fled; . . ."46
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Butler, p.449). His wardship and marriage were granted to JOHN FITZGEOFFREY, JUSTICIAR OF IRELAND, whose youngest daughter he married. He took part with KING EDWARD I in the war with Scotland.
The fourth Butler of Nenagh was named Theobald. He seems to have had a troubled life, and to have been seriously mixed up in the intestine wars which were so common in Ireland at that time; not only amongst the Irish themselves, but also among the Anglo-Norman lords after they had settled in Ireland.46
Walter de Burgh, by his marriage with the heiress of de Lacy, had been created Earl of Ulster. At this time he was the head of the great house of the De Burghs, and to such a pitch had arrived the feud between them and the Geraldines that, at a meeting during 1264 at Castle Dermond, Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, assisted by John FitzThomas, afterwards Earl of Kildare, audaciously seized on the persons of the Lord Justice, Richard de Capella, Richard de Burgh, heir apparent of Ulster, of Theobald le Butler, and one of two other great partisans of the family of the de Burghs, and committed them to prison in the castles of Ley and Dunamaise. At length the attention of Henry III was drawn to the disturbed state of his Irish dominions. A Parliament was held at Kilkenny, by whose advice the prisoners detained by the Geraldines were released; and the king, recalling the present Lord Justice, appointed in his place David Barry of the noble family of Barrymore who, curbing the insolent ambition of the Geraldines, restored peace between the two rival houses.46
The last record in Ware is given in 1285 in which Theobald died. "The Lord Theobald Butler fled from Dublin, and died shortly after; and the Lord Theobald Verdun lost his men and horses going towards Offaly; and the next morning Gerald FitzMaurice was taken prisoner; and the Lord Geoffrey Genevill fled; . . ."46
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Butler, p.449). His wardship and marriage were granted to JOHN FITZGEOFFREY, JUSTICIAR OF IRELAND, whose youngest daughter he married. He took part with KING EDWARD I in the war with Scotland.