Note 152 — Chapter II · LOCAL SURNAMES.

So late as the year 1562 we find, in an old inventory, mention made of ‘One bede coveringe of ariesworke, 8s. (Richmondshire Wills, p. 161.) ‘Grant to John Bakes, arras-maker, of the office of maker and mender of the King’s cloths and pieces of arras and tapestry, with 12d. a day for wages.’—Materials for History of Reign of Henry VII. (p. 259).