1 gen 1693 anni - sheather

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A maker of sheaths for knives, usually of leather. In York the sheathers had traditional links with the cutlers: in 1445, for example, <i>the cutlers, bladsmythes et shethers</i> supported the Pageant of Corpus Christi (SS120/136). The term is on record there from the early fourteenth century: 1302 <i>Henricus le Schether</i>, York (SS96/9), and sheathmaker occurs as an occasional alternative: 1523 <i>Christopher Beilby, shethmaker</i>, York (YRS11/15). The occupation is on record in Sheffield from the mid-sixteenth century: 1554 <i>William Spownare, sheather and yeoman</i>, Sheffield (TWH16/89); 1591 <i>Robert Hill, Sheffeild, sheather</i> (YRS22/61); 1610 <i>Godfrey Harwood of Sheffeld, sheather</i> (TWH20/132); 1654 <i>Joshua White of Sheffeld sheather</i> (PR3/190). Like the cutlers in York they were subject to the rules of the Company: 1693 <i>Charges expended att severall meetings this year about deceiptfull Sheathes</i> (HCC22). There was less demand for sheaths once forks began to be used alng with with knives as household items, so the workers had to find different outlets for their skills.

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