John Botetourt's Wikipedia page
When a search is made for Sir John Botetourt it is inevitable that a Wikipedia page will come to the top of
the results list.
If you search for Botetourt and Belchamp Walter you will find my pages even though there is no reference to Belchamp
Walter being the "resting place" of Sir John.
Or maybe Belchamp Walter wasn't where he was buried just because he
had a chantry built there.
The emphasis on Sir John's history with respect to "the violent quarrel" is yet to be confirmed. The Scottish
connection and admiralty, has been seen in Inquisitions. Similarly for the St. Briavels.
The Framlingham connection is being confirmed (or dismissed). Framlingham does feature in
the Tudor story
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The Wikipedia text:
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He was the Governor of St Briavels Castle in 1291, became the Admiral of the North between 1294 and 1297,[1] burning
Cherbourg in 1295, and created 1st Lord Botetourt on 13 July 1305.
In 1304 he received a commission under the great
seal to hear and determine the causes of a violent quarrel between the mayor and burgesses of Bristol and Lord Thomas
of Berkeley and his son Maurice.
He was the warden of the Forest of Dean.
He fought in the expeditions of King Edward I
to Gascony, Scotland and during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He was summoned to parliament from 1305 to 1324.
He joined Guy Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, in carrying off Piers Gaveston from the custody of the Earl of Pembroke,
and, in common with the other nobles concerned in the death of the favourite, made his peace with the king in 1313.
He was appointed the Governor of Framlingham Castle in 1314. He was again the Admiral for the Northern Seas in 1315.
John participated in the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322, on the side of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster's rebels.
He was then fined £1,000 and pardoned on 8 October 1322 for his part in the rebellion.
He died on 25 November 1324, and his grandson John
succeeded him as Baron Botetourt, as his son Thomas had predeceased him.
"
The "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Bottetourt, John de" text from the reference on the
Wikpedia page
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BOTTETOURT, JOHN de (d. 1324), baron and admiral, was governor of St. Brinvel's Castle and warden of the
Forest of Dene.
In 1294 he commanded the fleet supplied by Yarmouth and the neighbouring coast, and the next year burnt Cherbourg.
He served in the expeditions of Edward I to Gascony and Scotland Having married Maud, sister and heiress of Otto,
the son and heir of Beatrice Beauchamp, widow of William of Munchensi, lord of Edwardston, he came into the
estates of his mother-in-law.
In 1304 he received a commission under the great seal to hear and determine the causes of a violent
quarrel between the mayor and burgesses of Bristol and Lord Thomas of Berkeley and his son Maurice. He was summoned
to
parliament from 1305 to 1324. He joined Guy Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, in carrying off Piers Gaveston from the
custody
of the Earl of Pembroke, and, in common with the other nobles concerned in the death of the favourite, made his peace
with the king in 1313.
The next year he commanded the fleet employed in the expedition against Scotland. When a new
permanent council was appointed in 1318, his name was added in pariiament. to those already ageed upon.
He died in 1324, leaving his grandson .lohn his heir, his son Thomas having died before him.
"
Framlingham
The research that I extracted from geni.com (I think) points to some other IPMs
or Calendar Charter Rolls. (was either 16 or 17 in the footnote/reference)
St. Briavels
Sir John de Botetourt is not mentioned on the St Briavels castle website.
Battle of Boroughbridge - 16 March 1322
"
John participated in the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322, on the side of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster's rebels.
He was then fined £1,000 and pardoned on 8 October 1322 for his part in the rebellion.
"
Sir James Tyrell - d. 1437 was a
Lancastrian.
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster
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