• commodious, commodose

commodious adj. Also commodose . ML & OF (a) Fertile (land, soil); (b) convenient, profitable, advantageous, useful; (c) pleasant; affable. (?a1439) Lydg. FP Bod 263 2.3791 For greyn and fruit a lond ful couenable..Riht comodious & wonder delectable. (?1440)

• conrei, conrai, correi, currie

Agusel hadde þe first bataille..A-child [Petyt: Achill] of Denmark þe þrydde conreye [Petyt: correie]. c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M. Auch 8544 Sche..to London toke þe way Wiþ alle Taurus korray, Sex hundred cartes..Al charged wiþ mete & store. Arrangements (for entertaining). a1400(a1325)

• corser, coursour, cursour

55 Anketill le Corser. (1313) Close R.Edw.II 564 Henry le Coursour. (1383) Doc. in Riley Mem.Lond. 480 [Thomas Culpyn, of London] corsor. a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 39b/b Mago [read: Mango]: a cursour. (c1440) Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9 no.345 Þe

• coster, costour, coustur, cost(e)res

hongynges of hall and chaumbres ther being. (1464-5) Acc.Howard in RC 57 486 My master payd to his bedmaker at London fore x li. lyere fore the grett costere..for viij li. lyere for odre ij costres. a1500 Rule Serve Ld.

• chep, chepe, cheap, chap, chaip

Chep, Chep-side , a wide street in London in which markets were held: Cheapside; (b) Est-chep, West-chep (in London); (c) see Smith PNElem. 1.84. (1257) in Harben Dict.Lond. 136 The chepe [of London]. c1325(1307) Execution Fraser Hrl 2253 181 Wiþ

• warde-robe, warderob, wardrobe, ward(e)rop(e, wardroppe, wardrap(e, warddrope, werderobe, wordrobe, wardedrope, wardroure, wadrop

kepyng of oure Beddis and other Harneys within oure Toure of London, otherwyse called the said Office of kepyng of oure litell Warderobe within the said Toure of London. (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57 184 My master delyverd to Willyam

• brigge, brugge, bregge, brigges, bruggen

SEChron. Lamb 306 32 This yere Sowthewerke, London, the Brygge, and the most part of the Cite of London was brent. a1500(c1465) SEChron. Lamb 306 62 This yere fell downe the Towre of London Brygge with ij arches. ?a1500(?1458) Off

• shir-rẹve, shireve, shirive, shirrefe, shir(r)ef, shirrif(e, shiriffe, shir(r)ief, sirreve, sher(r)eve, sherive, sherref, sheref(fe, shereref, sherrif, sherif(e, sherof, serive, cherrief, sherve, sherf(e, shoref, shrive, shrif, shrief, shreve, shrewe, shref, sserreve, scir(r)eve, scerreve, serreve, shreb-, shirew, scirref, shirve, scr reue, shirreves, shurreves, scrives-, shirreves, shirrives, shireffes, chereves, shoreffes, shriffes, scirerevan, sirrefan, schererys

callet Gylbert, þat was scheryue of London. a1500(c1465) SEChron. Lamb 306 32 All presentes..were..chosyn Mayr and Shoreffes for the Cite of London. a1500(c1465) SEChron. Lamb 306 34 The kynge grawnted that eche Shereffe of London sholde have ij Clerkis and

• loller(e, lollar, louller, louler

HM 137 6.2,4 Whanne ich wonede on cornehulle, Kytte and ich in a cote, cloþed as a lollere..Among lollares of london and lewede heremytes. c1400(?a1387) PPl.C Hnt HM 137 10.103 Alle þat han here hele and here eyen syghte And

• main-pris(e, -price, -pres, maineprise, meinpris(e, maimpris, maunprise

fee make oure maynpryce, No kyn. (1472-3) RParl. 6.37a They or he..be commytted to the warde of the Shirefs of London, there to abide in prisone withoute baille or maynprise. a1500 Discip.Cler. Wor F.172 65 Al thi brethren and friendis

• mercer, merser, mersier

221 333 Meercere: Marcerus [Win: Mercerus; KC: mercenarius]. (1441) Proc.Privy C. 5.180 Þe Kyng graunted to..Wollesley, citizen and mercer of London, þat during þe Kynges plaiser he shal mow bringe into þis land clothes of arras & furres. (c1443) Pecock

• merceri(e, marcerie, mersorie

the mercers (prob. textile merchants) have their shops; ?a building used by mercers [1st quot.]; (d) the Mercers' Guild of London. c1300 SLeg.Greg. LdMisc 108 20 He founde Marchauns at rome with Mercerie [Corp-C: merceri] wel hiende; to sullen huy

• mold(e, moulde, mulde, moldes, molden

to london iiijcxvj fote of legement table..in the forme that ys callid casshepeed according to a molde to theym therof deliuered by the said William. (1442) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1 386 They shal..be made and brought vn to London

• barbour, barbur, barber, barbre

schauynge hows: barbitondium. A member of a craft-guild or company of barbers and barber-surgeons; hal , the guild-hall of the London Company of Barbers. (1308) in Young Barber-Surgeons 24 Ric[ardu]s le Barbour..electus est et presentatus per Barbitonsores [etc.]. (1381) in

• Troi(e, trai

area around and including Troy; contree ; toun ; to ward (wardes , toward Troy; (b) (the) neue, neue , London; also with ref. to Britain [1st quot.]; (c) a name used for the town of Xanten in Rhenish Prussia.

• West-minster, westminstre, westminstur, westmister, westmenster, westmenstre, westmester, westmunster, westmunstre, westmustre, westeminster, westeminstre, wesminster, waestminstre

wesminster , (early) waestminstre . OE West-mynster , (infl.) West-mynstre . (a) The area of Westminster, near the City of London, esp. as the national seat of justice and administration; also, the liberty of Westminster as an area of legal

• chevishen, cheveshen, -ichen, chevice, -ise, -is, -es

myche money as they may chevesshe. (1455) Paston 3.52 Besechyng you that ye wol wochesafe to chevesshe for her at London xxti marke. (1469) Paston 5.48 What money ye coude fynde the menys to get or chevysche uppon suerte sufficient,

• feveryer, feverer, feberyer, feverel

xv day of ffeberȝer. (1453) Doc. in Morsbach Origurk. 48 Ye X day of ffeuerȝeer. (1474) Paston 5.204 Wretyn at London the xx daye off Feverer. c1475 Mankind Folg V.a.354 684 On ȝestern day, in Feuerere, þe ȝere passyth fully.

• fikes, fics, fis, fiches

y added, attricez, ficz [Ch.(2) : fykes]. c1425 Arderne Fistula Sln 6 55/26 French men calleþ emeroydez fics, men of London calleþ þam pilez. ?c1425 Chauliac(2) Paris angl.25 8b/b Sekenessis of þe fundement..emoroydes..fikes & attrices. c1450 Med.Bk.(1) Med-L 136 236/749

• forcer, forcer, focer, forshir, forsure

forser hath vnschete Wher-in wasse spred all my wor[l]dely Rychesse. (1408) Close R.Hen.IV 368 [William Parker and Roger Whitberde of London], forcermakers. (1411) Close R.Hen.IV 237-8 Forcermaker. (1467) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst. 616 Item pro xii nest forcers val.xl s. (1467)