jan 1, 1557 - marble

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A cloth of variegated colours, resembling some kinds of marble. 1521 <i> pro xiij virg. panni lanei coloris marble empt. pro vestura choristarum </i>, Ripon (SS81/274); 1555 <i> Item vij yards of marble, xjs viijd </i>, Kendal (SS26/86). The adjective was used for clothes made of such material: 1527 <i> to my brother John a marble Jacket </i>, Menston (Th9/249); 1544 <i> to Elizabeth Gyll my marbell kyrtell </i>, Timble (SS104/42); 1557 <i> To Harry Fentyman my sonne my marble coott, </i> Swillington (Th27/131).

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