Botreaux, William de (1388/9 - 1462)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1389-02-20
Death Date: 1462-05-16

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1411
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1458
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Beaumont, Elizabeth ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Botreaux, William (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Botreaux, Anne (n.d.)

Primary Title

3rd Baron Botreaux

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Botreaux
    Assumed 1395-05-25
    Vacated 1462-05-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Cornwall 1416 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1416 1417
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1418 n.d.
JP, Devon 1418 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1418/19 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1419 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1419 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1421/2 1424
JP, Wiltshire 1421/2 1425
JP, Cornwall 1421/2 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1424 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1426/7 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1427 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1427 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1427 1428
JP, Somerset 1428/9 1431
JP, Cornwall 1431 1433
JP, Wiltshire 1432 1433
JP, Somerset 1433 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1435 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1435/6 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1438 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1438 1439
JP, Somerset 1438/9 1444
JP, Wiltshire 1440 1441
JP, Cornwall 1441 1443
JP, Wiltshire 1443 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1444/5 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1446/7 1449
JP, Wiltshire 1446/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1450 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Somerset 1450 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1450 1451
JP, Somerset 1451 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1451 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1452/3 1454
JP, Somerset 1453 1454
JP, Cornwall 1453 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1455 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1455/6 1459
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Somerset 1457 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1457 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1458 1460
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1458/9 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1459 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1461 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1461 1462
JP, Wiltshire 1461 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bottreaux Castle, Cornwall
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1395-05-25
    Divested: 1462-05-16

Lands

  • Cornwall: Boscastle (alias Botreaux) Honour
    Acquired: 1395-05-25
    Divested: 1462-05-16
    Patrimony

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1416-1417 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance 1417-1418 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance 1429-1430 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance 1430-1431 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance 1432-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s
Performance 1427-1428 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrels
Performance 1433-1433 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrels
Performance 1433-1434 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Minstrels
Performance 1417-1418 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Botreaux's Pipers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Botreaux's Minstrel/s Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 5
Lord Botreaux's Minstrels Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord Botreaux's Pipers Botreaux, William de (1389 - 1462) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Botreaux Castle Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry V [1413–22]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1910–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Davies, Gilbert. The Parochial History of Cornwall. 4 vols. London: J.B. Nichols & Son, 1838.
MacLean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Sons, 1873-79.