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Botreaux, William de (1388/9 - 1462)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1389-02-20
Death Date: 1462-05-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Beaumont, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1411
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Ros, Margaret ( - 1488)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1458
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron Botreaux

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Botreaux
    Assumed: 1395-05-25
    Vacated: 1462-05-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Cornwall 1416
JP, Somerset 1416 1417
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1418
JP, Devon 1418
JP, Cornwall 1418/19
JP, Somerset 1419
JP, Wiltshire 1419
JP, Somerset 1421/2 1424
JP, Cornwall 1421/2
JP, Wiltshire 1421/2 1425
JP, Cornwall 1424
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1426/7
JP, Wiltshire 1427 1428
JP, Cornwall 1427
JP, Somerset 1427
JP, Somerset 1428/9 1431
JP, Cornwall 1431 1433
JP, Wiltshire 1432 1433
JP, Somerset 1433
JP, Somerset 1435
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1435/6
JP, Cornwall 1435/6
JP, Cornwall 1438 1439
JP, Wiltshire 1438
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Wiltshire 1440 1441
JP, Cornwall 1441 1443
JP, Wiltshire 1443
JP, Cornwall 1444/5
JP, Somerset 1446/7 1449
JP, Wiltshire 1446/7
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1450
Commissioner of Musters, Somerset 1450
JP, Wiltshire 1450 1451
JP, Somerset 1451
JP, Cornwall 1451
JP, Wiltshire 1452/3 1454
JP, Somerset 1453 1454
JP, Cornwall 1453
JP, Cornwall 1455
JP, Wiltshire 1455/6 1459
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1457
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1457
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1457
Commissioner of Musters, Somerset 1457
JP, Somerset 1457
JP, Cornwall 1458 1460
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1458/9
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1459
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1459
JP, Somerset 1459
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1461
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1461
JP, Somerset 1461 1462
JP, Wiltshire 1461

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall: Boscastle (alias Botreaux) Honour
    Acquired: 1395-05-25
    Divested: 1462-05-16
    Patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Pipers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Pipers Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Musicians 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrels Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrels Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Botreaux's Minstrels Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Botreaux Castle Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910--11
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Davies, Gilbert. The Parochial History of Cornwall. 4 vols. London: J.B. Nichols & Son, 1838
  • MacLean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Sons, 1873-79