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James Butler

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  • Name James Butler
    Birth 1305  Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death 06 Jan 1338  Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Findagrave.com 16 Mar 2021 
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    Burial Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Gowran Church Cemetery
    Person ID I900  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Sir Edmund Butler,   b. 1271, Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1321, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Joan FitzGerald,   b. 1282, Fermoy, Cork Co, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 May 1320, Laragh, County Kildare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Relationship natural
    Marriage 1302 
    Family ID F372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor De Bohun,   b. 17 Oct 1304, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 1363, Aldgate, City of London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Marriage 1327 
    Children 
     1. James Butler,   b. 04 Oct 1331, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1382, Knocktopher, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1305 - Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 06 Jan 1338 - Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


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      found at findagrave.com on 3/16/2021

      Sir James Butler

      Birth: 1305 Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland
      Death: 6 Jan 1338 (aged 32–33) Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
      Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
      Memorial #: 52009847
      Bio:
      James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond. Knight of the Garter, Knight of Knocktopher, Kilkeney, Nenah and Thurles, Tipperary, Aylesbury, Grewt Lindford and Rotherfield Peppard, Buckinghamshire. Of Sopley, Hampshire, of LaVacherie and Shere, Surrey, of Weeton, Lancashire. Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland, Lieutenant of Ireland.

      Son and heir of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland and Joan FitzThomas.

      First husband of Eleanor de Bohun, 2nd surviving daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Elizabeth of England. They had two sons and one daughter: John, James, Pernel.

      He was only three when he served as a hostage for his father, held in Dublin Castle in 1317. His father's will was dated 1321, and death the same year, listed James, who would be the 7th Chief Butler of Ireland, from long line of ancestors named FitzWalter, adopting the surname of Butler. He received protection (permission) to cross to Ireland in 1326. In 1327, Eleanor was offered to James with an arrangement of the castle and manor of Kilpeck, Herefordshire for life.

      King Edward III created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury with the creation fee of £10 a year. At the same time, the king created Roger Mortimer as the 1st Earl of March.

      In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg for Franciscan Friars. On 3 June of that year, he gave the friars his castle and estate of Carrick, of which they took possession on Sunday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul.

      James died 06 Jan 1338 and was buried at Gowran. His widow would remarry to Sir Thomas de Dagworth.
      Family Members
      Parents
      Edmund Butler 1271-1321
      Joan FitzGerald Butler 1282-1320
      Spouse
      Eleanor de Bohun Butler 1304-1363
      Children
      James Butler 1331-1382
      Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens (46947920)
      Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren (47114881)
      Added: 5 May 2010
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52009847/james-butler
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 March 2021), memorial page for Sir James Butler (1305–6 Jan 1338), Find a Grave Memorial no. 52009847, citing St. Mary's Cemetery, Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland ; Maintained by Anne Shurtleff Stevens (contributor 46947920) .
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      found at findagrave.com bef 3/16/2021

      Sir James Butler

      Birth: 1305
      Arklow
      County Wicklow, Ireland
      Death: Jan. 6, 1338
      Gowran
      County Kilkenny, Ireland

      James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond. Knight of the Garter, Knight of Knocktopher, Kilkeney, Nenah and Thurles, Tipperary, Aylesbury, Grewt Lindford and Rotherfield Peppard, Buckinghamshire. Of Sopley, Hampshire, of LaVacherie and Shere, Surrey, of Weeton, Lancashire. Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland, Lieutenant of Ireland.

      Son and heir of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland and Joan FitzThomas.

      First husband of Eleanor de Bohun, 2nd surviving daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Elizabeth of England. They had two sons and one daughter: John, James, Pernel.

      He was only three when he served as a hostage for his father, held in Dublin Castle in 1317. His father's will was dated 1321, and death the same year, listed James, who would be the 7th Chief Butler of Ireland, from long line of ancestors named FitzWalter, adopting the surname of Butler. He received protection (permission) to cross to Ireland in 1326. In 1327, Eleanor was offered to James with an arrangement of the castle and manor of Kilpeck, Herefordshire for life.

      King Edward III created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury with the creation fee of £10 a year. At the same time, the king created Roger Mortimer as the 1st Earl of March.

      In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg for Franciscan Friars. On 3 June of that year, he gave the friars his castle and estate of Carrick, of which they took possession on Sunday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul.

      James died 06 Jan 1338 and was buried at Gowran. His widow would remarry to Sir Thomas de Dagworth.

      Family links:
      Parents:
      Edmund Butler (1271 - 1321)

      Spouse:
      Eleanor de Bohun (1304 - 1363)*

      Children:
      James Butler (1331 - 1382)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Gowran Church Cemetery
      Gowran
      County Kilkenny, Ireland

      Maintained by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens
      Originally Created by: Jerry Ferren
      Record added: May 05, 2010
      Find A Grave Memorial# 52009847
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