Part 11

_Boleyn._ Queen Anna Boleyn was great-granddaughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, Lord Mayor of London, temp. Henry VI. The family had formerly been of great consequence. There were two branches of it in England. William de Bolein held one fee in York and one in Lincoln. In the preceding generation Easton and Simon de Bologne, brothers of Pharamus de B., are mentioned in a charter of the latter. The familiar pronunciation is "Bullen."

_Bolland._ Richard de la Boillante, Normandy, 1198.

_Bollen_, armorially identified with Boleyn.

_Bolleng_, for Boulogne, or Boleyne.

_Bollowe_, for Bellewe or Bellew.

_Bolster_, for Bolster or Balistar. Vide Alabaster or Arbalister (Norman), a general of crossbowmen.

_Bolt_, from Bolt, or Bout, near Bayeux. Tascelinus de Boalt, Normandy, 1180. Reginald and Richard Bolt, Oxford, 1272. "Ben Bolt" at all times and everywhere. Composed by an American; cosmopolitanized by an Englishman. An "Anglo-Norman" song.

_Bolten-Nelson._ From the Boltons of Suffolk descend the Earls Nelson, who obtained their title as the nearest heirs in blood of the renowned Nelson.

_Bompas_, from Bonpas near Perpignan; a Visigoth family.

_Bonamy._ Radulphus de Bono-Amico, Burgundy, 1180. Robert and William Bon Ami, 1198.

_Bone_, armorially identified with Bohun of Midhurst, or De Falgeres. Vide Foulger.

_Bonell_, or Bunel, Lords of Tissey, near Caen (Des Bois).

_Boner._ Bartholomew Bonaire.

_Bonest_, from Banaste, or Banastre. Vide Bannister.

_Boney_, for Bonney.

_Bonfield_, for Bonville, from the Castle of Bouneville, Bondeville, Normandy.

_Bonham._ Humphrey and William Bonhomme, Cambridge, 1272.

_Bonhote_, or Bounot, a form of Bonnett, with which it is armorially identified.

_Bonner._ Norman-French. Bounaire (courteous).

_Bonnett._ Roger Bonitus, Sussex, 1075. Family seat near Alençon. The name occurs in Battle Abbey Roll.

_Bonney._ Nicholas and Richard Bonie occur in Normandy, 1189. Agnes and Alicia Bonye, Oxfordshire, 1092.

_Bonnivelle_, for Bonville. Vide Bonfield.

_Bonom_, for Bonham.

_Bonus_, armorially identified with Bonest.

_Boodle_, for Budell. Not familiar as a "surname" in Kentucky.

_Boog_, for Bogue.

_Booker._ Walter Bochier, Normandy, 1180. The name in England is armorially identified with Borcher. In Kentucky, the Bookers are an old and prominent family. A Mayor of Louisville was (maternally) of the Booker blood.

_Boole_, or Boyle. Buelles or Buels occurs in Normandy, 1195.

_Boolen_, for Bullen, or Boleyn.

_Bools._ Vide Boule.

_Boon_, or Boone, armorially identified with Bohun. The Norman family of that name descended from Humphrey de Bohun, who accompanied the Conqueror and was ancestor of the Bohuns, Earls of Hereford, Constables of England.

_Booser_, for Bowser.

_Boosey._ Alexander de la Buzeia, Normandy, 1180. Ralph Buse, England, 1194. "Boozy" in Kentucky.

_Boot._ The fief of Hugo Boot is mentioned in Normandy. "Perhaps a trader's name"--says Lower.

_Boothby._ A younger branch of the Barons de Tateshall, 1086 (Domesday).

_Borne._ Walter le Borne, Normandy, 1180.

_Borough_, or De Burgh, otherwise Tusard, which is the original Norman name.

_Borrell_, armorially identified with Burrell.

_Borrow_, armorially identified with Borough and Burgh.

_Bose_, for Boss.

_Boshell_, for Bushell.

_Bosher_, a form of Bourchier (Lower).

_Bosquet._ Vide Bockett.

_Boss._ Bos or Bose occurs in Normandy, 1180; in Bucks, 1194. The original "boss," in the modern sense (overseer, manager), was doubtless a burly, bull-necked Norman. It is noteworthy that "Boodle" is from the same source.

_Bossey._ Vide Boosey.

_Bossey._ Bussey.

_Bostel_, for Postel. Ralph Postel, Normandy, 1180.

_Bostfield_, for Bosville.

_Bosville._ Bosville, near Candebec, Normandy.

_Boswell_, armorially identified with Bosville. Probably in England from the time of the Conquest. The family emigrated from England to Scotland in the reign of David I. The change from "ville" to "well" as a termination is also seen in the alteration of Rooseville to Roswell, LaVille to Larwill, etc.

_Boterill._ Geoffry Boterel occurs in a Beaton charter, 1081.

_Botevyle_, from Bouteville, near Carenton, Normandy. The name occurs in Battle Abbey Roll. Butterfield probably a form of this old surname.

_Bott._ William Bott occurs in Normandy, 1195. Walter Bott in Oxfordshire, 1189. The writer has seen the names William and Elizabeth Bott in old Warwickshire records, and in an old prayer-book, temp. George III (Virginian families); the name may, also, be seen to-day (Botts, not Bott) upon tombs in old graveyards in Eastern Kentucky. The literal suffix "s" to such names as Bott, Hay, etc., is said to be an Americanism.

_Bottin._ William Bottin, Normandy, 1180. Thomas Buting or Boting.

_Botting_, for Bottin.

_Bottle._ Roger Botel, Normandy, 1195.

_Bottrell_, or Botterel, or De Botereaux, from Bottereaux, near Evreux. England, Twelfth Century.

_Bouche_, from Buces, now Bucels, near Caen. De Bueis, Normandy, 1180. De Buche, Surrey, 1199. Roger Buche, Norfolk.

_Bouchett_, a form of Bockett.

_Bouffler_, from Bouflers, near Abbeville. James Beaufleur (or Beauflour), collector Port of India, 1322.

_Boughey_, armorially identified with Bowett. The Baronets Boughey are maternally descended from Fletcher.

_Boughton_, or Boveton, for Boventon. Vide Boynton. Baronets de Boveton were of county Warwick, Fourteenth Century.

_Boulder_, from Baudre, near St. Lo in the Cotentin. Walter Bulder, York, 1272.

_Boully._ Vide Bulley.

_Boult_, armorially identified with Bolt.

_Boun_ (or "Boum"), armorially identified with Bohun of Midhurst. Vide Boone.

_Bound._ The same as Bowne (Lower).

_Boundy_, from Bondy, near St. Denis, Isle of France.

_Bour_, armorially identified with Boun or Bohun. Vide Boone.

_Bourchier_, a form of Bousser, or Boursieres, Burgundy. John De Busser was a justice in Essex and Hertford, 1317.

_Bourdon._ Geoffrey Bordon and others in Normandy 1180. Reginald and Roger Bordon in Gloucester, 1199.

_Bourke_, for Burke or Burgh. The Earls of Mayo are of this name.

_Bourlet_, or Borlet. Vide Barlett.

_Bourner_ or Barner, a form of Berner or Berners.

_Bousfield_, from Bousville or Bouville, near Ravilly, Normandy. Walter Andrew, Serlo de Buesvilla, or Buevilla, Normandy, 1180. In 1244 William de Boevill did homage for his lands in the bailifry of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

_Bousher_, armorially identified with Bourchier.

_Boutcher_, for Boucher.

_Boutell._ Vide Bulteel and Bottle.

_Boutroy._ John and Roger Boteri, Normandy, 1180. William Buteri, or Butery in England.

_Bouts._ Vide Boot.

_Bouvier._ Hugo Bovier and John Bovier of Normandy, 1180-95. Vide Bowyer.

_Bovay_, for Beauvais.

_Boville._ A baronial family from Booville or Bueville, Normandy, Suffolk, 1086 (Domesday). The family was widely spread through England; Chief-Justice Boville came of this stock.

_Bovington_, or Boventon. Vide Boynton.

_Bowack_, or Boag.

_Bowcher_, for Bourchier.

_Bowden_, from Bodin (Lower). Petrus Bodin, Normandy, Eleventh Century.

_Bowdler_ (from Hope Bowdler and other places, Salop). A form of De Bollers, or Bodlers, of Flanders. Vide Buller.

_Bowen._ Bouvignes (Bely).

_Bowes_, from Boves, Normandy. John de Bowes or Boves, Normandy, 1180. Hugh de Boves commanded in Poitou for King John (Roger of Wendover, 1287).

_Bowett._ Alexander Bonet occurs in Normandy, 1180. Bowet, England, 1321.

_Bowker._ Vide Booker. The names are armorially related.

_Bowles_, or Buelles. Vide Boyle. Hence, W. Lisle Bowles, the poet.

_Bowley_, for Beaulieu (Lower). Simon de Bello Loco, Normandy, 1180. Alexander de Bello Loco, Bedfordshire, 1255.

_Bown_, armorially identified with Bohun of Midhurst. Vide Boon.

_Bowne._ Vide Bown.

_Bowran_, or Bowering, for Beaurain, near Cambrai, Flanders. Wybert de Beaurain, Normandy, 1180. "Hence, the able writer, Sir John Bowring."

_Bowry._ Vide Bury.

_Bowser_, armorially identified with Bourchier.

_Bowtell_, for Boutel. U. S., Boutelle.

_Bowton_, for Boughton.

_Bowyer._ Norman-French, Bouvier. This name, as appears by the arms, was originally Bouvier (Robson). Hugo Bouvier, Normandy, 1180. Le Boyer, Kent, 1250.

_Bowyn_, armorially identified with Bohun. Vide Boon.

_Boyall_, a form of Boyle (Lower).

_Boyce_, a form of Bois.

_Boyd._ A branch of the Beeton family of Dinant. Vide Stuart. Descent from a brother of Walter, the first High Steward of Scotland.

_Boydell._ Helto Fitzhugh, grandson of Osborne Fitz-Tezzo, Baron of Dodelston, had issue Hugh Boydell, ancestor of this family.

_Boyes_, for Bois.

_Boyle_, from Boile, otherwise Boelles, or Builles, now La Buille, near Rouen. William de Boel, or Boêles, and Gilbert occur in Normandy, 1180. William de Buels was descended from Helias de Buel, temp. John. His son William settled in Hertford; hence Ludoric Buel Boyle, ancestor of the Earls of Cork, Orrery, Shannon and other great houses. One of the most notable members of the Boyle family (U. S. A.) was Chief-Justice John Boyle, of Kentucky; a very able, eminent, and fearless judge.

_Boyle_, of Scotland, from Boyville, of Normandy, otherwise Boeville (vide Bousfield). Common name in Normandy, Twelfth Century. William de Boeville (Bocville), Suffolk, 1086.

_Boyles_, for Boyle or Buelleis.

_Boynell_, armorially identified with Boyville.

_Boynton_, or De Brus, abbreviated from Boventon. Vide Bruce. Robert Fitz-Norman Bruis or Bruce of Boventon, York, 1129. A leading family (De Boventon or Boynton) in Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.

_Boys_, or Boyse, for Bois (French). A Huguenot Bois in Holland would become Holtz; in America, Wood. (Vide Bois.)

_Boyson._ William Buisson of Normandy, 1180; Roger Buzun, Norfolk, 1258.

_Bozzard_, or Bussard, Bascart, or Buschart, Normandy, 1198. Boscard, 1203.

_Brabant_, from the Netherlands. Arnold Braban (Brabant), of Hamford, occurs 1297.

_Brabazon_, from Brabant. Thomas Brabençon, Normandy, 1198. John Brabazon, Oxfordshire, 1247.

_Brace_, from Bracey.

_Bracebridge_, or De Ardern. The family of Arden or Ardern was Norman and went to England in 1066. Ralph, son of William de Ardern, was Lord of Bracebridge, Lincoln, Thirteenth Century. The Bracebridge family bears the arms of Arden. John Bracebrigge was living 1305. Washington Irving has made "Bracebridge Hall" famous wherever English is read. The name at least will survive. It was the peculiar distinction of the blood of Arden that it flowed in the veins of Shakespeare. His mother was an Arden, and his magical "Forest of Arden" immortalizes the name.

_Bracey_, from Brécy, near Caen. Henry de Brécy occurs in Normandy, 1180-95. Robert de Brécy, Cheshire. From a branch of this Cheshire family descend the present Brasseys, among whom the most distinguished was the eminent engineer, an honored servant of England during the Victorian reign.

_Bracher._ Allen Bracheor, Normandy, 1180. Vide Brasier.

_Brack_, for Brac. Vide Brake.

_Bragge_, for Brac. Vide Brake. Evain de Brac, Normandy, 1180. Richard de la Brache, England, 1199. Bragg entered Kentucky in 1862.

_Brain_, from Brain, Anjou; Yorkshire, 1199.

_Bran_, for Brand.

_Branch_, from St. Denis de Branche, Normandy; Suffolk, 1219.

_Brand._ Walter Brandus, Caen, 1165. William Brant, Norfolk, 1086. Simon Brand, Hertfordshire, 1325. The Brands of Lexington, Kentucky, a well-known family.

_Brandram._ William Brandram, Normandy, 1198.

_Branis_, for Brain.

_Brant._ Vide Brand.

_Brasier._ William Braisier paid a fine, Normandy, 1180. Soon after "William de Neelfa was a fugitive for slaying him." The name occurs also as Bracheor, and Broshear.

_Brasil_, from Bresles, near Beavois.

_Brass_, for Brace. Brass is one of Dickens' names.

_Brassey._ Vide Bracy.

_Bratt_, armorially identified with Brett.

_Braund._ Brand.

_Brawn_, for Braund.

_Bray_, from Bray near Evreux, Normandy. William de Bray occurs 1189-95. A branch of the family was seated in Devon in the Thirteenth Century. Sir Reginald Bray, the eminent architect, temp. Henry VII.

_Brayne._ Vide Brain.

_Brazier._ Vide Brasier.

_Brazill_, for Brasill.

_Breache._ Vide Brache.

_Breckinridge._ Vide Cabell.

_Breckinridge_ is from Bracken-rigg, a loc n. Cumb. Robt. J. Breckinridge, John C. Breckinridge, and W. C. P. Breckinridge were descended on the maternal side from the Cabells--a famous Norman family. Vide Cabell. The Breckinridge family is directly of Scottish origin. The foregoing derivation rests upon the authority of the English genealogist, Doctor Henry Barber. But no American family has ever given more varied and striking illustrations of the power of inherited Norman blood. Scarcely a characteristic trait is lacking.

_Brecks_, for Brake.

_Brees._ Vide Breese.

_Breese_, a form of Brice, being the Norman-French pronunciation.

_Breeze._ Vide Breese.

_Bren_, armorially identified with Brend.

_Brennard_, for Burnard.

_Brery_, or De Brereto, Breuery, near Vesoul, France.

_Breton_, from Bretagne. Baronial families in England (Devon, Bucks, Lincoln, etc.).

_Bretell._ Normandy, 1126.

_Brett_, from Brette in Maine, or, possibly, short for Breton. Geoffry le Bret was one of the Barons of Ireland.

_Brettell_, Lords of Gremonville, Normandy (Des Bois). Bretel, Kent, 1130. Bretel is near Alençon.

_Brettle_, for Bretel.

_Breun_, or Brewn, for Brun. Vide Brown.

_Brew_, one of the forms of Breux, Brews, or Braiose.

_Brewer_, (1) from Brovers, or Brueria, now Breviare, near Caen. Seated in Devon at the Conquest. (2) From the English translation of Braceator, or Braceor. Vide Brazier, Bracher.

_Brewhouse_, for Brewis, or De Braiose, a baronial family, from Braiose, near Argenton, Normandy. Branches in Ireland, Wales, Suffold, Sussex, Norfolk, Hants "and elsewhere." The name is frequently written Breose, Brewes, and is totally different from that of Bruce or Brus, with which it has often been confounded.

_Brewn._ Vide Breun.

_Brian_, armorially identified with Bryan.

_Briant_, for Breaunt, Breant, or Breante, near Havre. Fulco de Breante, or De Beent, England, temp. Henry VIII. (Roger Wendover.)

_Brice_, from St. Brice, near Avranches, Normandy. Robert de St. Brice, Normandy, 1180.

_Brickdale_, from Briquedale, Normandy. The derivation of the name from "Brickdele, Lancashire," is doubted, on the apparently sufficient ground that there is no such place.

_Bride_, or St. Bride, or St. Bridget. Vide Bridgett.

_Bridge_, or De Ponte, Normandy, 1180; England about the same time. Bridges, 1328, Middlesex.

_Bridgett_, for Brichet. Vide Briett.

_Brient_, for Brent or Briant.

_Brier._ Vide Bryer.

_Briett._ Occurs in Normandy, 1180. Ralph de Brecet, England, 1272.

_Briley_, from Broilly, near Valognes, Normandy. William de Broleio, 1180-95. Broily, Bedford, 1086. Bruilli, Lindores, Scotland, 1178.

_Brind_, armorially identified with Brend.

_Brine_, for Broyne, Brun, Browne.

_Brinson_, or De Briançon, Middlesex, 1189. Giles de Brianzon, 1324.

_Britain_, for Breton. (Lower.)

_Brittain_, for Britain.

_Brittan_, for Britain.

_Britten_, for Britain.

_Brixey_, from Brèze, Anjou; De Brexes, Lancashire, 1199.

_Brize_, for Brice.

_Broach_, for Brock.

_Brock_, from Broc, Anjou; Robert de Broc, England, 1189; also Nigel and Ranulph de Broc.

_Brocke_, for Brock or Broc. (Lower.)

_Bronaker_, from Broncort, near Langres, France. Roger Bruncort, Normandy, 1199. Probably same as Bruencort and Brucort. (1180-98, Normandy.)

_Brond_, for Brand.

_Brontofl_, from Bernetot, near Yvetol. John de Bernetot held lands in Normandy, temp. Philip Augustus. The name of Bernetôt in Normandy at length changed to Bernadotte--the name of one of Napoleon's marshals. Hence, the royal family of Sweden. Carew Isaac Taylor remarked at Newcastle in 1889 that the royal families of Europe were of Scandinavian origin. But for the Norman derivation of the Bernadottes, here explained, the royal family of Sweden might have appeared to be an exception.

_Brook_, for Broke. (Lower.) Brooks, for Brock; Brookes, for Broke. (Lower.)

_Brosee._ Brúsi, Brozi (old Norse). Brosee, now pronounced Brozee. William Brosee, the progenitor of the family in Kentucky, was a soldier in the Russian campaign under Napoleon. Among the interesting "documentary" proofs of this service (now in possession of the family) is a portrait of the old campaigner in his French uniform.

_Broughton_, a branch of Vernon; "Broeton," Stafford, Thirteenth Century. The arms concur with the descent from Vernon.

_Brown._ Vide Browne.

_Brown._ Gilbert le Brun, Normandy, 1180. The name Brunus or Le Brun frequently occurs in Normandy, 1180-98. Many Normans were Brun, or Browne; but, in England, all Brownes were not Norman. The line of Hanno le Brun, Cheshire, temp. Henry II, is armorially connected with an Irish line. William Brone witnessed the charter of Dunbrody, 1178; Nigel le Brun had a writ of military summons, 1309, and Fremond Bruyn was one of the barons of Ireland, 1315-17. Richard de la Ferte accompanied Robert of Normandy to Palestine in 1096. He had eight sons, the youngest of whom, surnamed Le Brun, settled in Cumberland, where he had baronial grants, temp. Henry I. The family of De la Ferte, also called Le Brun, long flourished in Cumberland. The name Le Brun gradually changed to Broyne, Brown, and Browne. Robert le Browne, M. P. for Cumberland, 1317-1339, was grandfather of Robert, from whom descended the Viscounts Montague, the Marquises of Sligo, and the Barons Kilmaine.

_Brownett._ Robert Brunet, Normandy, 1209.

_Brownlow._ The Brownlows, Lords Lurgan, bear the arms of the De Tankervilles, Chamberlains of Normandy. Vide Chamberlain.

_Bruce_, from the Castle of Brus, or Bruis, now Brix, near Cherbourg, where are the ruins of an extensive fortress built by Adam de Brus in the Eleventh Century. Hence the Kings of Scotland, the Earls of Elgin, the Baronets Bruce.

_Brudenell_, or De Bretignolles, from Bretignolles near Alençon, Normandy. William de Bretignolles, in 1263, had a writ of summons to attend with his military array at Oxford. From this family descended Sire Robert Brudenell, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1520. The orthographic modifications of this Norman patronymic (from Bretignolles to Bredenell, to Bredenhill, and Brudenel) are clearly traceable upon the records.

_Bruen_, armorially identified with Bruin, with Brun, Le Brun, or Browne, of Cheshire.

_Brunes_, for Brun, now Brown.

_Brunker_, armorially identified with Brounker.

_Brus._ Vide Bruce.

_Brush._ Richard Broche, Normandy, 1198.

_Brushett._ Chapon Broste, Normandy, 1198. William Bruast, England, 1199.

_Bryan_, or Briowne, from Brionne, Normandy. A branch of the Counts of Brionne and the Earls of Clare and Hertford, descended from Gilbert, Count of Brionne, son of Richard I of Normandy. Wido Brionne of the Welsh line had a military court of summons, 1259. About this time the name was changed to Bryan, and the Barons of Bryan inherited it. William Jennings Bryan seems to have been, prenatally, a Kentuckian.

_Bryant_, for Briant.

_Bryson._ Vide Brison.

_Buckle_, or Buckell. Identified by the arms (a chevron) with Bushnell. Hence the able writer Buckle.

_Budgell_, for Bushell.

_Budgett_, for Buckett.

_Buggins._ Bogin, Normandy, 1180. Bogun, Derby, 1270.

_Buist._ Roger Baiste, or Buiste, Normandy, 1198.

_Buley_, or Bewley, from Beaulieu.

_Bullard._ A form of Pullard or Pollard.

_Bullett._ Beringer Bulete, Normandy, 1180. Iorceline Bolet, 1207. Normandy. In Kentucky, the Bullitts justify their Norman descent. They have achieved distinction in many lines.

_Bullivant_, or Bonenfant. Normandy, temp. Henry V; Cambridge, 1253. Bonenfant.

_Bullon_, or Bullen. A form of Boleyn. There is Bullen (or Boleyn) blood in Kentucky.

_Bully_, for Builly. Vide Bingham.

_Bulwer._ Vide Wiggett.

_Bumpus_, from Boneboz, Normandy.

_Bunce_, for Bence.

_Bunker_, for Boncoeur. (Lower.)

_Bunn_, from Le Bon. (Lower.)

_Burchell._

_Burd_, for Burt.

_Burden_, a familiar name.

_Burden._ Vide Burdon. "Burdens' Grant" (Virginia).

_Burdett._ French Bourdet. Vide Battle Abbey Roll.

_Burdett._ From the Bordets, Lords of Cuilly, Normandy. Seated in England at the Conquest. Baronets Burdett-Coutts.

_Burdon._ Bordon 1180, Normandy. Robert Bordon, Yorkshire, 1255.

_Burfield._ De Bereville, De Bareville, England, 1789. Sometimes Berewell.

_Burges_, Burgess. Simon de Borgeis, Normandy, 1195. Ralph Burgensis, 1198.

_Burgess_ is an old way of spelling Burges.

_Burgoyne_, Burgon, Burgin. De Bourgoyne, probably Gothic, from Burgundy. In 1083 Walter Burgundiensis, or Borgoin, held lands in Devon.

_Burke._ Vide Burgh.

_Burley._ Roger de Burlie, Normandy, 1198. "White Burley," Kentucky.

_Burnett._ The Scottish form of Burnard. From Roger de Burnard. The name became Burnet in 1409. Bishop Burnet of Salisbury, celebrated writer, is of this gens.

_Burney_, a form of Berney. Vide Berney. The name of a well-known family in Kentucky. James G. Birney was the first Free-Soil candidate for the Presidency.

_Burr._ Robert, Roger, and Peter Burre occur in Normandy, 1180. Gilbert le Bor, England, 1227. Aaron Burr was a conspicuous and dramatic figure in the early history of Kentucky. Professor Shaler, the eminent Harvard professor, writing of Aaron Burr's expeditionary project, says that the Kentuckians "had inherited the spirit of the Elizabethan English"; and that the mass of the Kentucky people were always "filibusterish." There is not a decade in their history--he adds--that we do not find some evidence of this motive, to wit, "a natural hunger for adventure."

_Burrell_, or Borel. Normandy, 1180. Burrells, Burrill.

_Burrough._ (1) for Burgh; (2) for Burys, Burroughs, Burrowes.

_Burroughs._ Vide Burrough or Burgh.

_Burt._ William Berte, Mortanie, Normandy, 1203. John Berte, England, 1272.

_Burton_, or De Richmond. One of the family bore the feudal dignity of Constable of Richmond. The founder was Viscount of Nantes, Bretagne. The Baronets Burton.

_Bury_, from Bourry, near Gisors, Normandy. Armorially identified with the family of Bury, Earls of Charleville.

_Busain_, from Buisson, in the Cotentin.

_Bushe._ Hugh de Bucis, Normandy, 1180.

_Bushwell_, for Boswell.

_Busse._ Armorially identified with Bushe.

_Butcher_, for Bourchier.

_Butler_, or De Glanville. This family derives its name from Theobold Walter, the first butler of Ireland, to whom that dignity and vast estates were granted by Henry II. The Butlers bore the arms of De Glanville, a family of Glanville, near Caen.

_Butler._ A name of peculiar distinction in the heraldic genealogies. The Butler or De Glanville family derives its name from Theobald Balton, temp. Henry II. The name has lost none of its distinction in the New World. The Butlers of Kentucky are thoroughly Anglo-Norman in their fighting instincts. All the male members (5) of this branch were officers in the Revolution; all their sons but one were in the War of 1812; nine Butlers of this branch were in the War with Mexico; and in the Civil War every male descendant of Captain Pierce Butler (of Kentucky) was in the Confederate Army (vide Historic Families).

_Butt_, for Bott. A name made conspicuous in recent times by Sir Isaac Butt. Vide Butts, Boot.

_Butter._ Earls of Larnsborough, descended from Hugo Pincerna, who, in 1086, was a baron in Bedford. Hereditary butlers of the Earls of Leicester and Mellent. Several other families of distinction bore the name Butler: (1) the Butlers of Cornwall and Kent; (2) the Butlers of Essex; (3) the Butlers, Barons of Warrington, feudal butlers of Chester; (4) the Butlers of Bramfield, and others.

_Butterfield_, for Botevyle.

_Buzar_, for Buzzard.