Around 1265 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort was born.
After 1265 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort were married.
In 1291 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 26] was appointed Governor of St Briavels Castle.
In 1294 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 29] was appointed Admiral of the North.
After 1300 [his son-in-law] Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter and [his daughter] Joan Botetort were married.
Before 24th March 1300 [his son-in-law] William Latimer 3rd Baron Latimer of Corby and [his daughter] Elizabeth Botetort Baroness Latimer Corby were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Corby.
Before 9th March 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey [aged 70], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 23], Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [aged 31], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 25], Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk [aged 56], Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel [aged 34], Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 29], Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 26], William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne [aged 59], Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster [aged 20], William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 58], Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny [aged 14], Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore [aged 50], Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin [aged 16], Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy [aged 27], Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter [aged 54], John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset [aged 26], William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber [aged 41], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 36], Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton [aged 61], John Moels 1st Baron Moels [aged 32], Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley [aged 55], Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin [aged 48], Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon [aged 25], Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford [aged 26], Walter Beauchamp [aged 58], Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby [aged 33], John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave [aged 45], William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby [aged 29], Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu [aged 51], Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby [aged 38], John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster [aged 32], Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall [aged 41], Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf [aged 41], Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot [aged 24], William Deincourt 2nd Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford [aged 28], Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg [aged 81].
On 13th July 1305 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 40] was created 1st Baron Botetort. [his wife] Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort by marriage Baroness Botetort.
On 9th June 1312 Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 28], under the protection of Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 37], stayed at The Rectory, Deddington whilst en route south. Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke left Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall there whilst he left to visit his wife. The following morning Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick [aged 40], with Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 27], Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 36] and John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 47] arrested Piers Gaveston 1st Earl Cornwall and took him to Warwick Castle [Map].
On 8th October 1312 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 47] fined £1000 for his part in the rebellion but then pardoned.
Patent Rolls. 16th October 1313. Westminster.
Pardon to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster [aged 35], and his adherents, followers, and confederates, of all causes of anger, indignation, suits, accusations, &c, arisen in any manner on account of Peter de Gavaston, from the time of the king's marriage with his dear companion Isabella, whether on account of the capture, detention, or death of Peter de Gavaston, or on account of any forcible entries into any towns or castles, or any sieges of the same; or on account of having borne arms, or of having taken any prisoners, or of having entered into any confederacies whatever, or in any other manner touching or concerning Peter de Gavaston, or that which befel him. French. [Fœdera: Parl. Writs.]
The like, word for word, to the under-mentioned persons, adherents of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, for the death of Peter de Gavaston, viz.-
Humphrey de Bohun [aged 37], Earl of Hereford and Essex.
Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick [aged 41].
Henry de Percy [aged 40].
Robert de Clyfford [aged 39].
John Boteturte [aged 48].
Robert de Holand.
Griffith de la Pole.
John de Heselarton.
Alexander de Cave.
Thomas le fiz Johan de Heselarton.
Robert de Stepelton.
Jordan de Dalden.
Robert le Conestable of Halsham.
William du Lunde and Thomas le fiz Phelip le Mareschal of Milford.
William Trussel.
William de Dacre [aged 47].
William de Holand [aged 60].
William la Zusche of Haringworthe [aged 48].
Continues with another two hundred or so names.
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In 1314 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 49] was appointed Governor of Framlingham Castle.
In 1315 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 50] was appointed Admiral of the North.
In 1322 [his son] Thomas Botetort died.
On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 52]. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46], Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 57] and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 32] fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford [aged 22], Nicholas Longford [aged 37], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 35] were captured.
Warin Lisle [aged 51] was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].
Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 31] and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].
John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton [aged 22], Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 22], William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 46], Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 34], Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar [aged 29] and Peter Saltmarsh [aged 42] fought for the King.
Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton [aged 43] was captured.
Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 46] was killed. His son John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.
Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 31] fough for the rebels, and was captured.
Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley [aged 55] surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life
John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was captured.
Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].
On 25th October 1324 John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 59] died. His grandson John [aged 6] succeeded 2nd Baron Botetort.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Botetort Baroness Latimer Corby was born to John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort. She married before 24th March 1300 William Latimer 3rd Baron Latimer of Corby, son of William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby, and had issue.
[his daughter] Ada Botetort was born to John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort.
[his daughter] Joan Botetort was born to John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort. She married after 1300 Robert Fitzwalter 2nd Baron Fitzwalter, son of Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter and Eleanor Ferrers Baroness Fitzwalter.
[his son] Thomas Botetort was born to John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort and Matilda Fitzotes Baroness Botetort.