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448 BUTLER (3" 1 200; the Abbey of Wotheny, co. Limerick (1205), and the monastery of Ark:low,(^) co. Wicklow. He m., in or shortly before 1200, Maud, da. and h. of Robert le Vavasour with whom he acquired the manors of Edlington, Newborough, 1^0., co. York. He d. between 4 Aug. 1205 and 14 Feb. 1 205/6, and was bur. at Wotheny Abbey afsd.C") His widow m., in 1207, before i Oct., Fulk Fitzwarin. Theobald Butler, or le Botiller, only s. and h., aged 6 years in 1206. He had livery of his estates 2 July 1221 and 18 July 1222. He was sum. cum equis et armis to attend the King into Brittany, 26 Oct. 1229, as Theobaldus Pincerna.(f) Was Lord Justice [L], 1247. He m., istly, Joan, sister and in her issue coh. of John du Marais,('^) da. of Geoffrey Du M., Justiciar [I.]. He w.,2ndly (shortly after 4 Sep. 1225, when the King requests such marriage), Rohese,(') only da. and h. of Nicholas de Verdon, of Alton, co. Stafford, which Rohese was heiress of Croxden, t?c., and Foundress of Grace Dieu Monastery, co. Leices- ter.() He d'. 19 July 1230, in Poitou,Q and was bur. in the Abbey of Arklow. His widow d. before 22 Feb. 12^6/ j. Theobald Butler, or le Botiller, s. and h. by the ist wife, Joan.(*) He did homage for his lands and was of full age, 11 June 1244. He (*) The Castle and town of Arklow had been granted to him by John, Count of Mortain (afterwards King John) to hold "by the service of one Knight's fee." See Lodge, vol. iv, p. 4. This grant was made at some date before 1189, and was afterwards confirmed to him by William Marshal, who, Jure uxoris, was Lord of Leinster. "It is in virtue of this fief that Lynch and others have attempted to claim a feudal Barony [of Arklow] for Theobald and his descendants." See J. Horace Round's article on "Theobald Butler," in Diet. Nat. Biog. See also as to the claim of the Butler family to the Barony of Arklow [I.], vol. i of this work, p. 213. C") His estates were "Upper Ormond, lower Ormond, Elyogarty, Ikerin, Owney, Kilnamanagh, Kilnalongurty, Ileagh, Dow, Arra, iifc." See Lynch, p. 80, where also it is mentioned that on his seal (in the court of the Duchy of Lancaster) are the words ^'■Sigillum Theobaldi JValteri" (<=) Cloie Rolls, 13 Hen. Ill, m. id. (^) The first match only is mentioned in Lodge (vol. iv, p. 5), the second match oniy in Lynch (p. 81), where it is stated that her children "of whom was John de Verdon, Theobald de Verdon senior, and Theobald de Verdon junior, retained [sic'] their maternal surname." Maud, a da., m. John Fitz Alan (?Earl of Arundel) feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry, who was living iz^bj"]. See vol. i, p. 239. (°) See vol. iii, Appendix C, for some discussion on mediaeval English names. V.G. (') His widow had order for dower the same day. V.G. if) See Lodge, vol. iv, p. 5, where it is stated that the Butler family sue. to large estates in England and Ireland on the death of Sir Stephen de Marreys {de Marisco) (1390-91) 14 Ric. 2, in right of Joan Butler, great-aunt of the said Stephen,