milan

1) From Milan in Italy, in many cases a reference to steelware.

1399 lego ... filio meo unam loricam [hauberk] de Milayne, Guisborough

1430 unam loricam de Milan apud Rypon

1508 De xd pro j pelvi del melan. De xd pro j pelvi del peuder

c.1535 Item one myllen basyn, iij latyn basynes, Stillingfleet

1557 to my doughter Lawson on mellan basyn, Castleford. Also used of textile fabrics: 1530 a pair of myllen sleves, Chevet

1617 Herbert Davis byll 3 yerds of myllan 9s, Brandsby.

dates 1399 1430 1508 1530 1535 1557 1617

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