jan 1, 1557 - smithy gear

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A frequent word in the wills and inventories of cutlers, which covers the range of implements and tools that one would expect to find in a smithy, such as bellows, hammers, stithies, tongs and vices. In 1542 Richard Boyer of Sheffield ‘willed that Richard his son and John Hobson have all his <i>smythe gere and the coltroughe</i>’ (TWH13/71). Similarly Edward Hawke bequeathed all his <i>smethie gere</i> to his two sons (TWH13/76). In 1557 Robert Skergell made a distinction in his will between his <i>smythe gaire</i> and his <i>whelle gaire</i>, Sheffield (TWH16/109).

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