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Rutlandshire
[ruht-luhnd-sheer, -sher]
noun
a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
Example Sentences
The three counties included in the expression are Leicestershire, Rutlandshire and Northamptonshire.
Whether it was on this occasion is not known, but about this time, and at the recommendation of his brother-in-law, Giovanni Florio, he was taken into favour at court, and wrote a Panegyric Congratulatorie offered to the King at Burleigh Harrington in Rutlandshire, in ottava rima.
After the death of Charles I., Dr. Taylor’s living of Uppingham, in Rutlandshire, was sequestered, and the gifted ecclesiastic repaired to Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, and taught a school for the subsistence of his children and himself.
He also received the livings of Cottesmore, Rutlandshire, and Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire.
II Army Reform Scene.—The canteen of the Rutlandshire Regiment, at Downboro', an airy, plastered hall with high windows.
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