happing

1) A bed cover, a quilt or coverlet.

1541 a mattres ... a happinge and a pare of blankettes and a pare of shetes, Leeds

1570 twelf happynges and coverlets 40s, Abbotside

1617 Item a matteris, a coverlitt, three sheets with an other ould happin and a cod, Priesthorpe

1623 ‘for stealing ... duas tapetes angl. two happins’, Richmond. Note: 1576 certeyne happynge garne, Leeds.

dates 1541 1570 1576 1617 1623

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