| Term | Explanation |
|---|
| A |
| almain-rivets | a kind of light armour |
| ambry | a cupboard |
| andiron | fire-dogs used to support burning wood in a grate |
| B |
| beadroll | list of persons to be prayed for |
| bombrach | not in Oxford English Dictionary; some sort of armour [eg SW/5A_137] |
| bongrace | broad-brimmed hat |
| branches | probably branched candelabra for holding the tapers burnt before an altar or image |
| broach | a spit |
| broched | work with raised figures or designs |
| buckram | a word used for two quite different cloths, one a fine linen or cotton, another, its more modern meaning, a much coarser cloth stiffened with gum, normally here probably the former |
| budge | kind of lamb's skin fur, with the wool dressed outwards |
| butteret | not in OED; presumably a blacksmith's tool of some kind |
| C |
| calaber | squirrel fur |
| celure | a canopy covering bed or altar |
| chafing | dish (or pot) vessel used to hold burning charcoal |
| chamblet | form of camlet, a material originally a costly eastern fabric, by the sixteenth century a light stuff usually made from goat's hair |
| cherchesse or churchue | not in OED; possibly a sort of ecclesiastical due levied in corn |
| close | an enclosed piece of land, as opposed to a medieval strip of land |
| cobiron | iron on which spit turned |
| cock boat | small ship's boat, very light craft |
| coney (or cony) | rabbit |
| corporas | cloth on which the consecrated elements placed during mass |
| corse | a silk ribbon round a girdle |
| D |
| diaper | linen fabric |
| dicker | ten hides [of leather] |
| doublet | close-fitting body garment with or without sleeves |
| dumbeling | not in OED; used to describe a horse |
| E |
| ell | a measure of 45 inches |
| F |
| fitches or fitchet | fitchew, fur of the polecat |
| fosser, focer or forcer | a coffer or chest |
| frieze | covered with nap |
| fusterer | maker of pack-saddles |
| fustian | coarse cloth |
| G |
| gaberdine | a smock frock |
| garbrass | not in OED; may = guard brass |
| garled | spotted or speckled |
| ghostly father | parish priest |
| grig well | basket-work trap for catching grigs [eels] |
| H |
| hawked | spotted or streaked |
| heling | clothing or covering |
| house of office | lavatory |
| K |
| kammes | possibly combs [SW/1_6] |
| keel | boat |
| kembing | a brewing vessel |
| kercher or kerchief | cloth used to cover woman's head |
| kine | cows |
| kirtle | a gown for men or women according to OED, but here used solely for women |
| kiver | a shallow wooden tub |
| L |
| laver | a basin to wash in |
| M |
| mark | 13s 4d |
| maser | bowl or drinking-cup |
| mell | last sheaf of wheat, etc. |
| messuage | the plot of land on which a house was built, the house being the tenement |
| mind | reminder service of death, thus month's mind and year's mind |
| moiety | half |
| mother church | the cathedral of the diocese in question, in this case Winchester Cathedral also known as St Swithin Winchester |
| murrey | dark red |
| N |
| noble | a coin for which two different values are possible; a George noble being worth 6s 8d and a Henry noble 10s |
| nuncupative | oral as opposed to written will |
| nutte or nut | a cup formed from or in the likeness of a coconut shell mounted on metal |
| O |
| obit | a commemoration of the dead |
| P |
| palm | (310) tool used by sailmakers instead of thimble; OED gives first use as 1769-76, and the occupation of this testator is leatherseller, so this identification may be incorrect |
| partlet | a ruff or band worn round the neck |
| pillowbere | pillowcase |
| polrongs | not in OED, possibly armour for head |
| portall | portable partition between rooms |
| posnet | a small metal pot for boiling, with a handle and three feet |
| pottinger | vessel for holding liquid food |
| pottle | a measure of two quarts |
| Q |
| quiltorn | an instrument for turning a weaver's quills [eg SW/1_6] |
| R |
| rail | sometimes used for woman's gown, sometimes for neckcloth, the latter when the phrase double rail is used |
| raye | as of gown in 208 possibly descriptive of pattern |
| rood | cross, thus rood light, rood screen, etc. |
| S |
| sarcenett or sarsenet | a very fine and soft silk material |
| shanks | fur from the legs of animals |
| shoote | a young pig |
| stammel | coarse woollen cloth |
| St Swithin | see mother church |
| swage | a joiner's gauge |
| T |
| tallage | an early tax |
| teg | a yearling sheep |
| tenement | a house |
| tippet | a word which has several conflicting meanings; it can be a scarf or a cape |
| todd | 28 pounds of wool |
| trental | a set of thirty requiem masses |
| trest | a three-legged stool |
| trevell | (241) not in OED, presumably a tool used by blacksmiths |
| trussing bed | a portable, packed bed suitable for travelling |
| twibill | kind of axe used for making mortices |
| U |
| unwatered | water was sprinkled on some fabrics to create a lustrous finish |
| W |
| weaner or weanling | calf or sheep weaned in current year |
| wether | male sheep, especially castrated ram |