• pinner(e

246 Ric.Atwelle, pynner. (c1457) Rec.Norwich 1 411 John Merssh, pynner. (1471) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 191 In custodia Machon de London, pynner. c1475 Gregory's Chron. Eg 1995 184 Ande in that same yere there was a pynner hyngge hym sylfe

• poundage, pondage, pundage

acustomed for to passe undir poundage. (1438) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.129 50 Item, payd for the swte of pondage at London, xx s. (1450) RParl. 5.183a Youre said Communes been..empoveryshed..by the graunt of Tonnage and Poundage. (1452) Proc.Privy C. 6.118

• precellen, precelle

precellen v. Also precelle . From L praecellere . (a) To surpass (sb. or sth.), be superior to; (b) to excel; ppl. precelling , pre-eminent, surpassing. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 1.3889 My brother..all other in fraude doth precell

• Lire, lir, lier, liure, lure

Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 3 [1 1/2 cloths of better scarlet..2 of black of] lyre..[and 3 rolle of black] fryse [of] lyre [of London make]. (1419) in Lofvenberg Contrib.Lex. 40 [Hose of black cloth of] Lyre. (1421) Will York in Sur.Soc.45 63 Togam

• mairaltẹ, mairaltie, meiralte(e, meraltie

power..& use þat perteneth to þe office of meyraltee of þis town. (1437) Let.Bk.Lond.K Gldh LetBk K 215 Wryten at London under þe seale of þoffice of our Mairalte. (1438) LRed Bk.Bristol 2.170 The Seal of the office of the

• mommen, mom, mum(me(n, mommed, imummed

and manaced to þe deth. a1456(1429) Lydg. Mum.Goldsmiths Trin-C R.3.20 p.698 A mommynge, whiche þe goldesmythes of þe Cite of London mommed in right fresshe and costele welych desguysing. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 348 Mummyn, as þey þat noȝt speke:

• hindraunce

to us unto our grete grevaunce Of suche londes and of suche nacions! a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP Warner 432 They lyve..in London wyth suche chevesaunce That men call usure to oure losse and hinderaunce. (1450) RParl. 5.200a To th'anyentisement of his

• horner(e

world except in this land. (1464) RParl. 5.567a The men of the Craft of Horners enfraunchised in the Cite of London. c1450 Trin-C.LEDict. Trin-C O.5.4 575/31 Cornicarius: an hornere. (1256) Close R.Hen.III 311 Rogerus Horner. (1275) in Fransson Surn. 167

• neigh-bi

Shillingford 141 So was made a new brigge..of the lengthe or negh by and of the same mason werk as London brigge. (a1470) Malory Wks. Win-C 238/5 By that they com nygh by a londys length, they jowked downe with

• nouel, nouelle, niewel

nowell, ij d. (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1 386 Thomas..and John shall do make and be brought vn to london at their costes xxxij Nowels eueryche of them iiij fote and iij quarter long..And they shall haue and take

• orpedli, orpedeliche, horpedli

B.171 71/2 Þai defendede ham wel and horpedly aȝeynz ham. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 2.8001 Late vs ordeyn..to saile..& london horpidly, What-euere falle..lat vs nat ben a-ferde. ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 Corp-C 174 298/1 At þe brigge of Cadomy, manly &

• quilet, quelet, quelecte, coillet, coilthe

collectionem]..bote comfortynge eferychone oþer. (1415) Rec.Norwich 1 108 Alle Craftes yat wilbe Cladde shal be cladde after ye fourme of London, And yat same clothynge bere ye name of ye same Craftes and of none other, and yat no craft

• bank(e, bonke

or benche. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb Gg.4.12 257 In this ȝere [1392] the Bank and the Chauncelry was translat fro London to York. The hold or hull (of a ship). a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) Dc 291 119a Þei scheteþ with arblastes grete

• recordour(e, recordur, -er, -are

to the Brueres, [etc.]. ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul. Jul B.2 49 At the secounde table satyn the Mair, Recordour, and Aldermen off London. (1447) Shillingford 17 Y pray yow that..oure Recorder have knoweliche of all thyng that y have write home. (1463-4)

• reinen, reinde, i)reined, regned, reind, rained

þe morow. a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) Add 10099 509/10 Maister Iohn Hune & Maister Roger Bolyngbroke wer brought to þe Guyldhalle in London, &..wer þei rayned, & dampned both to be drawen, hanged, & quartred. a1500(?c1450) Merlin Cmb Ff.3.11 18 She is

• inhibicioun, inebucioun, innebucion

inhibited me by your auctorytee..of the whiche inhibicyon I myght neyþere hafe syght ne copy..to suche tyme as I sent..to London for a copye. (c1458) Let.Oxf. in OHS 36 345 Yf eny scolars servant..be a restede by þe meyre or

• journeien

oþer bi þe wey which he not seeþ. (c1443) Pecock Rule Mrg M 519 267 Aman walking and journeyng from london to seint Albons..wole leue þe pleyn esy wey. (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 174 Whanne sche [Rachel] departid from

• kidel, kedel

Rep.4 App. 427 [W. Spite,] Kidelman. (1406) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. 283 [The king's predecessors had granted to the citizens of London the right of removing] kydels [in Thames and Medway]. (1472-5) RParl. 6.158b By the laudable Statute of Magna Carta,

• Lancaster

Know ye us the foresaide Lancastre to haue geven and graunted unto the honurable Crafte..of Iremongers of the citie of London a token of armes..we the saide Lancastre Kyng of Armes to these present lettres haue putt our seall of

• sprig(ge, spryd-, spryng-, spurgat-, sprigges, sprigge, spryd

Co. 33 Item, for Ml. Spriggenayll, viij d. (1464-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf. in OAST 78 63 Pro v centenis de sprig nayle. (1471-3) MSS Penshurst in HMC 1.236 Pro mmd spryggis emptis apud London ad opus manerii, 2 s. 1 d.