jan 1, 1557 - cypress

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A coniferous tree with hard durable wood which grew in Western Asia and the south of Europe. The wood was used for furniture, especially for chests. In 1395 John de Scardeburgh’s inventory had <i>Una cistula Ciprensis, pret. iijs iiijd,</i> and one <i>mensa Ciprensis, pret. viijs</i> (SS45/7). It featured frequently thereafter: 1502 <i>et unum Cubbord de Cipris</i>, Liversedge (Th24/309); 1509 <i>a long chist of cipresse tre</i>, Dewsbury (SS79/6); 1535 <i>a chist of Sipres wherin were contened diuerse … praty thinges</i>, Stillingleet (YRS45/128); 1557 <i>one sypers cheste, xiij pare of lynnynge shetts in the same</i>, Thornton Bridge (SS26/99). For references to cypress as a fabric see sipres.

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