After this John tried to raise a mercenary army to revenge himself on the Barons and wrote a flattering letter to the Pope Innocent, who in a fit of passion wrote a letter to the Barons telling them to renounce their charter or take the consequences.

This the Barons made light of and seized the Castle of Rochester, where they found great store of munition of war. But John proceeded to beseige Rochester, which had to capitulate, and would have hanged the whole garrison had he not been restrained by Sarawac de Mauleon, and therefore ordered the Barons, including Osbert, to be sent close prisoners to Corfe Castle.

After the death of King John the lands of Osbert were restored by command of King Henry. William d'Aubenny, Lord of Belvoir Castle, and the Earl of Arundell and Surrey were his sureties.

Osbert by deeds gave lands to St. John the Baptiste and the Church of Boothby. Waiter. Ed. I. In the Wapentake of Candlesho.

HUGO DE BOBI was eldest son and heir of Osbert and Lord of Botheby. He was now to Hugh Wake, Lord of Liddell, Brun and Deeping, his near relative. He was of full age 13 Henry III, 1229, when he paid a fine for some of his lands of 20 Pounds. He joined the Barons under Simon de Montford, Earl of Leicester, in support of Magna Charta in the movement whence originated the Commons House of Parliament. He was at the battles of Lewes and Evesham, after which his estates were confiscated, (being the second time these estate were so treated for supporting the charter), but by provision of the " diction of Kenilworth " he was permitted to redeem them at a certain commutation and received the King's Pardon as follows: " Henricus Rex rect. Hugon de Bobi omnem mel." 1235. As assessment or aid granted to Henry III., Hugo paid one mark for a fee held by him in the manor of Sproxton under Huge Wake.
Huge held half a fee under the honour of Hugo Wake at Prickwell. Huge gave to Sir John de Sproxton a toft and eight selions of land which he had held.
He was an early benefactor to the Abbot and Convent of Croxton, for he gave them amongst other things the third part of Croxton Church.
Sir John, son of Achard of Sproxton, Kt., Lord of Sproxton, purchased in fee simple of Hugo. 1 toft and 8 selions of land in Sproxton in exchange for other lands there made over to Hugo and his heirs by his wife lawfully begotten, and in default to revert to the Lord.
He gave to Sir John Sproxton, his heirs and assigns, all his meadows at Green Gates in the field of Sproxton in exchange for 8 roods of meadow lying in Crotesheag in fee simple.
William was paid 1 Pound 2s 3d for poultry obtained by writ for the King's use.

HUGO LORD OF BOTHEBY.

Osbert de Skelington held two fealties, namely, Clinton and Crown. The fealty of Clinton belongs to Roger de Ingoldsby and that of Crown belongs to Hugo.

1279. Hugo with Alex. de Skelington and William de Lecton were the commissions appointed for Lincolnshire by virtue of a deed issued to all the Counties of England, empowering certain commissioners to enquire into the conduct of the respective Sheriffs in the execution of the writs of 25th June, Ed. I., and to make further distress upon such persons its pursuant to the said writs ought to have received Knighthood.

Annora was the daughter of Andrew Lutterell, 1st Baron of Truham of that name, and sister of Geoffrey and Robert, 2nd and 3rd Barons. Andrew Litterell held his Barony in right of his wife, daughter and heiress of Maurice de Gaunt, descended from the Gaunts, Earls of Lincoln and Barons of Folkenham, the first of whom was Gilbert of Gaunt, nephew of the Conqueror and son of Baldwin VI,, Count of Flanders, son of Baldwin by Adela, daughter of Robert I., King of France, by Hugh Capet. Baldwin V. was fifth in direct descent from Rollo the Dane, First Duke of Normandy, sixth in direct descent from Alfred the Great, King of England, and eighth in direct descent from Charlemagne, Emperor of Germany and King of France.

Annora held the Manors of Welton, Botolph Bridge, and Orton Longuville in dower.

JOHN DE BOTHEBY-1st son.

1298, September 15. Commission of Oyer and Terminer to John de Insula and Waiter de Gloucester, touching an appeal which Lena, late wife of William, son of Iro de Kirketon, brings in the County of Lincoln against Joceus de Orferre of Boston and many others, including John de Botheby, touching the death of her husband.

Then follow four other suits from respective wives against the same defendants for the deaths of their husbands.
1310, March 16. William de Wydhale of London and Nicholas, son of Thomas le Archer, acknowledge that they owe to Master John de Botheby 10 marks, to be levied in default of payment of the lands in the City of London.

SIR ALEXANDER DE BOTHEBY-2nd son.

1295. Was found to be possessed of lands and rents of the yearly value of 15 pounds in Botolphsbridge, Co. Hunts, Hundred of Normans Cross, of which his mother was endowed, and of lands elsewhere to the value of 40 pounds.
He was manncapton with Robert de Brackenburgh of Ranulphus de Otteby, Knight of the Shire.
He was summoned by Edward I. to perform military service in the Expedition against the Scots, and the Knights were to muster at Newcastle-on-Tyne. March 1, 1296.
He married Isabella, daughter of Gilbert de Neville, and had issue one daughter, who married Sir John Pagnell, who thus became owner of the Manor House of Boothby, and hence the present name of Boothby Pagnell. Leland in his itinerary speaks of the Pagnells thus.
John Pagnell, in the reign of Elizabeth, 1590: sold the estates to William Cecil Btron Burleigh. From him they passed to the Harringtons, from them to the Letchfords and then to Cecil Thorold, Esq., son of Sir John Thorold, Bart., of Syston Park.

SIR THOMAS DE BOTHEBY, LORD OF BOTHEBY-.-3rd son.

1294, June 18. A certain John de Orreby going abroad, or as it is written " going beyond seas " on the King's Service with the Bishop of Durham, nominated Thoinas de Botheby his attorney for the period of one year.
He, it is presumed, after his brother Alexander's marriage, took up his residence at Boothby, near Welton, and thus started a new branch of the family.
He had issue of two sons, Thomas and John, and a daughter Joan by his wife Alicia.

ROBERT DE BOTHEBY-4th son.

Married Juliana, daughter of Sir John de Camerington, and in her right was Lord of Ryhill, Holderness, Co. York. He was succeeded by his son Nicholas, 6/1310, who died without issue, and his heir was his cousin Thomas, son of Sir Thomas, 3rd son.
1296 Robertus de Botheby was summonded by Edward I. for military duty against the Scots in March 1 at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1316 Was certified pursuant to unit tested at Clipstone, 5th March, as Lord of the of the Township of Ryhill, cum membris in the Co. of York.
1325. March 4. To Simon de Grymmesby, escheator in Counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland order not to intermeddle further with certain tenements in Camerington as the King learns by Inquisition taken by the Escheator that Robert de Botheby and Margery, his wife, held the tenements aforesaid jointly to them and to Roberts heirson the day of Roberts death, of the King as of the honour of Albemarle by Knights service, and by the service of doing suite at the Wapentake of Holdernesse from three weeks to three weeks, and rendering 71d yearly for Sheriff's aid, and rendering 6d yearly for the ward of the Castle of Skypsey, and that they acquired the tenements aforesaid in form aforesaid at the time when Peter de Gaveston had the honour aforesaid of the King's grant, and that they held jointly to them and their heirs and the heirs of other bodies on the said day the Manor of Ryhill of John Pagnel of Botheby by Knight's service.

Kenilworth, Ap. 20, 1326. Pardon to Margery late wife of Robert de Botheby of the trespass of her and of her said husband in acquiring to them and the heirs of Robert from Waiter de Kirk the Manor of Camerington held in chief as of the honour of Albenarle, and entering therein without licence and licence for her to retain the same.