jan 1, 1559 - appraise

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To assign a money value to an item. The appraiser valued property when the inventory of the goods of deceased persons were drawn up: 1559 <i>15 oxen praised at 30s a piece</i>, North Stainley (YRS134/3). To apprize has a similar origin and was also abbreviated: 1555 <i>beddynge whiche was Kataryn Thwait widow … prisyd by us Thomas Thwait,</i> etc., Sedbusk (YRS130/4).

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