jan 1, 1579 - easting board
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Boards from eastern parts, terms used for timber imported from Norway or the Baltic. 1335 et hostia de Estrichborde cum ligaturis et crokis hespis et stapulis, York (SZ1/430); 1354 In xiij bord. de Estriche emp. pro feretro Beati Wilfridi exaltando, 2s 2d, Ripon (SS81/91); 1379-80 Et in iiij Estlandborde emp. ad ponend. subtus le Table magni clocher, 12d, Ripon (SS81/102); 1497 Et in estyngbordes xijd, York (SS129/102). The York merchants who traded with Poland, Prussia and the Scandinavian countries were incorporated into the Eastland Company in 1579 (SS129/205).
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