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aylesham

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Searchable Lemmata: aylesham (ME).
Alternate Forms: Eylesham, Eylisham, aylsam, eilisham, Aylehames.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Textile; cloth made in or associated with Aylesham (Norfolk); Aylesham ('Elesham' in the Domesday Book) was a centre for the production of linen and worsteds.(circa 1250 - ante 1375 ?)
1. Lyng'teille de Eylesham / Corde de Warwik / Cambre de Bredeport / Chalon de Geudeford Poetic. [LexP Douce (54-57) circa 1250]
2. [7] ... De j bolt et vj ulnis de Eylisham venditis ... [10] ... Panetria ... ij s. de j canevaz continente xxj ulnas vendito Et de xx d. de j canevaz debili ... vendito. Accounts. [MED Acc.Executors in Camd.n.s.10 (7-10) 1310]
3. Draps que homme appele Worthstedes & Aylehames. Legal. [MED RParl. (1.292b) 1314/1315]
4. In 6 uln. de Aylsam empt. Accounts. [MED Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100 (534) 1337]
5. [For every bolt of] Eile-sham [sold 1/2d.] [MED Doc.in HMC Rep.4 App. (425b) ante 1375]
6. [38] ... viij pecie de rubanto adaurato ... [39] ... iiij pelles de bazano ... vj pelles de Roan ... [40] ... Ad faciendum L wyspes operat. de syndon., serico, & Aylesham pro domino nostro Rege ... [41] ... Ad faciendum xij garteria de blu broudata de auro & serico quolibet habente dictamen `Hony soyt qui mal y pense' ... ij paria de greues ... [45] ... Cum tela de Reyns Parys & bultell & cotoun ... [46] ... Stoffe pro tapet de worsted, [etc.] Accounts. [MED Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.31 (38-46) 1345/1349]
ME; Toponym.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From the town name, Aylsham (Norfolk).
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