James of Wiltshire Butler, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde^{[1, 2]}

1420 - 1461  (40 years)

• Name	James of Wiltshire Butler
  Suffix	Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde
  Birth	24 Nov 1420
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1452
  	Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde
  	Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde 1452-1461
  Death	1 May 1461	Newcastle
  	Cause: executed.
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02091 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BUTLER.htm#James%20BUTLER%20(1°%20E.%20Wiltshire)1 «u»Knight of the Garter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>«/u». Fifth Earl of Ormonde. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland 1453. Supported the Lancastrian cause, he spent most of his life in England where «b»Henry VI«/b» created him Earl of Wiltshire, a Knight of the Garter and Lord Treasurer. «b»Butler«/b» fought for «b»Henry VI«/b» against «b»Richard, 3rd duke of York«/b» at St Albans on 22 May 1455; escaped from the battle of Northampton on 10 Jul 1460; and fought at Wakefield (Dec 1460); Mortimer's Cross (3 Feb 1461). He was beheaded by the victorious Yorkists at Newcastle-onTyne in 1461, and his head was set upon London Bridge for all to see. As a traitor, his estates, including Ashby De la Zouch Castle, reverted to the Crown.
  Person ID	I18141	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde,   b. 1392   d. 23 Aug 1452, Ardee (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Joan (Elizabeth) Beauchamp   d. 4 Aug 1430, Shene
  Family ID	F8643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Avice Stafford,   b. 4 Dec 1423, Woodsford, Dorset d. 3 Jun 1457 (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	Bef 4 Jul 1428
  Family ID	F8644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor Beaufort   d. 16 Aug 1501
  Marriage	Apr 1458	Woodsford, Dorset
  Family ID	F8646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.