James Butler , 5th Earl of Ormond & Wiltshire 
James was born about 1420 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland. James' father was James Butler , 4th "The White" Earl of Ormond and his mother was Joan Beauchamp. His paternal grandparents were James Butler , 3rd Earl of Ormond and Anne de Welles; his maternal grandparents were William Beauchamp , KG, Lord Bergavenny, Sir and Joan FitzAlan. He had a brother and a sister, named Thomas and Elizabeth. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died on May 1st, 1461 in Beheaded after Yorkist victory at Towton, Yorkshire, England (dsp).General Notes
James Butler, b. c 1420, beheaded 1 May 1461, Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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The eldest of them, the 5th Earl, was a prominent Lancastrian. Though governor of Ireland for several periods, he spent most of his life in England where Henry VI created him Earl of Wiltshire, a Knight of the Garter and Lord Treasurer. Inevitably he partook in the dreary battles which later came to be known as the Wars of the Roses--St Alban's, Wakefield, Mortimer's Cross and, bloodiest of all, Towton. After the Yorkist triumph at Towton, he was executed, aged about 40, and his head was set upon London Bridge for all to see. Moreover, he and his brothers were attainted. So the fortunes of the family were at a low ebb when Edward IV came to the throne. [Butler Family History]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.> 1361 in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland d.BET. 6 - 7 SEP 1405 in of Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
- b.~ 1392 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland d.23 Aug 1452 in Ardee Castle, Louth, Ireland (of the plague)
- b.< 1362 in Gainsby, Lincolnshire, England d.> 1396
- b.~ 1420 in Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland d.01 May 1461 in Beheaded after Yorkist victory at Towton, Yorkshire, England (dsp)
- b.1237 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England d.BET 5 AND 9 JUN 1298 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England
- b.1278 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.12 Aug 1315 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1237 in Shere, Surrey, England d.BET 16 AND 17 APR 1301 in Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
- b.14 FEB 1313/14 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.16 Nov 1369 in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Normandy, France (of plague)
- b.1255 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d.<29 Jul 1295 in Gascony, then Paris, France (as a prisoner)
- b.~ 1283 in Castle Maud, Radnorshire, Wales d.BEF 15 FEB 1324/25
- b.1260 in Probably a Scotswoman d.> 1283
- b.~ 1358 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.08 May 1411 in Black Friars, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1315 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England d.1371 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1396 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales d.BET. 3 - 5 AUG 1430
- b.01 May 1285 in Castle Marlborough, Sussex, England d.17 Nov 1326 in Beheaded at Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1313 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England d.24 JAN 1375/76 in Arundel, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1285 in Warren, Sussex, England d.<23 May 1338
- b.25 Mar 1346 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.21 Sep 1397 in Beheaded in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1375 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.14 Nov 1435 in Black Friars, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.16 MAR 1321/22 in Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain)
- b.~ 1312 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England d.16 Sep 1360 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England
- b.Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales d.05 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England
- b.~ 1350 in Herefordshire, England d.03 Apr 1385
- b.~ 1275 in Chilham Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England d.14 Apr 1322 in Hanged, Drawn & Quartered at Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.1313 in Chilham Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England d.08 Jun 1356 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England
- b.1281 in Thormond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland d.1333 in Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England
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