William de Botreaux was a baron prominent in South-West England.

Origins

He was the son of William de Botreaux, 1st Baron Botreaux

William de Botreaux, 1st Baron Botreaux

William de Botreaux was a prominent English West-Country baron during the reigns of King Edward III and King Richard II.-Origins:...

 (died 1391) and inherited his father's lands aged 24.

Career

He received a writ of summons

Hereditary peer

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 to attend parliament

Parliament

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 on 7 September 1391.

Marriage

He married Elizabeth St. Lo daughter and co-heiress of Sir John St. Lo (Latinised to St. Laudo) of Newton St Loe, Wiltshire (now in Somerset), by his second wife Margaret Clyvedon, daughter and heiress of John Clyvedon. Elizabeth was sole heiress of her mother and survived her husband, her date of death having occurred on 4th September between 1409 and 1458.