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Sir John Boteler, 1st Lord Boteler of Brantfield, baronet of Hatfield Woodhall

Also Known As: "John Butler"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bramfield, Hereford, England
Death: May 27, 1637 (66-75)
St Martin in the Fields, London, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Henry Butler, Kt., of Hatfield and Catherine Butler
Husband of Elizabeth Boteler
Father of Audrey Leigh; Hon Elinor Boteler; Honourable Anne Blount; Mary Howard; Jane Ashburnham and 1 other
Brother of Elizabeth Chester
Half brother of Lucy Frankland; Ralph Boteler of Queenhoo Hall; Sir George Boteler, MP, 1st (and last) Baronet of Bramfield; Edward Boteler; John Boteler, the younger and 5 others

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About John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield

  • Sir John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield1
  • M, #74359, b. circa 1566, d. 27 May 1637
  • Last Edited=21 Nov 2005
  • Sir John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield was born circa 1566.2 He was the son of Sir Henry Boteler and Catherine Waller.2 He married Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of Sir George Villiers and Audrey Saunders, before 1609.2 He died on 27 May 1637 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Covent Garden, London, England.2 He was buried at Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire, England.2 An inquest post mortem was held for his on 24 June 1637 at Chipping Barnet.2 His will (dated 19 May 1637) was probated on 29 November 1637.2
  • Sir John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield was invested as a Knight in July 1607 at Greenwich, London, England.2 He was created 1st Baronet Boteler [England] on 12 April 1620.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hertfordshire from 1625 to 1626.2 He was created 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, co. Hertford [England] on 30 July 1628.2 He lived at Brantfield, Hertfordshire, England.2
  • Children of Sir John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield and Elizabeth Villiers
    • Hon. Eleanor Boteler+ d. 2 Oct 16663
    • Hon. Jane Boteler 1
    • Hon. Anne Boteler+ 4
    • Hon. Audrey Boteler+ d. 16 Sep 16525
    • Sir Henry Boteler d. b 16372
    • Sir William Boteler, 2nd Baron Boteler of Brantfield d. 16472
    • Hon. Olive Boteler d. 13 Dec 16633
    • Hon. Mary Boteler+ d. c Jan 1633/343
  • Citations
  • [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 493. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 229.
  • [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 230.
  • [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 403.
  • [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 65. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p7436.htm#i74359 ___________________________
  • John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)
  • Born: ABT 1565, Bramfield, Hereford, England / Hatfield, Woodhall, Hertford, England
  • Died: 27 May 1637 / 12 Feb 1665, St. Aldate's, Oxford, England
  • Father: Henry BUTLER of Hatfield (Sir)
  • Mother: Catherine WALLER
  • Married: Elizabeth VILLIERS (b. ABT 1570) (dau. of George Villiers of Leicester and Audrey Saunders) ABT 1590, Wandhall, Bramfield, Hereford, England
  • Children:
    • 1. William BUTLER (2° B. Butler of Bantfield)
    • 2. Audrey BUTLER (C. Chichester)
    • 3. Eleanor (Helen) BUTLER
    • 4. Olive BUTLER
    • 5. Anne BUTLER (C. Newport)
    • 6. Mary BUTLER (B. Howard of Escrick)
    • 7. Jane BUTLER (b. 1604 - d. 28 Mar 1672)
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BUTLER2.htm#John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield) __________________________
  • Sir John Boteler, Baronet Boteler of Brantfield1
  • M, #105079, b. circa 1566, d. 27 May 1637
  • Father Sir Henry Boteler, Sheriff of Hertfordshire1 d. 20 Jan 1609
  • Mother Catharine Waller1 b. c 1542, d. 1572
  • Sir John Boteler, Baronet Boteler of Brantfield was born circa 1566.1 He married Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of Sir George Villiers, Sheriff of Leicestershire and Audrey Sanders, circa 1592.2 Sir John Boteler, Baronet Boteler of Brantfield died on 27 May 1637.1
  • Family Elizabeth Villiers b. c 1570
  • Child
    • Eleanor (Helen) Boteler+1 b. 1595
  • Citations
  • 1.[S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 118.
  • 2.[S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 804.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3498.htm#... ________________________
  • John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, (c. 1566 – 27 May 1637) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626.
  • Boteler was the son and heir of Sir Henry Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall and of Brantfield, Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Catharine, daughter of Robert Waller, of Hadley, Middlesex. He was knighted at Greenwich in July, 1607, and succeeded his father on 20 January 1609, aged 43. He was created baronet of Hatfield Woodhall on 12 April 1620. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire. He was re-elected M.P. for Hertfordshire in 1626.[1] He was created Baron Boteler of Brantfield, co. Hertford, on 30 July 1628.[2]
  • Boteler married, before 1609, Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of Sir George Villiers, of Brokesby, co. Leicester, half-sister to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.[2] They had two sons and six daughters,
    • Audrey, who married Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester,[2]
    • Helen (died 2 October 1666), or Eleanor, who married on 18 May 1616, Sir John Drake, of Ash, Devon, a grandson of Sir Bernard Drake, and became the mother of Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet, and maternal grandmother of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough,
    • Jane, who married James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough,[2]
    • Anne, who married Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport,[2]
    • Sir Henry Boteler, who was a favourite with his uncle, the Duke of Buckingham, but predeceased his father, having been sent with a tutor to Spain in 1617 "to cure him of the disease of drinking, which, young as he was, he was already much given to,"[2]
    • William Boteler, 2nd Baron Boteler of Brantfield, who was found "to have been an idiot from his birth" and died unmarried in 1647, when all his honours became extinct,[2]
    • Olivia (died 13 December 1663), who was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Henrietta Maria,[3] and who married Endymion Porter, Groom of the Bedchamber and patron of Antony Van Dyke,[2]
    • Mary, who married Edward Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Escrick.[2]
  • Boteler died on 27 May 1637, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, aged about 71, and was buried at Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire. He was succeeded by his son, William.[2]
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boteler,_1st_Baron_Boteler_of_Bra... ____________________
  • BOTELER, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1566-1637), of Bramfield Place, Herts.
  • b. c.1566, 1st s. of Sir Henry Boteler of Woodhall Lodge, Hatfield, Herts. and his 1st w. Katharine, da. of Robert Waller of Monken Hadley, Mdx.; half-bro. of George*.1 educ. Pembroke Coll., Camb. 1576.2 m. by 1609, Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Villiers* of Brokesby, Leics., 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 6da.3 kntd. July 1607;4 suc. fa. 1609, aged 43;5 cr. bt. 12 Apr. 1620;6 Bar. Boteler of Brantfield 30 July 1628.7 d. 27 May 1637.8
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/bo... _______________________
  • The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n62/mode/1up
    • II. Sir John Drake, Exq., of Ashe, High Sheriff of Devon; d. 1588; m. 1529, Amy Grenville, sis. to Sir Richard, and had: 1. Sir Bernard Drake, b. abt. 1530; a distinguished Naval Officer; d. Jan. 11, 1585; gave Sir Francis, s. of Edmund Drake, b. 1545, the great Admiral, a box on the ear for assuming the family arms, Sir Francis being of a younger branch. He m. Gertrude Fortesque, and had; 1. John, d. 1628; m. Helena, dau. of JOHN, Baron BOTELER of Herts, and his wf. ELIZABETH, half-sis. to Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and had: 1. Sir John. 2. George, d. unm., 1664. 3. Thomas of Ireland; d. s. i. 1659. 4. Henry, settled at Barnstaple, Devon, of which he was Mayor, 1679. 5. Dorothy. 6. Mary. 7. Eleanor. 8. Elizabeth, m. Sir Winston Churchill. (1). John Churchill, b. at Ashe (while his mother was on a visit to her father) Duke of Marlboro; m. Sarah Jennings. (2) Arabella, had 4 chil. by James, Duke of York, afterwards James II, King of England. She afterwards m. Col. Charles Godfrey, and had, 1. Charlotte, m. April 23, 1700, High Bascawen, Viscount Falmouth and had 18 chil. (3) George. 2. Margaret, m. John Sherman and had dau. Alice, m. Richard Percival, ancestor of Earls of Egmont. 2. Robert Drake of Wiscomb, m. and had 7 sons and 3 daus. 1. William. 2. Bernard. 3. John, m. and had i. 4. Robert. 5. Henry, killed in army; s. i. 6. Nicholas, m. Katharine, dau. of William Tothill and wid. of Wm. Kingsley. 7. Humphrey. 8. Gertrude. 9. Amy. 10. Ursula. 3. Richard Drake, b. 1534; of Surrey; d. July 11, 1603, Equerry to Queen Elizabeth. Introduced his kinsman, Francis Drake, afterwards the great Admiral, to the Queen; m. Ursula, dau. of Sir Wm. Stafford. 1. Francis Drake of Shardeloes, d. 1613; m. Joan, dau. of Wm. Tothill of Shardeloes, Esq. At her house Thomas Hooker sojourned, afterwards ??u de? of the Conn. Colony. 2. George Drake of Spratshays, Esq.; supposed of this family; had dau; Katharine m. John Ford of Bagton, Devon, Eng. who had Sir Henry Ford, Secretary of Stateof Ireland for Charles II; sold Bagton to Mr. Tothill, whose descendants sold it to Lord Ashburton. ________________________________
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John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield's Timeline

1566
1566
Bramfield, Hereford, England
1595
1595
Colyton (Devon) England
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Hertford, England
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Of, Wandhall, Bramfield, Hereford, England
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1602
Bramfield,Hertfordshire,England
1637
May 27, 1637
Age 71
St Martin in the Fields, London, England (United Kingdom)
1637
Age 71
Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
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