jan 1, 1448 - mortuary

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A customary gift to the minister of a parish from the estate of a deceased person, usually the testator’s best animal. 1347 <i> et son melior best pour son mortuer </i>, Healaugh Park (SS4/47); 1393 <i> Item lego pro mortuario meo meliorem (sic) animal meum Rectori de Thornor </i> (Th2/98); 1448 <i> Et optimum meum animal nomine mortuarii mei </i>, Leeds (Th2/100). The English word is on record from this period: 1444 <i> for my beriall xls ... for my mortuary my best gown ford, </i> Hull (SS30/105).

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