John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield

The Butlers of Hertfordshire claimed descent from Ralph le Boteler, butler to Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan and Earl of Leicester in the time of Henry I, and by the 15th century they had been seated at Watton for some time.

[1] Boteler was the son and heir of Sir Henry Boteler of Hatfield Woodhall and of Brantfield, Hertfordshire, by his first wife, Catharine, daughter of Robert Waller, of Hadley, Middlesex.

He was knighted at Greenwich in July 1607, and succeeded his father on 20 January 1609, aged 43.

[3] He was created Baron Boteler of Brantfield, co. Hertford, on 30 July 1628.

[4] They had two sons and six daughters, Boteler died on 27 May 1637, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, aged about 71, and was buried at Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire.