jan 1, 1599 - spence

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Usually a small room where food is kept, a pantry, but in Swaledale it may have been a type of cupboard or container. 1574 <i>A cupburd and a spence xxs</i>, Richmond (SS26/248); 1594 <i>Item a nolmarie and a litell spence 6s 8d</i>, Marske (YRS152/314); 1599 <i>Item one old mylk spenc’ one arke ... one old ambre</i>, Marrick (YRS152/359). That meaning may have evolved quite late since this was where Spence as a surname originated: 1327 <i>De Roberto del Spens</i>, Thoralby (YRS74/122), and the reference there is likely to be to a pantry or buttery.

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