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Bugle (OED bugle, MED bugle, AND bugle): 1318. KB27. Surrey. tria cornua, que vocantur bugles. Early use by OED, could be French. [1]


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Makedish: 1319. Adam Makedish.  ? [3]

Malemaker: 1356. Warwickshire. Johannem Lenyng de Cokton maleakere. OED does not have. [4] rcp 10/12

Malthouse 1319. Hugonem atte Malthouse. Herefordshire. OED has earliest in 1264; second in 1360. [5]

Maltmongere 1354. Hertfordshire. Willelmum Reymund maltmongere. [6] rcp 9/12

Margerie Perles: 1361. London. bonis et catallis ... viz., butons, aumails, nouches, margerie perles, rubies, saffiers, diamans et alia jocalia. OED has earliest 1387. [7] rcp 03/13

Martournes 1463. Buckinghamshire. unam togam de murrey engreyved (engreyned?) penulatam cum penula vocata martournes. Query whether OED has this word. [8] rcp 02/12

Masheff 1530. unam cupam vocatam a massheff. Not in OED. [9] rcp 21/12.

Maunciple: 1345. Cambridgeshire. Marcum de Bergham maunciple. OED has only earlier example in 1230. [10] rcp

Maserere: 1342. Northamptonshire. Letiam la Maserere de Duston. OED does not have. [11] rcp 11/12

Mazeres: 1344. Devon. duos ciphos qui dicuntur mazeres. OED has early only 1311. [12] rcp 03/12

Mazerer: 1319. Robertus le Mazerer. OED has mazer, but not mazerer. [13]

Meleman: 1319. Willelmum Meleman. OED has earliest 1527. [14]

Melemangere: 1315. Berkshire. Robert le Melmongere [15] SB; 1330 Wiltshire. Walter le Melemongere [16] SB; 1344. Wilshire. Waltero le Melemangere. OED has only earlier in 1288. [17] rcp

Mellere: 1345. Suffolk. Thomas le Mellere. OED has earliest 1450. [18] rcp 03/12

Messer: 1319. Reginaldum le Messer. OED has earliest 1645, if the same word. [19]

Miches: 1344. Surrey. sex panes qui vocantur miches et tres panes qui vocantur panes bys, sex lagena cervisie. OED apparently does not have. [20] rcp 03/12

Milksoppe: 1345. Buckinghamshire. Fulco filius Willelmi Milksoppe de Milton Keynes. OED has earliest 1390. [21] rcp 03/12

Mirourmaker: 1361. Warwickshire. Willelmum le Mirourmaker de Coventre. OED does not have the compound. [22] rcp

Mysmarke: 1590. Essex. did mysmarke and marke them. OED has only earlier example 1535. [23] rcp

Mulderdishe: 1345. Yorkshire. per quandam falsam mensuram que vocatur multerdishe quam habet in molendinis predictis quolibet anno. OED does not have. [24] rcp 03/12

Multon: 1361. London. interfecerunt quendam Flemyng et eum spoliaverunt de moneta vocata multon ad valenciam xx li. OED does not have in this sense. [25] rcp 03/13

Mustarder: 1307 Stephen le Mustarder [26]; 1320. Huntingdonshire. Johannes le Mustarder. OED only medieval instance is 1399. [27] 1347. Cambridgeshire. Johannem Mustarder. [1347. Cambridgeshire. Johannem Mustarder].

Mustardmaker: 1330 Devon. Thomas de Wymborne mostardmakere of Tottenesse [28] SB; 1332. Shropshire. Richard le Mustardmakere. OED has earliest 1303. [29]

Mustardman: 1332 Norfolk. Adam Mustardman[30] SB