1 gen 1642 anni - kerchief

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A cloth used to cover the head, formerly a woman’s head-dress. 1317 ‘to be taken for ... stealing ... a <i> courechef </i>worth 7½d’, Rastrick (YRS78/181); 1454 <i> j kirchiff de Paryss </i>, Whitkirk (Th33/59); 1545 <i> Item, to Percivall my sonnes wif a whit reban, a kirchif and a neckerchif </i>, Farnley near Otley (Th19/121); 1585 <i> Item to Richard Nelson wife a kirchife that is on her head </i>, South Cave (Kaner133). A wide variety of variant spellings has been recorded: 1535 <i> to Elizab. Thomlynson j curtchif </i>, Ripon (SS64/359); 1540 <i> to every wyffe ... a kertshowe </i>, Yafforth (SS26/19); 1550 <i> to everye of them a curtcher </i>, Richmond (SS26/69); 1561 <i> Item iij kochers with iij rayless ijs ixd </i>, South Cave (Kaner64); 1642 <i> Scotch-cloath ... much used here for womens-handkerchers and pocket-handkerchers, </i> Elmswell (DW111). Note: 1379 <i> Isabella Kierchiefwassher </i>, Kirkby Malzeard (PTWR).

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