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Lincoln Wills
… Girdle; Mazer; Plate; Rings; Salt Snathe, to prune, 110 Sparver, sperver, the canopy of a bed, 68 Spinning wheel, 111 …
Calendar of letter-books of the city of London
… 195, 208, 235, 244, 282, 289, 297 Sparowe, Richard, 192 "Sparver bed," 121n. Spayne, Robert, 171 Spence, Thomas, 182 …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… son of, 209 Sir William, Rector of S. Mary atte Hill, 465 "Sparver," 621n. Spaygne, Sir Nicholas de, 136 Speeringe, …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… (II. 703). Thomas Thwaytes, mercer (1503), bequeaths a sparver, "the whiche sumtyme was Henryes the vj th" (II. 621). It is not quite clear whether a sparver is a bedstead, or whether it does not rather … ( circa 1480), left to her son the Earl of Wiltshire "a sparver, called a bed, of red velvet, party gold" (Nicolas, …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… weather was very hot)without any cloth of estate or sparver (tester) over the same, made for the easement and …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… of cloth of silver, and 13 yds. of russet velvet, for a sparver for the King; 30 yds. russet sarsnet, at 4 s., for the mantle of the sparver. Bought of Eliz. Phelip, 2 lb. 2 oz. silk, at 16 d. an oz.; black buckram for lining the sparver, 2 pieces, at 7 s. 6 d. Of Wm. Botre, mercer, 5 yards …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… date of use: c725 Sources: Recipes. References: The Bible. Sparver [sparvar] A CANOPY for a BED or CRADLE. OED online …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and his brothers and sisters smaller presents. A 'sparver' of white sarsnet and black was to be given to the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… divers household goods. To Master Morgan Huwes he leaves a Sparver, 12 with other stuff belonging to a bed, and some … books. To the Abbess of Barkyng his written portuous and a Sparver, "the whiche sumtyme was Henryes the vj th." … bed itself. " Lict de parement. a bed of State, or a great Sparver bed, that serves only for shew, or to set out a room" …