• executorie

of hit promissed. (1442) RParl. 5.56a Whiche Statute and Ordenaunce aboveseid be nat executorie but onely within the Cite of London. (1444) RParl. 5.113a This Statute begynne to be of force and executorye in the Fest of Mighelmesse..and in no

• gauger, gaugeour, gaugour, gaugeur

and truly by the Kynges Gaugeours, or their Deputees, be gaugyd. (1446) Proc.Privy C. 6.50 Þe Mair & aldremen of London complaigne hem upon..þe gauger, þat taketh iiij d. for þe gauging of every tonne. (1259) Pat.R.Hen.III 10 William Gauger.

• gaunter, ganter

Johannes le Gauntir. (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2 711 Adam le Ganter. (1288) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.5 25 De Gilberto de London, Gaunter..De Willelmo le Carecter, Gaunter. (1313) Sub.R.Bristol(1) in BGAS 19 252 Walterus le Gaunter. (1332) in Fransson Surn. 126

• gelle, gele, gille

don on a whyte canwas in maner of a sekkyn gelle. (c1438) MKempe B Add 61823 243/12 Sche went to London, clad in a cloth of canvas as it wer a sekkyn gelle. (1440) PParv. Hrl 221 194 Gylle, fowle

• Dene-marchish, Den-marchish, -markis, Dan-merkes

3528 Þe Danmarkes dukes and erlles. a1450 St.Editha Fst B.3 3263-6 Þe Denmarkys drovyn hym in to Normandye..come aȝeyn to London, & þere dude dye; þe Denmarkys werre was vpon hym so strong. c1450(c1420) Wyntoun Chron. Roy 17.D.20 6.1559 The

• eliten, elit, elit(ed

welbeloved Dame Mawde Everyngham to be accepted and elited for your priouresse there. a1500(c1450) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 Add 46846 159 All such personnes citezeins of the seid cite of London, that by yow and the commonaltie there shulbe elit shireves.

• pelliper, pellipare, piliper

j pellipario furranti j jupam domini..xx s. (1327) Doc. in Riley Mem.Lond. 153 [Our well-beloved men of our city of London, called the] Pellipers [have entreated us..that every fur in itself should contain a certain measure]. (a1468) in Hearne Liber

• penitenciarie, penitaunceri

Penitenciary: penitenciarius. a1500(?1421) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 Add 46846 27 Of which lesings one is, that he shulde have made a letter y sett upon Faukener is gate, thanne maire of London, and [he is] cast into the Penitauncery of Poules.

• mommer, mummer

Trin-C R.3.20 p.695 Nowe filoweþe a lettre..brought by a poursuyaunt in wyse of mommers desguysed to fore þe Mayre of London. (a1464) Capgr. Chron. Cmb Gg.4.12 275 These men..purposed to falle on the Kyng sodeynly at Wyndesore, undir the coloure

• grained

grained ppl. adj. From grain n.; cp. engreinen . (a) Fast dyed in scarlet or other color, engrained; (b) cloth , cloth with a rough texture. (1374) Will York in Sur.Soc.4 92 Lego eidem Emmae unam armilansam..de blueto et

• apposicioun

relatyf schull acorde wyth the nominatyf case that goth by fore and not wyth that at comyth after jn apposicion..ciuitas London que est plena mercibus est collandanda. a1500(?a1450) GRom. Add 9066 416 Yonge childryn that gone to the scole haue

• hasti(e, hastẹ

oute the hastier borthen of a woman. (1448) Shillingford 55 Ye shall remembre my Lorde of oure comynge haste to London, of oure beynge ther, and how we departed thens. c1450(a1449) Lydg. SSecr. Sln 2464 847 That discrecyoun As lady

• orfeverie, orfeovre

(a) Goldsmith's's work; (b) the goldsmiths' quarter in London. a1475 Asneth Hnt EL 26.A.13 308 Þe coronall þat couered her hed, in the pavement sche yt laide; Here byes als and bracelettes of riche orfeoure, & in the north part

• barberie, barbo(u)rie, barborery

vertu of spicerie. (1450) Doc. in Power Craft Surg. 322 Euery barbour..holdyng eny shoppe of barberye wythin the Citie of London. (1450) Doc. in Power Craft Surg. 324 No barbour nor other able personne vsing barbourye shall enfourme eny foreyn

• barge-man

RC 57 383 Item, my mastyr paid to the bargemenne fore iij dayis goyinge to Grenewyche, and a geyne fro London wyth the enbasetors, xxviij s. a1605(?a1500) Lond.Lickpenny Hrl 542 115 I praye a barge man, for gods sake, that

• infortuni(e

L infortunium]. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn. Hrl 2261 453 In the seide tempeste thei were drownede..For whiche infortuny a parliamente was kepede at London. a1500(?a1430) Lydg. Pilgr. Stw 952(1) 16326 Nat-with-stondyng my gret vnhappy Infortunye..O blysfull lady, I ffle vnto the.

• throuster, throwesters, throwestres

RParl. 5.506a Prayen and besechen the Silkewomen and Throwesters of the Craftes and Occupation of Silkework within the Cite of London, which be and have been Craftes of women within the same Cite..That..wher uppon..before this tyme, many a wursshipfull woman

• scriblen, scribul, scrib(b)led, scribeled

Englond BodPoet e.1 p.272 Ne pene cane scribull the totall declaracyon, For women vpon them tak such domynacyon. c1613(c1465) Plumpton Let. 14 Scribled in hast with mine owne hand in default of other helpe att London the 21 of June.

• triapolitan, triapolitanes

a triad of ecclesiastical metropolitan seats. a1500(c1400) St.Erk. Hrl 2250 36 Of þis Augustynes art is Erkenwolde bischop At loue London toun..Syttes semely in þe sege of Saynt Paule mynster Þat was þe temple Triapolitan. a1500(c1400) St.Erk. Hrl 2250 31

• aditen

aditen v. Cp. enditen . (a) To write or compose (a letter); (b) to accuse (sb.), indict; also, to condemn. c1330(?c1300) Bevis Auch 3140 A leter he let for to write, In þis maner he dede it adite [vr.