1 gen 1692 anni - quern

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Used for grinding, typically for malt, mustard or pepper. 1410 <i>de j pari peperquernis</i>, York (SS45/48); 1444 <i>j maskefatt cum j par qwernes</i>, Beverley (SS30/100); 1455 <i>j parr qwerens</i>, Bossall (SS30/180); 1518 <i>on par of whernes</i>, Barkston (Th4?); 1558 <i>a paire of corne whernes</i>, Whitkirk (Th27/); 1561 <i>The Kytching ... one pair of whearnes, </i>Spaldington (YRS134/12); 1570 <i>a payer of whernes</i>, South Cave (Kaner69). Note: 1575 <i>one pare of whernestones</i>, South Cave (Kaner90).. A Sheffield boxmaker named William Harrison made smoothing-irons, and in his smithy in 1692 were the usual bellows, stithy, vices, hammers and tongs, plus <i>a paire of Quernes </i>(IH). If these were not for domestic purposes, that is grinding corn, mustard or pepper, it is difficult to say what their function might have been as smithy gear.

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