medley

1) A cloth woven with wools of different colours or shades of colour.

1346 lego ... capellano meo meliorem robam meam de medle cum omnibus apparatis, Guisborough

1407 Item j garnac’ de vetch medle, York

1417 unam togam de medely lined cum rubio bukeram, Durham

1420 jupam meam longam de blewmedle cum foratura in eadem, Patrington. 1531 on medly gowne furryd with blake lame, Kirby Underdale. Some forms suggest a link between ‘medley’ and ‘melled’: 1420 et meum optimum capicium de moreymedled, Patrington.

dates 1346 1407 1417 1420 1531

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