prest

A duty paid to the guild known as Trinity House in Hull. The money was due for the loading and unloading of cargo in Hull and, under certain conditions, in ports such as Bridlington and Grimsby.

places Hull Grimsby

sources YAS Record Series vol. 116 YAS Record Series vol. 105

dates 1505 1615 1632 1662

print

A pat of butter moulded to a shape.

places Soyland

sources Leeds session roll October ...

dates 1727

privity

A thing kept private or hidden, used in the plural for the private parts or genitals.

places Wigton

sources Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1686

privy

Short for ‘privy room’, that is a room where privacy is possible, a toilet or lavatory.

places York Knaresborough Stockeld

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Account book 1653-1655 John Alayn's will, 1509

dates 1419-1420 1528 1538 1654

prod

A type of nail, probably an alternative spelling of ‘brod’.

places Ripon

sources YAS Record Series vol. 1

dates 1675

prop

Traditionally, animals such as cows and sheep have been marked by their owners so that the farm to which they belong might be identified.

places Conistone Litton Ingleton Greenfield

sources Richard Wigglesworth's Acco... Skipton session roll July 1688 Wetherby session roll Janua... Knaresborough session roll ...

dates 1685 1688 1698 1729

provin tub

Possibly a tub for ‘provend’ that is food for a horse.

places Ripley

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo...

dates 1617

pruce

Of Prussia or produced in Prussia. It was used particularly in consignments of timber, flax, or skins for the fur trade, all of which were imported into Hull.

places Hull Bridlington

sources Nicholas Elys' and William ... John Fereby's and John Gren... Thomas Alcok's and William ... Surtees Society Publications

dates 1453 1463 1471-1472 1485

prune

To cut off branches in order to promote fruitfulness and induce regular growth, to trim (OED).

places Brandsby

sources Richard Cholmeley's book 16...

dates 1620

pudding

As a plural noun the puddings were the entrails.

places Wakefield Burton Agnes Elmswell Stainland Lythe

sources YAHS Record Series vol. 74 Burton Agnes book of pains ... Henry Best's Farming Book YAS Record Series

dates 1275 1301 1556 1632 1642

pudding grass

spellings penny royal

The regional word for penny-royal, a plant that thrives best in moist locations according to the diarist Ismay.

places Mirfield

sources Rev. Ismay's Memoranda Book Brears, Gentlewoman's Kitchen

dates 1683 1756

puke

This sometimes described a dark colour, but more commonly it referred to a dark and expensive woollen cloth used for items of clothing.

places Ripon Beverley Halifax Leeds

sources Margaret Pigott's inventory... Guy Malyerd's will, 1487 YAS Record Series Christopher Jackeson's will...

dates 1485 1486 1537 1561

pull

To draw up a mine-shaft, using a windlass or gin.

places Farnley Swillington Tong Elsecar

sources Farnley pit accounts 1690-1720 Lowther MSS Account book of coals got a... Joshua Arthington's sccount... Hunter Archaeological Socie...

dates 1690 1715 1729-1730 1752 1762

pullan

A colt, from Old French poulain.

places Emley Spofforth Richmond York

sources Isabella Fitzwilliam's will... Henry de Percy's will, 1351/2 Thomas de Dalby's inventory... Helen Welles' will, 1437

dates 1348 1349 1400 1437

pullen

Poultry, domestic fowl.

places Ripon York Wakefield Rastrick Cannon Hall Clifton Brandsby

sources Surtees Society Publications York House Book 2, 3 & 4 Thomas Grice's will, 1546 Elizabeth Thornhill's inven... Bradford Antiquary vol. 7 Pontefract session roll Apr... Richard Cholmeley's book 16... Richard Cholmeley's book 16...

dates 1329 1485 1546 1585 1617 1642 1710

pullished

spellings polished

Made smooth by friction, an obsolete spelling of polished.

places Knaresborough

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo...

dates 1538

pull to

To close, drawing the door towards one.

places Haworth

sources Pontefract session roll Apr...

dates 1739

pump(1)

Mechanical device for moving water.

places Ripley Humber estuary Barnbow

sources Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Salzmann, English Industries Thoresby Society Publications

dates 1440 1486 1617 1640

pump(2)

A kind of light shoe.

places Brandsby Wetherby Meltham

sources Richard Cholmeley's book 16... Wetherby session roll Janua... George Redmonds Papers

dates 1614 1750 1770

punch(1)

To deliver a sharp blow with the foot or knee.

places Meltham Sheffield

sources Quarter Session rolls 1662-... Sheffield session roll Octo...

dates 1675 1754

punch(2)

A pit-prop.

places Sheffield Elsecar

sources Hunter Archaeological Socie... Hunter Archaeological Socie...

dates 1637 1778

puncheon

A short upright piece of timber which served to support the long horizontal beams in a house frame, something like a ‘stud’.

places Swinsty Beckwith Whitkirk Farnley Tong

sources Henry Robinson's inventory,... William Waide's will, 1658 Yorkshire Archaeological Jo... Farnley pit accounts 1690-1720 Account book of coals got a...

dates 1639 1658 1683 1693 1760

punt

A flat-bottomed, shallow boat, used on inland waters as a ferry or for fishing.

places Stockeld

sources Account book 1653-1655

dates 1653

pured grey

Used of fur from the back of the squirrel, trimmed so that none of the white belly fur can be seen.

places Beverley

sources Richard Wyntworth's will, 1449

dates 1450

purfle

To decorate the borders of a garment, as with gold or silver thread.

places Calverley Seacroft Pontefract

sources Thoresby Society Publications Elisabeth Shaw's will, 1532 Jennet Ardington's will, 1558

dates 1388 1532 1558

purl(1)

A rill or small stream, flowing water.

places Falsgrave Kirkheaton Batley

sources North Riding Records Place-names of West Riding ...

dates 1246-1255 1331 1584

purl(2)

A spelling of 'purfle', to edge with gold or silver thread.

places Pontefract

sources Elisabeth Henrison's will, ...

dates 1544

purlin

Examples in the OED date from 1447 and it is said to be a horizontal beam which runs along the length of a roof and rests on the principal rafters.

places York

sources Salzmann, Building in Engla...

dates 1341

purpose

In the reference quoted here, ‘to purpose’ meant ‘as a result’ or just 'considerably'.

places Northowram

sources Turner, Oliver Heywood's Di...

dates 1677

purpresture

A legal term for an encroachment or trespass, recorded from a.1190 (OED).

places Byland Abbey Pickering Methley

sources YAS Record Series North Riding Records Thoresby Society Publications

dates 1279 1377 1498-1499

purse-net

A net like a purse, with ends which could be drawn together by string. It was used principally to catch rabbits.

places Brandsby

sources Quarter Sessions Records Richard Cholmeley's book 16...

dates 1612 1613 1622

push-plough

A spade, shod in the form of an arrow. The workman pushed the implement through the sods to pare them.

places South Crosland

sources George Redmonds Papers

dates 1816

put forth

To place an apprentice with a master, now more usually to put out.

places Lepton Slaithwaite

sources Beaumont of Whitley Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1625 1698

put off

To pass counterfeit or clipped money.

places Wakefield

sources Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1701

put to

To close a door by pushing it away from one’s body.

places Conisbrough

sources Doncaster session roll Janu...

dates 1699

puttock

A bird of prey, probably the kite, although the by-name occurs much earlier than examples quoted elsewhere.

places Bolton Priory

sources Bolton Priory Compotus

dates 1304-1305

putts

Furs made of the paws of an animal, usually the squirrel according to Veale (EMV221).

places York Harewood

sources York Memoranda Book Thoresby Society Publications

dates 1500 1531

pyx

spellings pix

A box or coffer but principally the vessel in which the consecrated bread of the sacrament is reserved.

places Halifax Otley

sources William Fyrth's will 1490 James Thornton's will, 1542/3

dates 1490 1542

qu-

In regional spellings this was a common alternative for initial ‘wh’ or just initial ‘w’.

quaking

spellings quakerly

Words used pejoratively when referring to Quakers, the religious society founded by George Fox in 1648-50.

places West Riding Thorne

sources Quarter sessions order book... Quarter Session rolls 1662-... Skipton session roll July 1723

dates 1656 1662 1723

quare

spellings quere

Spellings of 'where'.

places Ovenden Richmond

sources YAS Record Series Henry Wallar's will 1541

dates 1489 1542

quarrel(1)

spellings querrell wharrell wharl wherelle wharls

Early alternative spellings of ‘quarry’, a place where stone is excavated.

places Ilkley Richmond Sherburn in Elmet Catterick Ripon Leeds Stockeld Almondbury Bradford Kirklees

sources YAS Record Series Grant by Ellen widow of Joh... Fenwick, Poll Tax Quarter Sessions Records Ripon Minster fabric rolls Thoresby Society Publications Accounts at Stockeld 1578-1582 Ramsden of Byram and Longley Calverley court rolls 1691-... Beaumont of Whitley Quarter Session rolls 1662-...

dates 1290 1316 1379 1422 1425 1500 1581 1609 1634 1672 1693

quarrel(2)

A square or diamond-shaped piece of glass, of the kind used in lattice windows.

places York Birstall

sources Raine, York Minster Fabric ...

dates 1575-1576 1577

quarrier

The workman responsible for a quarry of stone, or a worker in a quarry.

places Bolton Priory Embsay York

sources Bolton Priory Compotus Fenwick, Poll Tax Raine, York Minster Fabric ...

dates 1297 1323 1400

quarry

In occasional use for a coal-pit, possibly a ‘day-hole’.

places Baildon

sources Baildon, Baildon and the Ba...

dates 1615