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1 forulus [CLpl. = bookcase] 1 writing-case. hic ~us, li, i. scriptorium, eo quod ad cornua imponenda sit sepe perforatum, unde Juvenalis [Juv. Sat. 3. 219] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 217 (cf. ib. 242: ~us, scriptorium pluteum); stawnchon to settyn yn a nynke horne, ~us PP. 2 ‘forel’, parchment or leather case in which silver pence were packed (and which must have been of considerable size). b parchment wrapper in which the marshall of the Exchequer stored tallies and vouchers relating to sheriffs’ accounts. V. et. 1 forellus 1. quatuor seris obfirmatus erat; ecce claves earum. ‥ confido in Domino quia sanctus qui perditum ~um restituit reposita in solidum custodivit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 7 p. 320; clericus thesaurarii cum fuerit numerata pecunia et in ~os missa per centenas libras apposuit sigillum Dial. Scac. I 3A; 1190 et pro carriagio predicti thesauri et pro hugiis et ~is et cera et aliis minutis negociis ad eundem thesaurum Pipe 9; pro ~is et tonellis ad eundem thesaurum Ib. 131; 1225 (v. 1 forellus 1a); in foro forulo palma conceditur Walt. Wimb. Sim. 26; verbosi rethoris lingua lepidula / sine marsupio plus vilet hinnula; / si vero invenerit os tintinnabula / felicis foruli, palmam phisicula Ib. 47; s1235 accumulatis illis denariis aliis candidis esterlingis, noluit fratres vel etiam ~um nunciis resignare G. S. Alb. I 308.  b non solum autem pecunie saccis sed et archis et singulis ~is in quibus rotuli vel talee collocantur si libet apponit [clericus thesaurarii] sigillum Dial. Scac. I 3A; marescalli cura est taleas debitorum ‥ mittere seorsum in ~o suo. ‥ illi vero ~o superscriptio comitatus cujus hec sunt apponitur et singulis comitatibus singulos oportet ~os a vicecomite qui computat marescallo ministrari Ib. I 5G; 1198 T. debet xl m. ‥ set quia attulit cartam ipsius Aaron de quietantia dictorum debitorum, que est in ~o marescalli in Lincoll’scir’, consideratum est per barones quod ulterius de illis debitis non summoneatur Pipe 57; 1205 que summa surgit ex xv brevibus que sunt in ~o marescalli Ib. 12; 1221 literas suas patentes, que sunt in furulo inquisitionum hujus anni LTR Mem 4 m. 5(2)d.; 1230 per breve de magno sigillo quod est in forolo marescalli Ib. 11 m. 7d.; per breve regis quod est in ~o marascalli in Devenescir’ Ac. Foreign Hen. III 43; 1291 per breve de magno sigillo, quod est in ~o marescalli, thesaurario et baronibus directum Law Merch. II 53. 3 ‘forel’, parchment, leather or cloth wrapper for book or documents. V. et. 1 forellus 2. furulus quidam sericus, in quo reposita fuit scedula Anglice scripta, continens quasdam salutaciones Ailwini monachi Brakelond 155. 4 case (for weapon). V. et. 1 forellus 3. 1205 pro ~is et cordis et aliis necessariis ad balistas Pipe 221. 5 purse. clericus quidam ‥ xv m. ~o suo crediderat W. Cant. Mir. Thom. IV 8; marsupium, bursa, forulus, loculusque, tumetra Garl. Syn. 1583B.
2 forulus v. 2 furrellus

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