James Butler of Dunboyne

✓ James Butler, of Dunboyne, co. Meath, feudal Baron of Dunboyne (9th in descent from Sir Thomas Butler, slain 1329, who acquired Dunboyne by marriage with the le Petit heiress); Seneschal of the liberty of Tipperary until 1505; 'd. 15 Jan. 1538'; m. Joan da. of Piers Butler, Earl of Ossory and Ormond; father of Edmund, cr. Baron of Dunboyne 11 Jun 1541 (CP IV 'Dunboyne' p.516), and of Ellen (I100221) who m. David Lord Roche of Fermoy (CP V 'Fermoy' p.293). His own parents: 'another James, feudal Baron of Dunboyne, by Elinor Taafe or by Catherine McCarthy, both of whom his father married' (CP IV p.516 n.b) - not wired. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd edn vol. IV (1916), 'Dunboyne' p.516, read 26 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||26 Oct 2026|| DEATH CORRECTED 1538 → 15 (or 28) Jan 1533/4: Lodge vi p.222 'died 15 or 28 January 1533, 25 Henry VIII' (regnal year 25 Hen. VIII = 22 Apr 1533-21 Apr 1534, so Jan 1534 new style), and his son Edmund was 'only 16 years old at his father's death, by inquisition taken 25 Hen. VIII' - CP IV's '15 Jan. 1538' is evidently a slip for 1533. Lodge: seized of Kiltinan, Drangan, Boytonrath, etc. in Tipperary; demised Moymet to Robert Rochfort 1521; 'He married Joan, daughter of Pierce, Earl of Ormond'; children Edmund (1st Baron), Peter, Thomas of Boytonrath, Joan (m. Rowland FitzEustace), and 'Ellen, to David Roche, Viscount of Fermoy'. PARENTS WIRED: James, Lord of Dunboyne (d. 1508). Source: John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland (Archdall ed., 1789), vol. VI, 'Butler, Lord Cahier' pp.220-223 (the Dunboyne descent), archive.org peerageofireland06lodg, read 26 Oct 2026.