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 William was the elder son of Nicholas II de Soules, Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, and a cousin of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan.
-While still a young man, he was received into the peace negotiations of King Edward I of England in 1304. He remained in English service in the following decade, and received reward in 1312 with a knighthood and the lands of Sir Robert Keith although by that time those were in the hands of the Scots. After the victory of the Bruce cause at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, he switched to the Scottish side. By 1318 he was Butler of Scotland, and in 1320 he appeared as a signatory to the Declaration of Arbroath with this honorific.
+While still a young man, he attended the peace negotiations of King Edward I of England in 1304. He remained in English service in the following decade, and received reward in 1312 with a knighthood and the lands of Sir Robert Keith, although by that time, those were in the hands of the Scots. After the victory of the Bruce faction at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Soules switched to the Scottish side.
+By 1318, Soules was Butler of Scotland, and in 1320 he appeared as a signatory to the Declaration of Arbroath with this honorific.
 ==Charges of treason==