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sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia anglo irish nobleman james butler 5th earl of ormond earl of wiltshire quartered arms of sir james butler 5th earl of ormond earl of wiltshire kg born 24 november 1420 kilkenny ireland died 1 may 1461 1461 05 01 aged 40 newcastle england noble family butler spouses avice stafford eleanor beaufort father james butler 4th earl of ormond mother joan de beauchamp james butler 5th earl of ormond earl of wiltshire kg 24 november 1420 1 may 1461 was an anglo irish nobleman and soldier butler was a staunch lancastrian and supporter of queen consort margaret of anjou during the wars of the roses he was beheaded by the victorious yorkists following the battle of towton family edit james butler born on 24 november 1420 was the eldest son of james butler 4th earl of ormond by his first wife joan de beauchamp countess of ormond d 3 or 5 august 1430 he had two younger brothers john butler 6th earl of ormond and thomas butler 7th earl of ormond as well as two sisters elizabeth butler who married john talbot 2nd earl of shrewsbury and anne butler d 4 january 1435 who was contracted to marry thomas fitzgerald 7th earl of desmond although the marriage appears not to have taken place 1 career edit ireland in 1450 showing the earldom of ormond he was created earl of wiltshire in the peerage of england by king henry vi on 8 july 1449 for his fidelity to the lancastrian interest in 1451 he became lord deputy of ireland the next year he succeeded his father in the earldom of ormond and was additionally appointed lord lieutenant for ten years from march to may 1455 he served as lord high treasurer of england and was made a knight of the garter in 1459 butler served as lord high treasurer again from 1458 to 1460 butler s tenure as lord high treasurer occurred during the great bullion famine and the great slump in england by virtue of the rights of his wife avice in the manor of frome he exercised patronage of the chantry of st andrew in the parish church at frome in appointments made in 1452 1453 and 1458 when the dynastic civil wars known as the wars of the roses broke out wiltshire fought on the lancastrian side becoming one of queen consort margaret of anjou s staunchest supporters he raised a significant force of gaelic irish troops to serve in england he was present at the first battle of st albans in 1455 battle of wakefield in 1460 battle of mortimer s cross in 1461 and the battle of towton death edit he died on 1 may 1461 beheaded at newcastle by the yorkists after the lancastrian army was soundly defeated at the battle of towton he has been described by dan jones the hollow crown as perhaps the greatest coward of his generation having previously run away from the first battle of st albans and the battle of mortimer s cross he brought his tally to three desertions by abandoning towton but this time his luck had run out he was succeeded by his brother john butler 6th earl of ormond 2 marriages and children edit he married firstly avice stafford 1423 1457 daughter and heiress of sir richard stafford by maud lovell daughter and heiress of robert lovell esquire by whom he had no children 3 he married secondly eleanor beaufort 1431 1501 daughter of edmund beaufort 2nd duke of somerset by eleanor beauchamp daughter of richard beauchamp 13th earl of warwick the couple had no children 3 appearance and character edit the earl of wiltshire was described as the most handsome man in the kingdom and as gregory records at the first battle of st albans in 1455 wiltshire fought mainly with the heels for he was frightened of losing his beauty prudently he had taken off his armour and hidden it in a ditch donning a monk s habit 4 see also edit butler dynasty notes edit richardson i 2011 pp 380 3 richardson i 2011 p 382 1 2 richardson i 2011 p 381 desmond seward the wars of the roses pp 43 44 references edit ellis steven g 2004 butler john sixth earl of ormond d 1476 7 oxford dictionary of national biography online ed oxford university press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 4195 subscription wikipedia library access or uk public library membership required richardson douglas 2011 everingham kimball g ed magna carta ancestry a study in colonial and medieval families vol i 2nd ed salt lake city isbn 978 1449966379 cite book cs1 maint location missing publisher link watts john butler james oxford dictionary of national biography online ed oxford university press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 4188 subscription wikipedia library access or uk public library membership required leigh rayment s peerage pages self published source better source needed political offices preceded by john tiptoft lord high treasurer 1455 succeeded by henry bourchier preceded by john talbot lord high treasurer 1458 1460 peerage of ireland preceded by james butler earl of ormond 1452 1461 succeeded by john butler v t e english lord high treasurers under the house of lancaster 1399 1461 1470 1471 henry iv 1399 1413 john norbury 1399 1401 laurence allerthorp 1401 february 1402 henry bowet february october 1402 guy mone october 1402 1403 william de ros 6th baron ros 1403 1404 5th baron furnivall 1404 1407 nicholas bubwith 1407 1408 john tiptoft 1st baron tiptoft 1408 1410 henry scrope 3rd baron scrope of masham 1410 1411 john pelham 1411 1413 henry v 1413 1422 thomas fitzalan 12th earl of arundel 1413 1415 hugh mortimer january april 1416 roger leche april november 1416 henry fitzhugh 3rd baron fitzhugh december 1416 1421 william kinwolmarsh 1421 december 1422 henry vi 1422 1461 1470 1471 john stafford 1422 1426 walter hungerford 1st baron hungerford 1426 1432 john scrope 1432 1433 ralph cromwell 3rd baron cromwell 1433 1443 ralph boteler 1st baron sudeley 1443 1446 marmaduke lumley 1446 1449 james fiennes 1st baron saye and sele 1449 1450 john beauchamp 1st baron beauchamp of powick 1450 1452 john tiptoft 1st earl of worcester 1452 1455 james butler 5th earl of ormond march may 1455 henry bourchier baron bourchier may 1455 1456 john talbot 2nd earl of shrewsbury 1456 1458 james butler 5th earl of ormond 1458 1460 henry bourchier baron bourchier 1460 1461 john langstrother october 1470 april 1471 v t e wars of the roses red rose of lancaster white rose of york tudor rose family tree key figures monarchs henry vi edward iv edward v richard iii henry vii lancaster tudor margaret of anjou queen of england elizabeth woodville queen of england 4 edward of westminster prince of wales edmund beaufort 2nd duke of somerset edmund beaufort 4th duke of somerset john beaumont viscount beaumont henry beaufort duke of somerset john sutton 1st baron dudley james butler earl of ormond john butler earl of ormond john clifford baron clifford john courtenay earl of devon henry holland duke of exeter john neville baron neville 2 john neville marquess of montagu 3 richard neville earl of warwick 3 thomas neville bastard of fauconberg 3 henry percy 2nd earl of northumberland henry percy 3rd earl of northumberland thomas ros baron ros henry stafford duke of buckingham 4 humphrey stafford duke of buckingham thomas stanley earl of derby george stanley baron strange william stanley 4 george talbot earl of shrewsbury john talbot earl of shrewsbury andrew trollope thomas clifford 8th baron clifford james tuchet baron audley edmund tudor earl of richmond jasper tudor earl of pembroke 5 margaret beaufort owen tudor edward woodville lord scales york anne neville queen of england john de la pole earl of lincoln thomas fitzgerald earl of desmond william herbert earl of pembroke william hastings baron hastings john howard duke of norfolk francis lovell viscount lovell john mowbray duke of norfolk richard neville earl of salisbury sir thomas neville william neville earl of kent sir richard herbert edmund plantagenet earl of rutland george plantagenet duke of clarence 1 humphrey stafford earl of devon margaret of york richard of york events st albans first loveday 1458 blore heath ludford bridge sandwich siege of the tower of london northampton worksop wakefield mortimer s cross st albans second ferrybridge towton piltown hedgeley moor hexham edgcote 1470 lincolnshire rebellion losecoat field readeption of henry vi barnet tewkesbury siege of london buckingham s rebellion bosworth field stafford and lovell rebellion stoke field see also act of accord issue of edward iii of england titulus regius princes in the tower bonville courtenay feud percy neville feud fall of george duke of clarence neville neville feud perkin warbeck battle of deal siege of waterford second cornish uprising of 1497 1 briefly joined the lancastrians 2 briefly joined the yorkists 3 defected from the yorkist to the lancastrian cause 4 initially a yorkist who later supported the tudor claim 5 initially a lancastrian who later supported the tudor claim category authority control databases people ireland retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title james_butler _5th_earl_of_ormond oldid 1370403576 categories 1420 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