1 gen 1686 anni - working tree

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The precise meaning is not apparent in the contexts in which it occurs, although it may have been a section of a tree trunk over which a hide could be draped when it was being ‘wrought’, similar to the scudding-beam in more modern tanneries, or the beam used when the hide was converted into a butt. I find no examples of this term in the standard reference works but it occurs several times in documents linked to Yorkshire tanners. In 1658, for example, the final items in the inventory of Richard Wadye of Selby were <i>The working tree, apron, knife, bill, wood with other huslement </i>(YRS47/176): in 1660 John Titlow, also of Selby, had <i>his working tree with the rest of his working tooles</i> valued at 6s (YRS47/170). In 1686 the working tree was again linked with tools used in those processes: <i>In the tan house … 1 working tree and working knife</i>, <i>1 choping bill</i>, Selby (YRS47/55).

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