jan 1, 1600 - quillet
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A small plot or narrow strip of land, first on record in an Act of 1533-4 (OED). 1600 <i>I do deuyde the lordship into ... the freholdes ... husbandryes ... grasse farmes ... Cotages wich haue onely Crofts & common ... quillets & new rents</i>, Settrington (YRS126/4).
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