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of the said John Tong as the said Richard Thorneton. And if it fortune the said Richard Thorneton to dye without heyres of his bodie lawfully begoten, then the same tenement with thappurtenaunce, as it is tofore bounded, with the evidence therof, remayne unto the said John Tong and his like heyres for ever, according to the last will of Richard Thorneton.

Pynners and Wyerdrawers.

(fo. 379).1 In the tyme of the right wirshipful Sir William Wellys, beyng maiour of this wirshipful cite, it is ordeigned that where the pageant of the craft of pynners is chargeable and in compareson noon to bring furth the pageant of the same, that from this day forwerd, it be leful yerelie to take and perseve of every forant comyng to this cite and wirkynge in eny poynt belonging to the tincler craft, or that makes hekilles of wire, or candelstikkes of white or blak plate, ij d. to the bringyng furth of the sayd pageaunt. And he that is rebell and wilnot pay the said ij d. yerelie, when he is. required by the said seircheours or pageaunt maisters, shall forfet and pay withoute pardon xij d., the on half to the chaumbre and the other half to the craft by evyn porcions.

Item, in the secund tyme of the marialtie of right wirshupful Sir Richerd Yorke, beyng maior of this wirshipful cite, by the assent and consent of the same maiour and the hole counsell of the chaumbre, it is graunted unto the said craft vnto the said craft [sic] of pynners, that the same craft of pynners and wyredrawers from thes present day forwerd be on craft, that is to say, that all those, that makes pynnes or draweth wyre, or makes fisshe hukes or shobokilles, yerelie to be contributorie of and to the upholdyng of ther pageaunt and other charges to the said craft belongyng, accordyng to the auncheaunt ordynaunce above writen.

Item, that yerelie the pagiaunt maisters of the said craft make accompt to the said hole craft of pynners and wiredrawers of all ther receytes and charges of ther pageaunt within xviij days next ensuyng the fest of Corpus Christi. And they that is rebell

1-Interleaved between folios 380-381, no old numeration.

and doeth the contrarie this ordynaunce, to forfet at every tyme vj s. viij d., that is to say, the on halfe to the chaumbre of this cite, and the other halfe to the charges of the said pageaunt and craft withoute eny pardon.

(fo. 380). Johannes Dobson, natus in Brigeam in Scocia, juratus est ad sancta Dei evangelia, sexto die Novembris, anno Domini millesimo cccclxxviijo et 18 Edw. iv., coram Johanne Fereby, maiore civitatis Ebor', quod ipse amodo erit ligeus fidelis dicti domini regis et heredum suorem, et quod fideliter ad omnes leges et consuetudines regni Anglie stabit et perimplebit, ac eas custodiet et perimplebit ad terminum vite sue etc.

(fo. 381). Memorandum it is the xvth day of May, the fifth yere of the reign of our sovereyn lige lorde Kyng Henry the sevent (1490) ordeigned and establisshed by thassent and agrement of the right wirshipful Sir John Gylliot, merchaunt, then being maiour of this wirshipful cite, at the special instance and prayer of Thomas Rooke, thelder, Robert Gybbon, William Gybbon, Nicholas Kechyn, Thomas Rooke, yonger, Thomas Penpugh, William Johnson and Roger Emson, citesyns and coblers of this said cite, according unto a ordynance maid and registerd in the thik pauper boke, in the myddes of the same, the xj day of May, the iiij yere of the reign of King Edward the fourth, as in the same more planelie doeth appere, that every man from hens forth occupying the said occupacion of coblers, within this cite and fraunches of the same, yerelie content and pay to the sustentacion of the torches by the said coblers yerelie born to the honour of Corpus Christi, that is to say iiij d., except all the personez in the said ordynaunce ben except, as in the same more planelie doth appere; and who that is rebell contrarie this ordynaunce shall forfet and pay withoute pardon vj s. viij d. to the chaumbre and craft without parden.

(fo. 381, b.)1 Memorandum that Thomas Wandesforth, esquier, to the maire the xxiiij day of Novembre, 18 Edw. iv. (1478) delyverd into the comon hall of this cite vij fire pannys, that is to say on of thayme for my lorde the maire, ande for every warde

1-Headed "Folio ultimo." The following folios are of paper and have no old numeration.

on, to the hondez of John Sponer, yoman sergaunt in the warde of the said comon hall.

This parcell of ordynancez was put in the keping of John Pattan, teller. First iiij gonne chaimbres, xiij gonstones, ij bottes of iren of halfe a yarde long and more, ij slottes of iren, with two cheynez, ij pynnes of iren with two cheynes, a pynne of iren for a whele, and v capones of wodd.

Memorandum, that this parcell was delivered to William Jacson, keper of the craen, by the chamberleins in the time of William Channey, maier of this citie, that is to say John Elwald, William Barker, John ton, and W. Paintour. First

sex brasse weghtes of iij qu. and vj li. a p[ece]. Item delivered C qu. of brasse and vij li. Item vj C and viij li. lede. Item a cabyll, ij pare slynges. Item a bale of wodd, j pare skales. Item j pare of yrne lynkes and the capill.

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AHLE, 176, hale, whole.

GLOSSARY.

ALLUTARIUS, 164, shoemaker; Ducange has, qui pelles et coria parat.

ALS, 62, an intermediate form between the fuller al swa, also, and the modern as, chiefly northern, though also in Wyclif. N.E.D.

ANEWE, 114. Mr. Hannay, of the General Register House, who has given me generous help in identifying these place names, suggests Anworth.

ANGUYSH, 114, Angus.

ARBITRUROS, 180, O.F. arbitreor, earlier equivalent of arbitrator, 1382, Wyclif, 1 Esdr., viii., 23; Ordeine domesmen and arbitrouris. N.E.D. ASTELWOD, 54, O.F. astelle, splinter, split wood; logs of wood for burning, cf. Norwich Records II., p. 59. Treasurers' Roll, 1412–3, venegar, 2d., candell, 14d., fagets and astel, 5d."

ATHINGTON, probably Haddington.

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AUTRECLOTH, 113, altar cloth, cf. York Fabric Rolls, Surtees Soc., 35, p. 267, "the hegh auter, Item, the litile awterse is so ragged and torne that it were grete shame to se suche in any uplandishe towne.”

AVAYLE, 178, see Mem. Bk., I., p. 255.

AVENTOUR, 205, chance, risk. O.F. aventure, L. adventura.

BAILWICK, 38, originally a district or place under the jurisdiction of a bailiff,
but used in English history as a general term including sheriffdom,
c. 1460. N.E.D.

BARKER, 179, a tanner, 1402. Test. Ebor', I., 289. Lego uxori Ricardi
Skyrtynbek, barkar, j togam. N.E.D.

BAROUN, Coverte de, 144, protected by a husband, an old legal term for a
married woman. Early M.E. barun, baroun, anciently applied to
the freemen of London, York and some other places, who were homagers
of the King, bound to suit and service, also until the 18th c. to the
freemen of the Cinque Ports and till the Reform Bill of 1832, to the
burgesses returned by these ports to Parliament.

BATHER, 180, bother, 243, both see N.E.D.

BOLLER, 171. The N.E.D. gives this as bowlmaker, with a query, neither this nor hayrester as horsehair worker seems quite satisfactory. BOSTREVYN, 119, possibly Botruvyn (Botriphine) in Banff.

BOTELLERS, 139, leather bottle makers.

BOULGEYS, 141, M.E. bulge, O.F. boulge, adapted from Latin bulga, leather knapsack, earliest example, 1230.

N.E.D.

BOULGETTE, 141, O.F. boulgette, a pouch, the earliest example given by the
N.E.D. is 1550, this is 1471.

BOWGEMAKERS, 139, bougemakers, wallet or bag makers.

BRANDRETH, 78, a gridiron.

BREDIR, 278, plural form of brother, still used in northern England and
Scotland.

BREWLED, 54, a brew-lead, a leaden vessel used in brewing, cf. culyngledes.
The lead for boiling was fixed like a modern copper, over a grate, and,
so long as there was plenty of water in it, it would not melt; see
Skeat's Notes to Chaucer, p. 24." Durham Account Rolls, Surtees
Soc. III., p. 897.

BRODERHODE, 278, not found in O.E., whereas childhood, maidenhood,
wifehood and other genuine derivatives in hood go back to an O.E.-
Hád. Earliest examples 1388, Wyclif 1, Macc. xii., 10. To renuee
britherhod [in 1382 bretherhed] and frenschip.