• bluet

(1300-1301) Court R.Lond. 108 [One mantle of] bluett [furred with] bisses. (1394) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 197 j goun partitum cum bluet. (1439) Will Bury in Camd.49 10 Item lego Gilberto Skut xx s. et togam meam de bluett furr'.

• bord-alisaundre, borde-, burd(e-, brod-, -alesawndre, -alisander, -alizaundyr, -elisaundre, -alexander, bordall

de borde Alisaundre pro diebus ferialibus. (1392) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 174 Burdalysaunder ad ornationem summi altaris. (1399) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 251 Unum magnum materas cum bordalisander coopertum. (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 11 vj qwhyssyns de bordall. (1416)

• boren

circle, ring & MnE dial. (York to Kent) burr a ring around the moon. ?Of the sun: become covered; ?of clouds: surround or cover the sun. c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex. Ashm 44 556 Þe liȝt lemand late laschis fra þe heuyn..Cloudis

• bouet

of boiste . (a) A lantern; (b)?a small box. (1421) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 64 Pro j bowet, alias lantern, de arg., pond. x unc. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 46 Bowett, or lanterne: Lucerna, lanterna. a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale Roy 17.C.17:Way

• breuing, bru-, brou-

quadrantem ad brewyngsilver. (c1415) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 88 De j browyng-led. (1444) Will Daubeney in Som.RS 19 343 Al my brewyng vessell. (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 100 j brewynglede..ij worteledes. (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 112 ij ledis

• broudester, braud-

wife Anneys, braudester. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 19a A Broudster [Monson: Brothester]: Anaglipharius, Anaglipharia. 1483 Cath.Angl. Monson 168 41 A Brawdestere: epigramator, epigramatrix. a1500 Mayer Nominale Mayer 692 Hec palmaria: a brawdster. -?-(1378) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 74 Gelisius Browdester.

• canevas

of canvas; (b) canvas-colored. (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 102 De canvas pokez, vj d. ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes Stockh 10.90 125/25 Streyne it thorow a canwas-cloth. a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking Hrl 2340:Halliwell 296 And ye schull say that the hawke hath white, canwas,

• carẹ, cari

A kind of checked cloth. (1429) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 420 A russet cloke, lynd with care aboute ye schuldyrs. a1500 Eglam. Cmb Ff.2.38 820 Thys lady was in care cladd. c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed Trin-C R.3.15 422 His cote was of

• affẹraunce

act of assessing; the amount assessed. (1433) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.129 37 Diverse persones, that were afferyd in the time of Robert of Yarom, than maister..and hafe noght payde thaire afferaunce. (1474) RParl. 6.165b The same xx li. only and

• cassoun, cassin

d. and powdre cassouns bot vij d. (1443) Doc. in Rogers Hist.Agric.3 526 Cassons [6 lb. at /8.]. (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 103 De j lb. de casson sugar vj d. (1469) Ordin.Househ.Clarence in PSAL (1790) 103 Item, Cassyns

• Caterine whẹl, Catharine, Kateren

(a1413) Doc. in HMC Rep.9 App.1 23 [A tenement called] le Catharine Whele. (1456) Doc. in HMC Rep.9 App.1 2 [The tenement called] le Cateryne Whele. (1459) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 236 j zonam nigram argenti cum Kateren wheyls deauratam.

• chip-ax, chipping ax, shipe-ax

adz. (1371) Will Court Hust. Gldh 2.144 Chipax..Twyble..sawe. (1407) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 347 Lego Petro meo apprenticio j chipax. c1425 Found.St.Barth. 29/17 Hewerrys of wode with axe and squarerys of tymbyr with chippynge axe. c1500 The shype ax Ashm

• clencher, clincher, clinker

iron; (b) a workman who puts in rivets or clinching nails. (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 81 ij malleis..cum j clencher de ferro. (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2 162 In stipendiis duorum hominum repercuscium [read: repercussencium] claues, videlicet Clynckers. (1330)

• complishment, complesh-

a necessary part. (1427) Proc.Privy C. 3.261 Þe finale complisshment of alle þe said appointementes. (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30 228 Alle his..godes..not in this present wille otherwise legate or disposed, to be solde for the complishment of this will.

• conduiour, condiour

in charge of convoys and/or furnishing safe-conduct. (1404) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 26 Y have be condiour, takyng wage of kyng Richard and the reme, as wel bi londe as by water..y have be condiour wyth the erle of Arundell,

• cros(se-wise

. Transversely, ?at right angles. (c1410) York MGame Vsp B.12 56 Þan slitteþ þe thi alonge and ouyrwerte wiþinne þe thie, croswyse vppon þe boon, þat is vponne þe turne boone of þe knee behynde. ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook. Hlk 674

• cupper

Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.5 24 Vincentio le Cuppere. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 572/46 Cipharius: a cuppere, or a dysshere. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 28a A Copemakyr or A copper: Cipharius. -?-(1296) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 6 Johannes de Kendale, copper.

• cursor, cursur, coursur

(1305) Pat.R.Edw.I 349 Robert Cursur. a1400(a1325) Cursor Vsp A.3 267 Now..wil we..our bok be-gin, Cursur [Frf: Cursor; Got: Coursur] o werld man aght it call, For almast it ouer-rennes all. -?-(1392) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 91 Johannes de Hyndeley, cursor.

• corporal

was kept. (1381) Doc. in EGilds 233 [Two] corporalles. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 93 Corporasse or corporalle: Corporale. (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 110 j corporall cace de panno auri. (1451) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4 92 The auterclothys and the

• gil, gille, gilen, geil, gail, gale, -gel, -ghele

EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) 299 Thursegayle. (a1200) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) 298 Ispingail. (1275) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) 298 Swinegaile. (a1300) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) 299 Thurseghele. (1338) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York) 298 Swyngail. (1370)