John DE BOTETOURT

Male 1266 - 1348  (82 years)


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  • Name John DE BOTETOURT 
    Born 1266 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Nov 1348 
    Buried Westminster Abbey, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5728  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 

    Father Edward I PLANTAGANET, 'Longshanks' King of England,   b. 17 Jun 1239, Westminster, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1307, Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Eleanor OF CASTILE,   b. 1241, Castile, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1290, Herdeby, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1254  Burgos, Castile, Sparin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was a bastard son of Edward I and a distinguished soldier; Govenor of Briavel's Castle, in Gloucester, 1291; Admiral for the Northern Seas 1294-97, and again 1315. He was one of the Barons who signed the letter to the Pope in 1301, and was summoned to Parliament from 13 July 1305 to 1 September 1324, by writ, whereby he became Lord Botetourt. He was Govenor of Framlingham Castle in 1314. He joined in the rebellion of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and fought at Boroughbridge on 16 March 1321/2, for which he was fined 1,000 pounds, and waspardoned on 8 October 1322. He married, probably soon after 1 July 1285 when she was a minor and certainly before June 1292, Maud, the sister and heir of Otes FitzThomas, being co-heir of William de Beauchamp, feudal Lord of Bedford. John Botetourt died 25 November 1324. His widow was living 28 May 1329. Inquisitions post mortem shows that John Betecourt of Mendlesham, who had married Maud, held the manor of Mendlesham, County Suffolk; Hamerton, County Huntingdon; and manors and lands in the counties of Bedford, Norfolk and Essex.


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