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torchetta

torchetta [cf. torcha, ME torchet], torcata, small torch, ‘torchet’. c1243 ut semper inter duos fratres [ad supparium] ponatur una torcata (Cust. Bury St. E. f. 117v) HBS XCIX 56; habebunt candelas viz. particatas et torcatas (Cust. Bury St. E. f. 118v) Ib. XCIX 60; volumus ‥ quod in dictis exequiis et missa sint xxiiij pauperes xxiiij ~ett' ‥ tenentes Test. Hen. V 91; 1464 volo quod ‥ fiant circa corpus meum sex ~etae et quinque cerei MunAcOx 706; 1471 de torcheis sive ~ettis ‥ oblatis ad corpora mortuorum Mem. Ripon III 214.

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