Friar Butty
Species: Squirrel Place of Origin: Redwall Abbey Gender: Male Death: Unknown
Books Appears: Marlfox, The Long Patrol

Friar Butty was a male squirrel who started off as a Redwall Abbey kitchen assistant, and later succeeded Mother Buscol as the head friar. Later, he succeeded Craklyn as the Recorder.

When he was younger, he helped Abbess Tansy and her friends to find the lost castle Kotir, buried beneath Redwall. The squirrel brought back a good deal of treasure from the ruin, at the expense of falling into an underground swamp and covering himself with phosphorescent mud; the treasure was later used to make medals for veterans of the Ridge of a Thousand conflict.

As he grew older, Butty scquired a rheumatic footpaw that was sensitive to weather changes, and a friendship with Nutwing the elderly owl. When Nutwing was slain by the Marlfoxes, Butty grieved his loss dearly, and was unable to sleep saying that the owl's snores lulled him to sleep. Butty also didn't sleep well with an empty stomach; his being awake early one morning because of this saved the abbey building from infiltration, as he spotted Ascrod and Raventail's Band coming into the grounds through the main gate.

Not to be confused with Butty Wopscutt.