jan 1, 1558 - penner

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A case or sheath for pens, formerly carried at the girdle. 1504 <i>vj long pennurs vd,</i> York (SS53/192); 1558 <i>my silke girdle with a siluer pennar and a siluer bockle, </i>Ledstone (Th27/225). Alternative spellings were common: 1557 <i>a gyrdyll hernysyd wyth a pynder of siluer and a buckle,</i> Pontefract (Th27/134); 1558 <i>Thomas Dursay</i> ... <i>a garnished girdle with buckle and penard of silver</i>, Warter (BIA15/3/200).

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