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BUTTON, Francis (d.1610), of Wilcot, Wilts.
Family and Education
3rd. s. of William Button by Mary, da. of Sir William Keilway of Rockbourne, Hants; bro. of Ambrose. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1572, BA 1574; G. Inn 1576 from Staple Inn. unm.
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Main residence: Wilcot, Wilts.
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BUTTON, Ambrose (?c.1549-aft.1608), of Alton Priors, Wilts.; later of Buckland, Hants.
Family and Education
b. prob. c.1549, 1st s. of William Button (d.1591) of Alton Priors by Mary, da. of Sir William Keilway of Rockbourne, Hants; bro. of Francis. educ. ?Hart Hall, Oxf. 1568; ?G. Inn 1561. ? unm. Kntd. 22 May 1605.C142/236/123; Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 33; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 212. The man of this name who entered Hart Hall in 1568 was aged 19.
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Main residences: Alton Priors, Wilts.; Buckland, Hants.
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BUTTON, Ambrose (prob. c.1549-aft. 1608)
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BUTLER, William (1544-77), of Great Badminton, Glos.
Family and Education
b. 1544, 1st surv. s. of Sir John Butler of Great Badminton by Sylvester, da. of John Gyes. m. Theophila, da. of Sir John Newtown of Barcourt, Som., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1552.
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Main residence: Great Badminton, Glos.
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BUTLER, William (1544-77)
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BUTLER, Thomas (c.1513-79), of Bewsey and Warrington, Lancs.
Family and Education
b. c. 1513, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Butler by his 1st w. Cicely, da. of Piers or Peter Legh of Lyme, Cheshire. m. (1) by 1543, Eleanor, da. of John Huddleston of Sawston, Cambs., 1s. 3da.; (2) c.1560, Thomasina (d.1573), s.p.; (3) 1574, Anne, da. of Edward Norris of Speke, Lancs. s.p. suc. fa. 1549. Kntd. 1577.DL7/9/22; Flower’s Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 106; Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 27; W. Beamont, Annals of Lords of Warrington (Chetham Soc. lxxxvii), 454, 482; Stow, Survey of London (1598), 407; Rylands Eng. ms 298, f. 699.
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?Page of the chamber by 1541; ?gent. pens. by 1544; commr. eccles. causes, diocese of Chester 1562; j.p. Lancs. by 1568, sheriff 1569–70.
Main residences: Bewsey; Warrington, Lancs.
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BUTLER, Thomas (c.1513-79)
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BUTLER (BOTELER), Sir Philip (d.1592), of Watton Woodhall, Herts.
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1st s. of Sir Philip Butler by his 1st w. Anne, da. of Humphrey Coningsby. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1578; G. Inn 1580. m. Catherine (d.1632), da. of Sir Francis Knollys, wid. of Lord Gerald Fitzgerald (d.1580), 4s. Kntd. 1586.
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J.p. Herts., from c. 1577; capt. in Netherlands Jan.-Oct. 1586.
Main residence: Watton Woodhall, Herts.
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BUTLER (BOTELER), Sir Philip (-d.1592)
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BUTLER, John II (d.c.1613), of Sharnbrook, Beds. and Thoby, Essex.
Family and Education
o.s. of George Butler of Toft, Beds. educ. ?Queens’, Camb. 1555; ?G. Inn 1559. m. (1), Cressett, da. of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, Beds., 2s. 4da.; (2) Mary, da. of James Gedge of Shenfield, Essex, wid. of Christopher Harris, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1551.
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J.p. Essex 1582 – 87, 1592–1612.
Main residences: Sharnbrook, Beds.; Thoby, Essex.
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BUTLER, John II (-d. c.1613)
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BUTLER, John I (?1503/4-72/3), of Warwick.
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b. ?1503 /4, ?s. of John Butler of Solihull by Katherine, da. and h. of Alan Hore of Elmdon. educ. ?M. Temple. m. Alice, at least 1s. 4da. suc. fa. ?4 Feb. 1512.
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Bailiff, Warwick 1555.
Servant of the Earl of Leicester.
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Main residence: Warwick.
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BUTLER, John I (?1503/4-72/3)
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