Middle English Dictionary Entry
whī̆t-tawier(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | whī̆t-tawier(e n. Also whittaghiere, whitawier, whitetawier, witthawiere & (in surnames) whittauwiar, whittowier(e, whittowere, whitauwiere, whitouer, whithawere, witthauwere, wittowere, wittowier, witawere, witchanwere; pl. whittawiers, etc. & whit(t)agheres, (in street name) huettawieres. |
| Etymology | From whīt adj. & tauier n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who taws animal skins to produce a stiff, white leather, which may undergo further finishing steps, such as dyeing and softening; whittawiers craft, the guild of white tawyers;
(b) in street name;
(c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (1333) in Black Leathersellers ()32 : Robertus le Chauntour, whyttawyere.
- (1346) Let.Bk.Lond.F (Gldh LetBk F)153 : [Ordinances made by the Megucers or] Whittawyers, [with the assent of…the Mayor].
- (1361) in Black Leathersellers ()32 : Whittaghiere.
- (1365) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.21 : [John Rothewelle,] wytthawyere.
- (1374) in Black Leathersellers ()83 : [William Dawe and Roger Rudde…] Whitagheres.
- (1374) in Black Leathersellers ()84 : Whittagheres.
- (1377) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.243 : Fustours, whitawyers, foundours.
- (1403) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.125 : [2 other cottages and a] pagenthous [in the same which the masters of] whittawerscraft [occupy].
- (1411) Close R.Hen.IV72 : Willielmus Pratte, White tawyer.
- (1415) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.()25 : [Award of John Caston, John Swan, William Carter and John Bright in a dispute between William Stone,] whitawier, [and William Audre, clerk].
- (1425-6) Red Paper Bk.Colchester49 : Barbers, and White Tawyers, that leyen many diverse hides, that is to seyen horshides, oxhides, bolehides…in payryng and corrupcion of the said water of the rever biforeseid.
- (1439) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.16 : [Bond of Thomas Pratte,] whittawier, [to Peter Aleyn,] peautrer, [to accept the award of arbitrators between them].
- (1440) in Black Leathersellers24 : Also that no Whitetawier tawe, wirke, nor array…ony maner Shepeslether…or any other weyke, untrewe, or unsuffisant lethir.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.401 : The sise of a whittawer is that he make nor tawe no maner of lether but Shepis lether, Gettes lether, deris ledur, horse-lethir, or houndes-lether.
b
- 1241-2(a1200) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.()118 : Huettawiereslane.
c
- (1224-46) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames ()381 : Norman Wittowiere.
- (1272-81) *in Pilkington Surn.() : Wytetawere.
- (1279) in Fransson Surn.122 : Eustach. le Wittowere.
- (1279) Pat.R.Edw.I347 : Walter le Whytetawere.
- (1279-80) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.44 : William le Huittawiere.
- (1280) in Fransson Surn.122 : Ric. le Witthawyere; Le Whytauwyere.
- (1281) in Fransson Surn.122 : Humphrey le Wyttowier.
- (1285) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames381 : William le Wyttawyere.
- (1288) in Fransson Surn.122 : Will. Le Wytawere.
- (1296) in Fransson Surn.122 : Joh. le Wytthauwere.
- (1296) Sub.R.Lewes in Sus.AC 2299 : Joh. le Wytchanwere.
- (1298) in Fransson Surn.122 : John Payn le Whyttowere.
- (1309) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames ()381 : William le Whythawere.
- (1311) Let.Bk.Lond.D (Gldh LetBk D)258 : Walter le Whitawyer.
- (1313) Sub.R.Glo.(1) in BGAS 19 ()254 : Johannes le Whyttauwyar, junior.
- (1316) in Fransson Surn.122 : Le Quyttower.
- (1364) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames381 : John Whitouer.