jan 1, 1557 - nobit

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For ‘an obit’, that is a ceremony performed at the burial of a deceased person, or a gift in commemoration of the deceased. 1488 <i>I wylle that a nother nobylle of the same land be takyn euery yer to make a nobette with alle in Bardsay Kyrke</i> (YAJ16/224); 1506 ‘<i>a noppyt</i> for Jenet Palmar’s soul’, Leverton (YAJ2/250n); 1557 <i>I will that twentye shillings rente shalbe taken fourthe of the byrk nabbe for a nobyt ... to be downe yearely for my sowle healthe</i>, Rothwell (Th27/109).

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