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Butler, John ( - 1477)

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Other Last Name

Ormond

Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1477-06-15 (possibly died 14 Dec. 1476)

Notes

Served in Normandy & France 22 Feb. 1440/1 -- 1442. Served on the Lancastrian side in the War of the Roses. Attainted 4 Nov. 1461; attainder anulled during restoration of Henry VI (3 Oct. 1470--11 April 1471); pardoned by Edward IV before 23 Nov. 1474

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. O'Brien, Raynalda ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • 6th Earl of Ormond
    Assumed: 1461-05-01
    Vacated: 1461-11-04 (date attainted)
  • 6th Earl of Ormond
    Assumed: 1470/1-02 (date of return to England)
    Vacated: 1477-06-15
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1449
    Vacated: 1461-11-04 (date attainted)

Details of Offices

Began
Squire for the King's Body, England 1449

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 (0 - 1477) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.