C.P. Addition: Birthdate of Elizabeth Butler, wife of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury
Douglas Richardson
The authoritative Complete Peerage, 11 (1949): 704-705 (sub Shrewsbury)
has a good account of the life history of John Talbot, K.G., 2nd Earl
of Shrewsbury. Regarding his marriage, the following information is
provided:
"He married, before March 1444/5, Elizabeth, daughter of James
(Butler), 4th Earl of Ormond [Ireland], by his 1st wife, Joan, daughter
of William (Beauchamp), Lord Abergavenny ... She died 8 and was buried
11 Sept. 1473, in Shrewsbury Abbey." END OF QUOTE.
No information is provided regarding Elizabeth Butler's birthdate.
However, the Redaction of Somer's Chronicle records her birth as
follows:
"1421. Et Elizabeth comitissa salissopie in festo Sancti thome
apostoli." [Reference: Camden Miscellany 34 (Camden Soc. 5th Ser. 10)
(1997): 279].
The above record shows that Elizabeth Butler was born 21 Deecember
1421.
For interest's sake, the following is a list of the 17th Century New
World colonists who descend from Elizabeth (Butler) Talbot, Countess of
Shrewsbury:
1. Robert Abell.
2. Grace Chetwode.
3. Anne Mauleverer.
4. Thomas Rudyard.
For further details regarding the descents to the individual colonists,
see Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (2004) or Douglas
Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2005).
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net