Chief Butler of England - List of Chief Butlers

List of Chief Butlers

Note that the right to act as Chief Butler has not been established by the Court of Claims since before 1902

• Roger d'Ivry (c.1068–1079)
• Roger Perceval (1079–1087)

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• William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (1120–1176)
• William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel, (1176–1193)
• William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel (1193–1221)
• William d'Aubigny, 4th Earl of Arundel (1221–1224)
• Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel (1224–1243)

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• John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (1264–1267)

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• Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1285–1326)
• Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel (?1326–?1376}
• Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel (?1376–?1397) (died 1397)

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• Gregory Ballard (1396–1399)
• John Payn (1399–1402)

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• Thomas Chaucer (1404–1434)
• John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft (1407)
• Nicholas Merbury (1415–1421)
• John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft (1434–1443)

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• Sir John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock (1461–1471)
• John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1471–1473)
• Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (1473–1483)
• Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell (1483–1485)
• Sir John Fortescue the younger (1485–1500)

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• Sir Robert Southwell (1505–1513)

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• Sir John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (1521–1537)

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• Sir William St Loe (under Elizabeth I)

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• Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1564–1571)

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• George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1713–1716)
• Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1716–1730)
• William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland (1730–1774)

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• Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (?–1856)
• Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk (1856–1860)
• Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk (1860–1917)
• Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1917–1975)
• Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1975–2002)
• Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk (2002–present)

$ Cited in Patent Rolls from 1396 to 1399.