jan 1, 1595 - jointer

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A bent piece of iron inserted to strengthen a joint (OED). The following much earlier references are in a sequence in which the jointers are used in pairs, for cupboards and windows, linked with hasps, staples, and bands. 1419 <i> iij seris et j pari juncturarum ... 4s 8d </i>, York (SS35/41); 1519 <i> Item paid for </i> <i> a payr of jontterres to a ambre in the Kyrk </i>, <i> ijd </i>; 1535 <i> Item for hespys and stapylles and jontters to ys window, iiijd </i>; 1548 <i> Item for two payre of juncters to his halle wyndoys </i>, York (CCW356). In 1595 John Petche was paid <i> for two pair of Jointed irone bands for the north ille dowre </i> of Howden Church (YAJ19/458). See ambry, aumbry.

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