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Thomas Butler 7th Earl of Ormond

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl of Ormond	1392	Joan "Elizabeth" Beauchamp	1396

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Lora Berkeley		Lady Elizabeth Butler
Anne Hankford	1431	Lady Margaret Butler Anne Butler

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1426
Death	8/3/1515

Notes


Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, P.C. (c. 1426 – 3 August 1515) was the youngest son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond and Joan de Beauchamp. He was attainted, but restored by Henry VII' s first Parliament in November 1485, and the statutes made at Westminster, by Edward IV, which declared him and his brothers traitors, were abrogated. Thomas Butler, as an Irish peer, should only have sat in the Irish parliament. However, as a personal friend of Henry VII of England, he was summoned to the English parliament in November 1488 as "Thomas Ormond de Rochford, chevaler". At this time, he was already 8th Earl of Carrick and 7th Earl of Ormond.[1], having succeeded his childless older brothers James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond. On his death, the "barony" supposedly created in 1488 fell into abeyance. He was afterwards sworn of the Privy Council of England. He was known as The Wool Earl, due to his enormous wealth. Besides being in the possession of major lands in the Irish counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, he owned 72 manors in England, making him one of the richest subjects in the realm.[2] In 1509, he was appointed Lord Chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon.[3] He held this post until 1512. Family He married firstly, Anne Hankford, daughter of Sir Richard Hankford and Anne Montagu, and had two daughters and co-heiresses, who inherited the English estates: Anne Butler (b. c. 1455), married Sir James St. Leger, and had a son. Margaret Butler (b. c. 1454-bt 1539/40), married Sir William Boleyn, and had issue, including Sir Thomas Boleyn. Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was their granddaughter. Queen Elizabeth I was, therefore, their great-granddaughter. He married, secondly, Lora Berkeley, daughter of Sir Edward Berkeley, and widow of 3rd Lord Mountjoy. They had another daughter, Lady Elizabeth Butler, (d. 1510).

Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, P.C. (c. 1426 – 3 August 1515) was the youngest son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond and Joan de Beauchamp. He was attainted, but restored by Henry VII' s first Parliament in November 1485, and the statutes made at Westminster, by Edward IV, which declared him and his brothers traitors, were abrogated.

Thomas Butler, as an Irish peer, should only have sat in the Irish parliament. However, as a personal friend of Henry VII of England, he was summoned to the English parliament in November 1488 as "Thomas Ormond de Rochford, chevaler". At this time, he was already 8th Earl of Carrick and 7th Earl of Ormond.[1], having succeeded his childless older brothers James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond and John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond. On his death, the "barony" supposedly created in 1488 fell into abeyance. He was afterwards sworn of the Privy Council of England.
He was known as The Wool Earl, due to his enormous wealth. Besides being in the possession of major lands in the Irish counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, he owned 72 manors in England, making him one of the richest subjects in the realm.[2]
In 1509, he was appointed Lord Chamberlain to Catherine of Aragon.[3] He held this post until 1512.

Family
He married firstly, Anne Hankford, daughter of Sir Richard Hankford and Anne Montagu, and had two daughters and co-heiresses, who inherited the English estates:
Anne Butler (b. c. 1455), married Sir James St. Leger, and had a son.
Margaret Butler (b. c. 1454-bt 1539/40), married Sir William Boleyn, and had issue, including Sir Thomas Boleyn. Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was their granddaughter. Queen Elizabeth I was, therefore, their great-granddaughter.
He married, secondly, Lora Berkeley, daughter of Sir Edward Berkeley, and widow of 3rd Lord Mountjoy. They had another daughter, Lady Elizabeth Butler, (d. 1510).

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