jan 1, 1420 - medley

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A cloth woven with wools of different colours or shades of colour. 1346 <i> lego ... capellano meo meliorem robam meam de medle cum omnibus apparatis </i>, Guisborough (SS4/33); 1407 <i> Item j garnac’ de vetch medle </i>, York (SS4/323); 1417 <i> unam togam de medely lined cum rubio bukeram </i>, Durham (SS116/18); 1420 <i> jupam meam longam de blewmedle cum foratura in eadem </i>, Patrington (SS116/29). Some forms suggest a link between ‘medley’ and ‘melled’: 1420 <i> et meum optimum capicium de moreymedled </i>, Patrington (SS116/30).

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