brewing lead

1) A leaden vessel used in brewing.

1362 ‘destroyed ... a certain instrument, namely a Brewled’, Yeadon

1369 melius plumbum meum, anglice breuled in fournes, York

1417 one brewled, three wortled, two cauldrons, 13s 4d, York

1430 unam sisternam plumbeam, unum brewlede, unum maskfatt, Ripon

1444 lego eidem Johanni j brewynglede ... ij worteledes, Beverley.

spellings brew lead
dates 1362 1369 1417 1430 1444

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