jan 1, 1595 - mazer

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This was usually a bowl or goblet, made of ‘mazer’ wood and ornamented with silver. 1257 <i> de ij macer </i>, Harpham (ERAS21/71); 1348 <i> et unum mazerium cum pede argenti </i>, Emley (SS4/50); 1394 <i> unum ciphum de Masar </i>, Birstall (Th22/241); 1433 <i> et unum maser flat cum singula liga argenti deauratum </i>, York (SS30/48); 1558 <i> to Gilbert Brokebanke a maser dight with siluer </i>, Elland (Crossley195). Examples of ‘mazer’ as a type of wood are less common: 1314 ‘as far as a tree called <i> le Mazertre </i> growing in the said garden’, Kirkburton (YRS63/65). Items imported into Hull in the late fifteenth century included: 1490 <i> 2 massar holtes </i> (YRS144/206), which were possibly pieces of mazer wood. Both meanings may occur in the following: 1595 <i> one cupp, bowle or maser of silver and maser gilded </i>, Bingley (LRS2/110). It has been suggested that mazer wood was maple.

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