† musterdevillers Obs.
Forms: 5 mostyrdewyk (?), mister-, mustrevilers, mowster devylers, must deviles, musterler (?), musterdelyre, musterdevyle, musturdevylers, musterdevylers, -illers, -elers, -il(l)es, -yles, -yllys, -ilous, muster dewyllers, mustardevillys, mostar de velis, mustarddybiles, mustardvillars, mustardavelles, mustyrddevyllers, moster develers, 5–6 musterdevilers, 6 mustredevyles, musterdevilys, muster de villois. See also muster n.2
[From the name of the town now called Montivilliers, in Normandy.
The name (in med.L. Monasterium Villare) appears in 1550 as Musterdevillers (Coke Deb. betw. Heralds §108); 15th c. forms are Moustervillers (in Paston Lett. I. p. lxxix), Mustirvilers (ibid. p. 8).]
A kind of mixed grey woollen cloth, much used in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
| 1400 in Cely Papers (1900) 56, I have a gowyn clothe of mostyrdewyk of my lordes leveray for you. 1428 in Rymer Foedera (1710) X. 391 Duas Pecias de Russeto Mustrevilers. 1467 Will of Bate (Somerset Ho.), Of colour of musterdevillers. 1494 Will Maude Parterich (25 Feb.) P.C.C., 23 Vox, My Musterler gowne coler and cuffis lyned with velwett. 1523 Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 171 My musterdevilys gowne furride with shankkes. 1564 Burgh Rec. Edin. (1875) III. 187 Thai nor nane of thame..sall lit ony maner of cullouris of muster de villois. |