Butlers Sentence Examples

It was one of the ancient manors of the Butlers, who received for it the grant of a fair from Henry VIII.

The year 1778 saw the bloody operations of the Tory Butlers and their Loyalist and Indian allies in the Mohawk and Schoharie valleys and notably the massacre at Cherry Valley.

The Butlers held both barony and manor till 1586, when the barony lapsed and the manor passed after some vicissitudes to the Irelands of Bewsey, then to the Booths and in 1769 to the Blackburns.

Here the Grail is a food-providing, self-acting talisman, the precise nature of which is not specified; it is designated as the "rich" Grail, and serves the king and his court sans serjant et sans seneschal, the butlers providing the guests with wine.

In other places the English were less successful, the Butlers being beaten by the O'Carrolls in 1318, and Richard de Clare falling about the same time in the decisive battle of Dysert O'Dea.

Falling foul of Ormonde's brothers, seizing their property and using great cruelty and violence, Sir Peter drove the Butlers, the only one among the great families really loyal, into rebellion.

The Butlers returned to their allegiance, but continued to oppose Carew, and great atrocities were committed on both sides.

It was as much a war of Butlers against Geraldines as of loyal subjects against rebels, and Ormonde did his work only too well.

The lords of the castle had the right of attending the archbishops of Canterbury on state occasions as chief butlers.

A mink-infested footman waited outside; valets, butlers, database database object oriented relational vs second-men and maids came to attention.

The butlers pantry once glistened with silver, and crockery, but was now bare, except for a few storage boxes.

Some vessels are shabby while others are luxurious and offer upscale features, such as private butlers, large suites and elegant reception areas.

In Henry I.'s reign a barony was formed for Pain de Vilars, of which Warrington was the head and to which it gave the name, and from that family both manor and barony passed to the Botelers or Butlers, who first established their residence on the mote hill and before 1280 built Bewsey in Burton wood.