Maud le Vavasour
| Maud le Vavasour | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1176 Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 1225 |
| Title | Baroness Butler |
| Spouse(s) |
Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler Fulk FitzWarin |
| Children |
Theobald le Botiller Maud le Botiller Beatrice le Botiller Sir Fulk FitzWarin Hawise FitzWarin |
| Parent(s) | Robert le Vavasour A daughter of Adam fitz Peter |
Maud le Vavasour, Baroness Butler (c. June 24 1176 – 1225) was an Anglo-Norman heiress and the wife of Fulk FitzWarin, a medieval landed gentleman who was forced to become an outlaw in the early 13th century. Part of the legend of Robin Hood might be based on him.
By her first marriage to Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, Maud was the ancestress of the Butler Earls of Ormond.
Maud le Vavasour was the daughter of Robert le Vavasour, deputy sheriff of Lancashire (1150–1227), and his first wife, an unnamed daughter of Adam de Birkin. She had a half-brother, Sir John le Vavasour who married Alice Cockfield, by whom he had issue. Maud's paternal grandfather was William le Vavasour, Lord of Hazlewood, and Justiciar of England. Her maternal grandfather was Adam fitz Peter of Birkin.
Maud was heiress to properties in Edlington, Yorkshire and Narborough in Leicestershire.
She is a matrilineal ancestor of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife to King Henry VIII of England.
In or shortly before 1200, Maud married her first husband Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler (died February 1206), son of Hervey Walter and Maud de Valoignes, and went to live in Ireland. His brother Hubert Walter was Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1185, Theobald had been granted land by Prince John, who was then Lord of Ireland. He was appointed Butler of Ireland in 1192, and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1194.
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