1st Baron Butler, also known as Theobald Walter le Boteler or Theobald Butler. Butler of Ireland, High Sheriff of Lancastershire.
Son of Hervey Walter and his wife Maud de Valoignes, born about 1165.
Husband of Maud le Vavasour, daughter and heiress to Robert le Vasaour. They married in 1189 and had three children:
* Theobald le Botiller
* Maud, Mrs Gerard de Prendergast
* Beatrice Butler, Mrs Thomas de Hereford
Prince John Lackland awarded Theobald with the position of Butler of Ireland around 1185, along with two tons of wine of every ship that made any port in Ireland that had 20 tons of wine aboard. John also gave him a large portion of land in Limerick, Ireland. When John was king, he took away Theobald's lands in 1200 because of improprieties as sheriff, then restored them in 1202. Theobald founded the abbey of Woney in Abington, Limerick, and the Cockersand Abbey in Lancaster, the Abbey of Nenagh in Tipperay, and a monastic house in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.
Theobald died between 04 Aug 1205 and 14 Feb 1206, buried at Owney Abbey.
[Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens.]
Son of Hervey Walter and his wife Maud de Valoignes, born about 1165.
Husband of Maud le Vavasour, daughter and heiress to Robert le Vasaour. They married in 1189 and had three children:
* Theobald le Botiller
* Maud, Mrs Gerard de Prendergast
* Beatrice Butler, Mrs Thomas de Hereford
Prince John Lackland awarded Theobald with the position of Butler of Ireland around 1185, along with two tons of wine of every ship that made any port in Ireland that had 20 tons of wine aboard. John also gave him a large portion of land in Limerick, Ireland. When John was king, he took away Theobald's lands in 1200 because of improprieties as sheriff, then restored them in 1202. Theobald founded the abbey of Woney in Abington, Limerick, and the Cockersand Abbey in Lancaster, the Abbey of Nenagh in Tipperay, and a monastic house in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.
Theobald died between 04 Aug 1205 and 14 Feb 1206, buried at Owney Abbey.
[Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens.]
1st Baron Butler, also known as Theobald Walter le Boteler or Theobald Butler. Butler of Ireland, High Sheriff of Lancastershire.
Son of Hervey Walter and his wife Maud de Valoignes, born about 1165.
Husband of Maud le Vavasour, daughter and heiress to Robert le Vasaour. They married in 1189 and had three children:
* Theobald le Botiller
* Maud, Mrs Gerard de Prendergast
* Beatrice Butler, Mrs Thomas de Hereford
Prince John Lackland awarded Theobald with the position of Butler of Ireland around 1185, along with two tons of wine of every ship that made any port in Ireland that had 20 tons of wine aboard. John also gave him a large portion of land in Limerick, Ireland. When John was king, he took away Theobald's lands in 1200 because of improprieties as sheriff, then restored them in 1202. Theobald founded the abbey of Woney in Abington, Limerick, and the Cockersand Abbey in Lancaster, the Abbey of Nenagh in Tipperay, and a monastic house in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.
Theobald died between 04 Aug 1205 and 14 Feb 1206, buried at Owney Abbey.
[Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens.]
Son of Hervey Walter and his wife Maud de Valoignes, born about 1165.
Husband of Maud le Vavasour, daughter and heiress to Robert le Vasaour. They married in 1189 and had three children:
* Theobald le Botiller
* Maud, Mrs Gerard de Prendergast
* Beatrice Butler, Mrs Thomas de Hereford
Prince John Lackland awarded Theobald with the position of Butler of Ireland around 1185, along with two tons of wine of every ship that made any port in Ireland that had 20 tons of wine aboard. John also gave him a large portion of land in Limerick, Ireland. When John was king, he took away Theobald's lands in 1200 because of improprieties as sheriff, then restored them in 1202. Theobald founded the abbey of Woney in Abington, Limerick, and the Cockersand Abbey in Lancaster, the Abbey of Nenagh in Tipperay, and a monastic house in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.
Theobald died between 04 Aug 1205 and 14 Feb 1206, buried at Owney Abbey.
[Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens.]
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