Baroness Matilda le Vavasour

  General Notes:

Maud le Vavasour died around 1226. She had numerous descendants including the Earls of Ormond, the Earls of Arundel, Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn and Elizabeth I.

She had the title "Baroness Butler".

Following the death of Theobald in early February 1206, Maud returned to England into the custody of her father, who, having bought the right of marrying her at the price of 1200 marks and two palfreys, gave her in marriage by October 1207, to Fulk Fitz Warin. Fulk was the son of Fulk Fitz Warin and Hawise de Dinan, who subsequent to a violent quarrel with King John of England, was deprived of his lands and property by the vengeful king. Fulk then sought refuge in the woods and became an outlaw, with Maud having accompanied him. The legendary figures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian are said to be based on Fulk and Maud.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Marriage: to Theobald Walter, 1199, West Dereham, Norfolk.

• Marriage: to Fulke Fitz Warin, 1207, Whittington, Shropshire.

Matilda married Theobald Walter, son of Hervey Walter and Matilda De Valognes, in 1199 in West Dereham, Norfolk. (Theobald Walter was born in 1156 in West Dereham, Norfolk and died in February 1206 in Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland.)