[MR] Wikipedia: Dish-bearers and Butlets in Anglo-Saxon England

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

Today's "Featured Article" on Wikipedia discusses Dish-bearers and Butlers
in Anglo-Saxon royal courts.

These officers were thegns who became important servants to kings and
queens. In Anglo-Saxon society they ranked below ealdormen (earls) but
above ordinary thegns (lesser nobility and important land holders). Often
they exercised great power within royal courts, and were frequent witnesses
to royal charters. These offices were not permanent, and each new ruler
selected his own dish-bearers and butlers.

This was also reflected in the Scottish court of Malcolm "Canmore" and his
Anglo-Saxon queen Margaret. A Norman knight, William of Saint-Clair (aka
"William Sinclair, the Seemly"), became Queen Margaret's cup bearer and
today is considered the progenitor of the Scottish Sinclair line.

More on Dish-bearers is at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish-bearers_and_butlers_in_Anglo-Saxon_England
.

Yours Aye,


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