Author : Charles Bowdoin Fillebrown
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484529655
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (296 download)
Book Synopsis The Family of Rev. John Butler (Classic Reprint) by : Charles Bowdoin Fillebrown
Download or read book The Family of Rev. John Butler (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Bowdoin Fillebrown and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Family of Rev. John Butler Theobald Walter, Lord Ormonde, of Kilkenny Castle, Ireland, a brother of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the time of Richard Coeur de Lion, first assumed the surname of Butler after being invested with the hereditary dignity of Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II. Respecting the antiquity of the name, the following bit of historical romance is cherished as being worth preserving. The two leading anglo-irish families in Ireland have long been the fitz-geralds and the Butlers. From being comrades in arms of the invading Strongbow, they became by degrees rival barons, and fierce contestants for the vice-sovereignty of their adopted country. In the Wars of the Roses, the Butlers sided with the white rose of Lancaster, and the fitz-geralds with the red rose of York. Factions gathered around the two great houses, and the bitter feud brought forth death and bloodshed from as early as 1250 down to the Williamite Wars. The Butlers, whose chief had attained the dignity of Earl of Ormonde, suc ceeded in crushing the power of the elder branch of the fitz-geralds, Earls of Desmond. It is told of a warlike Desmond that, while he was being borne prisoner on the locked shields of his feudal foe's clansmen, the Butlers taunted him with the bitter words: 'where is now the proud fitz-gerald To whom the indomitable earl answered: 'e'tz-gerald is where he ought to a the necks of the Butlers.' This proud reply will give an idea of the intensity of the strife. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.