jan 1, 1585 - axboot

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A lease of the manor of Thorpe Underwood in 1524 reserved the woods and springs to the abbot but granted to Francis Man and his son <i>housbote, axbot, ploughbot, cartbote and fyrebote</i> (YRS140/107): these were rights to get timber for specific purposes and ‘axbot’ may be either a reference to wood for the helves of axes, or wood for an axle-tree. ‘Ax’ in this sense is not found after the Old English period (OED) but some compound examples survived into the sixteenth century, for example, 1585 <i>j long wayne … ij yron ax-nailes … and two ax-trees </i>(SS38/112).

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