| 单词 | chief butler |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschief butler 2. Originally: an officer responsible for the supply of wine to the royal household. Later: (the title of) an official of high rank in the court of a monarch, nobleman, etc., having various duties depending on the period or country in which the office is held. Frequently in chief butler (see note). Now chiefly historical.The office of chief butler in England dates from the 11th cent. The position was nominally associated with the supply, import, etc., of wine; later (until the early 19th cent.), the main duty of the chief butler was to provide service to the monarch at the coronation banquet. The office was hereditary, being associated in England with the earls of Arundel (later the dukes of Norfolk), and in Ireland with the earls and dukes of Ormond. Cf. vice-butler n. at vice- prefix 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of food, table, or plate butlerc1325 asseour1448 yeoman of the ewery1450 yeoman for the mouth1455 yeoman of the bottles1455 lardiner1469 yeoman of the buttery1473 surveyora1475 assewer1478 larderer1483 yeoman of the cellar1508 bread-bearer1518 groom-grubber1526 bottlemana1550 yeoman of the larder1585 saucery-man1691 plateman1842 plate-keeper1843 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 9034 Boþe willam & Richard is sones adreint were & is paniter & is chamberlein & is botiler al so. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 47 (MED) The emperour schulde be ichose by þe officers of þe empere; þese officers beeþ sevene..Boteller kyng is of Beeme. c1425 (?a1400) Arthur (Longleat 55) l. 486 (MED) Also he buryed Bedewere Hys frend and hys Botyler. 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §37. m. 21 Item, of the chief buttler of England, .c.li. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. vii. f. lxv/1 Kyng Philip her Brother..sent vnto the kynge of spayn his chief Boteler with other: desyringe hym to perfourme all suche Couenauntes as atwene hym and his Fader were concluded. 1587 W. Baldwin et al. in J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) iii. Burdet f. 244 (heading) How..Sir Nicholas Burdet, Chiefe Butler of Normandy, was slayne at Pontoise. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grand bouteillier, the great Butler of France; an honourable officer, but out of date euer since Charles the seuenths time. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 2) ii. 89 Edward Fitz-Theobald being long ago made Butler of Ireland, the Duke of Ormond..took the Surname of Butler. 1700 R. Brady Contin. of Compl. Hist. Eng. 185 In this Parlement there were made three Earls, Iohn of Eltham, the King's Brother, Earl of Cornwal, Roger Mortimer Earl of the Marches of Wales, and the Butler of Ireland Earl of Ormond. 1761 Gen. Evening Post 23 July 1/3 [He] claims to assist as Chief Butler of England on the day of the Coronation, for which he has a gold cup as his fee. 1844 G. L. Smyth Ireland I. v. 166 Being already butler of England, Henry made him butler of Ireland also, and soon after gave him the prisage of all wines imported into the country. 1887 Burke's Peerage 1068 James 7th Earl of Ormonde and 7th Butler had (1328) a renewed grant of the prisage of wines (which had been resumed by the crown). 1953 Life 27 Apr. 98/2 Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal and Chief Butler of England. 2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Aug. 15 The Anglo-Norman Theobald Walter..was made chief Butler of Ireland, one of the hereditary great offices of state. < as lemmas |
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