1st Earl of Ormond James Butler

1304 - 1338  (33 years)

• Name	James Butler  [1]
  Title	1st Earl of Ormond
  Birth	17 Oct 1304	Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title acquired or granted	2 Nov 1328	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  	His benefactor, the young King Edward III, created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent dated 2 November 1328, at Salisbury—the king was holding a Parliament there—with the creation fee of £10 a year.
  Death	6 Jan 1338	Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland   [1]
  Person ID	I151	One Place Study of Sopley
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	1st Earl of Ormond James Butler,   b. 17 Oct 1304, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland d. 6 Jan 1338, Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Countess of Ormond Eleanor de Bohun,   b. 17 Oct 1304   d. 7 Oct 1363 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Oct 1304 - Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Title acquired or granted - His benefactor, the young King Edward III, created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent dated 2 November 1328, at Salisbury—the king was holding a Parliament there—with the creation fee of £10 a year. - 2 Nov 1328 - Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Death - 6 Jan 1338 - Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S9] Wikipedia James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, 13 Jan 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Butler,_1st_Earl_of_Ormond (Reliability: 1). James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (October 17, 1304 – January 6, 1338) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was born in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland and died in Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland.