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Butler, John (1428/9 - 1462/3)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1429-03-12
Death Date: 1463-02-26

Notes

Ward of Sir John Radcliffe, then Piers Gerard.

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Gerard, Margaret ( - 1452)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1444
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Dacre, Isabel ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1454
    Union ended: 1458-11-24
    Note: Divorced on this date
  3. Stanley, Margaret ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1460-4-12
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1447-07-20
    Vacated: 1462/3-02-26

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 16 Jan. 1447/8

Details of Offices

Began Ended
MP, Lancashire 1449 1450
Constable, Anglesey 1461/2 -2 -20

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Lancashire: Burtonwood
  • Lancashire: Warrington
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Warwickshire
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir John Butler's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir John Butler's Minstrel Butler, John (1429 - 1463) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bewsey Hall Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Ekwall, Eilert. The Place-Names of Lancashire. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1922
  • A History of Bewsey Old Hall. Warrington: The Bewsey Old Hall Conservation Project, 1997
  • Hornyold-Strickland, H. Biographical Sketches of the Members of Parliament of Lancashire (1290--1550). Manchester: Manchester UP, 1935
  • Roskell, John S.. The Knights of the Shire for the County Palatine of Lancaster (1377-1460). Manchester: Chetham Society, Chetham Society n.s.96 (1937):
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936