jan 1, 1596 - wheelwright

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A maker of wheels and wheeled vehicles. Found as a by-name and surname in different parts of Yorkshire: 1308 <i>Alcok le Quelewrigh</i>, Hipperholme (YRS36/181); 1346 John <i>Whelwryght</i>, Selby (YRS42/188); 1379 <i>Richard Qwelwryght</i>, Halton West (PTWR); 1399 <i>Et de 20s de Johanne Quwelewright in emendacione facta pro convenc’ fracta in cariagio meremii,</i> York (SS35/14). The inventory of Thomas Dalby was drawn up in 1400 and it lists his debts to a wheelwright for items which relate to a carriage formerly in his possession: <i>Alano Quelewright, pro lymers, j codd pour le charet, et j sege, et iiij cloutez … et aliis clavis pur le charet,</i> Richmond (SS45/16). In 1504, land in Thornton le Moor was <i>in the haldyng of Bulmere, a whele wryght</i> (YAJ6/227) and in Beverley, in 1596, the <i>Wheale wrightes</i> were in the guild of carpenters and joiners (YRS84/67).

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