courtepy

1) A short coat, cloak or tabard, of coarse material. It was a garment in frequent use in the fourteenth century.

1257 et j surtepie [sic] de Blueto furruratum, Harpham

1310 pro latrocinio cujusdam supertunicć et cujusdam courtepeti, Ripon

1341 unum courtby de blueto cum furura’, York

1378 Item lego Alicie Warner j cuwrtby de blueto, Ripon. It is also on record as an early by-name: 1301 De Elya Courtepy, Swainby.

dates 1257 1301 1310 1341 1378

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