Sir Edmund Butler Lord of Dunboyne

~ Sir Edmund Butler (FitzJames le Botiller), Lord and Baron of Dunboyne; knighted; grantee of Thomas Barret of Fethard's manors of Drangan etc. 30 Hen. VI (1451/2, inspeximus 29 Eliz.); patent at Trim 26 Feb 1467 of £10 a year from the fee-farm of Waterford and the prise wines of Limerick, Cork, Ross, Galway, Kinsale, Dungarvan and Dingle for life, 'in consideration of the good and commendable services which he, Edmond Butler, Lord and Baron of Dunboyne, had performed in the wars of Ireland'; and by assent of Parliament at Drogheda a grant of the manor of Clanricard, co. Meath, for taking Con O'Connor. Lynch (quoted CP IV p.516 n.c): after the attainder of William Butler, Baron of Dunboyne, and the 1460 grant of the barony to Rowland FitzEustace, 'Edmond Butler, the next heir male in remainder, obtained the Barony from the King, and a statute was passed in 1472 for repealing all laws against him'. 'He married Catharine, daughter of Richard Butler of Polestown, otherwise called Mac-Richard' - i.e. of the Polestown Butlers (Sir Richard I99741 / Edmund MacRichard I99740), ancestors of Piers 8th Earl - the identification being ambiguous, NOT wired. Sons James (his heir), William (d. 1499), Peter of Grellagh (k. 1502), Elias, Abbot of St Mary's Dublin (d. 1501). Grade ~ (Lodge, citing the inspeximus and patents). 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. [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.]