230 BOTELER BOTELER BOTILLER or BUTILLER (of Warrington) BARONY BY i. William le Boteler,(^) s. and h. of Henry WRIT. (who d. v.p.)y and grandson and h. of William le Boteler, J T2Qf of Warrington, (*") co. Lancaster, (who was Sheriff of CO. Lane. 1258-59, and Gov. of Lancaster Castle), sue. his grandfather about 1280, and 14 June (1294) 22 Edw. I, was sum- moned to attend the King in the French wars in Gascony, and was sum. to Pari. 23 June (1295) 23 Edw. I, 26 Aug. (1295) ^4 Edw. I, and 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. 1,() by writs directed Willelmo le Butiller and JVilldmo le Botiller de JVerington, whereby he may be held to have become LORD LE BOTILLER. () In (1305-06) 34 Edw. I he was in the expedition to Scotland. VLcd. about 1328. His widow Sibyl and his s. William were living in 1330. [The accounts of his issue are extremely contradictory, but none of his descendants (who were settled at Warrington, Bewsey, and elsewhere, CO. Lancaster) appear to have been sum. to Pari.] BOTELER, BOTILER or BUTILLER (of Wem)(0 I. William le Botiler of Wem,(') Salop, s. and h. of Ralph le BoTiLER of Oversley, co. Warwick, by Maud,('^) da. and h. of William m. Francis (Leigh), Earl of Chichester; (2) Helen, m., 18 May 16 16, Sir John Drake, of Ash, Devon, and d. his widow 2 Oct. 1666, being mother of Sir John Drake, cr. a Baronet ; (3) Jane, m. James (Ley), Earl of Marlborough ; (4) Olive, m., about 1620, Endymion Porter, Groom of the Bedchamber, and d. his widow 13 Dec. 1663; (5) Mary, m. Edward (Howard), Lord Howard of Escrick ; and (6) Anne, m. Mountjoy (Blount), Earl of Newport. An account of these sisters and their descendants is given in Chester Waters' Chester of Ch'icheley. {") The name was assumed by his ancestor Robert, who held the office of Butler to Ranulph de Gernon, Earl of Chester, and who founded an abbey for Cistercian monks at Poulton, co. Chester, in 1 158. C') The Lordship of Warrington was acquired by the marriage of Beatrice, da. and h. of Matthew de Vilers, of Warrington, with Richard le Boteler, whose successor, William le B., was holding it in 121 2. V.G. (<^) He was also summoned 8 June (1294) 22 Edw. I and 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. I, and Nicolas adds : "It is also stated that both this William le Boteler and William le Boteler of Wemme were summoned 26 Jan. 24 Edw. I 1296/7 (the other Writ of that year being merely a summons to be at Newcastle with horse and arms, in which, however, the name of Boteler does not occur), but as the name is only to be found once in that Writ, and then without any descriptive addition, it is difficult to determine to which William le Boteler it was directed." As to these supposed Paris, see Preface. () As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any Peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. {") The account of the first three men in this article has been kindly contributed by G. W. Watson. V.G. (') The arms of the Botilers of Wem were Gules, crusilly Argent, a fesse countercompony Or and Sable. («) She m., 2ndly, before 9 May 1283, Walter de Hopton, of Hopton, Salop
