jan 1, 1700 - pillow-bere

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A pillow-case. 1542 <i>Item one fine pillober wroght with silke: Item ij course pillobers</i>, Lindley near Otley (Th19/133); 1574 <i>Item tene pillibers of lyne, viij pillibers of femble</i>, South Cave (Kaner85); 1602 <i>8 lynnen sheetes 4 harden sheetes ... & 6 Pillowbers</i>, Knaresborough (YRS134/65); 1611 <i>two codds, a pillow beare</i>, Bingley (LRS1/13); 1700 <i>the linnen found in his possession ... one sheet, one shirt and a pillowbeare, he tooke out of a close ... as they were laid to whiten</i>, West Riding (QS1).

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