jan 1, 1594 - earthpot

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A pot made of earth or clay The Civic Records of York have instructions in 1495 to people living in Ousegate not to set any earth potts … without the gutters tofore theyr shopps, York (YRS103/119) and the word was in general use 1594 an earthe pott and a paire of tonges, Knaresborough (SS104/200). ‘Earthen pot’ had the same meaning. 1489-90 ½C erthyn pottes, Hull (YRS144/212); 1579 iij bottles, earthing potts, South Cave (Kaner109). The occupational term occurs several times in York from the early fifteenth century. 1426 Richard Beverlay, erthpotter; 1457 John Potter, erdepotter (SS96).

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