John Butler

Also known as: Iohn lord Butler / sir Iohn Butler · Family: England · Role: knight · First appears: Richard II 51

Life events

• c. 1425 · The listed nobles were dubbed knights during the solemn feast.(Henry VI 9)
  • With: Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk Henry Percy James Butler Henry Grey of Tancarville John Talbot Ralph Grey of Werke Robert Vere Richard Grey Edmund Hungerford Walter Wingfield Reginald Cobham John Passheleu Thomas Tunstall John Chedocke Ralph Langstre William Drury William ap Thomas Richard Carnonell Richard Woodville John Shirdlow Nicholas Blunket William Cheyney William Babington Ralph Butler Robert Beauchamp Edmund Trafford John June
  • “During this feast, the duke of Bedford adorned the king with the high order of knighthood, who on the same daie dubbed with the sword these knights, whose names insue: Richard duke of Yorke, Iohn duke of Norffolke; the earle of Westmerland, Henrie lord Persie, Iohn lord Butler, sonne to the earle of Ormond, the lord Rosse, the lord Matrauers, the lord Welles, the lord Barkelie; sir Iames Butler, sir Henrie Greie of Tankaruile, sir Iohn Talbot, sir Rafe Greie of Warke, sir Robert Véere, sir Richard Greie, sir Edmund Hungerford, sir Walter Wingfield, sir Iohn Butler, sir Reginald Cobham, sir Iohn Passheleu, sir Thomas Tunstall, sir Iohn Chedocke, sir Rafe Langstre, sir William Drurie, sir William ap Thomas, sir Richard Carnonell, sir Richard Wooduile, sir Iohn Shirdlow, sir Nicholas Blunket, sir William Cheinie iustice, sir William Babington, sir Rafe Butler, sir Robert Beauchampe, sir Edmund Trafford, sir Iohn Iune chéefe baron, and diuerse others.”

Richard II 51

• allies with John Beaufort “Out of England there went one Iohn de Beaufort bastard son to the duke of Lancaster (as Froissard hath noted) also sir Iohn Russell, sir Iohn Butler and others.”
• allies with John Russell “Out of England there went one Iohn de Beaufort bastard son to the duke of Lancaster (as Froissard hath noted) also sir Iohn Russell, sir Iohn Butler and others.”

Henry VI 9

• sworn: Henry VI “the earle of Westmerland, Henrie lord Persie, Iohn lord Butler, sonne to the earle of Ormond”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.