James 'the White Earl' Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond

James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde, b. 1392, d. 22 August 1452. He was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde, and Anne Welles. He married, secondly, Lady Joan FitzGerald, daughter of Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare and Margaret Rocheford, in 1432. He died on 22 August 1452. James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde also went by the nick-name of 'the White Earl'. He gained the title of 4th Earl of Ormonde. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Children of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde and Elizabeth Beauchamp:

1. Elizabeth Butler+ d. 8 Sep 1473

2. John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde d. 1478

3. Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde

4. James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde b. 24 Nov 1420, d. 1 May 1461

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James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde (1392 – 22 August 1452) was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde and Anne Welles.

He was called The White Earl and esteemed for his learning. He prevailed upon Henry V to create a King of Arms in Ireland, by the title of Ireland King of Arms (altered by Edward VI to Ulster King of Arms), and he gave lands forever to the Heralds’s College, London. He was appointed Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant in 1420, 1425, and 1442.

In 1440 he had a grant of the temporalities of the See of Cashel for ten years after the death of the Archbishop, Richard O'Hedian.

He married firstly with Joan Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and had issue:

James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde (1420-1461), married, firstly, Avice Stafford, daughter of Sir Richard Stafford and Maud Lovell.

Elizabeth Butler (b. b 1432-1473), married with John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, son of General John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, Baroness Furnivalle and had issue.

John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde (1449-1478), unmarried.

Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde (1450-1515), married firstly, Anne Hankford, daughter of Sir Richard Hankford, and had two daughter. He married, secondly, Lora Berkeley, daughter of Sir Edward Berkeley, and had another daughter.

He married secondly, Lady Joan FitzGerald, widow of Jenico Grey, and daughter and heiress of 5th Earl of Kildare, without issue.

He was the patron of the Irish literary work, 'The Book of the White Earl'

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Husband's Name

James Le "The White Earl" BUTLER (AFN:9HL7-1B) Pedigree

Born: 1392 Place: Of, Ormond, Ireland

Died: 23 Aug 1452 Place: Ardee

Buried: Place: Saint Marysabbey, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Married: Bef 28 1413 Aug Place: England

Father: James BUTLER (AFN:91QR-25) Family

Mother: Anne WELLS (AFN:8HRW-ZD)

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Wife's Name

Joan BEAUCHAMP (AFN:9HL7-2H) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1396 Place: Of, Abergavenny, England

Died: 3 Aug 1430 Place: Shene, (shere?)

Buried: 8 Aug 1430 Place: Saintthomas Acon, London, Middlesex, England

Married: Bef 28 1413 Aug Place: ,England

Father: William BEAUCHAMP (AFN:8J5Q-5R) Family

Mother: Joan FITZALAN (AFN:8J5J-MC)

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Children

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1. Elizabeth BUTLER (AFN:8J56-T1) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1420, Place: Ormond, Ireland

Died: 8 Sep 1473, Place: Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, England

Buried: 11 Sep 1473 Place: Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, England

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2. John Le BUTLER (AFN:9HL7-3N) Pedigree

Born: Abt 1424 Place: Of, Ormond, Ireland

Died: Bef 15 1477 Jun Place: Unmarried, Holy Land

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3. Thomas Le BUTLER (AFN:9HL7-4T) Pedigree

Born: 1426 Place: Of, Ormond, Ireland

Died: 3 Aug 1515 Place:

Buried: Place: St Thomas Acon, London, Middlesex, England

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4. James BUTLER (AFN:921V-TF) Pedigree

Born: 24 Nov 1420 Place: Ireland

Died: 1 May 1460/1461 Place: Beheaded

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James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond

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James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde (1392 – 22 August 1452) was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde and Anne Welles. He was called The White Earl and esteemed for his learning. He prevailed upon Henry V to create a King of Arms in Ireland, by the title of Ireland King of Arms (altered by Edward VI to Ulster King of Arms), and he gave lands forever to the Heralds’s College, London. He was appointed Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant in 1420, 1425, and 1442.

In 1440 he had a grant of the temporalities of the See of Cashel for ten years after the death of the Archbishop, Richard O'Hedian. He married firstly with Joan Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and had issue:

James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde (1420-1461), married, firstly, Avice Stafford, daughter of Sir Richard Stafford and Maud Lovell. He married, secondly, Eleanor Beaufort, daughter of Sir Edmund Beaufort and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, neither without issue.

Elizabeth Butler (b. b 1432-1473), married with John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, son of General John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, Baroness Furnivalle and had issue.

John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde (1449-1478), unmarried.

Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde (1450-1515), married firstly, Anne Hankford, daughter of Sir Richard Hankford, and had two daughter. He married, secondly, Lora Berkeley, daughter of Sir Edward Berkeley, and had another daughter.

He married secondly, Lady Joan FitzGerald, widow of Jenico Grey, and daughter and heiress of 5th Earl of Kildare, without issue.

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From:

A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire

By John Burke

Published by H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832

Item notes: 4th ed.:v.1(1832)

Original from Harvard University

Digitized Aug 1, 2007

This is a branch of the noble house of Ormonde, springing from, JAMES, third earl, who, besides legitimate children, had two illegitimate sons, Thomas, prior of Kilmainham, and lord-deputy of Ireland, in the reigns of Henry IV. and Henry V., and JAMES LE BOTILLER, whose descendants, by the settlement of Thomas, the tenth earl, were made next in remainder to the house of Ormonde, after the family of Donboyne, From this James lineally descended THOMAS BUTLER, esq. of Caher, who m. Ellice, daughter of the Earl of Desmond, and was father of EDMUND BUTLER, esq.

From:

A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire

By Bernard Burke

Published by Harrison, 1866

Original from Harvard University

Digitized Sep 1, 2005

THOMAS BUTLER, of Cahir-dun Eske, Esq., m. Ellice, dau. of

Thomas, 8lh Earl of Desmond, and was father of EDMUND

BUTLER, who, by Catharine, dau. of Sir Pierce le Poer, Knt.,

left Issue,

I. THOMAS, of whom presently.

Il. Pierce, who was father of

THEOBALD, who became Baron Caher.

http://www.thepeerage.com/p1229.htm#i12284

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The surname of BUTLER was a surname that has been prominent in Irish history, and can be traced back to the appointment of Theobald Fitz-Walter, one of the Anglo-Norman invadors, as Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland. His son, also Theobald, adopted the surname Butler or Le Botiler, and it became the family surname of his descendants. The first Theobald acquired the baronies of Ormond Upper and Ormond Lower in County Tipperary; his descendants extended the family possessions in that county and in County Kilkenny, where the largest of the Butler castles eventually became the seat of the head of the family.

The inland Munster county of Tipperary is second only in extent in Ireland to the Ulster county of Donegal, covering as it does over one million acres. The county is bounded on the east and north-east by the province of Leinster, having boundaries with the counties of Offaly, Leix and Kilkenny. On the south side County Tipperary has a boundary with County Waterford, marked for some distance by the River Suir. The community which mushroomed beside one rich colliery, which opened in the 18th century, one of the earliest to be exploited in the county, was named Coalbrook. Ironstone metal was also found in the pits there.

As this county covered a large territory it accommodated anciently a number of septs; by the time of the arrival of the Anglo-Normans, branches of several Dalcassian septs from Thomond had also established themselves in the area.

Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. They came into being fairly generally in the 11th century, and indeed a few were formed before the year 1000. Lady Eleanor Butler (1745-1829), Irish recluse, was born in Dublin. In 1779 she and her friend Sarah Ponsonby resolved to live in seclusion, and settled at a cottage in Wales, accompanied by a maidservant. They became famous throughout Europe as the 'Maids of Llangollen' or 'Ladies of the Vale' and attracted visitors from far and wide.

Sir William Francis Butler (1838-1910), Irish soldier and author, was born in Tipparary. He joined the British army in 1858, and served in Canada, providing the materials for a popular book, The Great Lone Land (1872). He served on the Red River exhibition (1870-71) on the Ashanti exhibition (1873) and in South Africa (1888-9). He published several travel books.

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4th Earl of Ormond

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James 'Gallda' Butler, inherited Cahir Castle from this Father James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde, who was granted the castle in 1375. Archdale in his book, 'The Peerage of Ireland' 1692 - 1774, gives his nickname as Galdie which means Englishman.

A booklet on the Cahir Castle put out by Duchas, the Heritage Service, states that James Gallda Butler was the natural son of James 3rd Earl of Ormonde and Katherine daughter of the 3rd Earl of Desmond.

Cahir Castle had fallen into the hands of the O'Briens after it had reverted to the English crown. Brian O'Brien jad burned Athassel in 1329 and in 1332 he burned the town of Cahir.

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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79893834

James le Butler •

Birth: May 28, 1393 County Tipperary, Ireland Death: Aug. 23, 1452 Ardee County Louth, Ireland

James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond, Lieutenant of Ireland.

Son of James Butler and Anne Welles, daughter of John de Welle and Maud de Roos.

Husband of Joan de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp and Joan FitzAlan Arundel. They had three sons and two daughters:

• Sir James, Knight of the Garter, 5th Earl of Ormond
• Sir John, 6th Earl of Ormond
• Sir Thomas, Knight of the Bath
• Elizabeth m John Talbot (created peace between the families)
• Anne

After Joan died, he remarried Elizabeth FitzGerald by papal dispensation dated 29 April 1432 and royal licence dated 18 July 1432, daughter of Gerald FitzMaurice and Agnes Darcy, widow of Sir John Grey who died 1430. They had no children.

1405 - appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland 1412 - accompanied Thomas, Earl of Lancaster to France 1420 - appointed Lieutenant of Ireland 1422 - Sir John Talbot arraigned him for treason, the crown ordered a stop to the proceedings 1430 - Joan died, buried at St Thomas of Acon 1432 - married Elizabeth FitzGerald 1442 - Archbishop Talbot present a long list of grievances concerning Butler to the Privy Council, who reprimanded both sides for 'disrupting the good governance of Ireland.' 1447 - accused of high treason by John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, again, the crown came to his rescue declaring "no one should dare, on pain of his indignation, to revive the accusation or reproach of his conduct." 1452 - Elizabeth died, burial unknown

James Butler died estate at Ardee, Co Loth, Ireland on his return from an expedition against Connor O'Mulrian and was buried at St Mary's in Dublin.

James was called The White Earl and admired for his learning, and was the patron of the Irish literary work, 'The Book of the White Earl'. His political career was marred by a bitter feud with the Talbot family. He built the castles of Nenagh, Roscrea and Templemore in north Tipperary and Tulleophelim (or Tullowphelim) in County Carlow. He gave the manor and advowson of Hickcote in Buckinghamshire to the Hospital of St. Thomas D'Acres in London, which was confirmed by Parliament at the suit of his son.

Family links:

Parents:

 James Butler (1359 - 1405)

 Anne Welles Butler (1360 - 1397)

Spouse:

 Joan de Beauchamp Butler (1396 - 1430)*

Children:

 Elizabeth Butler Talbot (1424 - 1473)*

 Thomas Butler (1426 - 1515)*

Sibling:

 James le Butler (1393 - 1452)

 Richard "of Polestown" Butler (1395 - 1452)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Saint Mary's Abbey Dublin County Dublin, Ireland

Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren Record added: Nov 05, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 79893834

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James was the 4th Earl of Ormond. He was known as the "White Earl". He was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1420, 1425, and 1442.

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James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (23 May, 1393 – 23 August, 1452) was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond. He was called 'The White Earl' and was esteemed for his learning. He was the patron of the Irish literary work, 'The Book of the White Earl'. His political career was marked by his long and bitter feud with the Talbot family.

Career Ireland in 1450 showing the Earldom of Ormond. He prevailed upon Henry V to create a King of Arms in Ireland, with the title of Ireland King of Arms (altered by Edward VI to Ulster King of Arms), and he gave lands in perpetuity to the College of Heralds, London. He was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1420, 1425, and 1442. He appointed James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond as Seneschal of Imokilly in 1420.

The Butler–Talbot feud His term as Lord Lieutenant was marked by a bitter feud with the Talbot family, headed by John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and his brother Richard, Archbishop of Dublin. The dispute reached its height in 1442 when Archbishop Talbot, supposedly acting on behalf of the Irish Parliament, presented the Privy Council with a long list of grievances against Ormonde, who was accused of being old and feeble (in fact he was only fifty, which was not considered a great age even in the fifteenth century), and of having lost most of his Irish estates through negligence; there were vague references to treason and "other crimes which could not be named".[2] The Council summoned Ormonde to account for his actions: he defended himself vigorously, and made detailed counter-charges against the Archbishop. The Council took no action against him but rebuked both sides to the dispute severely for disrupting the good governance of Ireland. The feud gradually cooled off, and friendly relations between the two families were finally established by the marriage of Ormonde's daughter Elizabeth to Shrewsbury's son and heir John.

Later years Ormonde remained an influential figure, although his last years were troubled by fresh quarrels with the Earl of Desmond, with Giles Thorndon, the Treasurer of Ireland, and with Richard Wogan, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Wogan in particular complained of Ormonde's "heavy lordship" and asked to be allowed to deputise his duties.[4] In 1440 Ormonde had a grant of the temporalities of the See of Cashel for ten years after the death of the Archbishop of Cashel, Richard O'Hedian. He built the castles of Nenagh, Roscrea and Templemore in north County Tipperary and Tulleophelim (or Tullowphelim) in County Carlow. He gave the manor and advowson of Hickcote in Buckinghamshire to the Hospital of St Thomas of Acre in London, which was confirmed by the Parliament of England (in the third year of Henry VI) at the suit of his son.[5] Since his father-in-law had no surviving son, Ormond, in right of his second wife, claimed possession of the Earldom of Kildare, and for some years was able to keep the legitimate heirs out of their inheritance. He died in Dublin on 23 August 1452 on his return from an expedition against Connor O'Mulrian, and was buried in St. Mary's Abbey near Dublin.