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Clan Butter (Tartans, Crest) and The Story Behind

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Butter

Clan Crest: Two hands issuing from a cloud in dexter, extended to the sinister and drawing an arrow in a bow, all Proper

Clan Motto: Diriget Deus (God directs)

Lands: Perthshire

Historic Seat: Faskally, near Pitlochry, Perthshire

Clan Chief: None, armigerous clan

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Clan Butter History

This surname is common in Fife and Perthshire, and may be related to the old name Buttercask, which is the name of a village in the parish of Ardoch.

The Butters of Gormock were an even older family in Perthshire, particularly Pitlochry, where they owned the lands of Fascally, and the Butters of Perthshire.

Adam Butir's escheat is recorded in 1331, and William Butyr and Patrick Butirr are mentioned as collectors of contributions in Gowrie "super ylef" in 1360.

In 1511, James Buttir, a fisherman, received an ox-hide for his currach.

Others with this name are mentioned in Acts of Parliament and Laing (Charters), and several individuals named Butter are mentioned in a 1656 charter of the Lordship of Swinton, as are Butterlaw Loche, Butterlaw Syke, and Butterlaw Cairne.

The name appears frequently in the records of the Diocese and Presbytery of Dunkeld (top image: Dunkeld Cathedral).

Butter Road in Kincardineshire gets its name from the old Gaelic 'bothar', which means 'a road for cattle'.

Clan Butter Places & People

Clan Butter Locations

Faskally Loch

Clan Butter's historic seat is at Faskally, near Pitlochry in Perthshire.

Clan Butter Tartans

Because there is no registered Butter tartan, people with the name can wear the Perthshire District tartan, which represents the region where the name was traditionally found.

Perthshire County Council

Clan Butter Crest & Coats of Arms

Clan Butter Emblem

Worn by everyone with the same name and ancestry

Description of the Crest:

Proper: two hands emerging from a cloud in dexter, extended to the sinister, and drawing an arrow in a bow.

Coat of Arms of Clan Butter

A word about Coats of Arms:

A coat of arms is granted to an individual under Scottish heraldic law (with the exception of civic or corporate arms). A 'family coat of arms' does not exist. With the exceptions noted above, the arms depicted below are personal arms. Only the person who has been granted these weapons has the right to use them.