Botetourt as Overlord

Botetourt as Overlord

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Botetourt as Overlord under the de Veres

This page was created in error. I misread Overlord for Underlord, hence my confusion.

See also my page where I describe underlord.

In any case, the Sir John de Botetourt referenced in the church guide (1265-1324) was not the Botetourt that the chantry chapel was created.

The Church guides have the following statement (with respect to the Nave of St. Mary's Church):

At the North - east end are the remains of what must have been a very beautiful canopied Chantry Chapel, which evidently extended outside the North wall, and would have incorporated the tomb of the Botetourt family - Sir John de Botetourt having been buried in 1324. Prior to that date he occupied the Manor as underlord of the de Veres - Earls of Oxford, at Hedingham Castle, and Priory of Earls Colne, to whom the Church at that time belonged. This memorial was apparently defaced during the Civil War, at which time memorial brasses were also removed from tombs under the Centre Aisle.

The author of this website has "issues" with this statement. Sir John de Botetourt was unlikely to be an Overlord of the de Veres he was far too busy with state affairs to be occupied in Belchamp Walter.

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The term "Overlord"

Accoriding to the Wikipedia page an "overlord" is either the same status as a Tenent in Chief or a higher status.

Botetourt as Overlord under the de Veres

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