estaple (1338)
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estaple (1338)

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  FEW:  stapel 17,221a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: estaple 3,1361 DEAF:  estaple  DMF:  étaple  TLF: ∅ OED:  estaple n.   / staple n. 2  MED:  staple n.  DMLBS:  stapula 2 3183a
estapelle,  estapul iii 129  

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1merch.lawstaple, official market established by royal authority with exclusive right to sell export goods: 
( 1338 )  […] es estaples ou on vent et achate les laisnes  ii 174
( 1353 )  leines ensi poisez et sealez a les estaples d’Everwyk  ii 246
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Triche [...] ad trop soubtile aleine Qant il l'estaple de la leine Governe  25361
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  fuist ordiné [...] qe l’estaple des layns et autres marchandys serroit entierment a Kaleys  81.34
( 1497-98 ) si ascun home eskippe lane ouster le miere forsque a l'estapelle [...]  ii 172
estatut de estaple
1lawbond of record acknowledged before the mayor of the staple by which a creditor has the power of seizing a debtor’s lands in case of default (created by the Ordinance of the Staple in 1358): 
( 1421 )  touz maners reconisances del estatut merchant, d’estaple et d’autres reconisances  iv 152
( 1471-81; MS: 1482) si le feffé charge la terre par son fait d’un rent charge devant le performer del condicion, ou soit obligé en une estatute de l’estaple ou de statut marchant  70.358
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