Butler of Scotland
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The office of Butler of Scotland , was a court position in the Kingdom of Scotland
during the High Middle Ages
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, Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1905.http://www.archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft
Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...
during the High Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
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Office holders
- Ranulf I de SoulesRanulf I de SoulesRanulf de Soulis was a Norman knight who came to Scotland with David I and served as his cupbearer.-Early life:Ranulf was probably born in the Cotentin Peninsula at Soules, the family's seigneurie near Saint-Lô...
- William II de HayaWilliam II de HayaWilliam II de Haya, generally referred to simply as William de Haya , was a Norman knight who is considered to be the progenitor of the Scottish Clan Hay...
- William II de Soules
Sources
Balfour Paul, Sir JamesJames Balfour Paul
Sir James Balfour Paul, KCVO was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926....
, Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1905.http://www.archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft