BOTREAUX, Sir Ralph (bef.1385-1433), of Linkinhorne, Trevery and Sewenna, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1385, 3rd s. of William, Lord Botreaux (1337-91) of Boscastle, Cornw. by Elizabeth (d.1433), da. of Ralph, Lord Daubeney of South Petherton, Som. by his 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Marmaduke, Lord Thweng.CP, ii. 241-2; iv. 97; xii. 743; CPR, 1381-5, p. 542; 1408-13, p. 287; Reg. Stafford, 271; J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, i. 637, 640-1. m. Maud, s.p. Kntd. by Dec. 1399.

Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Bristol, Cornw., Devon, Som. Dec. 1399, May 1400 (concealments of personal possessions of Richard II and his adherents), Som., Dorset Oct. 1417, Oct. 1418 (wastes on Fitzwaryn estates), Cornw. Nov. 1418 (treasons and felonies); arrest Feb. 1414; array Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419; to treat for royal loans Nov. 1419, Jan. 1420; enforce the statutes about fishing, Devon Feb. 1425.

Ambassador to treat with Flanders and France June 1404.Letters Hen. IV ed. Hingeston, i. 296, 324–5.

J.p. Cornw. 10 May 1412-Jan. 1414.He was also appointed in July 1424, but the commission was cancelled (CPR, 1422–9, p. 561).

Parlimentarian

BOTREAUX, Sir Ralph (bef. 1385-1433), of Linkinhorne and Trevery and Sewenna, Cornw.

Main residences: Linkinhorne, Trevery; Sewenna, Cornw.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BOTREAUX, Sir Ralph (bef. 1385-1433)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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