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Benedict Cumberbatch

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William Botreaux

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• • 17th Great-grandfather of Benedict Cumberbatch — 20th Generation
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  • 542710 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Feb 1389 
  • Birth Location:
  • Walton, Kilmersdon, Somerset, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1462 
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  • Elizabeth Beaumont
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  Margaret Botreaux (Ahnentafel No:271355 )

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  • 3rd Lord Botreaux

• Sources for William Botreaux

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. III, p. 360.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 374.
  • ³ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 27.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Robert Hungerford, 2nd Baron Hungerford", _2nd_Baron_Hungerford, (accessed 01/24/2014).
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux", _3rd_Baron_Botreaux, (accessed 01/24/2014).

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