Biography of Beriah Botfield 1807-1863

Before 05 Mar 1807 [his father] Beriah Botfield of Norton Hall, Northamptonshire and [his mother] Charlotte Withering (age 29) were married.

On 05 Mar 1807 Beriah Botfield was born to Beriah Botfield of Norton Hall, Northamptonshire and Charlotte Withering (age 29) at Earl's Ditton, Shropshire.

In 1813 [his father] Beriah Botfield of Norton Hall, Northamptonshire died.

In 1831 Beriah Botfield (age 23) was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.

In Jan 1839 Beriah Botfield (age 31) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1840 Beriah Botfield (age 32) was elected MP Ludlow at a by-election which seat he held until 1847.

On 17 Jan 1843 [his uncle] Thomas Botfield (age 80) died. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hopton Wafers where he and his wife have a fine monument by Edward Hodges Baily (age 54). His nephew Beriah Botfield (age 35) inherited a life interest in Hopton Court, Shropshire.

In 1857 Beriah Botfield (age 49) was elected MP Ludlow at a by-election which seat he held until his death in 1863.

In 1857 Beriah Botfield (age 49) commissioned a stone cross near the Wales–England border on Shadwell Hill, to commemorate a pedlar named William Cantlin who was robbed and murdered there in 1691.

On 21 Oct 1858 Beriah Botfield (age 51) and Isabel Leighton were married at Alderbury, Shropshire. There was no issue from the marriage.

1859. West Window. The stone tracery of this window dates from the remodelling of the church in the second quarter of the 15th century; but the glass is all 19th Century. The glass was installed under the supervision of Gilbert Scott during the 1859-60 restoration. The artist was Thomas Willement, the 'Father of Victorian Stained Glass' who had 'reinvented' the art of traditional stained glass-making from the observation of 15th Century examples at York Minster and elsewhere. The window was the gift of Beriah Botfield (age 51) and his wife [his wife] Isabel Leighton. The window features eleven men, each with a connection to the town's history:

Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, the biggest landowner in Shropshire at the time of the Doomsday Book,

Josce de Dinan,

Fulk Fitzwarin,

Piers Geneville,

Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March,

Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl Ulster,

Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge,

Bottom Row ...

Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, who inherited the Lordship of Ludlow from his uncle, Edmund Mortimer, and was father of Edward IV and Richard III;

King Edward IV, crowned King after winning the Battle of Mortimer's Cross near Ludlow);

King Edward V, son of Edward IV, he was raised at Ludlow Castle with his brother Richard of Shrewsbury 1st Duke York.

Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales

Isabel Leighton: she was born to Baldwin Leighton 7th Baronet and Mary Parker Lady Leighton. On 21 Oct 1858 Beriah Botfield and she were married at Alderbury, Shropshire. There was no issue from the marriage.

On 07 Aug 1863 Beriah Botfield (age 56) died at his home in Grosvenor Square, Belgravia. Hopton Court, Shropshire was inherited by Reverend Woodward, the son of Sarah Skelhorn who was the sister of his aunt Lucy Skelhorn.

Ancestors of Beriah Botfield 1807-1863

Great x 1 Grandfather: Beriah Botfield

GrandFather: Thomas Botfield

Father: Beriah Botfield of Norton Hall, Northamptonshire

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Baker of Bromley, Worfield, Shropshire

GrandMother: Margaret Baker

Beriah Botfield

GrandFather: William Withering

Mother: Charlotte Withering