Maud Le Vavasour Baroness Butler [46065] ²⁵

   Another name for Maud was Maud de Valoignes.

  General Notes:

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/VAVASOUR.htm#Maud%20Le%20VAVASOUR1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_le_Vavasour

Fulke Fitzwarin was born about 1169 in Hertfordshire, England. The book by Maurine Keen, "The Outlaws of Medieval Legend", includes a chapter on the story of the Romance of Fulke Fitzwarin, and several chapters on the Robin Hood ballads. Fulke was married to Maude le Vavasour. The true-life story of Maude's relationship with Fulke Fitzwarin is very similar to the legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Maude's parents were Sir Robert le Vavasour and Julian De Ros.


By her first marriage to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler , Maud was the ancestress of the Butler Earls of Ormond.

Another moment in our family history

Our 24^th Great-Grandmother Maud (Marian) le Vavasour, was an Anglo-Norman heiress born abt. 1176 probably inYorkshire, England. The daughter of Sir Robert le Vavasour, High Sheriff. Maud died before 1226. Maud was heiress to properties in Edlington, Yorkshire and Narborough in Leicestershire.

The importand part:

By her first marriage shortly before 1200 to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, Maud was the ancestress of the Butler Earls of Armand and the founding ancestress of the Butler family of Ireland.

Following the death of Theobald in early February 1206, Maud returned to England into the custody of her father, who, having bought the right of marrying her at the price of 1200 marks and two palfreys, (A palfrey is a type of horse that was highly valued as a riding horse in the Middle Ages. It is not a breed.) Gave her in marriage by October 1207 to Fulk FitzWarin, son of Fulk FitzWaren and Hawse de Dinan.

The Interesting part:

Maud's second marriage was to Fulk FitzWarin a medieval landed gentleman who subsequent to a violent quarrel with King John of England, was deprived of his lands and property by the vengeful king. Fulk then sought refuge in the woods and became an outlaw, with Maud having accompanied him. So he was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13^th century. So what??? a lot of men were striped of their lands by a king.

A big what?

The legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian is based in them. An example that when you dig through a legend you find a real person. In this case our 24^th Great-Grandmother.

John I Lackland Plantagenet, King of England with whom Fulk quarreled, is also a Grandparent. Our 24^th Great-Grandfather.

As to Fulk FitzWarin it is very difficult to get at all the truth about his life. The legend of Robin Hood and even his own autobiography, that seems to be embellished, gets in the way. We do know that he had a violent quarrel with King John over his familial right to Whittington Castle in Shropshire. That his lands were appropriated by the King and he was in open rebellion and had at least 52 men that were with him in his rebellion, many of them his brothers and cousins. That in the spring of 1201,King John ordered Hubert de Burgh (our 26^th Great-Granduncle) with 100 knights to counter the rebellion of Fulk and William Marsh. Marsh was a Somersetshire knight who was raiding off the coast of Devon. That on 11 Nov 1203, Fulk and over thirty men were pardoned including his brothers William, Phillip and John as well as his cousins. That in October 1204 Fulk received Whittington Castle in "right and inheritance" on payment of a fine of 200 marks. That Fulk was highly regarded by many of the barons and very popular amongst the people.

But, as to Maud's involvement in all of this it seems highly doubtful, as she was still married to her first husband Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler and was in Ireland during this time. Theobald did not die until 1206 and Maud did not marry Fulk until October 1207. But, she was well liked by the people and any good legend needs a little romance in it.

Maud married Theobald le Botiller FitzWalter 1st Baron Butler [10395] [MRIN: 4579], son of Hervey Walter [10396] and Maud de Valoignes [60922], about 1199. (Theobald le Botiller FitzWalter 1st Baron Butler [10395] was born before 1185, died in 1205 and was buried in Wotheney Abbey, Limerick, Ireland.)

Maud next married Fulk (Fulke) III FitzWarin [61146] [MRIN: 13868], son of Fulk II FitzWarin [61160] and Hawise de Dinan [61180], in 1207. (Fulk (Fulke) III FitzWarin [61146] was born in 1169 in Hertfordshire, England and died in 1258.)