jan 1, 1557 - rowell

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A wheel-shaped chandelier, a fitting in many churches. 1531 <i>I witt ijd to the mindyng of the rowell in the sayd churche of Saynt Feles</i>, Thirsk (YAJ22/204); 1539 <i>I will that the xs which I delivered to the churche grevis shall remane to be a stoke to find one Rowell befor the blissed sacrament</i>, Methley (Th35/101); 1557 <i>I bequeath towards the making of the Rowell iiijd,</i> Woodkirk (Th27/95). An occupation noted in York may refer to a maker of such rowells rather than to a specialist spurrier: 1390 <i>Johannes Fauconer, roueller</i> (SS96/90).

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