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Ralph pincerno le Boteler
- Preferred Name: Ralph pincerno le Boteler[1] [2]
- Gender: M
- FSID: G6FP-QSQ
- Death: 1140 in Oversley, Arrow, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
- Burial: 1140 in Arrow Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
- Birth: 1055 in Oversley, Arrow, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
About Ralph (Pincerna) le Boteler
In the reign of Henry I, Ralph Boteler, called "Radulphus Pincerna de Legrescestria," being Butler to Robert Earl of Leicester. Settled at Oversley, county Warwick where he erected a strong castle, and at a mile distant, founded a monastery for Benedictine monks (1140).
Dead after 1140.
Pincerna is the Latin equivalent. www.butler-soc.org "BUTLER is an occupational name, but it used to have a slightly different meaning. In large medieval households the Butler was the person in charge of the wine. Since many powerful nobles lived in fear of being poisoned, this was a position of considerable trust. There used to be many variations in spelling, such as Boteler, Boutillier, Botiller, Butiller, and Botyller. Modern variations include Boutler (France), Buttlar (Germany) and Buteler (Argentina)."
His son and heir, was Robert Boteler, living 1225.
The name of his wife is uncertain. See About Me on his hypothesized wife, Avice for some possible evidence for her name being Avice.
The Boteler family is associated for a short time in the 15th century with Sudeley Castle as well. The Boteler family inherited the manor and estate of Sudeley through the sister of the 9th Lord Sudeley who died while fighting in Spain alongside Edward, the Black Prince.
In 1442, Ralph Boteler, descendant of this Ralph, who was creat Baron Sudeley by Henry VI of England, built Sudeley Castle on its present site using what he had earned fighting in the Hundred Years' War.
In 1469, Edward IV of England confiscated the castle from its owner, Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley and gave it to his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, who later became Richard III of England.
http://www.gordonbanks.com/gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p293.htm#i14644
Ralph Boteler1
M, #14647
Note* He was Butler to Robert Beauchamp, Earl of Mellent and Leicester.1
Event-Misc* He built the castle of Oversley, Warwickshire, and founded a monastery for Benedictine monks there in 1140.1
Family
Child
Robert Boteler
Last Edited 8 Feb 2005
Citations
[S342] Sir Bernard Burke, Extinct Peerages, p. 63.
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Ralph (Pincerna) le Boteler's Timeline
1074
1074
Birth of Ralph
England
1100
1100
Age 26
Birth of Robert (Pincerna) le Boteler
Oversley, Warwickshire, England
1140
1140
Age 66
Death of Ralph at Oversley, Warwickshire, England
Oversley, Warwickshire, England
=== !Brown book 5, P C 307. ===
!Brown book 5, P C 307.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.38;
=== !Sir Bernards Dormant & Extinct Peerage ===
!Sir Bernards Dormant & Extinct Peerage p.62,63 Founded a monastary in1140. Butler to Robert Earl of Mellent from this office came the name Boteler.
=== b.c. 1055; m. Avice; father of Robert le ===
b.c. 1055; m. Avice; father of Robert le Boteler. [Holly Forrest TamerNEWLIN, BURR LINE
Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert pincerno le botelor Fletcher, b. 1030 in Arrow Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1100 in Stokesley, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Mother: Avice Fitsmartin, b. 1030 in Wickham Skeith, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom d. 1085
Family 1: Margot Avaranches Fletcher, b. 1075 in Blagdon, North Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom d. 1148
- m. BEF 1100 in Europe
- m. 1099 in Oversley, Arrow, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
- Robert le Boteler, b. 1100 in Oversley, Arrow, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1185
Sources:
- Title: Ralph le Boteler, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-QF2L : 20 July 2020), Ralph le Boteler, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-QF2L;
- Title: Ralph le Boteler, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-QF2L : 20 July 2020), Ralph le Boteler, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-QF2L;
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