Hugh de Botheby-5th son.

Walter de Botheby-6th son.

1316. Lincoln. The King, Feb. 8,'1315, in consideration of œ140 which Gilbert de Toutheby, Richard le Vavasour, parson of the Church of Wytherin, and Walter de Botheby acknowledged at the Exchequer that they owed the King, granted to them the custody of the manors of Greynesby and Hallour, Co. Lincoln, and of the lands, and tenements of Wythernsea and Brunthorpe in the same county which Isabella (now deceased), late the wife of Robert de Welle, held in dower of the lands and tenements of her said husband of the inheritance of Robert, son and heir of Adam de Welle, deceased, tenant-in-chief, which are extended at œ49 4s 71d a year, and which upon her death and by reason (if the minority of the heir were in the King's hands to hold from 7th February 1315 for a term of two years. In consideration of the good services of the said Gilbert de Toutheby the King grants to him, upon the completion of the said term of two years, the said custody to hold until the heir shall be of full age.
1325, October 3. Walter de Botheby received instructions viva voce from the King for the dispatch of certain important affairs (i.e., the arrest of malcontents, and empowered to proceed to various parts of the Kingdom accordingly.
Writ of Aid during pleasure for Walter de Botheby and Eustace Bozoun whom the King is sending to divers parts of the Realm for business very near to his heart, enjoined to them viva voce and to arrest certain persons whose names have been supplied to them.
1325. August. Protection, with clause, lasting till Christmas, for Walter de Botheby going with the King beyond seas on his service.
1331. April 20, Westminster. Exemption for life of Walter de Botheby from being put on assizes, juries or recognizances, and from appointment as Mayor, Sheriff, Coroner, Exheator, or other Bailiffe or Minister of the King, against his will.

Adam de Botheby-7th son.

Was born at Boothby Manor House, and later became a monk of the Monastery of Peterboro', where he was appointed to hold the office of " sub cellarius." He was made Abbott, and repaired to King Edward II, who was then in the Isle of Thanet, so that he might receive his confirmations, which he obtained and returned to the Monastery to take up the high office of Abbott. Later he repaired again to the King for his temporalities and also his Episcopal Confirmation, which were also duly confirmed, he paying the fees and other demands which were at that time due.

In his first year of office, 1320, Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, made war against Edward II., and Abbott Adam aided the King with the sum of œ133 6s Sd and with œ200 more towards the King's expedition into Scotland.
In his fourth year the manors of Torpel and Upton came into the possession of Edmund, surnamed Woodstock by the King, and. there arose great trouble' between the Earl's officers and the Abbott's tenants, but all were quieted by the tact of the Abbott, he became a tenant of these lands for œ106 15s 4d. In his seventh year (Ed. III.) there arose a great contention between the Abbott and John Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, about the son of Geoffrey, Lord of Northburgh, who died 1327, holding three knights' fee of the Abbey of Peterboro' and who was buried there in St. Mary's Chapel among his ancestors, leaving lands in the County of Essex which he held of the Earl of Hereford by knight's service. He had three wives, and his last wife, by name Margaret, he put away when she was great with child at Peterboro', where the child was born and baptised and called by the name of his father Geoffrey (Galfridus).

This young Geoffrey had two sisters by his father's side who charged him with being illegitimate, stating that Margaret his mother was not their father's wife but only his concubine, so that he had no hereditary right to his father's lands. . Abbot Adam was justly indignant at this statement, and as guardian of the child defended the cause for three years at Lincoln and in the Arches constraining the rioters to desist. But afterwards Queen Phillippa (wife of Edward III) came to Peterboro' on New Years day, and the Earl of Hereford attending her towards York, seized the opportunity of demanding young Geoffrey of the Abbot, and by threatenings and violence got possession of the boy, whereupon the Abbot took the law upon him, and the Earl on the other side accused the Abbot and his monastery of certain outrages upon his Manor of Pleesy in Essex, and a commission of Oyerz and Terminer on the complaint of the Earl was appointed as Adam de Botheby. William de Botheby and several others were accused of breaking the Castle of Pleesy and carrying away goods.

The like of the same with the like complaint, with this addition, abducted Geoffrey, son-and-heir of Geoffrey de la Mare, within age, whose marriage belongs to the Earl. But this matter was composed by the Abbot, giving the Earl œ100, and yet the Earl was still in possession of Geoffrey keeping him at Kimbolton in the County of Huntingdon, the King, however, intervened and sent his Brief to the Sheriff to seize upon him and to bring him to York there to appear before the Judge, and to be awarded to his right guardian. But at length the Earl without more ado, doubtless being conscious of his ill acts, freely restored the child to the Abbot, and moreover languishing on his death bed he commanded that his executors should restore the œ100 to the Abbot, which was done, and the boy Geoffrey was married by the Abbot to the daughter of Geoffrey Scroope, then one of the. King's Chief Justices.

About this time the Sheriff of Northampton required assistance and contribution from the Abbot and his tenants towards the wall of Northampton Park, from which a disturbance arose but, however, it was quieted by the King writing to the Sheriff from York, his letter, bearing date February 12, wherein he certified that the Sheriff that by ancient charters of Kings, his predecessors, the Abbot and Monastery of Peterboro', and all their lands should be free from all works of Castles, Parks, Bridges and Enclosures. The same day there was an Inquisition made concerning the Bridge leading into Peterboro' the question was who should repair it ? and the Jury being formed, brought in that it fell on no side in particular to do the work. But the King and Queen coming into Peterboro', the Abbot repaired the said Bridge for their passage, although he was not bound to do so To this the Jurors set their seals.

At this entertainment of the King and Queen and Golio of Eltham (the King's brother) besides diet of meat and drink, the Abbot expended the sum of œ487 6s 5d in gifts and presents, and for his Confirmation œ50 13s 4d more.
At other times also Abbot Adam was very free with his purse, giving the King towards an expedition,into Scotland œ100 and to the Queen œ20, attending upon the King at Peterboro' and Stamford he expended œ34 7s 4d with many other sums when the King or Queen came near his Monastery at Walmeford, Bourne or Croyland, and the second time' giving entertainment to the King and Queen at his Monastery of Peterboro', besides other things he expended œ327 15s, and after this, Prince Edward, the King's eldest son, with his two sisters and their servants came and stayed at Peterboro' eight weeks, which cost the Abbot some considerable sum, or as Gunton quaintly expresses it " which cost the Abbot nothing."

The foregoing is in no way intended to give the idea that Adam de Botheby was a purse proud man, but rather to show that from all accounts he was a man of most generous and open-handed disposition, giving freely and generously to the poor and to the rich, granting help and hospitality to all who needed it, but withal leading a life of frugality,purity and simplicity itself, striving in all things to warrant the title which it is said he so -lives him is richly deserves of " The Good Abbot" The character which Whittlesey gives him is "viv magnae innocental et simplicitatis."

In the abbacy of Adam there was an indictment at Northampton against a stoppage of the water at Upwell, so that the River Nen could not have its course towards Lynn, whereby the Counties of Northampton, Lincoln, Bedford, Huntingdon and Cambridge were much damaged. The Abbot laboured hard to get this drain scoured, and at length procured a decree from Geoffrey Scrope, the King's Chief Justice, for clearing the passage - the Abbots of Ramsey, Thorney and Croyland joining with him. This cost the Abbot œ63 lls ld.

In the Abbot's time also there happened a fray in the Chapel of Oxney, and blood being shed therein the Chapel was polluted and stood suspended from its privileges of Divine Service. The Bishop of Lincoln being then otherwise engaged could not attend -to reconcile it, but gave his consent that any other Bishop might, whereupon Adam wrote to the Bishop of Carlisle entreating him that as he returned from Parliament towards his Manor of Homeastle, he would come to reconcile the Chapel. And as Abbot Adam had been free towards the King, so was the King to him, confirming his possessions and privileges, particularly by Charter.

The tenth of his huntings throughout Northampton, that whosoever hunted any game -throughout this County for the King's use or by his authority, was responsible to the Abbot for the tenth thereof, which was granted and confirmed long before by his predecessors Kings Richard l.,William,Rufus and Henry I., and Edward 1. did all of them command by their express warrant to the Forrester that the Abbot of Peterboro' should have five bucks in acknowledgment thereof.
In 1337 in his Abbacy there was a controversy between the Church and the Bishop of Lincoln in the 10 Ed. Ill., when the Bishop impleaded divers men of North and South Collingham for breaking his bounds and taking away some cattle which his Bailiff had seized, being the goods of certain outlaws condemned of the same town which he said belonged to him in the right of his Wapentake of Newark, but the same belonged to the Abbot of Peterboro' as Lord of the Manor of Collingham, but the judgement of 14 Ed. 1. ended the strife and the Bishop prevailed.
Abbot Adam died in the beginning of his 18th year of Abbaey, Nov. 23, 1338. He was buried with great honour and magnificence, Dec. 4, 1328, the Abbot of Ramsey performing the service and preaching a sermon. He was buried between the High Altar and the Choir in Peterboro' Cathedral and a marble stone being laid over him with some brass, which brass, however, was taken away when Cromwell demolished the monumental.
The epitaph on the Tomb was as follows: " Claustri praetatus hujus cubat hie vocitabus Adam qui natus erat apud Boothby nece stratus vir castras justus omni virtute robustus. M.Sernel Xtrina ter et sex 'quog lina Pars elonetus in celetris nunc requirei."
This Adam Botheby appears to have been a man worthy of all honour, a friend of his King, and a devout and learned member of his Church. Gunton says that he was one of the best and most honoured of Peterboro's Abbots, and did a great deal for the good of the Monastery. the state of education and learning at this period of .... When it is taken into account England's History, Adam Botheby can be justly considered a man of profound thought and knowledge.