jan 1, 1489 - levant

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A type of linen imported from the Low Countries. It may have takien its name from Leuven the capital of the Flemish province of Brabant, in modern Belgium: 1465 <i>3 C virgis lewan </i>, Hull (YRS144/89); 1470 <i>that noo saddiller ... set no seyte but of newe cannes or lewent </i>, York (SS120/92); 1485 <i>de panno lineo vocato lewan lxvj ulnae, </i>Ripon (SS64/366); 1489-90 <i>60 vergis lewantt </i>, Hull (YRS144/218).

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