The office of Butler of Scotland ( la, Pincerna Regis), was a court position in the

Kingdom of Scotland The Kingdom of Scotland (; , ) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a la ...

during the

High Middle Ages The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the periodization, period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended ...

Office holders

Ranulf I de Soules Ranulf de Soules was a Norman knight who came to Scotland with David I and served as his cupbearer.M'Michael T., Feudal Family. pp.163-93 Early life Ranulf was probably born in the Cotentin Peninsula at Soules, the family's seigneurie near Saint- ...

William II de Haya William II de Haya (William II de la Haye, ''Guillaume de La Haye''), was a Norman knight who is considered to be the progenitor of the Scottish Clan Hay. He is the first recorded de Haya in Scotland and is known to have been in the Scottish court ...

Balfour Paul, vol III, p 555 * Nicholas I de Soules * William I de Soules *

Nicholas II de Soules Nicholas de Soules (d. c.1296), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, was a 13th-century Scottish Border noble. Nicholas was the son of William de Soules and Ermengarde, daughter of Alan Durward and Marjorie of Scotland, and elder brother o ...

William II de Soules William II de Soules (d. 1320/1321), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, was a Scottish Border noble during the Wars of Scottish Independence. William was the elder son of Nicholas II de Soules, Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland ...

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Sources

Balfour Paul, Sir James, ''Scots Peerage IX vols.'' Edinburgh 190

Great Officers of State of Scotland Political office-holders in Scotland Lists of office-holders in Scotland Positions within the British Royal Household Scotland in the High Middle Ages {{Scotland-hist-stub