Shropshire's Punning Heraldry - Botyler

 Botyler, an occupational pun.

The arms of Botyler, William de Wemme, are recorded in the Shropshire MS as Azure, A bend of six cups Or (Source Edmonson).

I don't know where Edmonson can across the "six cups" arms as there seems to be some contradiction in Burke's General Armory which records Boteler (Lord of Wemme and Oversley, summoned to Parliament 1308) are recorded as Gules, a fess counter-compony Argent and Sable between six crosses pattee fitchee Argent. (Some branches of this family bear six crosses crosslet instead of crosses pattee fitchee, but the above are the arms registered in the College of Arms for Sir John Boteler, who was created Baron Boteler of Bramfield, 20 September, 4 Car. I., and left six daughters his co-heirs, of whom Helen married Sir John Drake, Co Devon, Knight.)

The arms of William Botyler de Wemme

The surname Botyler (and its variant Boteler) is a medieval English occupational name derived from the Old French bouteillier, meaning "butler," wine steward, or a maker of leather bottles. It originally designated a high-responsibility servant in charge of a noble household's wine cellar or a manufacturer of containers.