jan 1, 1566 - chafer

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A metal pot or pan, sometimes with three legs, in which water could be boiled over a fire. 1391 <i>Item unum chawfur æneum cum tribus pedibus ad coquinam Abbatis,</i> York (SS4/141); 1434 <i>lego Johanni Staynerode ... unum chaffer et unum craterem</i>, Campsall (SS30/39); 1535 <i>Item a great chalfer vjs viijd</i>, Stillingfleet (YRS45/129); 1566 <i>j great fier chawfer and j possnet</i>, Richmond (SS26/193). Note the by-name: 1301 <i>De Johanne del Chaufeur</i>, Rainton (YRS21/3).

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