Middle English Dictionary Entry
veuer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | veuer n. Also vewer, viwer; pl. vewers, etc. & vieweres. |
| Etymology | From veu(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. avewer n., veiour n.
1.
(a) An overseer, inspector;
(b) a civic official responsible for surveying property.
Associated quotations
a
- (1447) Doc.Durham in Sur.Soc.9p.cccxiii : The said John…Rallyn, & William sall wirke the said myne…be the sight of certeyn vewers assigned be the said Priour…Alsa the said John…Rallyn, and William sall, of thare awen costages and expens, labour & wyn a watergate for wynnyng of cole in the same colepit…and the same watergate, like as thai wyn itt, thai sall leefe it in the yeer ende, by sight of the said vewers.
- (1469-70) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum12 : De xx s. rec’ de denar’ hoc anno collect’ per Johannem Payne, Veuer, & Johannem Noke, Veuer, de seruisia regali viz. in Septimana Pentecoste.
b
- (1415) Doc.in Bk.Lond.E.233/35 : In witnes of these forseid vewes wee the forseid Water & William, beyng vewers for the tyme of the seid Cite, haue to these vewes afore written putte our sealles.
- (1442) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)276 : [John Croxton and John Hardy, masons and sworn] vieweres [of the City].
- (1479-81) Rec.St.Mary at Hill111 : Vyewers: Item, payd to the vywers for to ouerse the howse þat dyghton dwellith in and the tenauntryes next the clerkyn well, for to know the Ryght…vj d.