Eleanor (Talbot) Butler (abt. 1436 - 1468)

Ancestors

Died 30 Jun 1468 at about age 32 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Biography

Eleanor Talbot was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Eleanor (Talbot) Butler is Notable.

Eleanor Talbot was daughter of John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury and his Countess, Margaret Beauchamp.

In her father's will made on the 1st of September 1452 and proved on the 18th of January 1453/54 ^[1] he referred to £1000 that had been paid for the marriage of his daughter Elianore. If Lord Sudeley (Thomas Butler) did not fulfill his part of the covenants then the Testator's Executors were to sue Lord Sudeley for the repayment of the sum.

In 1483, long after her death, Lady Eleanor Talbot was alleged to have been "pre-contracted" to Edward IV, which led to Edward's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville being declared invalid and the crown passing to his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester, instead of his son, Edward V. ^[2][3][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vane G H F (1904) Will of John Talbot, First Earl of Shrewsbury, 1452. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 3rd Series, Vol IV, 1904, p371-378.
2. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 48 Richard III by James Gairdner)
3. ↑ Titulus Regius
4. ↑ Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V. page 89.
5. ↑ Hill, J-A. Lady Eleanor Talbot’s Other Husband: Sir Thomas Butler, heir of Sudeley, and his family. The Ricardian. Vol 14, 2004 pdf.

See also:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Eleanor_Talbot