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Quotation dates: 1535-1546
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(Trevis pece,) Treves pece, Travis pece, Travyse pece, n. [Trevis n. and Pece n.] A cross-piece or transom. — 1535–6 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 138.
ix lang stanis for treves pece and lyntell 1535–6 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I 186.
To the said chapell gavill twa square lychtis under the travyse pece … to the boyse wyndo of the foresaid chappell gavill under the laich travyse pece [etc.] 1546 Edinb. Guild Ct. 14 April.
The travis pece or soule of the windo
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