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

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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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.

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: ca. 1460-4-12
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Gerard, Margaret ( - 1452)

  1. Male offspring: Butler, William (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Butler, Isabel (n.d.)
  3. Female offspring: Butler, Jane (n.d.)
  4. Female offspring: Butler, Margaret (n.d.)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Lancashire 1449 1450
Constable, Anglesey before 1461/2-2-20 n.d.

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 16 Jan. 1447/8

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1449-1449 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 Venue Type
Bewsey Hall Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Ekwall, Eilert. The Place-Names of Lancashire. Publications of the University of Manchester English, ser 11; Chetham Society, ns 81. 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). Chetham Society, ns 93. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1935.
Roskell, John S. The Knights of the Shire for the County Palatine of Lancaster (1377-1460). . Chetham Society. Manchester: Chetham Society, .
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.