The plant or plants which we refer to collectively as ‘moss’ are found clustered together in damp places, often on walls or trees, and this ‘material’ was used over a long period for bedding in slates and stopping crevices in dams and walls, from the thirteenth century at least (SZ1/266).
Wright offers two meanings, but the one which best fits the examples noted here is that it was a kind of fork, one with the tines set at an angle which made it easier to drag muck out of the midden.
An occupational term and by-name found in the records of Bolton Priory; probably a servant who was responsible for attending to the muck or manure produced on site.
In the early history of the manor, tenants were obliged to have their corn ground at the lord’s mill, and multure was a toll in kind, paid to the miller.
A maker of mustard: the seeds had to be ground to a powder, at which time other substances might be added, including ‘must’ or new wine, water or vinegar to form a paste.