Henry Butler, Lord of Umallia, founder of
Burrishoole
Burrishoole () is one of the nine historical baronies of County Mayo in Ireland. It is named after the former Gaelic territory of Umhaill, which also included Murrisk barony, and roughly means "the borough or territory of Umhall" or "the owle ...
, died 1272.
Ancestry
Butler was a descendant of
Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler
Theobald Walter (sometimes Theobald FitzWalter, Theobald Butler, or Theobald Walter le Boteler) was the first Chief Butler of Ireland. He also held the office of Chief Butler of England and was the High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1194. Theoba ...
, founder of the
Butler dynasty
Butler () is the name of a noble family whose members were, for several centuries, prominent in the administration of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland. They rose to their highest prominence as Dukes of Ormonde. The family ha ...
of
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
.
Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland was a close relation. A later kinsman was
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (17 October 13046 January 1338), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was born in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland and died in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Family
James Butler was the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carr ...
.
Founder of Burrishoole
Butler participated in the invasion of
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
under either
Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught or his son,
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster. In 1238 his is referred to as lord of
Umhall ("the Owles").
In 1272 he and Hosty ap Meurig ''were slain by
Cathal, son of Conor Roe, and by the Clann-Murtough O'Conor.'' The latter Gaelic family, the
Clan Muircheartaigh Uí Conchobhair, then tenants of Butler in
Umhaill
Umhaill or Umhall (anglicized as Owill or Owel) was a Gaelic territory around Clew Bay in the west of what is now County Mayo, Ireland, comprising the baronies of Burrishoole (Lower Owel) and Murrisk (Upper Owel). By the 12th century, its ruli ...
, had previously been lords over the territories, but their uprising led to their expulsion within two years. In 1281 a John Butler held the manor of
Ballycroy in neighbouring
Erris also formerly held by the Clan.
In 1333, another John Butler or le Botiller, son of a Peter, held Henry's estates. In 1380 his son Thomas, Lord of Achill and Owles, is attested in a transfer of land in Co. Cork.
[Three deeds granting the island called Illane Mollasshe near Carrictothill, Co. Cork by Thomas le Botiller Lord of Achill and Owles, Co. Mayo to the Earl of Ormonde, May 13, 1380 https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_016888]
After this date the family disappears from history. In the late 1500s, however, the then
Earl of Ormond obtained the rights to Henry's estates by unknown means.
Annalistic reference
The
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...
state:
* ''1272. Henry Butler, Lord of Umallia, and Hosty Merrick, were slain by Cathal, son of Conor Roe, and by the Clann-Murtough O'Conor.''
References
* ''History of Mayo'', p. 300,
Hubert T. Knox, 1908.
External links
*http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html
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Normans in Ireland
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13th-century Irish people