1 gen 1615 anni - garsil

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Brushwood, used to reinforce weak points in the hedgerows or for dead hedges. It has a long and well-documented history in Yorkshire: 1396 ‘except great timber and <i>garsyll</i>’, Scagglethorpe (YRS50/162); 1396-7 <i>Et in garsell emp. pro clausura Ricardi quondam Roberti de Hundgate 8d</i>, Ripon (SS81/125); 1411 ‘Henry Wryght … cut 2 wagon-loads of <i>garsills</i> in the same place’, Yeadon (SW133); 1507 ‘not to fell any wood … except <i>garsell </i>for making hedges’, Long Marston (YRS140/100); 1615 <i>And I am to allow certane garcell if it greatly need for defence of the quicks</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/91). It remained in use and was listed by Wright, with the additional meanings of ‘rubbish’ or ‘kindling’ (EDD). Less usual spellings include: 1453 <i>Et de 11d, sol. pro j plaustrat. de gressel cum cariagio, empto pro orto ibidem</i>, Ripon (SS81/160); 1596-7 <i>sufficient Stackes, hedgewood and gersell for making and repairing of hedge and fence</i>, Beeston (DB129/4).

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