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BUTTREY Family History

Recorded as Botterell, Buttery, Buttrey and originally Boteri or Buteri, this is an English surname, but one of French origins. Probably introduced into the British Isles at or very shortly after the famous Conquest of England in 1066, the origination is from the word "boterie." As such it describes both a dry and cool place where provisions were kept for storage, and is also occupational for a keeper of a buttery. The preservation of foodstuffs was a perenial problem in ancient times, starvation always being just around the corner, and a person who was successful in this work, held a high and probably envious position amongst his fellows.