Malvasia Malmsey was one of the three major wines exported from Greece in medieval times. (For other examples, see Rumney wine and Cretan wine). It is alleged that when Edward IV of England convicted his brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, of high treason, his private execution consisted of being "drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine," which is dramatized in Shakespeare's "Richard III". Both Monemvasia and Candia have lent their names to modern grape varieties. In Greece, there is a variety known as Monemvasia, evidently named after the port, though now grown primarily in the Cyclades. In western Europe,
Butt (name) in 1675, John Butt who settled in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, in 1706 and Joseph Butt settled in Crockers Bay, Newfoundland, in the same year. The Butt family is claimed to be originally from the village named But in Normandy, France and is patronymic in origin. An early reference to a related surname dates back to 1266 where Conrad Dictus Butze is registered in Freiburg, Germany. Butt (name) Butt is a German and an English surname whose origins lie in the South West peninsula region of England. The surname Butt or Butts is said to be derived from the French word