Biography of John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde 1422-1476

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In 1413 [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 19) and [his mother] Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. He the son of [his grandfather] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde and [his grandmother] Anne Welles Countess Ormonde. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1422 John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde was born to James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 28) and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde in Kilkenny, Ireland [Map].

On 18th July 1432 [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 39) and [his step-mother] Joan or Elizabeth Fitzgerald Countess Ormonde were married. She by marriage Countess Ormonde. She the daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 5th Earl of Kildare and Margaret Rocheford Countess Kildare. He the son of [his grandfather] James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde and [his grandmother] Anne Welles Countess Ormonde. They were half second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

In 1450 [his illegitimate son] Edward Ormond was born illegitimately to John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (age 28) and Reynalda Obrien.

On 23rd August 1452 [his father] James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 59) died at Dublin [Map]. He was buried at St Mary's Abbey, Dublin. His son [his brother] James (age 31) succeeded 5th Earl Ormonde.

Battle of Towton

                    On 29th March 1461 the Battle of Towton was a decisive victory for King Edward IV of England (age 18) bringing to an end the first war of the Wars of the Roses. Said to be the bloodiest battle on English soil 28000 were killed mainly during the rout that followed the battle.
                
                    The Yorkist army was commanded by King Edward IV of England with John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 45), William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 56), William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 30) (knighted), Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy (age 45), Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex (age 57), John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 23) and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 61).
                
                    The Lancastrian army suffered significant casualties including Richard Percy (age 35), Ralph Bigod Lord Morley (age 50), John Bigod (age 28), Robert Cromwell (age 71), Ralph Eure (age 49), John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 51), John Beaumont (age 33), Thomas Dethick (age 61), Everard Simon Digby, William Plumpton (age 25) and William Welles (age 51) who were killed.
                
                    Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39) was killed. Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick,  Baron Percy of Topcliffe forfeit.
                
                    Ralph Dacre 1st Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 49) was killed. He was buried at the nearby Saxton church where his chest tomb is extant. Baron Dacre Gilsland extinct. 
                
                    Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles (age 55) was killed. His son Richard (age 33) succeeded 7th Baron Welles.
                
                    The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset (age 25), Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30), Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Andrew Trollope.
                
                    Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter was attainted after the battle; Duke Exeter, Earl Huntingdon forfeit.
                
                    Those who fought for the Lancaster included William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme (age 46), William Plumpton, John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley (age 60), William Norreys (age 20), Thomas Grey 1st Baron Grey of Richemont (age 43), Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 30), John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 12), Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby, Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 56), [his brother] James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 40), John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (age 39), William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22), Henry Roos and Thomas Tresham (age 41). Cardinal John Morton (age 41) were captured.
                
                    John Heron of Ford Castle Northumberland (age 45), Robert Dethick (age 86), Andrew Trollope and his son David Trollope were killed.

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On 1st May 1461 [his brother] James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 40) was beheaded at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [Map] having been captured at, or after, the Battle of Towton. His brother John (age 39) succeeded 6th Earl Ormonde. Earl Wiltshire forfeit.

Around 1462 [his illegitimate son] John Ormond was born illegitimately to John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (age 40) and Reynalda Obrien at Alfreton, Derbyshire [Map].

Battle of Piltown

Around July 1462 the Yorkist army of Thomas Fitzgerald 7th Earl Desmond defeated the Lancastrian army of John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (age 40) at Piltown, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny. The Lancastrian army suffered around 1000 killed.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 14th December 1476 John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde (age 54) died. His brother [his brother] Thomas (age 50) succeeded 7th Earl Ormonde. Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde (age 45) by marriage Countess Ormonde.

                    Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1519. 4th April 1519. 160. For Anne Seyntleger (age 64) [St Leger], widow.
                
                    Licence to found a perpetual chantry for one chaplain in the chapel of St. Mary, called "Hangfordis Chapell," in the church of St. George, Monklee, Devon, to pray for the King and Queen, and for the said Anne, Sir George Seyntleger (age 35), Thomas Seyntleger, clk., and Margaret Boleyn (age 65), widow, and for the souls of Sir [his brother] Thomas Ormond, late earl of Ormond, and lady Anne his wife (father and mother of the said Anne Seyntleger), [his brother] James and John, brothers of the said earl, William Hangford, Richard-Hangford his son, Sir Richard Hangford, son of the said Richard, and James Seyntleger and Ambrose Griseacre, husbands of the said Anne Seyntleger, and James Seyntleger, her son. Also licence to alienate possessions to the annual value of £10 for the said chaplain. Greenwich, 12 March 10 Hen. VIII. Del. Westm., 4 April.
                
                    Pat. 10 Hen. VIII. p. 2, m. 32.

[his illegitimate son] James Ormond was born illegitimately to John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde and Reynalda Obrien at Alfreton, Derbyshire [Map].

Ancestors of John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde 1422-1476

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzjohn

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Butler 2nd Earl Ormonde Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Norman Darcy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Darcy

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Knayth

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Aton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Aton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy Countess Ormonde

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Burgh Countess Kildare

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burgh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster

Father: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Welles 1st Baron Welles

Great x 2 Grandfather: Adam Welles 3rd Baron Welles

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Welles 4th Baron Welles

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bardolf 2nd Baron Bardolf

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Bardolf Baroness Welles

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Grandison Baroness Bardolf

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison

GrandMother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Ros

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel D'Aubigny

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vaux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Ros Baroness Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

John Butler 6th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Tosny 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bohun

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Geneville

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Baroness Geneville

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême

Mother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp

GrandMother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England