BUTLERAGE AND PRISAGE  . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England there was an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient right of the See also:

• CROWN

crown to See also:

• PURVEYANCE (Lat. providere, to provide)

purveyance or pre-emption, i.e. the right of buying up provisions and other necessities for the royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, at a valuation, even without the consent of the owner . Out of this right originated probably that of taking customs, in return for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection and See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of the ports and harbours . One such customs due was that of " prisage," the right of taking one See also:

• TUN

tun of See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine from every See also:

• SHIP

ship importing from ten to twenty tuns, and two tuns from every ship importing more than twenty tuns . This right of prisage was commuted, by a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I . (1302), into a See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of two shillings on every tun imported by See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant strangers, and termed " See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

butler-See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age," because paid to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's butler . Butlerage ceased to be levied in 1809, by the Customs Consolidation See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of that See also:

• YEAR

year .