jan 1, 1545 - motley

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A type of cloth of variegated colours or shades. 1388 <i> Pur j gowne de bloy mottelay </i>, Calverley (Th6/204); 1394 ‘Thomas of Gare 5 <i> blewe moteley </i> cloths and 2 <i> grene moteley </i> and 1 <i> russet moteley </i>’, York (YRS64/58): John de Thornton was a York clothier who featured regularly in these accounts, possibly the John Thornton <i> motlemaker </i> who was made a freeman in 1407 (SS96/111). It remained a popular fabric: 1455 <i> ac totum apparatum sive ornamentum altaris de motley </i>, York (SS30/202); 1517 <i> a lome to wyrk motley in </i>, York (YRS106/62); 1527 <i> to Thomas my son my motteley jackett </i>, Sherburn in Elmet (Th9/251); 1545 <i> my best shert my motley jacket </i>, Marrick (YRS152/60).

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