jan 1, 1479 - thackboard

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Salzman considered that these were not wooden tiles or shingles, but boards which were laid across the roof in readiness for thatching, or perhaps tiling, but the evidence is not conclusive. 1327 <i>cum c thakebordes ad fabricam</i>, York (SS35/207n); 1354-5 <i>in ccc de thakbord emp. pro stauro ecclesiæ</i>, Ripon (SS81/91); 1377 <i>de nouo cooperient de unica plita de Thakborde</i>, York (SZ1/453-4); 1479 <i>solutum pro cc de le thakburds pro tegulacione eiusdem domus</i>, York (SS192/162).

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