Sir Ralph Percy stayed with his household retainers and made a brave last stand.
Joymoti's self-sacrifice would bear fruit in time: Laluk was murdered in November 1680 by a disgruntled body of household retainers.
There were the nobles and their household retainers, most of them armed and trained.
He took with him a small party of his household retainers.
By this means they avoided the main body of household retainers, gathered in the corridor outside the principal entrance to the room where they had slain Othbaal.
Deryni household retainers and officers at Court, never really numerous even under Cinhil, were gradually given leave to return to their homes, as new human replacements were rotated in.
There his infant son by Galla Placidia was buried, and there Ataulf was assassinated by one of his household retainers, possibly a former follower of Sarus.
Melissa Stern, as the maid, Dorine, locates the spirit of Carla, the waitress on "Cheers," in the wry household retainer.
Only a few of her most loyal household retainers had been allowed to accompany her here in this new life.
However because official resources were lacking, Zheng's army were closer to being household retainers rather than of being true professional soldiers; their role being to protect the group's trade by providing security both at sea and ashore.