Chief Butler of England

The Chief Butler of England is an office of Grand Sergeanty associated with the feudal Manor of Kenninghall in Norfolk. The office requires service to be provided to the Monarch at the Coronation, in this case the service of Pincera Regis, or Chief Butler at the Coronation banquet.

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

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• Roger Perceval (under William I and William II)
• 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)
• John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel, (1264 - 1267)
• John Payn (1399 - 1402)
• Thomas Chaucer (1404 - 1434)
• John de Tiptoft (1434 - 1443)
• Sir John Wenlock, (1461 - 1471)
• John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1471 - 1473)
• Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (1473 - 1483)
• Francis Lord Lovel, Viscount Lovel (1483 - 1485)
• Sir John Fortescue the younger (1485 - 1500)
• Sir Robert Southwell (1505 - 1513)
• Sir John Hussey, Baron of Sleaford (1521 - 1537)
• Sir William St Loe (under Elizabeth I)
• Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (to 1571)
• George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1713 - 1716)
• Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1917 - 1975)
• Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1975 - 2002)