• untaxid

to penalties, taxes, etc., free of any requirements. c1460 Oseney Reg. 17/26 Þe church of the blessid marye moder of god with þe priuylege of this writyng we make stronge, ordeynyng þat all maner possessions, all goodis, now ȝe haue

• volate

garden. c1460 Oseney Reg. 27/4 I clayme nowe quyte to þe sayde church j crofte and a volate þat Hemmying preste was i-wonyd to haue. c1460 Oseney Reg. 28/32 Of þe yifte of my Bele Dame ij hides j crofte

• Waldensis

Peter Waldo, who formed themselves into a sect declared heretical by the Church in 1184, Waldensians. (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 501 Also the sect of Tritoycis, whiche helden that as thre persoones ben in Trynyte, so thre Goddis ben

• chaterer

in a pompous manner; kirk , one who jabbers in church. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 23a A Chaterer: ffutilis, girulus, verbosus, loquax, loquatulus, magniloquus, multiloquus. a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl. Hnt HM 1 376/296 Yit of thise kyrkchaterars here ar a menee,

• cruddes, crudes

crotes ; from L crupta (beside crypta ). Underground chambers, the crypt of a church. (1349) Fabric R.Yk.Min. in Sur.Soc.35 18 Item in les cruddes vj stane hamers. (c1399) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81 129 Et in j sera emp. de praedicto

• dalmatik

A liturgical vestment of the Western Church: dalmatic [introduced by Pope Silvester in the 4th cent.]. (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.70 98 ij dalmatikes de panno ad aurum de Lukes albo. (1435) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 Lamb 69 532 Quod habeant dalmatyk

• dispensatour

(b) a minister or steward of the Church. (a1382) WBible(1) Bod 959 Gen.43.16 He comaundide to þe dispensatour [WB(2) : dispendere; L dispensatori] of his house, seying, `lede in þe men home!' (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 409 The ricchessis

• plukker

money, spongers, sycophants. c1460 Oseney Reg. 15/3 Of this owre confirmacion agayne-sayers and pluckers a-waye [L convulsores] and of this church robbers of goodes and wasters..with the bonde of curse we bynde hym. c1460 Oseney Reg. 38/16 Pluckers awey of

• prebendal

ye gyfte of..William Kynnewlmerssh..some tyme Prebend of the prebendal chyrche of Thame. c1460 Oseney Reg. 198/7 Actes in the prebendall church of Buckeden. (1465) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 13 52 The accomptes of John Kyng and John Benet, junr., Proctours

• militaunce

Combat, warfare; also, personified: the Church Militant. (a1460) Vegetius(2) Pmb-C 243 97 O Jesse flour..Mankyndys lyfe is mylitatioun; And she, thi wife, is named Militaunce, Ecclesia. (a1460) Vegetius(2) Pmb-C 243 102 Jhesu..My poore witte..avaunce..Sette vp theryn thi self, the verrey

• militaunt, militans

L militans , -tantem , ppl. of militare . Theol. Of the church: militant [see chirche 4b. ]. ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern Hrl 2324 35/25 Whilis þis lijf duriþ in erþe, þis chirche is clepid militaunt. c1475 MEccles. Trin-C R.3.21 p.691 The

• hausing(e

iiii s. iiii d. (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.14 17 Item, for hausyng the tymber hous and keuery him yn the Church hay, xij d. a1325 Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] Rwl B.520 lf.9 (tr.Stat.Glouc.) Oure louerd te king, for amendement of þe

• absoilen

priest: to grant absolution to (sb.), remit sin in the name of the Church; (b) of God: to pardon (a sinner); (c) to release (an accused person from a penalty), acquit. a1500(?c1450) Merlin Cmb Ff.3.11 11 Thow art full of

• ilathung(e, ~x0021d~ela~x00f0~unge

ȝelaðunge . Assembly, church. c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom. Bod 343 32/26 ȝif he hi[m] ne ȝehyrð þaet he hine ȝerihtlaece, saeȝe ðenne openlice on alle ȝelaðunge. c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss. Wor F.174 546/27 Eclesia: chirche, uel ileafful [gaderung]..uel ilaþung. c1225 Nic.Creed Jun 121

• refectori

to the refectory [L refectorium] of the breþer. c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) Fst D.4 575 They must kepe sylence in the qwere in the church, in the cloister, in the refectory, bothe at the first dynare and at the iide.

• knol

. A bell for a church. (1379-80) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81 99 Et in viij stanges meremii sarrandis prima vice pro le knoll, 16 d. (1379-80) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81 100 Pro factura campanaedel knoll. (1391-2) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81 110 Et in

• acten

at law). c1460 Oseney Reg. 88/23 These thynges were i-actid or doo In þe conuentuall church of Seynte ffrideswith at oxonforde, In þe vigile of Seynte marye Mawdelen. c1460 Oseney Reg. 92/18 Date and actid þe day and þe ȝere

• thurgh-hous, thurghous, thorghous, thoroughous

Lane, in the part ownership of the abbot of Stratford and of the chaplain of the chantry of St. Clement's church, is too low, so that water cannot have its course to the highway]. (1421) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 130 [Fridaysaley,

• shingler(e, shingeler, shinguler

surname. (1445) Doc. in HMC Rep.5 App. 528a Paid 2 shyngelers and a boy, mending the old rofe of the church, 20 d. (1276) Feet Fines War. in Dugd.Soc.11 937 Richard le Shynglere. (1310) Sub.R.Bdf. in Suf.GB 18 32 Henricus

• Turkein, tourkein

adj. (a) With ref. to Charlemagne's campaigns: a Muslim regarded as an infidel by the Christian church, a Saracen; (b) a member of one of the nomadic desert tribes of the Middle East allied with ancient Persia. c1330 Otuel Auch