Theobald Walter

Butler to Prince (afterwards King) John

Sheriff of Lancashire 1194-1199

Founder of the Abbey of Cockersand (Lancashire), the Abbey of Nenagh (Tipperary), the Abbey of Wotheny (Limerick), and the monastery of Arklow (Wicklow).

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 4 August 1205 and 14 February 1205/06.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (2:448) and by Flanagan (ODNB).

Date of Burial: unknown.

Place of Burial: Wotheny Abbey, county Limerick.

The place is given by the Complete Peerage (2:448). Flanagan (ODNB) states that Theobald was "probably" buried here.

Relationships

Father: Hervey Walter of Weeton, Lancashire.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODBN) and by the Complete Peerage (2:447).

Mother: Maud, daughter and coheir of Theobald de Valoignes.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODBN) and by the Complete Peerage (2:447).

Spouse: Maud, daughter of Robert le Vavasour. Married in or shortly before 1200.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODBN) and by the Complete Peerage (2:448).

Children (by Maud):

Theobald le Botiller married (1) Joan, sister of John du Marais; married (2) Rohese de Verdun.

Maud married Gerard de Prendergast.

Children:

Beatrice married (1) Thomas de Hereford; married (2) Sir Hugh Purcell.

References

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Flanagan, M.T. "Butler [Walter], Theobald" in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).

Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland Volume IV (Dublin, 1789). pp. 3-5

Round, John Horace. “Butler, Theobald (d. 1205-6)” in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Volume VIII (London, 1886) pp. 77-79