John de Botetourt 1st Lord Botetourt

✓ John de Botetourt, 'whose parentage is unknown', a distinguished soldier: Governor of St Briavel's Castle 1291; Admiral for the Northern Seas 1294-97 and 1315; sealed the Barons' Letter 1301; summoned to Parliament 1305-1324, whereby LORD BOTETOURT; Governor of Framlingham 1314; joined Lancaster's rising and fought at Boroughbridge 1322, fined and pardoned; m. soon after 1 Jul 1285, certainly before June 1292, Maud, sister and heir of Otes FitzThomas; d. 25 Nov 1324. The CEILING of the Botetourts. Source: Complete Peerage II (2nd ed.) pp.233-236 and pedigree p.234, BOTETOURT (archive.org completepeerageo02coka), pp.233-235. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 19 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] || 19 Oct 2026: Medieval Lands notes F. N. Craig's evidence that he was son of Guy Botetourt of Ellingham, Norfolk (d. c.1316), his predecessor in Ellingham, Uphall and Upton - not wired (~ at best); the Hailes chronicle's claim that he was a bastard of Edward I is written over an erasure and doubted by Prestwich - not wired.