He fought in the Hundred Years’ War and was made the Captain of Calais; and was later present at the execution of Joan of Arc.

About 1418 he married commercial wealth, in the person of Elizabeth, widow of John Hende (d. 1418), late Mayor of London.

[1] Ralph Boteler is thought to have served with King Henry V of England in France, as he was awarded grants of land there between 1420-21.

[4] He would eventually lose it later in 1469, when King Edward IV of England confiscated the castle from him, due to his support for the Lancastrian cause.

[8] Additionally, the Sodres also descend from John de Sudley who went to Portugal in 1386 with Queen Phillipa of Lancaster as part of her retinue, her secretary[9]