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A History of the County of Northampton
… estate). Henshaw in turn left it in 1772 to Henry Rolfe or Ruffe of Roade. 14 In about 1790 Rolfe sold the small tithes …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Ruff band - Rutherine Ruff band [ruft band; ruffe band; roufe band] Probably a BAND in the sense of a … earliest quotation in the OED online dated 1591 of 'Eight ruffe bands with their hand cuffs wrought with silke' …