Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Spouses
1Maud LE VAVASOUR, 24G Grandmother
FatherRobert LE VAVASOUR
ChildrenTheobald FitzWalter (~1199-1230)
Web Notes notes for Theobald WALTER
Theobald FitzWalter, the first Butler of Ireland, had grants of the baronies of Upper and Lower Ormonde in the present county of Tipperary as far back as the twelfth century.49
From Irish Roots, 1994 #2, page 25, 'Surnames of County Tipperary':
In the 13th century, the south of county Tipperary around the River Suir and its tributaries became the focus of many of the Norman settlements such as Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, Cahir, Thurles and Tipperary town. The most important of the Norman families was the Butler family, founded in Ireland by Theobald Walter who died in 1206. During the first flush of Butler expansion, they had considerable success in the north of the county, constructing an important castle in Nenagh, but with the Gaelic reaction, the family retreated south and consolidated their position in the south-east of the county and in neighboring Kilkenny. Many of the other families of Norman origin who established themselves in Tipperary-the Purcells, Cantwells, Prendergasts, Tobins and Everards-had close ties with the Butlers.
The Butlers in Ireland were Normans that arrived in the 1100s. In 1185, Theobald Walter, who was in the wine business, on presenting the wine for the New King, Henry II, to taste, was liked so much that the King made him Chief Butler to the King and granted him one tenth of the cargo of all the wine ships that came in and out of Ireland. No matter who was on the throne the Butlers were faithful to them and that way kept their interest intact.
Hervey Walter who died before 1190 granted a charter of lands in Wingfield, Suffolk, to the Church of St. Mary, Buthley, which charter was confirmed by his son. THEOBALD FITZWALTER, who accompanied HENRY II into Ireland and was appointed HEREDITARY CHIEF BUTLER of Ireland by 1185, a dignity which comprised the status of a baron; Sheriff of Lancashire 1194-99 and Justice Itinerant, 1197.
Theobald Walter having returned to England, afterwards accompanied PRINCE JOHN into Ireland 1185. He was possessed of the baronies of Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and numerous other territories in England and Ireland. He founded the Abbeys of Cockersand, Nenagh and Wothenly and the Monastery of Arklow. He married ca. 1199, Maud (who m. 2ndly, 1208, Fulke Fitz-Warine), dau. of Robert le Vavasour, and grand-dau. of William le Vavasour Justiciary of England, and had issue. Died before 6 Apr 1206.
About the year 1200 the Butlers settled in Nenagh in Ormond, after which the baronies of Owney and Ara were taken possession of by that family.50
King Henry II granted the O'Carroll country (in Ireland) to Philip de Worcester and Theobald Fitzwalter, but his son, King John, sold the same country to William de Braosa. This led to complications. Fitzwalter, who was the first of the Irish Butlers, entered into an arrangement with de Braosa, explained in some charters, following.50
Charter of William de Braosa, AD1201 at Ormonde Archives, Kilkenny Castle:
William de Braosa, with the assent of his son, William, grants to Theobald Walter and his heirs five cantreds and a half of Munster, viz. the burgh of Kildelo, with half a cantred in which the burgh is situated, called Truoheked Maleth; Ely Kerrull (territory of Ely O'Carroll), one cantred; Elyohogarthy, one cantred; Ewurmun Ormond, one cantred. William de Braosa states that King Henry had granted these lands to Philip de Braosa, his uncle, and that King John, Henry's son, had restored them to him. By service of 22 knights Theobald Walter and his heirs are to hold them for ever by fee and inheritance, with all their appurtenances and appendages, with sach and soch, and thol and thean, and infangenetheof, judgment of water, iron and by combat, and with all liberties and free customs, etc. Walter de Braosa makes the present donation in presence of King John, in the 2nd year of his reign. Witness, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury; Roger, Bishop of St Andrews, Gilbert of Rochester and others.50
Charter of Theobald Walter:
Theobald Walter acknowledges that he and his heirs owe to William de Brahusa and his heirs the service of two and twenty knights for five and a half cantreds of land in Munster, viz., burgh of Kildelo, with half a cantred, called Truokehed Maleth in which it is situated; Ely Karuel (Ely O'Carroll) the whole cantred of: the whole cantred of Ely Hohogarthy: the whole cantred of Eruman, the whole cantred of Ared and Wetheni and the whole cantred of Owney O'Kathelen and Owetheni Oiffernan with all their appurtenances. Conditioned to be void if William de Brahusa shall not be able to acquire the land and services (in respect thereof) which William de Burgho (Burke) holds of Theobald Walter within the aforesaid five cantreds and a half. But if Theobald Walter makes good services, and de Brahusa succeeds in acquiring said lands, the said lands and services to remain to Theobald Walter and his heirs. Witness: Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry de Castello, Tancred Archdeacon, Walter de Laci, William de Braosa, Phillip de Braosa, Walter de Braosa, sons of William de Braosa and others."50
Theobald FitzWlater, who was the first of the Irish Butlers, came to Ireland with Prince John in the year 1185, where he was given large tracts of land by that king; in those grants was included the territory of Ormond. The office of chief Butler of Ireland was conferred on him. The duty attached to this office was to attend the coronation of Kings of England, and to present him with the first cup of wine; hence the name Butler, le Botiler. Theobald Walter was the founder of the House of Ormonde in Ireland.
He and his brother Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, were the sons of Hervey Walter, a Norman noble of large demesnes in Lancashire, by his wife, Maude, sister of Ranuld de Glanville, Chief Justiciary of England; and author of the most ancient treatise extant on English Laws. Theobald Walter was a person of great note in his time. He was one of the Counsellors selected to accompany Prince John, when he visited Ireland in 1185; and he there attested several of the Prince's charters. He was also one of the witnesses to the Charter, executed by John at London in 1192 in favor of the citizens of Dublin. This Theobald, through the influence of his brother Hubert, the Archbishop, obtained from Richard I large demesnes in Lancashire, which had been possessed by William de Braosa; he acted for some years as Sheriff of that Shire. Other lands in Ireland claimed by William de Braosa, were given by charter to Theobald. Among the witnesses to those charters the first name is that of his brother, Hubert. Theobald founded monasteries both in England and in Ireland. He survived his brother but one year, and was buried in 1206, in Abingdon Abbey, which he had founded (also known as Abbey Wodney or Owney Beg in Co. Limerick) and which he had selected as the place of his burial. In the foundation Charter of this Abbey he made special mention of his brother, Hubert, the Archibshop, of his dear friend, Ranulf de Glanville, of his father Hervey Walter, of his mother, Maude de Valognes, and his wife, Maud de Vavasour.50
The great achievement of Theobald FitzWalter the first Butler was the building of Nenagh Castle. Theobald chose Nenagh as the place of his chief residence; and his descendants continued to live at Nenagh for 128 years, from 1220 until 1348. The stubborn opposition of the O'Kennedys, lords of Ormond, and their allies, compelled the Butlers to go South. They first settled in Gowran Castle in Kilkenny and finally in Kilkenny City, which is still the family residence. After their departure Nenagh Castle with its two great manors was held as a border fortress.50
Theobald Fitzwalter was the son of Herve Walter, a Norman noble, who held large demesnes in Norfolk and Suffolk, and of Maud de Granville. He was a nephew of St Thomas a Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury; and his brother, Hubert FitzWalter, succeeded his uncle in the See of Canterbury. Henry II bestowed lands and riches on Theobald in recompense for the murder of his uncle.
About the year 1200 Theobald selected the site of the ancient Aenach, or a place near to it, as the place of his principal residence, on the borders of the two Ormonds, in the County Tipperary. He built the great keep of Castle Nenagh with its baronial hall, towers, and ballium or wall, surrounded by parks, bordered on one side by the Keeper Mountains and on the other by Lough Derg of the Shannon. Near to his castle he built a town of stone and lime mortar, which was the first beginning of Nenagh as a town of stone buildings. In this town were housed a colony of English artisans and followers.
Theobald imported also a second colony of gentlemen who settled on the lands of the Irish; amongst whom are the Birminghams, Cantwells, and Coogans. The presence of those gentleman and the strength of the castle enabled Theobald and his successors to hold the Ormonds as a family residence until the end of the following century. The first Butler, surrounded by his colony, played the King in Ormond; the great hall served as a court where he received the English knights and the Irish lords and chieftains. The town and fortress were surrounded by a thick wall, part of which was discovered at the beginning of teh 19th century near the old church in Barrack St; English customs and methods were introduced.50
Theobald founded the Abbey of Tyone in which he endowed a hospice for the accommodation of strangers, and of the sick about the year 1204. Another Abbey founded by Theobald was that of Abingdon in Owney Beg or Wodeny, on the borders of County Limerick, where it joins Tipperary, in 1205. The Pipe Rolls in the Birmingham Tower, Dublin Castle, give the following: "On the slope of the Keeper Mountain which overlooks on the one side the plains of Ormond, and on the other the rich pastures of Limerick, he erected the Abbey of Owney or Abingdon, to which his body was carried from Nenagh to be buried."50
King Henry II made Theobald a grant of the prisage of wines to enable him to support, with his heirs, the dignity of Butler. By this grant Theobald had two tun of wine out of every ship which broke bulk in any of the trading ports of Ireland and which ship was laded with 18 tun of that commodity; and proportionally for a lesser quantity. It was a very valuable as well as honorable grant.50
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Butler, pp. 447-448). He accompanied the future KING JOHN (RIN 785) into Ireland in 1185. KING JOHN granted him vast estates in Ireland as well as the important office of Butler. He is said subsequently to have obtained the valuable monopoly of the prisage of wines. Returning to England, he obtained from King Richard I, in 1194, a grant of the Wapentake of Amounderness with the lordship of Preston, Lancashire. He was Sheriff of Lancashire 1194-1199. He was one of the Justices Itinerant in 1197.
From Irish Roots, 1994 #2, page 25, 'Surnames of County Tipperary':
In the 13th century, the south of county Tipperary around the River Suir and its tributaries became the focus of many of the Norman settlements such as Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, Cahir, Thurles and Tipperary town. The most important of the Norman families was the Butler family, founded in Ireland by Theobald Walter who died in 1206. During the first flush of Butler expansion, they had considerable success in the north of the county, constructing an important castle in Nenagh, but with the Gaelic reaction, the family retreated south and consolidated their position in the south-east of the county and in neighboring Kilkenny. Many of the other families of Norman origin who established themselves in Tipperary-the Purcells, Cantwells, Prendergasts, Tobins and Everards-had close ties with the Butlers.
The Butlers in Ireland were Normans that arrived in the 1100s. In 1185, Theobald Walter, who was in the wine business, on presenting the wine for the New King, Henry II, to taste, was liked so much that the King made him Chief Butler to the King and granted him one tenth of the cargo of all the wine ships that came in and out of Ireland. No matter who was on the throne the Butlers were faithful to them and that way kept their interest intact.
Hervey Walter who died before 1190 granted a charter of lands in Wingfield, Suffolk, to the Church of St. Mary, Buthley, which charter was confirmed by his son. THEOBALD FITZWALTER, who accompanied HENRY II into Ireland and was appointed HEREDITARY CHIEF BUTLER of Ireland by 1185, a dignity which comprised the status of a baron; Sheriff of Lancashire 1194-99 and Justice Itinerant, 1197.
Theobald Walter having returned to England, afterwards accompanied PRINCE JOHN into Ireland 1185. He was possessed of the baronies of Upper Ormond, Lower Ormond, and numerous other territories in England and Ireland. He founded the Abbeys of Cockersand, Nenagh and Wothenly and the Monastery of Arklow. He married ca. 1199, Maud (who m. 2ndly, 1208, Fulke Fitz-Warine), dau. of Robert le Vavasour, and grand-dau. of William le Vavasour Justiciary of England, and had issue. Died before 6 Apr 1206.
About the year 1200 the Butlers settled in Nenagh in Ormond, after which the baronies of Owney and Ara were taken possession of by that family.50
King Henry II granted the O'Carroll country (in Ireland) to Philip de Worcester and Theobald Fitzwalter, but his son, King John, sold the same country to William de Braosa. This led to complications. Fitzwalter, who was the first of the Irish Butlers, entered into an arrangement with de Braosa, explained in some charters, following.50
Charter of William de Braosa, AD1201 at Ormonde Archives, Kilkenny Castle:
William de Braosa, with the assent of his son, William, grants to Theobald Walter and his heirs five cantreds and a half of Munster, viz. the burgh of Kildelo, with half a cantred in which the burgh is situated, called Truoheked Maleth; Ely Kerrull (territory of Ely O'Carroll), one cantred; Elyohogarthy, one cantred; Ewurmun Ormond, one cantred. William de Braosa states that King Henry had granted these lands to Philip de Braosa, his uncle, and that King John, Henry's son, had restored them to him. By service of 22 knights Theobald Walter and his heirs are to hold them for ever by fee and inheritance, with all their appurtenances and appendages, with sach and soch, and thol and thean, and infangenetheof, judgment of water, iron and by combat, and with all liberties and free customs, etc. Walter de Braosa makes the present donation in presence of King John, in the 2nd year of his reign. Witness, Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury; Roger, Bishop of St Andrews, Gilbert of Rochester and others.50
Charter of Theobald Walter:
Theobald Walter acknowledges that he and his heirs owe to William de Brahusa and his heirs the service of two and twenty knights for five and a half cantreds of land in Munster, viz., burgh of Kildelo, with half a cantred, called Truokehed Maleth in which it is situated; Ely Karuel (Ely O'Carroll) the whole cantred of: the whole cantred of Ely Hohogarthy: the whole cantred of Eruman, the whole cantred of Ared and Wetheni and the whole cantred of Owney O'Kathelen and Owetheni Oiffernan with all their appurtenances. Conditioned to be void if William de Brahusa shall not be able to acquire the land and services (in respect thereof) which William de Burgho (Burke) holds of Theobald Walter within the aforesaid five cantreds and a half. But if Theobald Walter makes good services, and de Brahusa succeeds in acquiring said lands, the said lands and services to remain to Theobald Walter and his heirs. Witness: Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry de Castello, Tancred Archdeacon, Walter de Laci, William de Braosa, Phillip de Braosa, Walter de Braosa, sons of William de Braosa and others."50
Theobald FitzWlater, who was the first of the Irish Butlers, came to Ireland with Prince John in the year 1185, where he was given large tracts of land by that king; in those grants was included the territory of Ormond. The office of chief Butler of Ireland was conferred on him. The duty attached to this office was to attend the coronation of Kings of England, and to present him with the first cup of wine; hence the name Butler, le Botiler. Theobald Walter was the founder of the House of Ormonde in Ireland.
He and his brother Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, were the sons of Hervey Walter, a Norman noble of large demesnes in Lancashire, by his wife, Maude, sister of Ranuld de Glanville, Chief Justiciary of England; and author of the most ancient treatise extant on English Laws. Theobald Walter was a person of great note in his time. He was one of the Counsellors selected to accompany Prince John, when he visited Ireland in 1185; and he there attested several of the Prince's charters. He was also one of the witnesses to the Charter, executed by John at London in 1192 in favor of the citizens of Dublin. This Theobald, through the influence of his brother Hubert, the Archbishop, obtained from Richard I large demesnes in Lancashire, which had been possessed by William de Braosa; he acted for some years as Sheriff of that Shire. Other lands in Ireland claimed by William de Braosa, were given by charter to Theobald. Among the witnesses to those charters the first name is that of his brother, Hubert. Theobald founded monasteries both in England and in Ireland. He survived his brother but one year, and was buried in 1206, in Abingdon Abbey, which he had founded (also known as Abbey Wodney or Owney Beg in Co. Limerick) and which he had selected as the place of his burial. In the foundation Charter of this Abbey he made special mention of his brother, Hubert, the Archibshop, of his dear friend, Ranulf de Glanville, of his father Hervey Walter, of his mother, Maude de Valognes, and his wife, Maud de Vavasour.50
The great achievement of Theobald FitzWalter the first Butler was the building of Nenagh Castle. Theobald chose Nenagh as the place of his chief residence; and his descendants continued to live at Nenagh for 128 years, from 1220 until 1348. The stubborn opposition of the O'Kennedys, lords of Ormond, and their allies, compelled the Butlers to go South. They first settled in Gowran Castle in Kilkenny and finally in Kilkenny City, which is still the family residence. After their departure Nenagh Castle with its two great manors was held as a border fortress.50
Theobald Fitzwalter was the son of Herve Walter, a Norman noble, who held large demesnes in Norfolk and Suffolk, and of Maud de Granville. He was a nephew of St Thomas a Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury; and his brother, Hubert FitzWalter, succeeded his uncle in the See of Canterbury. Henry II bestowed lands and riches on Theobald in recompense for the murder of his uncle.
About the year 1200 Theobald selected the site of the ancient Aenach, or a place near to it, as the place of his principal residence, on the borders of the two Ormonds, in the County Tipperary. He built the great keep of Castle Nenagh with its baronial hall, towers, and ballium or wall, surrounded by parks, bordered on one side by the Keeper Mountains and on the other by Lough Derg of the Shannon. Near to his castle he built a town of stone and lime mortar, which was the first beginning of Nenagh as a town of stone buildings. In this town were housed a colony of English artisans and followers.
Theobald imported also a second colony of gentlemen who settled on the lands of the Irish; amongst whom are the Birminghams, Cantwells, and Coogans. The presence of those gentleman and the strength of the castle enabled Theobald and his successors to hold the Ormonds as a family residence until the end of the following century. The first Butler, surrounded by his colony, played the King in Ormond; the great hall served as a court where he received the English knights and the Irish lords and chieftains. The town and fortress were surrounded by a thick wall, part of which was discovered at the beginning of teh 19th century near the old church in Barrack St; English customs and methods were introduced.50
Theobald founded the Abbey of Tyone in which he endowed a hospice for the accommodation of strangers, and of the sick about the year 1204. Another Abbey founded by Theobald was that of Abingdon in Owney Beg or Wodeny, on the borders of County Limerick, where it joins Tipperary, in 1205. The Pipe Rolls in the Birmingham Tower, Dublin Castle, give the following: "On the slope of the Keeper Mountain which overlooks on the one side the plains of Ormond, and on the other the rich pastures of Limerick, he erected the Abbey of Owney or Abingdon, to which his body was carried from Nenagh to be buried."50
King Henry II made Theobald a grant of the prisage of wines to enable him to support, with his heirs, the dignity of Butler. By this grant Theobald had two tun of wine out of every ship which broke bulk in any of the trading ports of Ireland and which ship was laded with 18 tun of that commodity; and proportionally for a lesser quantity. It was a very valuable as well as honorable grant.50
Cokayne's "Complete Peerage" (Butler, pp. 447-448). He accompanied the future KING JOHN (RIN 785) into Ireland in 1185. KING JOHN granted him vast estates in Ireland as well as the important office of Butler. He is said subsequently to have obtained the valuable monopoly of the prisage of wines. Returning to England, he obtained from King Richard I, in 1194, a grant of the Wapentake of Amounderness with the lordship of Preston, Lancashire. He was Sheriff of Lancashire 1194-1199. He was one of the Justices Itinerant in 1197.