espenser (s.xiii)

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espenser (s.xiii)

[ FEW: *3,308a expensa; Gdf: 3,521c espensier; GdfC: ; TL: 3,1179 espensier; DEAF:  espense (*); DMF:  espencier; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: 856c expensarius ]
 

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1occupationjanitor, key-holder
( MS: s.xiii )  claviger: espenser  168
occupationsteward, store-keeper
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Buteler, despenser (var. (P: c.1310) espensers) e mestre conestables  736
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1279 )  Richard le Espenser  Spencer
expens 
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