Individual Details
John de Wrottesley
(1381 - Oct 1402)
"History of the Family of Wrottesley of Wrottesley, Co. Stafford," George Wrottesley, (1903)
https://archive.org/stream/historyoffamilyo00wrot#page/n7/mode/2up
p. 184
John de Wrottesley came of age on the 29th September 1400... He had been married to his wife, Elizabeth Standish, when six years of age, and his eldest son Hugh was born just a fortnight before John attained his majority.
p. 191
... the manors of Wrottesley and Butterton had providentially been settled, by the deeds of 1401 and 1402 on Elizabeth, the widow of John de Wrottesley, and she was entitled to hold them for her life. ... [O]n the 26th of April 4 Henry IV (1403) the Prince [of Wales], with the assent of his council, granted to Robert de Standish, Kt., the custody of all the lands, tenements, rents and services which formerly belonged to John, son of Hugh de Wrotteslegh...
Within little more than three months from this date [2 April 1403], Elizabeth had married Sir William le Boteler... Elizabeth had, therefore, married a second husband as soon as nine months had elapsed after her first husband's death. Sir William le Boteler had succeeded his father John in 1400,- and at the date of his marriage with Elizabeth, was a widower with an infant son, a few weeks old.^ That a widower should re-marry three months after his wife's death, and a widow do the same nine months after her late husband's death is quite in accordance with the manners and customs of the day.
p. 196
... Amongst the victims [of Henry V's invasion of France in August 1415] was Sir William le Boteller, who died before Harfleur whilst in command of the Lancashire levies.
Elizabeth [Standish, Wrottesley, le Boteller] was left a well endowed widow, for in addition to the Wrottesley estates, which she held for life, she would now obtain a considerable dower from the Warrington property. Under such circumstances she would not remain long a widow in the fifteenth century ; and by a writ of the 26th October, 4 Henry V (1416), the Escheator of co. Lancaster was ordered to assign to Sir William de Ferrers, of Groby, who had married Elizabeth, late wife of Sir William Botiller, Kt., reasonable dower for the said Elizabeth out of her late husband's lands, the said William de Ferrers having given a bond for payment of the Fine to be imposed upon her for marrying without the King's license.2
Sir William de Ferrers, the Baron of Groby, the third husband of Elizabeth, had succeeded his father, Henry, in 1388, at which date he was fifteen years of age; he would be, therefore, forty-three when he married Elizabeth. Assuming that the latter was nearly of the same age as her first husband, John de Wrottesley, she would be about thirty-five at the same date. William was lord of Tettenhall Regis and the Wergs, a manor adjoining Wrottesley, and a portion of the Wrottesley property was held of him as overlord.3
[fn 3] Elizabeth had two sons by her third husband, for by a Fine, levied in 10 Henry V, the manor and advowson of Lutterworth were settled on William de Ferrers and Elizabeth, his wife, and the heirs male of the body of William, and failing such on Thomas de Ferrers, son of William and Elizabeth, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on John de Ferrers, the brother of Thomas, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on the right heirs of William. (Leicester Fines.)
https://archive.org/stream/historyoffamilyo00wrot#page/n7/mode/2up
p. 184
John de Wrottesley came of age on the 29th September 1400... He had been married to his wife, Elizabeth Standish, when six years of age, and his eldest son Hugh was born just a fortnight before John attained his majority.
p. 191
... the manors of Wrottesley and Butterton had providentially been settled, by the deeds of 1401 and 1402 on Elizabeth, the widow of John de Wrottesley, and she was entitled to hold them for her life. ... [O]n the 26th of April 4 Henry IV (1403) the Prince [of Wales], with the assent of his council, granted to Robert de Standish, Kt., the custody of all the lands, tenements, rents and services which formerly belonged to John, son of Hugh de Wrotteslegh...
Within little more than three months from this date [2 April 1403], Elizabeth had married Sir William le Boteler... Elizabeth had, therefore, married a second husband as soon as nine months had elapsed after her first husband's death. Sir William le Boteler had succeeded his father John in 1400,- and at the date of his marriage with Elizabeth, was a widower with an infant son, a few weeks old.^ That a widower should re-marry three months after his wife's death, and a widow do the same nine months after her late husband's death is quite in accordance with the manners and customs of the day.
p. 196
... Amongst the victims [of Henry V's invasion of France in August 1415] was Sir William le Boteller, who died before Harfleur whilst in command of the Lancashire levies.
Elizabeth [Standish, Wrottesley, le Boteller] was left a well endowed widow, for in addition to the Wrottesley estates, which she held for life, she would now obtain a considerable dower from the Warrington property. Under such circumstances she would not remain long a widow in the fifteenth century ; and by a writ of the 26th October, 4 Henry V (1416), the Escheator of co. Lancaster was ordered to assign to Sir William de Ferrers, of Groby, who had married Elizabeth, late wife of Sir William Botiller, Kt., reasonable dower for the said Elizabeth out of her late husband's lands, the said William de Ferrers having given a bond for payment of the Fine to be imposed upon her for marrying without the King's license.2
Sir William de Ferrers, the Baron of Groby, the third husband of Elizabeth, had succeeded his father, Henry, in 1388, at which date he was fifteen years of age; he would be, therefore, forty-three when he married Elizabeth. Assuming that the latter was nearly of the same age as her first husband, John de Wrottesley, she would be about thirty-five at the same date. William was lord of Tettenhall Regis and the Wergs, a manor adjoining Wrottesley, and a portion of the Wrottesley property was held of him as overlord.3
[fn 3] Elizabeth had two sons by her third husband, for by a Fine, levied in 10 Henry V, the manor and advowson of Lutterworth were settled on William de Ferrers and Elizabeth, his wife, and the heirs male of the body of William, and failing such on Thomas de Ferrers, son of William and Elizabeth, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on John de Ferrers, the brother of Thomas, and the heirs male of his body, and failing such on the right heirs of William. (Leicester Fines.)
Events
| Birth | 1381 | ||||
| Death | Oct 1402 | ||||
| Marriage | Elizabeth Standish |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Standish (1381 - 1442) |