accompt |
account |
adze |
tool similar to an axe |
andiron |
iron plates to stand by fire grate to support logs or pots |
apparel |
clothing |
appurtenance |
minor part belonging to some other property |
ark |
wooden or metal box, chest, bin sometimes suspended from ceiling to keep away from vermin |
aumbry |
wooden cupboard |
back-house |
outhouse or lean to |
barrel |
wooden tub often for storing liquid |
bedstead |
wooden frame of a bed |
board |
timber plank often on top of trestles to form table |
board cloth |
table cloth |
bolster |
long stuffed pillow |
bolting |
sifting flour from husk |
bolting cloth |
fine cloth used to sift flour from husk |
bond |
promisory note |
breeches |
short trousers fastened below the knee |
buffet |
open sideboard |
buffet stool |
low stool with upholstered top |
bushel |
dry measure of capacity - 8 gallons or 4 pecks |
busk |
strip of wood or bone as a stay in corsets |
buttery |
cool room for drink or food |
cart |
two wheeled farm vehicle without springs |
cauldron |
large cooking vessel |
chafer |
small brazier holding charcoal or hot ash, on which a chafing dish was placed for cooking |
chapman |
itinerant pedlar or hawker |
chattel |
moveable possession |
cobiron |
bar with hooks for supporting spit over hearth |
coffer |
lockable box or chest |
cooper |
maker of barrells & other wooden vessels |
cordwainer |
shoemaker |
coverlet |
uppermost cover on bed - quilt or counterpane |
diaper |
twilled linnen cloth |
diet |
daily food or board |
dole |
gift to the poor |
ewer |
pitcher or jug with wide spout |
form |
small board on trestles for seating |
fowling piece |
firearm for shooting game |
fuller |
one who finishes cloth |
fustian |
coarse cloth of cotton & linen mix |
guinea |
old coin worth 20 shillings from 1663 to 1717 then worth 21 shillings. First used for trade with Guinea. |
hand iron |
andiron |
harrateen |
linen fabric for bed curtains |
hemp |
plant the fibres of which were woven into coarse fabrics or ropes |
hempen |
medium coarse home-spun linen |
hilling |
covering usually for beds |
hog |
pig raised for meat |
hoggerel |
yearling sheep - unshorn |
holland |
fine linnen cloth |
hovel |
storage shed without sides or frame with a thatched cover |
husbandman |
smallholder |
indenture |
document of agreement between two parties written out twice, often cut in half with wavy line to give each party a copy |
joint, joyned |
beds, stools, tables made with mortice & tenon joints and pegged rather than nailed together |
kimnel |
cask or tub made by a cooper for brewing, baking or salting |
kine |
cows |
kiver |
shallow wooden vessel |
laundiron |
andiron or smoothing iron for laundry |
laver |
metal wash basin |
lawn |
fine linnen |
lease |
contract between a lord & tenant |
linen |
cloth woven from flax |
mangle |
device for rolling & pressing cloth after washing |
mash tub |
wooden vat for brewing |
mashing |
mixing malt with warm water to start brewing process |
mercer |
dealer in textiles |
mortar |
vessel for mixing or crushing with a pestle |
nuncupative |
wills which were declared, spoken |
patten |
flat wooden clog raised off ground by an iron ring to keep wearers shoes from sinking into mud |
peck |
dry measure of 2 gallons or a quarter of a bushel |
peruke |
wig |
pillowbere |
pillowcase |
platter |
flat dish or plate |
pole axe |
butchers long handled axe for slaughtering animals |
porringer |
bowl for porridge or soup or potage |
potage |
thick soup, oatmeal or porridge |
relict |
widow |
russett |
coarse home spun woollen cloth, often reddish brown |
settle |
long wooden bench with high back & cupboards under |
skillet |
metal pan with long handle for cooking on open fire |
tammy |
fine worsted cloth |
tent bed |
small four poster bed with canopy |
tester |
flat canopy of four poster bed |
trestle |
detachable legs (in pairs) to support table board or form |
ticknye or tickney |
tickney ware - made at Ticknall DBY |
trough |
large wooden container for washing or mixing |
truckle bed |
low bedstead on castors which could be rolled under another bed |
truss bed |
portable bed which could be rolled up or "trussed" for travelling |
tub |
wooden container |
vat, fat |
tub or trough |
victualler |
one who sells food & drink |
victuals |
foodstuff hung from ceiling to avoid rodents |
virgate |
land measure - often 30 acres |
wad, woad |
blue dye |
whittawer |
saddler or glover working in white leather |
yarn |
spun fibre for weaving - wool, linen, silk etc |
yeoman |
freeholder or farmer |
yoke |
curved wooden bar placed across shoulders from which buckets could be hung |