James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond

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James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (c. 1359 – 7 September 1405), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He acceded to the title in 1382, and built Gowran Castle three years later in 1385 close to the centre of Gowran, making it his usual residence, whence his common epithet, The Earl of Gowran.

James died in Gowran Castle in 1405 and is buried in

King Edward I
of England.

Career

In 1391, he purchased Kilkenny Castle from the Despencer family.[2][3] He also built the castle of Dunfert (also called Danefort) and in 1386 founded a Friary of minorites at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.[4]

In 1384, he was deputy to

Sir John Stanley who was accompanied by Bishop Alexander de Balscot of Meath and Sir Robert Crull.[5]

Butler joined them upon their arrival in Ireland. The result of its success was Stanley's appointment as Lieutenant of Ireland, Bishop Alexander as chancellor, Crull as treasurer, and Butler again as governor.[6]

On 25 July 1392, he was appointed

Lord Justice of Ireland as he was again in 1401. On the departure of Sir Stephen Scrope to England on 26 October 1404, by commission, dated at Carlow, 12 February 1388-9, he was appointed keeper of the peace and governor of counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. He was vested with full power to treat with, execute, protect, and give safe conduct to any rebels, etc. In 1397, he assisted Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, the Lord Lieutenant, against O Brien, and in 1390 took prisoner Teige O Carrol, Prince of Elye.[citation needed
]

Marriage and Children

Sometime before 17 June 1386, he married

Anne Welles, the daughter of John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles
by his spouse Maud (née de Roos). Anne Welles died on 13 November 1397, around the age of 37. They had five children:

In 1399, the Earl married Katherine FitzGerald of Desmond. They had four children:

  • James "Gallda" Butler
  • Edmund Butler
  • Gerald Butler
  • Theobald Butler

By an unknown mistress, he had at least one illegitimate son,

Siege of Rouen
in 1419.

See also

Butler dynasty

References

  1. ^ A History of St Mary’s Church. Text by Imelda Kehoe. Published by the Gowran Development Association 1992.
  2. ISBN 0197262481
    . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ "The Butler Castle". Kilkenny Castle. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p. 10.
  5. ISBN 978-1-84383-387-1
    . This serves as an excellent overview of the history and encapsulates the relationship between Bishop Alexander Balscot, Butler, Crull and Stanley.
  6. ^ Calendar of Patent Rolls 1385-89, pp. 125-126, 128, 130-131

Sources

  • Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Royal ancestry series. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2005. googlebooks.com Accessed November 9, 2007
  • Doyle, James William Edmund. The Official Baronage of England, Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885, with Sixteen Hundred Illustrations. London: Longmans, Green, 1886. googlebooks.com Accessed November 9, 2007
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Ormond
1382–1405 		Succeeded by
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