jan 1, 1465 - mantle

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A kind of cloth, and garments or articles such as blankets made of the cloth (OED). 1346 <i> Willielmo de Driffeld mantellum meum </i>, Easingwold (SS4/23); 1392 ‘103 dozen of <i> mantal clothes </i> 100s’; ‘6 <i> mantell </i> 20s’, Hull (YRS64/10,22); 1435 <i> j mantellum de albo fryssed </i>, Castleford (Th22/249); 1465 <i> 7 mantell; 18 virgis panni linei; 13 virgis de Kendall </i>, Hull (YRS144/81). It occurs in by-names, probably with reference to a garment: 1324 <i> John Blakmantel </i>, Brighouse (YRS109/54).

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