jan 1, 1540 - walker

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A fulling-miller, the person who originally ‘walked’ or trampled the cloth, a regional term. 1301 <i>De Rogero le Walker</i>, New Malton (YRS21/52); 1349 <i>in illo mesuagio in le Walkmylnbanke ... ex dono ... Johannis Walker</i>, Ripon (SS74/142); 1379 <i>fullo Thomas Walker</i>, Bradford (PTWR); 1436 <i>Willelmus Brunsall, walker</i>, York (SS96/151); 1484 <i>every walker shall walk the said cloth and clothez sufficiently ... so that thay be as wele walked in oon place as in an othere</i>, York (YRS98/95); 1506 <i>to send for suche on walker as shall walk and wyrk that cloth</i>, York (YRS106/21); 1540 <i>George Sympson had two Walk or fulling mills ... and in them used Walker Craft by himself or his men, </i>Leeds (YRS114/8). Note: 1379 <i>fullo Johannes Walkester</i>, Liversedge (PTWR).

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