1 gen 1618 anni - house of office

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A building for some special purpose, not a dwelling-house. 1419 <i>thaire halles and thaire houses of office</i>, York (YAJ22/277); 1450-5 <i>wyth many oder howsys of officys qwylk er all fallyn doune,</i> Anlaby (YAJ39/70); 1532 <i>also one barke mylne kylne with odre howses of office,</i> Fountains Abbey (YRS140/241); 1553 <i>all howses, laithes, gardens, howses of office</i>, Wadsworth (Crossley86); 1618 <i>In th’one of those wings there be two kitchins, bakehouse, brewehouse, and other houses f office</i>, Breckenbrough (SS53/270n). Note this description of the main dwelling room of a Leeds clothier: 1576 <i>In the Offyse Howse</i> (Th4/163).

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