Middle English Dictionary Entry
curlevachẹ̄r n.
Entry Info
| Forms | curlevachẹ̄r n. |
| Etymology | AF cur-levage, -levache & -levacher; ?cp. OF levage 'droit de sortie perçu sur les merchandises' (Godefroy) & cur- as in cour-lieu messenger. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A licensed trader who is not a citizen or a member of a merchant guild.
Associated quotations
- [ (1224) Close R.Tower 1639b : Simon Curlevache. ]
- [ (1224) Pat.R.Hen.III458 : Simon Curlevache. ]
- [ (1299-1300) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.551 : De Thoma de Melton, curlevage, quia non est in decenna et quia facit se concivem [xij d.]. ]
- [ (1312-13) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.558 : De Willelmo de ffornessete, curlevacher..[quia] emit bladum antequam venit ad forum. ]
- [ (1346) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.5 ()pp.xciii-xciv : Willelmus Harte..est communis curlevache, cum non liceat nec debeat, et cum quilibet ingrediens libertatem ad introitum suum juravit..quod non erit curlevache communis nec pro tempore. ]
- [ a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)104 : Qe nul corlenocher [read: corleuocher], pokyere, ne autre ne medle ble purri ovesqes bon ble. ]
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)105 : Upon the same peyne, it is ordeyned and defended that no curlewacher, pokere, ne non other man ne woman medele rotyn corn with good corn for to sellyn in the forseid toun of Gippeswich in the disseyt of folk of the toun.