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Jevel(l)o(u)r, n. Also: jevellor, jewellour; jeavellour; jevilo(u)r, jevillour, jewillour, gevillor; jevalour; jeavlour, jeyvlo(u)r. [In Sc. recorded earlier than Javel(l)o(u)r, q.v. Cf. Jeveller, Javel(l)o(u)r and Jeylour.] A jailer. Also attrib. With fie.(a) 1477 Lennox Mun. 115.
With power to mak … for the keping of oure saide castell, connestablis, garitouris, wachmen, portaris, jeuelouris
1501 Reg. Privy S. I. 98/1.
And the said Andro sal … mak jevellouris and wachmen
c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxviii. 36.
The presone [is] brokin, the jevellouris fleit and flemit
1531 Bell. Boece (M) II. 286/8.
The ievellouris quhilkis kepit the presoun quhare King Edward wes
1560 Rolland Seven S. 1330.
Than four iewellours … In deip presoun richt schairplie him inclusit
1579 Reg. Privy C. III. 129.
Slittis … quhair, without the jevelouris knawlege, [friends of prisoners may communicate with them]
1591 Misc. Spald. C. II. 217.
That ye and the jevelouris [sc. of Edinburgh] … are slaw … to mak your tolbuith and preasoun oppin … to our said Constabill
1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. 341 b.
Dauid Lindsy, … jeavellour
1627 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 358.
Gawan Nathsmythe, … to be jevelour and keiper of the haill prissoun houssis of the new biggit Tolbuithe
attrib. 1627 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 359.
Ilk persoun … to pay to him tua schilling the first aucht dayes for his jevellour fie
(b) 1484 Lennox Mun. 124.
With power to substitute … jevillowris and all vthir officiaris neidefull
1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 234.
To Thomas Hall. gevillor
1559 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 51.
Thomas Hall, jewillour
1560 Rolland Seven S. 1606.
Vnto the ministeris, Prouestis, sergands, jewillours and officers
1672 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 13 Aug.
Jevilor
attrib. 1675 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 27 Oct.
Jevilour fies
(c) 1510 Reg. Privy S. I. 323/2.
With power to thaim to mak … capitanis, constablis, jevalouris
1583 Digest Justiciary Proc. K. 34.
[To] send ane takin to the jevalour to freith James Gilchryst furth of the tolbuith
(d) 1671 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 4 Oct.
Jeyvlour
1672 Ib. 18 Apr. 1682 Ib. 18 Nov.
Jeavlour

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