Pantler of Scotland
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The office of Pantler of Scotland, (referred to in documents as ) was a court position in the Kingdom of Scotland
during the High Middle Ages
. The now historical term pantler or panter designated an officer responsible for the pantry or food supplies in general in a royal court.
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....
. The now historical term pantler or panter designated an officer responsible for the pantry or food supplies in general in a royal court.
Office holders
- Henry Sinclair, 7th Baron of Roslin
- Sir Andrew de MoraviaSir Andrew MurraySir Andrew Murray , also known as Sir Andrew Moray or Sir Andrew Murray of Bothwell, was a Scottish military leader who commanded resistance forces loyal to David II of Scotland against Edward Balliol and Edward III of England during the Second War of Scottish Independence...
- Sir John de Moravia, Lord of BothwellBothwell CastleBothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high, steep bank, above a bend in the River Clyde, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located between Uddingston and Bothwell, about south-east of Glasgow. Construction of the castle was begun in the 13th century by the ancestors of Clan...
- Sir Thomas de Moravia, brother of the above, Lord of Bothwell
- Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway and Earl of DouglasEarl of DouglasThis page is concerned with the holders of the extinct title Earl of Douglas and the preceding feudal barons of Douglas, South Lanarkshire. The title was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1358 for William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, son of Sir Archibald Douglas, Guardian of Scotland...
- Henry II Sinclair, Earl of OrkneyHenry II Sinclair, Earl of OrkneyHenry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney was a Scottish nobleman and Pantler of Scotland.-Life:He was son of Henry Sinclair, 1st Earl of Orkney by his wife Jean, daughter of John Halyburton of Dirleton. Sinclair was one of those captured following the Battle of Homildon Hill, but released on ransom...
Sources
- Balfour Paul, Sir JamesJames Balfour PaulSir 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/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft - Fraser, Sir WilliamWilliam Fraser (historian)Sir William Fraser, KCB, was a solicitor and notable expert in ancient Scottish history, palaeography, and genealogy....
. The Douglas Book 4 vols, Edinburgh, 1885.http://www.archive.org/details/douglasbook01fras - Grose, FrancisFrancis GroseFrancis Grose was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer. He was born at his father's house in Broad Street, St-Peter-le-Poer, London, son of a Swiss immigrant and jeweller, Francis Jacob Grose , and his wife, Anne , daughter of Thomas Bennett of Greenford in Middlesex...
, The Antiquities of Scotland Vol II. London 1791. http://www.archive.org/details/antiquitiesscot00grosgoog