In the Curteys Register of Bury-St.-Edmund's (in the time of Abbot Sampson xii c.
British Museum, and the Librarian at Lambeth; to Lord Francis Hervey and Sir Ernest Clarke who kindly supplied some annotated references to the school at Bury from the Curteys Register, and last but not least to the Rev.
To give the good where it wanteth, trewly, That were resoun and a curteys maner; 450 And to your own moch better were worthy Than to straungers, to shewe hem lovely chere.
And over-al, ther as profit sholde aryse, Curteys he was, and lowly of servyse.
Curteys he was, lowly, and servisable, And carf biforn his fader at the table.
Abbot Curteys builds a library for the abbey (see his regulations for use of books in James, pp.
Henry VI writes to Abbot Curteys to ask him to be present at laying of foundation stone of King's College, Cambridge, on Michaelmas Day.
And overal, ther as profyt schulde arise, Curteyshe was, and lowly of servyse.
Curteys he was, lowly, and servysable, And carf byforn his fader at the table.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "curteys" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
