Knight of the Bath Sir William le Boteler

1373 - 1415  (42 years)

• Name	Sir William le Boteler  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Knight of the Bath
  Birth	1373	Warrington, Lancashire, England   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Aug 1415	France
  	He joined King Henry IV at a siege of Harflete in France, and died as a result of a disease that killed about five thousand Englishmen.
  Death	26 Sep 1415	Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France   [1, 3]
  	Died at the siege of Harflete
  Burial	Cheshire, England   [1]
  	(St Elphin Churchyard)
  Person ID	I15162	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John le Boteler,   b. 1328, Warrington, Lancashire, England d. 1400, Warrington, Lancashire, England (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alica de Plumpton,   b. 1342, England d. 21 Mar 1409, Warrington, Lancashire, England (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Standish,   b. 1380, Standish, Lancashire, England d. 1440 (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Sir John le Boteler,   b. 2 Mar 1402, Warrington, Lancashire, England d. 12 Sep 1430, Bedfordshire, England (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1373 - Warrington, Lancashire, England Death - 26 Sep 1415 - Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Burial - - Cheshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Arms-BOTELER Boteler/le Boteler Coat of Arms
  		Arms-Crest of Knight of the Bath Knights of the Bath - These were special knighthoods conferred on important Royal occasions such as coronations, a practice which had died after the reign of Charles II. These knighthoods predate the modern Order of the Bath. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Knights_of_the_Bath

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, William le Boteler 1373-1415. Sir William le Boteler married Elizabeth Standish, daughter of Sir Robert Standish of Standish, knight on April 4, 1404. William was one of the forty- six knights made a knight of bath at the coronation of Henry IV on 12 Oct 1399. Among these knights was also Sir John Ashton of Ashton-under-Lyne and Richard Beauchamp, then only 19 years of age. In 1407, he was elected and served as a knight of the shire for Lancashire. Sir William Boteler joined the king, August 1415, with his retinue of nine men-at-arms in his campaign in France. At a siege of Harflete in France, the English camp, sitting in the marshes, was struck with a disease killing about five thousand men. Among those who died were Sir William le Boteler, as well as Thomas earl of Arundel, Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, the lords Morris and Brunel, Richard Courtenay bishop of Norwich, Sir Roger Trumpington, Sir John Southworth and Sir Hugh Standish. Sir William died on either the 20 or 26 Sep 1415. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88083703/william-le_boteler [S1650] Ancestry.com, Burke's Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2002;). [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).