jan 1, 1541 - wedset
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An alternative spelling of the legal term ‘wadset’, that is to pledge land. <i>c.</i>1440 <i>a place here … wolde I wedde-sette, </i>York (OED); 1505 <i>My wyffe to have my purchest and my wedsett land in Clyffe</i>, Hull (SS79/39n); 1541 <i>ij howses … whiche William Woode of Ricall wedset to me</i>, Osgodby (HAH335).
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