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O'Boyle
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Boyle is O' Baoighill in modern Irish, the derivation of which is possibly from the old Irish word baigell, i.e. having profitable pledges: modern scholars reject the derivation baoith-geall. It is thus of course a true native Irish surname and the O'Boyles were a strong sept in County Donegal with a regularly initiated chieftain seated at Cloghineely: they shared with the O'Donnells and the O'Dou.....
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Heraldry Database: Cater
Cater
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Surname: Cater
Branch: Cater
Origins: British
More Info: England
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Background: The name Cater is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Great Britain. The name was taken on by someone who worked as a caterer. The surname Cater was official name, "the cater", derived from the Old French ale catour, a little meaning a buyer of groceries for the gentleman's house. They were in charge of maintaining provisions in minors and castles. The cater's job assumed a great importance during extended sieges of his lord's castle, which could last for years.
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 Motto: Victrix Patientia Duris, Patience is Victorious in Hardship. Arms: Erm. on a lion, passant, or. Crest: a lions head, erased, barry of six, or and az. View the Heraldry Dictionary for help.
The Cater name was brought into England in the wake of the Norman Conquest. The names introduced into Britain by the Normans are nearly all territorial in origin. The followers of William the Conqueror included some of them brought the names of their castles and villages in Normandy with them, but others were adventurers possessing no family or territorial names of their own. Those of them who acquired lands in England were called by their manors, while others took the name of the offices they held or the military titles given to them, and sometimes, a younger son of a Norman landowner, on receiving a grant of land in his new home dropped his paternal name and adopted that of his newly acquired property.
Early records of the name mention William le Catur who was documented in the year 1273 in the County of Essex and Bernard le Acatour was documented in the year 1300 in County Somerset. Thomas Cater was documented in County Somerset, during the reign of Edward III of England. William Katerer of Yorkshire was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Henry Cater and Joan Powlter were married at St. James, Clerkenwell, London in the year 1569 .
The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burke's General Armoury.
Name Variations: Cater, Cator, Cather, Catter, Cader.
References:One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
English Surnames; C.M. Matthews - 1966.
A Dictionary of English Surnames; P.H. Reaney - 1958.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cater
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