JOHN Botetourt ([1265]-25 Nov 1324). Many modern sources indicate that John was an illegitimate son of Edward I King of England, based on a Hailes Abbey chronicle which names him as such. Michael Prestwich comments that "in general terms, the Hailes chronicle is a reliable source". Governor of St Briavel's Castle, Gloucestershire 1291. The Annales Londonienses name "domini Johannes Buttetort" among the judges sitting in London in 1302. He took a leading part in the Scottish wars of King Edward I. He was summoned to parliament in 1305, whereby he is held to have become Lord Botetourt. Lord of Mendlesham, Suffolk, in right of his wife. He joined the rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, and fought at the battle of Boroughbridge 16 Mar 1321/2.