Middle English Dictionary Entry
Andrew gilder phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | Andrew gilder phr. Also Andreas gildin, Andreus gildern; (plural, without -gilder) Andr(e)us, |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A coin, 'the Burgundian florin of St. Andrew, struck from 1466 to 1485' [Hanham]; -- also in shortened form as simply an 'Andreu' (etc.)
Associated quotations
- (1478) Doc.Cely in EETS 273 (PRO C.47/37 File 11 f.28v)p.147 : An Andreas gyldyn.
- 1479 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/28)56/38 (p.53) : xxix Andreus iij s. vj d., sum : vj li. x s. vj d. Fl.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/106)151/34 (p.138) : xl Andrus iiij s. viij d. : ix li. vj s. viij d. Fl.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/140)187/23 (p.172) : Thes be the goldys and whyte mony that ffollowyth that ys apoynttyd ffor the payment, as they were corrant affore the Doches dyedd ffyrst: The new crowne, at v s. vj d.; the old crowne at v s. iij d.; the Lewe at a vj s. viij d.; the Andreus gyldern at iiij s. vj d.; the Ryder at v s. viij d.; the Gylhellmus at iiij s.; the salew at v s. vj d. (and ij or iij oder goldys affter þe same rate); the olde nobull at xj s.; and the Nemyng grotys at iiij d. ob.; the ryall at xiij s. iiij d.; and the old sengull plack at ij d. ob. ; and as ffor any oder goldys and oder syluer, they wyll non.
- 1487 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/184 )234/18 (p.233) : Mony goyth now vppon the Bursse at a xj. s. iij d. ob. the nobull, and non odyr mony but Nenyng grotys, crownys, Andrew gylders, and Reynysche gylders, and the exchaunge goyth euer the lenger warsse and wars.
- c1500 Money Coins MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.419 : The Utryke gilder of the sam weight, ijs xd. The Andrew gilder of the sam weight, iijs iiijd.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Hanham suggests (ES 42, p. 146) that the phrase also appears in Cely papers dated c1474, which may therefore provide the earliest example, but does not supply text or citation.