jan 1, 1504 - stouring-nail

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For securing stours or stowers. The Selby examples below were among items used in the re-building of a stable and the repair of a house: 1413-4 ‘And for 360 <i>stovres … </i>240 <i>spikyng</i> ... 3600 <i>stovryngnayll’</i>, Thorpe Willoughby (SAR126); 1416-7 ‘For 60 <i>daubingstoures</i> ... and 180 stowering nails’, Selby (YAJ48/127)’. The following may be a transcription error: 1504 <i>Item vm scowryng nayll iiijs</i>, York (SS53/191). See stouping-brod.

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