Middle English Dictionary Entry
gōt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gōt n. Also gote, gotte, goet, ghot, goth(e, gat(e, gatte, gait(e, gathe & get(e, geat, geit(e, gehet, ket & (in place names only) cate. Pl. gōtes, gottes, gaites, (early gen.pl.) gāten & gēt(e, geit(e, (error) ȝēt, (early) gæt, geat, (gen.pl.) gætene, gēten & gētes & gōt(e, gait(e. |
| Etymology | OE gāt; gen. gāte, gǣte; dat. gǣt; pl. gǣt, gen. gāta, dat. gātum & ON (cp. OI geit). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) A domesticated goat; (b) meat of a goat, goat's flesh; (c) a pictorial representation of a goat.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)988 : Þatt follkes lac wass shep & gat & oxe.
- c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)411 : Caper, Capra: Got, i. ceure.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31310 : Þer weoren in ane loken fif hundred gaten [Otho: two hundred gotes].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25682 : He makeð him to mete..þa scep, gæt [Otho: geat], and þa swin.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)167 : Ac her beþ ioies fele cunne; Her beþ boþe shep and get.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)940 : Of godes bode he nam god kep, A net and a got and a sep.
- a1325(c1300) Songs Langtoft (Cmb Gg.1.1)293 : One grene, That kindrede kene gaderid als gait.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)210/33 : God ne is naȝt goth to uede mid leaues.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.30.33 : All þat wern not dyuerse..as wele in schepe as in geyte [WB(2): geet; L capris], of þefte þou schalt vndernym me.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.688 : A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.345 : It is lik a Got skippende.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/b : Achylaus meneþ þat geet breþeþ at þe eren and nought at þe nose.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.62 : Þulke þat..byggeth get, shep, swyn..alle marchauntes of get, shep, oþer swyn.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)prol.15/25 : Oxen, hertes, schep, & get & suche þei schulden eten, for þei weren clene bestes.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)66 : Ȝif he se geet, kyen or hors, oxen, or oþer beestis, he wil renne anoon, and bygynne to baffe at hem.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)30/10 : Benethe he hadde the body lych a goot [F come chieure].
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.1236 : Marrius..fledde & took an hous Which vnto goot was set up for a foolde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)205 : Goot, beste: Hircus, edus, capra.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)81 : Take þe clawes of a goot and brenne hem.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)91/24 : Take hony and þe galle of a got.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)53a : A Gayte: Cape[r], Capra.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.66va : Mychol toke an ymage & leyd [hit] in his bedde, & a rowhe skynne of a ghoot on the heed of the ymage & couerd it with clothis.
- a1525(?1470) Cov.Leet Bk.360 : Þat no maner man within þis Cite haue..Gottes goyng at large.
b
- ?c1335 Whose þenchiþ vp (Hrl 913)p.135 : Þat on him send gees and henne, Þat oþer geet and motune.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1839 : Which [meats]..Engendir noon flewm by kynde of ther nature..As geet, motown, And othir that be hoot and moyst in ther operacion.
c
- (1450) Lin.DDoc.40/13 : vj qwisshens of Taps[t]ere werk wrought with gootys.
1b.
(a) A male goat; haven berd as a ~, stinken as a ~, stinking ~; (b) a female goat; (c) a kid; litel ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1200 : For gat iss..Gal deor, & stinnkeþþ fule.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21301 : Nu him is al swa þere gat [Otho: ase þe got]..fehteþ mid hornen.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)37 : Sume men leden here [lif] alse get oþer buckes.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)26b : Of a ticchen..kimeð a stinkinde gat [Nero: got].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.49.13 : Whethir..the blod of get [L hircorum] I shal drinke?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.34.6 : Blod of lombis and of get [WB(2): of buckis of geet].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.16.5 : He shal take..two gootes [L hircos] for synne.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.7.28-9 : Þe prince..offrede..a goot [vr. geit] for synne..two oxen, weþerys fyfe, goot fyfe [vr. geit fyue].
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.886 : For al the world they stynken as a goot, Hir sauour is so rammyssh and so hoot.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/b : Þe goot haþ vnder þe chynne a berd.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)72/18 : A dragoun..shal haue a berde as a goot.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.9.12 : Þe blood of bolys and of gayte.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)32b/a : Hircus: a got.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)49.14 : I sall drynke blode of gaytes.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)698/38 : Hic ircus: a gat.
b
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)543/39 : Capella: got.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.27.27 : Suffise to thee the mylc of got [WB(2): of geete; L caprarum] in to thi metes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276b/a : A goot enyeþ manye kydes at oones..and goþ wiþ kyde fyue moneþes as an ewe doþ.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.15.9 : Take thou to me a cow of thre ȝeer, and a geet [WB(1): a she gehet; L capram] of thre ȝeer.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.32.14 : Two hundrid geet [WB(1): she geyte] and twenti buckis of geet [WB(1): hee geyte].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.5.6 : Offre..of the flockis a femal lomb ethir a goet [WB(1): a shee geyt].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)42a/b : Auenzoar proued þe forsaid operacioun in a capret i. a goot [L capra].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)53a : A Gayte:..Cappella.
- a1500 Dayly in Englond (BodPoet e.1)p.273 : An adamant stone it is not frangebyll With nothing but with mylke of a gett.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)758/27 : Hec capra: a gothe.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.15.12 : So ȝe sholyn doo by..loombis & geetys [L hœdos].
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2520 : A wolf þei founde, whech had caute his pray, A litil goot, and gan to ber it a-way.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)53a : A Gayte:..Capriolus, Capriola.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2304 : A turture-brid and [p]ygones two, for por mennes offring þat was aye but riche mon lomber and geet also.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)698/41 : Hic capriolus: a lytil gatt.
1c.
In phrases and combinations: (a) gotes berd, berd of gotes, beard of goat(s); -- also as the name of a plant or plants, ?common meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, ?Goatsbeard spiraea Aruncus dioica, ?goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis; ?bindweed or larger bindweed Convolvulus arvensis or Calystegia sepium; ?honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum; gotes blod; gotes claues (clen), a goat's hoofs; gotes dong (drit, fen, finte, croteles), goat dung; gotes fel (skin), goat's skin; gotes grece (talwe), the fat of a goat; gotes horn (liver, milk, urine); gotes whei, whey of goat's milk; (b) trippe of gete, a flock of goats.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)99.62/4 : On gætene meolce..syle drincan.
- (1346) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.234 : [For the hundred of] gotesfelles 20 s.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.203ra : Whan thei wil sofisticaten it [laudanum], thei medle þerwith getes croteles & oþere blake thinges.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)89b/b : He seiþ þat gothes milke..helpiþ hem þat haueþ ethik.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.51vb : Caprifolium: .. þe grete wodebynd .. gotesberd.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)277a/a : Gootes blood y-medlid wiþ mary..þe gootes lyuere y-rosted..gootes dryt..gootes vryne..gootes mylk.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)89/3 : Þese ben liȝt mundificatiuis: sugre, hony..gotis whay.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.10r : Adactis: .. caprifolius or caprifolia, .. caprificus or -ca .. barba hircy .. gotys berd.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178a/b : Lapdanum is succus of berde of gotez biȝonde þe see.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1631 : With gotis hornys and with mylke and blod.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.11.37 : Þei han gon aboute..in rough cloþyng, in gaytis skynnus.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)38b/a : Þai ben byhouely to þis werk, as..gotes grece [L adeps caprina].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)53b/a : The secounde forme is softe plastrynge of roses..and of gotes donge.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)149b/a : Louse it wiþ gotes talowe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)206 : Gootys berde: Stirillum.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)268 : The childe hadd no thyng..Bot a gaytes skynn.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)14/28 : Welle þam wele in gayttes mylke.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.937 : Brent hertis horn or gootis cleen [L capræ vngulas].
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1216 : A mantyl y-furned [?read: yfurred] with a row gotus felle.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)247/2 : A playster of gootis donge and of swynys dong.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)249/7 : Make a playster of gootis fynte or of..dovys donge.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)256/5 : Take new fresche gotis dyrte.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)27/24 : In this tyme shulde chykenys be ete..and getis mylke.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)96/24 : Boyle hem weell in gottys-mylke.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)101/15 : Take gottys-clawys and brenne hem in a newe potte all to powdir, and þanne ete þat powdir in þin potage.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)104/4 : Take gotes-fen and tempre it with hony, and putte it on þe cancre.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)186 : Scho..with hir tuke a tryppe of gayte.
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)603 : A trypp of gete.
- a1475 in Hodgkin Proper Terms54 : A Trype of gayte.
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A tryppe of gete.
2.
A wild goat; also, a chamois, an antelope, a gazelle; ~ ramage, wilde ~.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)14/10 : Firȝin-buccan, þat ys wudebucca oððer gat.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)543/39 : Caprea..: got.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.311 : In þat londe beeþ many scheep and geet [Higd.(2): gaytes or gootes] and fewe roos and hertes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)169a/b : Wilde goote [?L ibicibus] ben in þis mounte.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)177a/b : Þer Inne been many beestes, geet and hertes, and wel fewe wylde geete [L capreas].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276a/b : Þe wilde goote is most swifte in rennynge..most scharp in sighte..most tendre and holsom to mete.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)281b/b : Damula and dama also is a wilde goot..in stede of armure and wepene þis wilde goot haþ..lightnesse to renne and to fle.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4962 : Jn wood hiij woneþ..And libben by þe wilde goot.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5384 : Or ellis he is not wise ne sage Nomore than is a goot ramage.
- a1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)105/6 : Þerfore God cleped Hismael, þe fader of hem, a wilde asse, þe prophete seiynge, wylde asses, & geet, & desert.
3.
The goat as a type of the sinner, sin, lust.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1206 : Forrþi sinndenn alle þa Þatt shulenn inntill helle Effnedd wiþþ gæt & nemmnedd gæt O Goddspellbokess lare.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)37 : A domes dai sulle buckes and þe get..stonden an ure louerd ihesu cristes lift hond.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)26b : 'Wend ut &..folke heorde [Nero: heorden] of geat,' he seið. 'hwet beoð heorde of geat? þet beoð flesches lustes, þe stinkeð ase geat [Recl.: gett] doð biuoren ure lauerd.'
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)682 : He wole his clene shep in his riȝt side do, And þe geet in his lyft side.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)41/29 : Schal tow folowe ȝeett of helle, þat ben fleschlich lustes?
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)85/30 : He schulde disseueren hem a sundre, as þe scheperd doþe his scheep fram þe gott.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6138 : By þe gayte understand we may Þe ille men þat þan dampned sal be.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)148 : The Pardoner & þe Miller, & oþir lewde sotes, Souȝt hem selff in the Chirch, riȝt as lewd gotes.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)49.10 : Thou payes me noght, bot thou ert as..a gayte that stynkis in wickidnes.
- a1500(?1382) Wycl.Wks.Mercy (NC 95)169 : He schal depart hem atwynne as herdmen don schepe fro gete.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)112/36,37 : He schall parte hem as an hyrde his schepe fro the geet; And he schall sette þe schepe vpon his riȝt honde and the geet on the lyfte honde.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Add 9066)373 : Beres be deuouryng, Gete be stynke of lechery, Assis be slouthe.
4.
Capricorn, a sign of the zodiac.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.207 : We wolde mene, as Marcianus seiþ in his Astrologie, þat Capricornus, þe goot, makeþ somer to þe Antipodes..þese beeþ þe names of þe signes: þe Wether, þe Boole, þe Twynnes,..þe Goot, þe Sceen, þe Fisshe..in Decembre þe sonne is in þe Goot.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)35 : Ther wer also apperyng þere þe signes super celestial expressid ful weel, in whech tymes of þe ȝer þe sunne passith be hem, As in januari be þe signe þei clepe aquari..in december be þe gote.
- ?1480 Court Sap.(Caxton)2147 : Twelue fygures than she told..The gote, the water-syre, and the fysshe also.
5a.
In cpds. and combs.: (a) gait-berd, beard of a goat; gaite-blod, goat's blood; got (gote, gaite, get, ket)-bukke, a male goat [cp. OE gāt-bucca]; got-do, a female goat; got(efel, gait (get, geit, geat)-skin, a goat skin; gate-herde (heorde), a flock of goats; got (gate)-horn, a goat's horn; gotelether, leather from goatskin; got (gaite)-milk, gate-meolc, goat's milk; (b) ~ herde [cp. OE (WS gāt-hyrde], ~ grom, ~ man, a goatherd; also as surname; gatte-hous, a goat shed; (c) gote-lef, gate-triu [cp. OE gāte-trēow], goat leaf (tree), European honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum); got-rampse, cuckoopint (Arum maculatum); gait-speche, a goatherd's song, pastoral poem, eclogue.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)77.20/12 : Ȝenim..cole gatemeolc.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)16/7 : Nim gate horn & leȝe to fyre, þat he byrne on fyre.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)26a : Ȝef þu ne cnawest te seolf, þu feier bimong wimmen, wend ut & ga efter gate heorden [Nero: gate herden; Recl.: herde of gett].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.9.12 : Nether by blood of gootbuckis [L hircorum] or of caluys, but bi his owne blood.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.265 : In þe norþwest side of Germania is a peple þat.. beeþ i-cloþed in goot bukkes skynnes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)313a/a : A goot horne brende is holsomliche do to þe noseþerles.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)319b/a : Moche goot mylk y-dronke by himself renneþ and cruddeþ.
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)52 : Take the blode of a gayte buke.
- (1418) EEWills37/6 : A Dobelet couered with Blak gote Leþer.
- (1420-1) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.502 : lx dossenis gotefelles.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.49.13 : Ethir schall Y drynke the blood of geet buckis [L hircorum]?
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)27/3 : Putte þerto gayte mylke.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)659 : None oþergates was he dighte, Bot in thre gayt-skynnes.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)57/27 : Þe Adamande..may noȝte be broken..bot if it firste be enoynted wit gayte blode.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)4/28 : Temper it with gayte mylke.
- (1445) Will York in Sur.Soc.30116 : Tunicam de geytskynnes.
- a1450 WBible(2) (Corp-C 147)Lev.4.23 : Geet bukke [Bod 277: keet bukke; L hircum de capris].
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)56 : Commodytes called commynge oute of Spayne..Iren, wolle, wadmole, gotefel, kydefel also.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)570/21,22 : Caper: a gotbukke. Capra: a gootdoo.
- c1450 WBible(2) (Bod 277)1 Kings 19.13 : A rouȝ geet skin [Roy: an heeri skyn of geet].
- (1454) Will York in Sur.Soc.30180 : Roberto Alott..j dublett de geat skynnys.
- (1458) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1299 : No maner foreyne man..schold not..by no maner hydys: der hydys, gotfell, schepfell, ne lamfell.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)105 : Þe messangeris of Saul, seking Dauid in þe bed, fond a simulacre and geyt skinnis.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)703/14 : Hoc stirillum: a gaytt berde.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.67 : Adamant..in hot new blod of a gote boke..will in schort tyme breke..into many parties.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)758/26 : Hic caper: a get buk.
b
- (1229) Close R.Hen.III190 : Galfrido Gothirde.
- (1275) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms68 : Reg. le Gateherde.
- (1285) Chester R.in Chet.n.s.84214 : Will. Gotehird.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 21106 : Johanne Gaytehird.
- (1304) Close R.Edw.I124 : Agnes Gaytman.
- (1304) Pat.R.Edw.I251 : Adam le Gaythurd.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7216 : Robertus le Gateherde.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10268 : Johe le Gotherde.
- (1335) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms69 : Reiner le Gotegrom.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)12a/a : Caprarius: a got herde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)206 : Goot herde [Win: Goothyrde]: Capercus.
- (1455) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms69 : Nic. Gooteman.
- (1458) Visit.St.Paul in Camd.n.s.5599 : Vnum gattehous et vnum hoghous.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)814/13 : Hic capriarius: a gateheyrd.
- -?-(1462-3) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96183 : Nicholaus Goteman, capellanus.
- -?-(1466) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96186 : Robertus Gayterd, barker.
c
- a1200 Marie de France Lais in MLN 20110 : Gotelef l'apelent Engleis, Chievrefueil le nument Franceis.
- (a1200) Mappae Clavicula in Archaeol.32 (Corn)223 : Accipe grana matura arboris caprifolii..Aglice, gatetriu.
- a1450 Agnus Castus (Roy 18.A.6)165/2 : Iarus ys an herbe þat me clepyþ cokkowyl pyntyl or gotrampse.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)53a : A Gayt spech: Egloga.
5b.
In surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.195, 199].
Associated quotations
- (1148-52) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)247 : Gataham.
- (1166) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)107 : Gaiteford.
- (1176) in Ekwall Dict.EPN190 : Gathulla.
- (c1190) in Mawer PNNhb.& Dur.92 : Gatesheued.
- (1205) CRR(2) 458 : Robertus le Gait.
- (1206) Feet Fines Sus.in Sus.RS 2110 : Edwinus le Got.
- (c1234) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)63 : Gatewelle.
- (c1260) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)63 : Gathewell.
- (1274) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)63 : Catewell.
- (1279) EPNSoc.20 (Cum.)133 : Gaytescales.
- (1281) Hundred R.Tower 2612 : Walterus Geyt.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1034 : Thoma de Gotewyk.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2149 : Willelmo del Gayte-cote.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2171 : Willelmo Gaytebane.
- (1335) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)247 : Gotteham.
- (1346-7) Let.Bk.Lond.F (Gldh LetBk F)307 : William Getenheved.
- (1357) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.699 : La Taverne atte Goot.
- (1371) EPNSoc.20 (Cum.)133 : Gateschales.
- (1436) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)5 : Goteherst.
- (1465) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)63 : Catewelleweye.