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William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux

William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux

High Sheriff of Cornwall
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Male 1389 - 1462  (73 years)


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    Name William de Botreaux 
    Suffix 3rd Baron Botreaux 
    Trade,Profession,Job Abt 1330  [Office] High Sheriff of Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    High Sheriff of Cornwall 
    Birth 20 Feb 1389  Walton, Kilmersdon, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 May 1462 (73 years)  [3] 
    He died without surviving male issue on 16 May 1462, according to Cokayne's The Complete Peerage, or was slain at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461 according to Rogers, 1877, p. 389.  
    Name William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (1389–1462)

    William de Botreaux (d. 22 July 1349) of Forrabury, Cornwall (renamed after his family Boscastle, anciently “Bottreaux Castle”, Cornish: Kastell Boterel) Sheriff of Cornwall  [2, 4] 
    Death 16 May 1462  [3] 
    Burial Y  [3] 
    Occupation 1395 (5 years) - North Cadbury, Somerset  Find all individuals with events at this location - inherited from his father the barony by writ of Botreaux as well as substantial family landholdings which included a moiety of the feudal barony of North Cadbury, Somerset
    1435 (45 years) - Neroche, Somerset  Find all individuals with events at this location - 1435 he was appointed by Richard, Duke of York (d.1460), father of the future King Edward IV (1461–1483), as forester of the royal forests of Exmoor and of Neroche, Somerset
    1435 (45 years) - Exmoor, Somerset  Find all individuals with events at this location - 1435 he was appointed by Richard, Duke of York (d.1460), father of the future King Edward IV (1461–1483), as forester of the royal forests of Exmoor and of Neroche, Somerset
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - water of Lananta, Lelant  Find all individuals with events at this location
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - tithing of Conertoun, Conerton (Connerton, Conarditone), manor of, Connerton, Cornwall  Find all individuals with events at this location
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - water of Lananta, Lelant  Find all individuals with events at this location
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Boscudden, St Erth  Find all individuals with events at this location - 1 Cornish acre in Boswithgy and Boscudyn
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Nansavallen, Nance, Ludgvan  Find all individuals with events at this location - 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen

    Nance near Trencrom - ?Trink?
    Nancealverne - Penzance; too far south?
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Trencrom Hill Lelant aka Trencrom Hill, Trencrom, Ludgvan  Find all individuals with events at this location - 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen
    14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Conerton (Connerton, Conarditone), manor of, Connerton, Cornwall  Find all individuals with events at this location - Rental, Connerton manor, Gwithian
    Rental or survey of Conartoun [Connerton] manor in Gwithian.
    Thursday before St Margaret (Thursday 14 July 1463), 3 Edward IV.

    Free tenants

    William Lord Botreaux, 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen, the water of Lananta, and 1 Cornish acre in Boswithgy and Boscudyn with the tithing of Conertoun.

    [Extract - Reference number AR/2/1337/5 Date 1463] [1]
    Person ID I9342  AHP
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsTrade,Profession,Job - High Sheriff of Cornwall - Abt 1330 - [Office] High Sheriff of Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Feb 1389 - Walton, Kilmersdon, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - inherited from his father the barony by writ of Botreaux as well as substantial family landholdings which included a moiety of the feudal barony of North Cadbury, Somerset - 1395 (5 years) - North Cadbury, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1435 he was appointed by Richard, Duke of York (d.1460), father of the future King Edward IV (1461–1483), as forester of the royal forests of Exmoor and of Neroche, Somerset - 1435 (45 years) - Neroche, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1435 he was appointed by Richard, Duke of York (d.1460), father of the future King Edward IV (1461–1483), as forester of the royal forests of Exmoor and of Neroche, Somerset - 1435 (45 years) - Exmoor, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - tithing of Conertoun, Conerton (Connerton, Conarditone), manor of, Connerton, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1 Cornish acre in Boswithgy and Boscudyn - 14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Boscudden, St Erth Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen Nance near Trencrom - ?Trink? Nancealverne - Penzance; too far south? - 14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Nansavallen, Nance, Ludgvan Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen - 14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Trencrom Hill Lelant aka Trencrom Hill, Trencrom, Ludgvan Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Rental, Connerton manor, Gwithian Rental or survey of Conartoun [Connerton] manor in Gwithian. Thursday before St Margaret (Thursday 14 July 1463), 3 Edward IV. Free tenants William Lord Botreaux, 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen, the water of Lananta, and 1 Cornish acre in Boswithgy and Boscudyn with the tithing of Conertoun. [Extract - Reference number AR/2/1337/5 Date 1463] - 14 Jul 1463 (74 years) - Conerton (Connerton, Conarditone), manor of, Connerton, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories
    Rental, Connerton manor, Gwithian | Reference number: AR/2/1337/5 | 1463     		Rental, Connerton manor, Gwithian | Reference number: AR/2/1337/5 | 1463

  • Sources 
    1. [S71] Cornish Records Office (CRO) Kresen Kernow, (Cornish Records Office (CRO) Kresen Kernow), 14 Jul 1463 (Reliability: 2).
      Rental, Connerton manor, Gwithian
      Rental or survey of Conartoun [Connerton] manor in Gwithian.
      Thursday before St Margaret (Thursday 14 July 1463), 3 Edward IV.

      Free tenants

      William Lord Botreaux, 1 Cornish acre in Trencrome and Nansavallen, the water of Lananta, and 1 Cornish acre in Boswithgy and Boscudyn with the tithing of Conertoun.

      [Extract - Reference number AR/2/1337/5 Date 1463]

    2. [S37] Wikipedia.
      William de Botreaux (d. 22 July 1349) of Forrabury, Cornwall (renamed after his family Boscastle, anciently “Bottreaux Castle”, Cornish: Kastell Boterel) Sheriff of Cornwall,
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Botreaux,_1st_Baron_Botreaux

    3. [S37] Wikipedia, 16 May 1462 (Reliability: 2).
      He died without surviving male issue on 16 May 1462, according to Cokayne's The Complete Peerage, or was slain at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461 according to Rogers, 1877, p. 389. He was buried in North Cadbury parish church, in the chantry founded there "by his ancestors" [17] as he had provided for in his will written 38 years before in 1424.[18]

      He died seized of 50 manors, mostly in the West-country.[19] His Inquest post mortem as a tenant-in-chief of the king dated 1462 refers to him as "William Botreaux, miles", i.e. "knight".[20]

    4. [S37] Wikipedia.
      William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (1389–1462) was a baron, whose holdings were in Somerset and the south-west of England.[1] He inherited from his father the barony by writ of Botreaux as well as substantial family landholdings which included a moiety of the feudal barony of North Cadbury, Somerset, in the parish church of which capital manor he was buried, as he requested in his will.



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