jan 1, 1432 - limeburner

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One who burns limestone to make lime. 1299 <i>John Lymbrinner </i>, Scarborough (YRS31/111); 1409 <i>computant cum Willelmo Lymbirner pro calce empto de eodem ad opus barræ </i>, Beverley (ERAS4/30). These continued in use as occupational by-names rather than hereditary surnames: 1432 <i>Richard Lymebirner de Tadcastre pro xxvj carectatis calcis vivi £4 2 4 </i>, York (SS35/50). Sand and lime were needed to make mortar, and there was a constant demand for both in the Middle Ages when so much building was taking place. The names of the labourers who transported the lime in York were entered into the freemen’s rolls: 1389 <i>Thomas Hughesson, lymportour </i>; 1394 <i>Thomas de Tadcaster, lymeberer </i>, York (SS96).

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