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chevance (1363-75)
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chevance (1363-75)

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chevanche,  chevaunce,  chevauns;  chivance  
  FEW:  caput 2/i,339a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  chevance 9,74b TL: chevance 2,359 DEAF:  chief  DMF:  chevance  TLF:  chevir  OED:  chevance n.  MED:  cheva(u)nce n.  DMLBS:  chevicium 327c

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finan.loan: 
( 1376 )  a laquelle chevance le dit R. apprestast sa propre moneie  Rot Parl1 ii 324
( 1382 )  purroit de ce subside faire chevance suffisante de moneie  Rot Parl1 iii 122
( MS: 1419 )  qe nul correctour face eschaunge ne chevance par voie d’usure  Lib Alb 587
male chevance
ill-gotten gain: 
( 1363-75; MS: 1419 )  l’orible vice et faucine de usere et de male chevance  Lib Alb 367
faire chevance
1finan.to lend: 
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  J[ohan] W[yndesore] doit pur chevance fait ovesque J. P. […]  Lett & Pet 117.67. 6
( c.1401; MS: s.xv1 )  J. de C. et P. de B. […] firent chevance a nostre dit seignur le Roy de cc. livres  Lett & Pet 415.4
2finan.to raise a loan, levy: 
( 1375 )  si a present n’avez mye attant (=£100) entre maines que vous veuilliez ent faire chevance  GAUNT1 ii 331
( 1376 )  d’une chevance qe se fist ore tard a l’oeps du Roy […] de vynt mille marz; pur quelles vynt mille marz nostre Seignour le Roy s’estoit obligez a ses creanceours […] de lour repaier trent mille marz  Rot Parl1 ii 325
( a.1402; MS: s.xv1 )  touz les deniers quelx vous avez entre mains a present […], ou des quelx vous purriez faire chevance pur noz custaiges susditz  Lett & Pet 322
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