1 gen 1619 anni - tables

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The game of backgammon (OED) but possibly used more widely for other board games. These were imported into Hull in the fifteenth century: 1453 <i>2 duss’ par’ playng tabilles</i>; <i> 60 scok tabylmen</i> (YRS144/4,61); 1490 <i>De j pari tabellarum</i>, York (SS53/56); 1568 <i>Item 3 pare of plaing tables with men for the same</i>, Healaugh Park (YRS134/34); 1607-8 <i>Richard Fawcett of New Malton for keeping unlawfull games or play at cardes and tables in his house</i> (NRQS1/101). A Ripon inventory of 1485 has: <i>tabula lusoria cum hominibus, </i>possibly chessmen, and a Bury will of 1459 has <i>unum par de tablis cum chesemen et tabilmenys</i> (SS64/366). In 1619 5s was <i>Given to my lo</i>[rd]<i> to play at Tables in the Great Chamber </i>of Skipton Castle (Whit2/321).

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