Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler

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Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler in Wikipedia

Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler (c. 24 June 1176- before 1226) was an Anglo-Norman heiress and the wife of Fulk FitzWarin,[1] a medieval landed gentleman who was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century. The legend of Robin Hood is allegedly based on him.

By her first marriage to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, Maud was the ancestress of the Butler Earls of Ormond.

Family

Maud le Vavasour was the daughter of Robert le Vavasour, deputy sheriff of Lancashire (1150–1227), and his first wife, an unnamed daughter of Adam de Birkin.[4] She had a brother Sir John le Vavasour who married Alice Cockfield, by whom he had issue. Maud's paternal grandparents were William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazelwood, and Justiciar of England, and Matilda Perry, and her maternal grandparents were Gilbert de Ros and Matilda de Cauz. [has been changed to: Maud's paternal grandfather was William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazlewood, and Justiciar of England. Her maternal grandfather was Adam fitz Peter of Birkin.]

Maud was heiress to the properties of Edlington and Narborough in Yorkshire.

She is a matrilineal ancestor of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife to King Henry VIII of England.

Marriages and issue

In or shortly before 1200, Maud married her first husband Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler (died February 1206), son of Hervey Walter and Maud de Valoignes, and went to live in Ireland. His brother Hubert Walter was Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1185, Theobald had been granted land by Prince John, who was then Lord of Ireland. He was appointed Butler of Ireland in 1192,[5] and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1194.

Theobald and Maud had three children:

1. a female [Maud?] (dead by 1240), married as his first wife Sir Gerald de Prendergast by whom she had issue, including Marie de Prendergast, who in her turn married Sir John de Cogan and had issue. She is only known because a later inquisition claimed that Gerald married a "sister of Theobald pincerna", no name is given to her, and no dates.
2. Beatrice le Botiller
3. Theobald le Botiller, chief Butler of Ireland (by 1199 – 19 July 1230), who married firstly Joan du Marais, daughter of Geoffrey du Marais and Eva de Bermingham, and had a son, Theobald Butler (1224–1248), who married Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht, and Egidia de Lacy (daughter of Walter de Lacy and Margaret de Braose), and from whom descended the Earls of Ormond. Theobald, chief Butler of Ireland married, secondly, after 4 September 1225, Roesia de Verdun (1205 – 10 February 1247), daughter of Nicholas de Verdun and Clementia, by whom he had a son and daughter: John le Botiller de Verdon, Lord of Westmeath (1226–1274), who married Margery de Lacy (1229 – after 10 June 1276), by whom he had issue, and Maud le Botiller de Verdon, who married John Fitzalan, Lord of Oswestry and Clun. Upon her marriage to John Fitzalan, Maud le Botiller de Verdon became the 6th Countess of Arundel, from whom descended the Fitzalan Earls of Arundel.

Following the death of Theobald in early February 1206, Maud returned to England into the custody of her father, who, having bought the right of marrying her at the price of 1200 marks and two palfrys, gave her in marriage, on 1 October 1207, to Fulk FitzWarin.[3] Fulk was the son of Fulk FitzWarin and Hawise de Dinan, who subsequent to a violent quarrel with King John of England, sought refuge in the woods and became an outlaw. Maud accompanied him. The legendary figures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian are said to be based on Fulk and Maud.

By FitzWarin, Maud had a son and a daughter:

1. Sir Fulk FitzWarin (1208-14 May 1264), married firstly, Clarice d 'Auberville, by whom he had a daughter, Mabel FitzWarin (1248- 1296), who in turn married firstly John de Crevequer, and secondly, Sir John Tregoze, Baron Tregoze (1245- 1300), son of Robert II Tregoze, Lord of Ewyas Harold, and Juliane de Cantelou, and had issue. Fulk married secondly, Constance de Toeni (1225- 1265), by whom he had a son, Fulk FitzWarin and a daughter, Hawise FitzWarin, both of whom married and had issue.
2. Hawise FitzWarin (born 3 February 1210), married firstly William Pantulf, by whom she had issue, and secondly, Hubert Huse.

Death

Maud le Vavasour died sometime before 1226. She had numerous descendants including the Earls of Ormond, the Earls of Arundel, Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn and Elizabeth I.

In fiction

Maud is the main protagonist in Elizabeth Chadwick's The White Castle, which relates in highly fictional form, her life and adventures as the wife of Fulk FitzWarin.

References

• 1. ^ "Calendar of documents, relating to Ireland". 1875.
• 2. ^ peerage.com
• 3. ^ Rudolf Kiessmann (1895). Untersuchungen über die Motive der Robin-hood-balladen (in German). University of Michigan. E. Karras.
• 4. ^ Robert W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire. Vol. VII (London: 1858) pp. 73-74
• 5. ^ Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of Ormond
• 6. ^1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Butler
• 7. ^Fouke le Fitz Waryn, edited by Stephen Knight, Thomas H. Ohlgren. Originally published in Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1997.

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Notes: Fulke Fitzwarin was born about 1169 in Hertfordshire, England. The book by Maurine Keen, “The Outlaws of Medieval Legend”, includes a chapter on the story of the Romance of Fulke Fitzwarin, and several chapters on the Robin Hood ballads. Fulke was married to Maude le Vavasour. The true-life story of Maude's relationship with Fulke Fitzwarin is very similar to the legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Maude’s parents were Sir Robert le Vavasour and Julian De Ros.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/VAVASOUR.htm

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p198.htm#i...

Maud le Vavasour was born circa 1187 at of Edlington & Newborough, Yorkshire, England. She married Theobald FitzWalter, Sheriff of Lancashire, Lord Preston, son of Hervey Walter and Maud de Valoignes, circa 1200. Maud le Vavasour married Fulk III FitzWarin, son of Fulk II FitzWarin and Hawise de Dinan, before 1 October 1207. Maud le Vavasour died before 1226 at of Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England.

Family 1 Theobald FitzWalter, Sheriff of Lancashire, Lord Preston b. c 1160, d. a 4 Aug 1205

Children

• Maud Walter+
• Theobald le Botiller (Butler)+ b. 1200, d. 19 Jul 1230

Family 2 Fulk III FitzWarin d. 14 May 1264

Children

• Joan FitzWarine+
• Eve FitzWarin+2 b. c 1220, d. a 1282
• Mabel FitzWarin+ b. c 1225, d. c 24 May 1297

Citations

• 1. [S1481] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 447; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1909.
• 2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 742-745.

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Maude Le Vavasour

Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. II Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. The Boydell Press, 2002. p. 1134.

Son of Herverus who came over with William the Conqueror.

Theobald married Maud, daughter of Robert le Vavasor. Their child was Theobald who married Maud, sister of Thomas A. Becket. He was sheriff of Lancashire 1195 59 1199. In 1177, he was made Chief Butler of Ireland by Henry II, when he assumed the official surname Pincerna. In 1221, he first assumed the name of Boteler, or Butler, and from him descended the Butlers, Earls of Ormand.

~The Houghton Genealogy, p. 20

Links

• http://cybergata.com/roots/3961.htm

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• Find a Grave Memorial

Birth: Jun. 24, 1176 Hazelwood North Yorkshire, England Death: 1226 Whittington Shropshire, England

This memorial is dedicated to my ancestor Maud le Vavasour. She was born on June 24, 1176 in Yorkshire, England to Robert le Vavasour, High Sheriff of Lancashire and his first wife a daughter of Adam fitzPeter. She had a half brother Sir John le Vavasour who married Alice Cockfield. Maud's paternal grandparents were William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazelwood, and Justiciar of England, and Matilda Perry. Her maternal grandfather was Adam fitz Peter of Birkin. Maud married first married Theobald Walter, son of Hervey Walter and his wife Maud de Valoignes, in 1189. He died between August 4, 1205 and February 14, 1206, and was buried at Woney. They had one son, Theobald le Botiller. Maud next marriage to Fulk FitzWarin on October 1 1207, would end up being a legend for all time. The story goes that Fulk had a violent quarrel with King John of England, he sought refuge in the woods and became an outlaw. Maud accompanied him. The legendary figures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian are said to be based on Fulk and Maud. By Fulk, Maud had a son and a daughter: Sir Fulk FitzWarin (1208-14 May 1264), married firstly, Clarice d 'Auberville, by whom he had a daughter, Mabel FitzWarin (1248- 1296), who in turn married firstly John de Crevequer, and secondly, Sir John Tregoze, Baron Tregoze (1245- 1300), son of Robert II Tregoze, Lord of Ewyas Harold, and Juliane de Cantelou, and had issue. I descend through Mable and John Tregoz daughter Sibyl de Tregoz Hawise FitzWarin (born 3 February 1210), married firstly William Pantulf, by whom she had issue, and secondly, Hubert Huse. Maud le Vavasour died sometime before 1226. She had numerous descendants including the Earls of Ormond, the Earls of Arundel, Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn and the British Royal Family. Other descendants perhaps not as famous Catherine Grandison Montagu Benjamin Franklin Dollar Ethel Dollar Brown Louis Brown

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Spouses:

• Theobald FitzWalter (____ - 1205)
• Fulk Fitzwarin (1160 - 1219)*

Children:

• Theobald le Botiller (1201 - 1230)*
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Burial: Alberbury Priory Alberbury Shropshire Unitary Authority Shropshire, England

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