1 Jan 1566 Jahr - wood knife

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A short sword or dagger, on record from the early fifteenth century: it is said to have been used for cutting up game or as a weapon (OED). In 1403 William Barker of Tadcaster left his <i>wodeknyf</i> to Richard Clerk (SS4/328) and in 1523 Thomas Legh bequeathed to his brother the <i>wodknyf whiche my cousyng … gave to me</i>, Rothwell (SS79/164). More seriously, in 1472 <i>Gerard Melton ... stroke a straunger with a wodknyfe & drewe blode, </i>Selby (SS85/24). In 1566 William Tomson of Sheffield left his <i>wood knyfe with two knives and a hamer</i> to his son in law: he was evidently well off, not a cutler, and had connections in London and Wolverhampton (TWH20/71). See SS85/24-1472

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