jan 1, 1510 - astelwood

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Chips of wood or splinters, suitable for kindling. The editor of the fabric rolls for York Minster interpreted it as ‘hazel wood’: 1415 <i>Et in m. ascelwod empto de Johanne Lemyng, 21s 6d </i>[to burn lime], York (SS35/34); 1432 <i>dimidium chaldre carbonum marinorum, di. hascelwodd</i>, York (SS30/23); 1445-6 <i>cc astelwod pro blumbo</i> [sic] <i>et vitro cum stanno prædicto operandis 2s 8d</i>, Beverley (ERAS7/60); 1510 <i>a hundreth fagats ... a thowsande astyllwode </i>... <i>a thowsaunde turfez</i>, York (YRS106/33).

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