• reparinge

freers minors in London..haue letten to the sayd Maire and Aldermen and comnalte..a porcyon of grownde on the West parte of ther church to the use, repayreyng, and sustaynyng of the bryge of London, for to edifie the sayd place.

• scauinge, scawang, skewinge, -enge

cp. ME scauage n. A custom levied on goods shown for sale within London. ?a1325 Liber Cust.Lond. in RS 12.2 63 Il se departe de la neif et prenge houstel denz la citee, et son avoir soit ensemble ove luy

• shir-rẹvehede, shrevhede, sherivehode, shreve-

his office off Sherevehood passyng oo yere togedir. c1450 Gt.Chron. Gldh 3313 8 This same yere were the Shrevehodes of london and Myddelsex leten to ferme..for ccc li. by yere. a1475 Godstow Reg. Rwl B.408 70/10 In-to witnes of þis

• dibbel, debil

for digging holes, a dibble; Dibleslane , a lane in London. (1352) Will Court Hust. Gldh 1.665 [In the lane called] Dibleslane. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 33a Debyll: pastinatum, subterritorium. ?c1475 Cath.Angl. Add 15562 35b A Dybyll [Monson: Dibbille]: pastinatum,

• embracerie

yette is usid in this shire. (1456) Paston 3.85 Jenney hath advised us to ley it in Blithinge hundred..as for London, it is to nyghe enbracerye. (1480) Doc.Mercer in Hibbert EGilds 64 Eny confederacye or embracerye wherebie any prejudices, hurt,

• lollerie

E.8:Kingsf. 308 In the same yere of kynge henryis Regne the V, sir John Oldcastell..was arestid for lollerye and commyttid to the toure of london. a1500 Satir.Procl. Add 46846 167 For usyng of lollarye I myght not abide in Englond.

• ouing

is gouerned in sixe maners of a noun, by strengthe of owyng, as the lord of thys place is atte London. c1450 ?C.d'Orl. Poems Hrl 682 5/139 Remembir the thou art a gentille man..For thou shalt wite that ther be

• batand

[F tut drait] to Canterbiri & þer ȝald him his fee. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.149 Batand [F bataunt] fro Cezile com him a messengere. ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 Petyt 511 p.307 So com þe erle Marschalle baitand to London.

• sakken, sekken

sekkyn gelle for sche xuld ben holdyn a fool. (c1438) MKempe B Add 61823 243/12 Fro þens sche went to London, clad in a cloth of canvas as it wer a sekkyn gelle as sche had gon be-ȝondyn þe se.

• abaiten, abeiten, abaten

The huntresse had abated her dogge..at a barayne hynde. a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) Add 10099 519/3 Þer was many A man in London þat Abbayted and wold fayn haue seen A comon robbery. a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS Hrl 1701 181 Hys flesshe on

• benevolus

p.61 He graunted pardon vnto all trespasoures, Of whiche thei were full glad..Amendyng all their faultes..With all their hertes full beneuolous. 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B Grafton p.157 Then Augustyne made..Mellito..Of London then byshoppe full vertuous, A clarke that was then beneuolus.

• brake-man, breke-

who beats iron into bars. (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57 354 The brekeman at London. a1525(?1435) Cov.Leet Bk. 181 Smythiers, brakemen, gurdelmen & Cardwirdrawers..he will com to his Brakemon & sey to hym, `Here is a ston of rough-iron, the

• clene

388 1914 He..couet þat cleane [i.e. Hesione]..ffor to lede to his londe vppon lyue home. (a1470) Stonor 1.111 Wryten yn London the ij Monday of clene. c1300 SLeg.Chris. Hrl 2277 52 Þo he [the Devil] þe croice ipassed was, he

• commendabli

Gldh LetBk I & K 115/218 Sauynge alwey priuileges, statutes, and Custumes of þe Cite of London commendably vsed. c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap. Dc 114 384/16 Hee þat wole..bisye hym to fulfille hit, hee doþ welle & commendabely. c1475-a1600(a1473) Fortescue Declaration Clermont

• cordẹr

weaves a cord. (1207) Fine R.King John 399 Germanus Corder, Civis London. (1207) Fine R.King John 453 Radulphus Corder. (1307) Will Court Hust. Gldh 1.194 Roger le Corder. 1402(1347) Assess.Edw.III in Archaeol.Cant.10 123 Galdano Corder. c1450 Pilgr.LM Cmb Ff.5.30 204

• enfraunchisen, -eisen

Euery barbour, enfrauncheised householder, and other occupier of the same craft holdyng eny shoppe of barberye wythin the Citie of London. (1451) Let.Bk.Lond.K Gldh LetBk K 336 Eny persone being straungier, alien born out of this land, not enfrauncheised in

• sedicious, sediciose, cedicious

against the constituted authority; also, riotous, unruly [1st quot.]. ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul. Jul B.2 79 Hit semeth..behofull that the Toure off London shulde have be..vitaylled and kepte..ffor sedicious..Billes and Langage..sovnyng into ffongyng off Insurreccion and Rebellion ayens the kyngis pees. (1443)

• peutrer, peuterer, peuderer, peudrer, peautrer, peauterer, peutrerer

made..bitwene John Parys, Citezeyn and peautrer of London..and Nicholas Boylle, Citezeyn and draper of London. -?-(1375) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 71 Joh. Carter, pewderer, de London. (1313) Sub.R.Bristol(1) in BGAS 19 223 Willielmus le Peutrer. (1350) in Fransson Surn. 139

• Carm(e, carm, carom, carine, caryne, camys

(b) frere(s carmes , a Carmelite house; esp., the one in Fleet Street in London. (1395) EEWills 7/24 To the freres carmes in Fletstret of london. a1400 Preste ne monke Cleo B.2 266 Whedre it be swa, That frer Carmes

• grocer, groser, grosor, grosser, grossier

Hall in London; (c) as surname. (1363) Statutes Realm 1.379 Les Marchauntz nomez grossers engrossent totes maneres des marchandises vendables, & le pris de tiele marchandie levent sodeinement. (1418) Grocer Lond. in Bk.Lond.E. 200/190 William Grome, Freman of london, vsyd