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