1 janv. 1565 - banker

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A banker was a covering for a bench [bank] or chair, usually of tapestry, and in many contexts accompanied by a dosser and cushions (note the different spellings of the latter word). 1305 <i>pro baunkers et quissynes</i>, Bolton Priory (YRS154/185); 1390 <i>a docer & a new bancqwer & ij Cochyns</i>, York (SS4/129); 1432 <i>a rede docer with a banquere and all the whisshyns</i>, Scarborough (SS30/22); 1565 <i>two benkers stayned with armes xvs, two sewed quyshens of silke xxxs</i>, Temple Newsam (YAJ25/99). A table covering was a banker cloth: 1581 <i>1 table cloth, 1 benker clothe</i>, Anston (G-A).

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