Note 447 — HENRY VIII 1509-1547 (continued 2)

A Breton canvas. There was a ‘poll davye baye’ on the Breton coast (State Papers, ed. 1830, xiv, 325), and a small village named Poldavid is situated in Douarnenez Bay. At a later date it is frequently called ‘Dantzic Polldavy’ and then probably means a canvas of Breton type obtained from Dantzic.