jan 1, 1623 - happing

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A bed cover, a quilt or coverlet. 1541 <i>a mattres ... a happinge and a pare of blankettes and a pare of shetes, </i>Leeds (Th19/50); 1570 <i>twelf happynges and coverlets 40s</i>, Abbotside (YRS130/8); 1617 <i>Item a matteris, a coverlitt, three sheets with an other ould happin and a cod,</i> Priesthorpe (LRS1/40); 1623 ‘for stealing ... <i>duas tapetes angl. two happins</i>’, Richmond (NRQS3/182). Note: 1576 <i>certeyne happynge garne</i>, Leeds (Th4/164).

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