Dear Merilyn ~
As per you request, I've posted the connection from the Boteler family
to the Belknap family. All my sources are cited.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website:
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Source: Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2005), with updated
information.
SUDELEY-BOTELER-BELKNAP FAMILIES
1. JOAN DE SUDELEY, elder daughter. She married about 1354 (as his 2nd
wife) WILLIAM LE BOTELER, Knt., de jure 2nd Lord Boteler of Wem, of
Wem, Whixall, and Hinstock, Shropshire, and Almington and Tyrley,
Staffordshire, Knight of the Shire for Shropshire, son and heir of
William le Boteler, 1st Lord Boteler of Wem [see BLACKMERE 5], by his
1st wife, Beatrice. He was born 8 Sept. 1298. They had one son,
Thomas, Knt. William married (1st) Margaret de Arundel, daughter of
Richard Fitz Alan (or de Arundel), Knt., 8th Earl of Arundel, by Alice
(or Alasia), daughter of Tommaso I, Marquis of Saluzzo. He and
Margaret had one son, William, Knt. [3rd Lord Boteler of Wem]. He was
never summoned to Parliament. He served in Flanders in 1340 in the
retinue of Reginald de Cobham. In 1344 he obtained special immunity
from the king from bearing arms "in respect of his impotency." SIR
WILLIAM LE BOTELER died 22 Dec. 1361. His wife, Joan, died before 11
August 1367.
References:
Manning, Hist. & Antiqs. of Surrey 2 (1809): 626-628. Garbet, Hist.
of Wem (1818): 31-40. Tierney, Hist. & Antiqs. of the Castle & Town
of Arundel 1 (1834): chart following 192, citing Vincent A Discoverie
of Errours (1622): 34. Eyton, Antiqs. of Shropshire 8 (1859): 20-22;
9 (1859): 157-177. Hawley et al., Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570,
1612 & 1634 2 (H.S.P. 14) (1879): 563-565 (Misc. Essex Peds.) (Cooke
pedigree: "William le Boteler of Wemme. = Margaret Arundell.")
("William Butler Baron of Wemme. = Joane d. & heir of John
Sudley."). Arch. Cambrensis 5th Ser. 1 (1884): 219-221 (Fitzalan
pedigree). Genealogist n.s. 14 (1897): 103-104; n.s. 15 (1898): 27.
Benolte et al., Vis. of Surrey 1530, 1572 & 1613 (H.S.P. 43) (1899):
219-221 (Vincent pedigree: "Willm. Botteler 2 Baron of Wem. =
Margerett d. of Willm. Erle of Arundell"). Surrey Arch. Colls. 19
(1906): 27-32. C.P. 2 (1912): 232 (sub Boteler); 12(1) (1953):
417-418 (sub Sudeley). VCH Worcester 3 (1913): 14, 47. Trans.
Shropshire Arch. & Nat. Hist. Soc. 4th Ser. 10 (1925-26): 168-169
(biog. of William le Boteler). VCH Warwick 4 (1947): 175 (Boteler
arms: Gules, a fesse checky argent and sable between six crosses formy
or); 5 (1949): 70. Twemlow, Manor of Tyrley (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 3rd
Ser. 1945-6) (1948): 38-43. Paget, Baronage of England (1957) 82:
7-8 (identifies marriage citing Cl. 4 Ric. 2. m 28, correcting C.P.);
514: 3. Genealogists' Mag. 13 (1960): 173-174. Bodine, Anc. of
Dorothea Poyntz (1995): 74.
2. THOMAS LE BOTELER (or BUTLER), Knt., of Sudeley, Gloucestershire,
Knight of the Shire for Gloucestershire, younger son by his father's
2nd marriage, born at Tyrley, Staffordshire, and baptized at Drayton
(in Hayles), Staffordshire 1 Oct. 1358. He married on or before 18
July 1385 ALICE BEAUCHAMP, daughter of John de Beauchamp, Knt., of
Powick, Worcestershire, by his 1st wife, Joan, daughter of John de
Cherleton, Knt., 2nd Lord Cherleton of Powis [see POWICK 6 for her
ancestry]. They had four sons, John [de jure 5th Lord Sudeley],
William, Knt. [de jure 6th Lord Sudeley], Thomas, and Ralph, K.G. [7th
Lord Sudeley] and two daughters, Elizabeth and Joan. In 1367 he was
co-heir to his uncle, John de Sudeley, Knt., de jure 3rd Lord Sudeley,
by which he inherited Fairfield (in Belbroughton), Worcestershire. In
1370 he was co-heir to his great-grand uncle, Peter de Montfort, Knt.,
3rd Lord Montfort, by which he inherited a moiety of the castle and
manor of Beaudesert, with the town of Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire,
and the manors of Wellesbourne Mountfort and Whitchurch, Warwickshire.
In 1379 he was heir to his aunt, Margery (de Sudeley) Massey, by which
he inherited the manors of Dassett (in Burton Dassett) and Griff (in
Chivers Coton), Warwickshire. In 1390 he made a pilgrimage to the Holy
Land where he ate, drank, and conversed with the "perfidious
Saracens" contrary to Papal prohibition, being then excommunicated by
Pope Boniface IX in 1391. On the payment of alms he was granted
absolution in March 1392. He was about to go to Ireland on service 8
August 1394, and was still there 13 Feb. 1395. He was exempted from
serving on assizes, etc., on 4 Feb. 1398. SIR THOMAS LE BOTELER, de
jure 4th Lord Sudeley, died 21 Sept. 1398. His widow, Alice, married
(2nd) JOHN DALLINGRIDGE, Knt. (died 1408), of Bodiam Castle, Sussex,
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Knight of the Shire for Sussex, Keeper of
Braden Forest, Wiltshire, son of Edward Dallingridge, Knt., by his
wife, Elizabeth Wardieu. She died 5 Feb. 1442/3.
References:
Nash, Colls. for the Hist. of Worcestershire 1 (1781): 57, 59.
Dallaway & Cartwright, Hist. of the Western Div. of Sussex 2(2) (1830):
76-77. Beltz, Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
(1841): clx. Hawley et al., Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 &
1634 2 (H.S.P. 14) (1879): 563-565 (Misc. Peds.) (Cooke pedigree:
"Sr Thomas Butler. = Alice d. of John Beauchamp of Powick.").
Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Arch. Soc. 7 (1883): 304. Harvey et al., Vis.
of Bedfordshire 1566, 1582, 1634 & 1669 (H.S.P. 19) (1884): 162-163
(Bray pedigree: "Thomas Butler Baron of Sudley = Allice d. and heire
of John Beauchampe of Powick."). Genealogist n.s. 14 (1897):
103-104. Benolte et al., Vis. of Surrey 1530, 1572 & 1613 (H.S.P.
43) (1899): 219-221 (Vincent pedigree: "Sir Thom. Botteler Knt. =
Allice d. of Sir John Beauchamp of Powick Knt."). Surrey Arch.
Colls. 19 (1906): 27-32; 20 (1907): 1-89. VCH Surrey 3 (1911):
248. VCH Worcester 3 (1913): 14. Report on the MSS of Lord de
L'isle & Dudley 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 77) (1925): 149 (seal of Alice,
widow of Sir John Dalyngregge: round, 1 1/4 inch, impaling, Boteler of
Sudley, quarterly two bendlets and a fess chequy between six crosses
patee fitchee, and Beauchamp of Powyk, a fess between six martlets.
Between the shield and border three lizards or crocodiles. SIGILLVM
DNE. ALICIE DE BOTELER DNE. DE SUYDLE). C.P. 9 (1936): 128-130 (sub
Montfort); 12(1) (1953): 417-419 (sub Sudeley). Cal. IPMs 12 (1938):
145-147. Berkshire Arch. Jour. 44 (1940): 123-127. Twemlow, Manor
of Tyrley (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 3rd Ser. 1945-6) (1948): 38-43. VCH
Warwick 4 (1947): 175; 5 (1949): 70, 194, 210. Lamborn, Armorial Glass
of the Oxford Diocese (1949): 96 (arms of Boteler of Wem: Gules a fesse
checky silver and sable between six crosses formy fitchy silver).
Paget, Baronage of England (1957) 82: 7-8, 514: 3. Cal. IPMs 15
(1970): 112-113, 186, 372. Fam. Hist. 10 (1977-79): 9-20.
Roskell et al., House of Commons 1386-1421 2 (1992): 458-459 (biog.
of Sir Thomas Butler), 742-744 (biog. of Sir John Dallingridge).
Baker, Reports of Cases by John Caryll 1 (Selden Soc. 115) (1999):
230-236.
3. JOAN BOTELER, married before 1412 HAMON (or HAMOND) BELKNAP (or
BEALKNAP), Esq., of Knelle (in Beckley), Sussex, Sentlynge (in St. Mary
Cray) and Ringwold (in Walmer), Kent, son and heir of Robert Belknap,
Knt., of Knelle (in Beckley), Sussex, Seyntlynge (in St. Mary Cray),
Kent, etc., Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, by Juliane, daughter of
John Darset, of Essex. He was born about 1390 (aged 24 in 1414). They
had four sons, John, William, Esq., Henry (or Harry), Esq., and Philip,
and two daughters, Elizabeth and Griselde (wife of John Hende, Esq.).
In 1425/6 he obtained a reversal of his father's attainder. HAMON
BELKNAP, Esq., died in 1428-9. His widow, Joan, died before 1473.
References:
Dallaway & Cartwright, Hist. of the Western Div. of Sussex 2(2) (1830):
76-77. Misc. Gen. & Heraldica 1st Ser. 2 (1876): 333-334. Hawley
et al., Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 2 (H.S.P. 14)
(1879): 563-565 (Misc. Peds.) (Cooke pedigree: "Sr Hamond Belknap
Knight Lord Treasurer of Normandy. = Jone d. and coheir of Sr Thomas
Butler."). Benolte et al., Vis. of Surrey 1530, 1572 & 1613 (H.S.P.
43) (1899): 219-221 (Vincent pedigree: "Joane [Botteler] d. &
coheire vx. Sir John Belknap Knt. Threaseror of Normandy."). Surrey
Arch. Colls. 19 (1906): 27-32. C.P. 5 (1926): 320-321 (sub
Ferrers); 12(1) (1953): 421, footnote n (sub Sudeley). C.C.R.
1422-1429 (1933): 441. C.C.R. 1429-1435 (1933): 269, 315. C.C.R.
1435-1441 (1937): 86. Chichele, Reg. of Henry Chichele 2 (Canterbury
& York Soc. 42) (1937): 640 (biog. of Juliana Belknap). VCH Sussex 9
(1937): 144-145 (Belknap arms: Azure, three eagles bendwise between
two cotises argent). Berkshire Arch. Jour. 44 (1940): 123-127. VCH
Essex 4 (1956): 243. Paget, Baronage of England (1957) 82: 7. Ancient
Deeds-Series DD (List & Index Soc. 200) (1983): 314.
4. HENRY (or HARRY) BELKNAP, Esq., of Crofton, Kent, and Beccles,
Suffolk, 3rd son, born about 1424-34 (aged 50 and more in 1484). He
married before 1471 MARGARET KNOLLYS (or KNOLLES), daughter of Richard
Knollys, Knt., by Margaret, daughter of William d'Oyley, of
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire. They had one son, Edward, Knt., and six
daughters, Alice, wife of William Shelley, Knt., Anne, Elizabeth, Mary
(wife of Gerard Dannett), Griselde (wife of John Caryll), and Margaret
(wife of John Boteler, Esq.). In 1484 he was heir to his brother,
William Belknap, Esq., by which he inherited the manors of Knelle (in
Beckley), Sussex, Sentling (in St. Mary Cray), and Ringwold (in
Walmer), Kent, etc. HENRY BELKNAP, Esq., died 3 July 1488. He left a
will (P.C.C. 17 Milles), requesting burial in the Chapel of our Lady at
Beckley, Sussex. His wife, Margaret, survived him.
References:
Dallaway & Cartwright, Hist. of the Western Div. of Sussex 2(2) (1830):
76-77. Notes & Queries (1853): 363-364. Misc. Gen. & Heraldica
1st Ser. 2 (1876): 333-334. Hawley et al., Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558,
1570, 1612 & 1634 2 (H.S.P. 14) (1879): 563-565 (Misc. Essex Peds.)
(Cooke pedigree: "Henry Belknap. = Margaret d. of Ric...."). Cal.
IPMs Henry VII 1 (1898): 126, 170, 182. Green, Feet of Fines for
Somerset 4 (Somerset Rec. Soc. 22) (1906): 144-145. Berkshire Arch.
Jour. 44 (1940): 123-127. VCH Warwick 5 (1949): 70. VCH Essex 4
(1956): 243. VCH Sussex 9 (1973): 144. Paget, Lineage & Anc. of
Prince Charles 2 (1977): 246, 398-399. Ancient Deeds-Series E
(List & Index Soc. 181) (1981): 15. Ancient Deeds-Series DD (List &
Index Soc. 200) (1983): 251. Baker, Reports of Cases by John Caryll 1
(Selden Soc. 115) (1999): xi-xv (biog. of John Caryll).
"Merilyn Pedrick" wrote:
< Thankyou for this information Doug. I didn't have his wife's name or
their
< death dates, or their children other than Alice. I do have a note
next to
< Henry Belknap's name saying "Doug Richardson has him descending from
the
< Botelers of Sudeley, Glos." Would it be possible for you to post
this
< descent please?
< Best wishes
< Merilyn Pedrick