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Quotation dates: 1530-1544
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Surage, Surriche, -eche, Sur(r)eis, adj. or n. (? Irreg. var. of Sarg(e n. or ? an unidentified variety of Gray n. 1.)Only in collocation with gray (Gray adj. 1 b., esp. quot. 1590). 1530–1 Treasurer's Accounts V 414.
For ane eln surage gray to be ane pare of hois to the king, price xxiiij s. 1531 Treasurer's Accounts VI 18.
For v elnis iij quartaris surage gray, to be ane goune to the king 1532 Treasurer's Accounts VI 76.
To be the king ane cloik, ij elnis and ane quarter surage gray 1533 Treasurer's Accounts VI 84.
To be ane pair of ryding sokkis to the king, iij½ quarteris surage gray 1539 Treasurer's Accounts VII 188.
iij quarteris sureis gray to cover ane sadill to the kingis grace 1541 Treasurer's Accounts VIII 22.
To cover twa sadillis to the kingis grace, thre quarteris surreis [ed. furreis] gray [etc.] 1544 Treasurer's Accounts VIII 280.
Surriche 1544 Treasurer's Accounts VIII 303.
Bocht to him fyve quarteris … surriche gray to be him ane pair of hois, witht the lynyngis, price thairof xxv s. x d. 1544 Treasurer's Accounts VIII 304.
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