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4. | 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 5th Earl of Ormonde James Butler (3.James3, 2.James2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Nov 1420; died on 1 May 1461 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. Notes:
James Butler, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 5th Earl of Ormonde, KG was born on 24 November 1420. He was the son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde and Elizabeth Beauchamp. He married, firstly, Avice Stafford, daughter of Sir Richard Stafford and Maud Lovell. He married, secondly, Eleanor Beaufort, daughter of Sir Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lady Eleanor Beauchamp. He died on 1 May 1461, beheaded at Newcastle, by the Yorkists, after the Battle of Towton.
He was created by Henry VI, 8 July 1449, for his fidelity to the Lancastrian interest, Earl of Wiltshire, in the Peerage of England. In 1451 he was made Lord Deputy of Ireland; and the next year, succeeding his father in the title of Earl of Ormonde was appointed Lord Lieutenant for ten years. In 1454, he was constituted Lord High Treasurer of England and made a Knight of the Garter 1459.
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beheaded
Family/Spouse: Eleanor Beaufort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Avice Stafford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde (3.James3, 2.James2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1425 in Ormond, Kerry, Ireland; died on 3 Aug 1515 in London, Middlesex, England. Thomas married Anne Hankford on 11 Jul 1445 in London, Middlesex, England. Anne (daughter of Richard II Hankford and Anne Montacute) was born in 1431 in Kelynack, Cornwall, England; died on 13 Nov 1485 in Ormond, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Margaret Butler
was born in 1465 in Blicking, Norfolk, England; died on 3 Apr 1537 in Hever Castle, Kent, England; was buried in Hever, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.
- 8. Anne Butler
was born in 1462 in Ormonde Castle, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland; died in 1533 in Annery, Devon, England.
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