Thomas Butler (died after 1496) was an Irish judge, who held the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland.
The Butlers had backed the losing side in the Wars of the Roses, and Ormonde's brother James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde had been attainted and executed for treason as a result, but the 6th Earl was quickly pardoned by the new King Edward IV, who greatly admired him.
Ormonde may have recommended his cousin as a royal servant: in 1478 Butler was groom of the King's chamber, while his wife Agnes was described as "former nurse to the royal children"; specifically she had been nurse to Anne of York, the King's fifth daughter, who was born in November 1475.
Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, who had for many years been all-powerful in Ireland, was in temporary disgrace, and between 1492 and 1494 those judges who were regarded as his creatures were removed.
From 1496 on Kildare quickly regained much of his influence, and Butler resigned or was removed from the Mastership of the Rolls in that year.