See also:PANTRY (O. Fr. paneterie; Med. See also:Lat. panetaria, a See also:bread-See also:shop, from panis, bread)
, originally a See also:room in a See also:house used for the storage of See also:bread, hence " panter " or " pantler," an officer of a See also:household in See also:charge of the bread and stores
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In the royal house-hold of See also:England the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office was merged in that of 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
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At coronations the office of " panneter " was held by the See also:lord of the See also:manor of Kibworth See also:Beauchamp; it was his See also:duty to carry the See also:salt-cellar and See also:carving-knives to the royal table, and he kept these as his See also:fee
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The last holder of the office was See also:Ambrose See also:Dudley, son of See also:John, See also:duke of See also:Northumberland, at See also:Elizabeth's See also:coronation
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At his See also:death the manor reverted to the See also:Crown
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" See also:Pantry " was See also:early widened in meaning to include a room in a house used for the storing of all kinds of See also:food, and is now restricted to the butler's or parlourmaid's room, where See also:plate, See also:china, See also:glass, &c., for. the use of the table is kept, and duties in connexion with the serving of the table are performed
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