jan 1, 1546 - gullet-nail

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A type of nail, usually said to be large and used in fixing gutters, although references in the churchwardens’ account of St Michael, Spurriergate, link them with ‘tingles’, in securing the bell wheels and carved angels’ wings. 1419 <i>Et in v.c. guletnaile, prec. 5d</i>, York (SS35/38); 1456 <i>pro diversis clavis, viz … vij.m golettnaill, £7 6s 2d</i>, York (SS35/67); 1504 <i>vjc gullyt naylles iiijd</i>, York (SS53/191); <i>c</i>.1520 <i>Item pro gullet nayles 2d,</i> Ripon (SS81/206); 1543-4 <i>Pro j.m gullit nailes, 6d</i>, York (SS35/111); 1546-7 <i>and gullyt naylles for the aungelles weynges ijd ob</i>, York (CCW304).

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