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BOTELER HOUSEHOLD \& EARLS OF CHESTER
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THE BOTELER(PINCERNA) FAMILY & THE EARLS OF CHESTER.
THE NAME 'PINCERNA' IS FIRST MENTIONED IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK, WHEN A MAN NAMED RICHARD PINCERNA IS LISTED AS BEING THE HOLDER OF THE MANOR OF POULTON JUST OUTSIDE CHESTER. THE PINCERNA FAMILY ALSO HELD LAND AND PROPERTY IN CHESTER ITSELF.
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THE NAME 'PINCERNA' IS LATIN FOR 'BUTLER', AND IN THE EARLY TO MID 12th CENTURY A ROBERT PINCERNA WAS BUTLER IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF RANULF of GERNONS - RANULF II - THE 4th EARL OF CHESTER. THE POST OF BUTLER IN A NOBLE HOUSEHOLD SUCH AS THIS WAS QUITE A HIGH RANK & RESPECTABLE POSITION.(THE BUTLER BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORDERING IN AND SERVICE OF THE WINE AND OTHER DRINK).
IN THE 1150's ANOTHER RICHARD PINCERNA - SON OF ROBERT - TOOK UP THE POSITION OF BUTLER TO EARL RANULF - THIS WAS SHORTLY BEFORE OR AROUND THE TIME OF RANULF'S DEATH IN 1153. RICHARD IS LIKELY TO HAVE STAYED ON AS BUTLER TO HUGH II - THE 5th EARL OF CHESTER AND SON OF RANULF II.
IN - OR AROUND - THE YEAR 1160 THIS SAME RICHARD PINCERNA BECAME THE SECOND HUSBAND OF BEATRIX de VILARS - THE 3rd BARON OF THE TOWN OF WARRINGTON. THEREFORE - THROUGH THIS MARRIAGE - RICHARD BECAME KNOWN AS THE 4th LORD/BARON OF WARRINGTON, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE FIRST OF THE LINE OF 'LORD BOTELERS''.
THE BOTELER FAMILY CONTINUED TO BE THE LORDS OF THE MANOR OF WARRINGTON UNTIL THE YEAR 1586.
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