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groundsella

groundsella [ME groundsille, gronsel] , groundsel, beam resting on ground as foundation of timber structure. 1388 cum pinnacione grunsill’ diversarum domorum et graduum KR Ac 473/2 m. 8; 1389 pro iij peciis meremii emptis pro gronnesellis pro reparacione domus MinAc 1292/4/4; 1390 grunsullam Comp. Swith. 417 (v. carpentare a); 1398 grundsella Ib. 208 (v. 2 grossus 25c); 1410 in stipendiis ij carpentariorum ‥ faciencium novam portam juxta punfaldam gransull’ aulam et cameram, ix s. Crawley 298.

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