jan 1, 1446 - gourder

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Gourds were the large fruit of certain plants, and when these were hollowed out and dried they served as vessels or floats. It is uncertain just when the word came to be applied to containers made of other materials but Chaucer mentioned wine in gourds and an unusual occupational nickname provides additional evidence in the fifteenth century: 1446 <i>Et de Henrico</i> <i>Gourdskyn pro licencia ... ad vendendum vinum de Reynyssh per retalliam infra civitatem, </i>York (SS192/29). Two other occupational terms may imply that the practice was established in the city from the early fourteenth century, perhaps brought there from the Continent: 1328 <i>Philippus de Turnay, gourder </i>(SS96/25); 1336 <i>Martin le Gourdmaker</i>, York (SS96/32). Note: 1379 <i>de Johanne Skynwyn</i>, brewer, Cotness (PTER).

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