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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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Wadmolle: 1590. London. panni vocati grene wadmolle. OED does not seem to have. [3] rcp 04/12

Wagspere: 1345. Lincolnshire. Margareta Wagspere. OED finds "wag" earlier only in 1225. [4] rcp 03/12

Wallere: 1342. Warwickshire. Willelmum le Wallere. OED has earliest 1440. [5] rcp 12/12

Wasrere: 1342. London. Johannes le Wasrere ...Thomam le Wasrere. OED does not have. [6] rcp 11/12

Watersmyth: 1345. Dorset. Johannem le Watersmyth. OED does not have. [7] rcp 03/12

Waxmonger: 1344. Hertfordshire. Willelmum le Waxmongere. OED does not have. [8] rcp 03/12

Webbestere: 1314. Yorkshire. Johanna la Webbestere. [9] SJ

Webbing stolys: 1469. Northamptonshire [10] SJ

Welifare: 1343. Norfolk. in quadam navi vocata La Welifare. OED has only earlier in 1303. [11] rcp 11/12

Whelere: 1342. Cambridgeshire. Johanni le Whelere ... Walteri le Whelere fratris sui. OED has earliest 1497. [12] rcp 11/12 Whitesmyth: 1311. Warwickshire. Henry le Whytesmyth of Warrwick [13] SJ

Whelewright: 1319. Laurencius le Whelewright. OED: earliest 1281. [14]; Petrum le Whelewrigth [15]

Wodegrom: 1307.Surrey. Thomas de Cobeham le Wodegrom. [16]

Wyndere: 1343. Cambridgeshire. Rogerum le Wyndere. OED only has much later in various senses. [17] rcp 11/12

Wynporter: 1362. Yorkshire. William Kyng de Ravenser wynportour. OED has earliest 1580. [18] rcp 04/13

Wyrdrawer: 1343. Warwickshire. Johannem de Merynton wyrdrawere. [19], 1344. Warwickshire. Willelmus le Smyth wyrdrawer. OED has only earlier 1265. [20] rcp 03/12

Wollechapman: 1347. Norfolk. Willelmum de Northille wollechapman. OED has earliest (only) 1600. [21] rcp

Wolpackere: 1363. Middlesex. Johannem de Wygorn' wolpackere. OED has earliest 1376. [22] rcp

Wra: 1342. Yorkshire. Ricardum in the Wra. OED has in 1400 (1325). [23] rcp