cangium

1 cangium, ~ia [AN cange, OF change < cambium] , exchange. b change (of money). idem ‥ comes [Willielmus le Groos, ob. 1179] ‥ Petrum de Waghna militem suum et tenementa ipsius, ita tamen quod ipse P. esset attendens dictis monachis ‥ donec idem comes prefato P. changiam ad valitudinem terre sue conferret, dictis monachis ‥ est largitus, ut ipse P. occasione dicte changie eisdem monachis ipsam terram suam in W. postea erogaret Meaux I 83–4 (= MonA V 391b).  b 1159 vicecomes r.c. de xij li. de ~io monete Pipe 9.

2 cangium [Ar. kanjī] , silk or cotton fabric. 1285 ad tunicam, j ~ium emptum de mercatoribus (KR Ac 91/3) Arch. LXX 31; pannis de ~io radiato Ib. 56 (cf. ib. 45: de cangy radiato); 1303 de una capa chori de rubeo cangys vendita Ac. Exec. Ep. Lond. 48.