GLOSSARY.

ALMARIOLUM, 97, a small cabinet.

ALMUS, 32, 46, alms, almusa; N.E.D., under almose, a literary variant of alms, notes that perhaps the words owe something to the contemporary northern almous, Sir J. More's almoise, almoyse, and to Anglo-French almosne.

ALPENWERTH, 41, halfpennyworth.

BEHOLDING, 172, satisfactory; N.E.D. gives attractive and illustrates from Arcadia.

BORGAGE, 199, burgage, freehold land in a borough.

BOURD DALEXANDR, 96, 97, 98, a kind of striped silk.

BRANDRITH, 87, a gridiron, a tripot, or trivet of iron, originally a grate supported on three legs on the hearth; probably the last meaning is applicable here.

BREBLYNG, 171, brabbling, cavilling.

BRODDES, 38, nails.

CAPACITE, 34, legal competency.

CARLING, 177, probably a portable beam beneath a hatchway.

CLAPBORDE, 156, a small size of split oak, imported from north Germany. COGG, 73, a kind of craft used on the Humber and Ouse between Hull and York; the earliest example given in the N.E.D. is 1531.

CORPAL, 86, corporalle, a linen cloth upon which the consecrated elements are placed during celebration and with which the elements are covered after.

ESTYNGBORDES, 102, probably boards made of wood from the Baltic.
FATTE, 178, a cask or barrel to contain dry goods.

FELDFARE, 242, a kind of thrush.

GALES, 132, bay myrtle.

GARNIS, 87, generally garnish; a set of pewter vessels for table use.
GRESSOME, 145, gersum, a fine.

HALLYNG, 87, tapestry or painted cloth for the walls of a hall.

HANSING, 65, when the apprentice arrived in the mart town, he had to pay a fee at the next head court's meeting; the ceremony of paying fee, etc., was called the hansing.

HARNES, 60, 61, probably in the sense of harness cask, i.e. a barrel with a

cover.

HOLYDOM, 892, a variant of halidom, a holy relic; the expression is much used down to the sixteenth century to add emphasis to an oath. INSTECKS, 41, in the absence of a better explanation, Mr. Hamilton Thompson's suggestion with Stoks seems the most plausible.

JETTSOME, 59, 62, jetsam, the throwing of goods overboard.

KEEL, 73, 155, a flat-bottomed vessel; the term was in common use in the early fifteenth century on the north-east coast.

KNEPIE, 86, canopy?; a canopy of lace was generally thrown over the vessel in which the Host was reserved. A pyx cloth, Gloss. of Eccles. Terms. KOKETT, 62, cocket, a discharge note given by custom house officers to show that the goods had paid duty.

KYETTYS, 86, probably pieces, i.e. something cut off.
KYSTE, 47, 50, 61, kist, chest.

LAST, 155, 178, a measure of weight varying for different kinds of goods, a unit in the measurement of the ship's burden.

LIFELODE, 34, 84, obs. form of livelihood.

MATHOUMES, 7, matthooks, mattocks.

MAYNBREAD, 114, a York delicacy, a favourite gift to distinguished visitors. MEL, a measure. Canon Fowler has pointed out to me that this word should have been italicized in all Latin documents, as it rarely appears in the Latin form.

MOTE, 90, to find fault, accuse.

OSEMONDES, 155, a superior quality of iron formerly imported from the Baltic regions; the name was in use in Sweden from the earliest times, and in general use in England in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. PAIJAND, PAUJAND, 63, the movable stage on which the mistery plays were

acted.

PIXIDE, 97, the vessel in which the Host is reserved.

PORTIPHORIUM, 42, 50, 96, 97, a portable breviary in the medieval church. PUDIREN, 87, pewter.

QATERAGE, 95, a subscription paid every quarter.

REMLAND, 53, a form of remnant.

RERDOSE, 38, the brick or stone back of an open hearth.

SADNESS, 34, importance.

SERGE, 133, ciérge, a large wax candle used in religious services.

SERKES, 72, sarks, probably here used of surplices.

SICCA FIRMA, 117, 136, dry farm, i.e. paid in hard cash.

SKEP, 39, a scuttle.

SLEDDYNG, 73, a sled is a drag used for conveying heavy goods.

SPENCES, 33, expenditure in fifteenth century, generally spenses.

SURCESE, 110, 111, to desist.

TALDE, 37, 39, 42, 43, 48, 52, told, counted.

TENTERHOOK, 83, a metal hook.

THAKTYLES, 38, roofing tiles.

VENTERER, 106, aventurer or adventurer, that is a dealer in foreign produce or an exporter; the word was little used until the reign of Elizabeth. WAINSCOT, 87, 156, probably a certain dimension of board, length, breadth, and thickness regulated by the Baltic sawyers' regulations.

WAMME, 178, belly; backs and bellies are two great classes of hides.
WERCESTOW, 59. I have not been able to identify this place
WUSHULL, 109.J or this custom.

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