jan 1, 1629 - rough mason

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The OED defines a rough mason as one who built only with unhewn stone, and examples of the word are given from 1444. Yorkshire references show that some men so described were dry-stone wallers. 1579 <i>Anthony Whiteheade of Emmotte and John Reade, roughemasons</i>, Elland (BAS6/138); 1612 <i>Oswold Collyson, waller or rough maison</i>, Birdforth (NRQS1/252); 1629 <i>Richard Walker of Birstall, rough mason</i> (DD4). However, the term is much older than that, and several rough masons are named in the York freemen’s rolls, for example: 1379 <i>Rad. de Holdernesse, rughmason</i> (SS96/78).

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