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Stele bonet, Steil(l) bonet(t, n. Also: steyle-, steel- and -bonnet(t, bon(n)at(t, -banatt, -bannet. [e.m.E. (1482, Cely Papers); Stele n. and Bonet n.] A piece of armour, a protective cap or headpiece made of steel. Also fig. and attrib.(a) 1504–5 Stewart Mem. 86.
Certane stele bonetis 1527 Treas. Acc. V 301.
For ane gray bonet silk … to the kingis stele bonet 1532 Treas. Acc. VI 26.
Ane blak bonnat for the kingis stele bonnat quhilk come out of France 1540 Acts II 362/2.
And that all vtheris … liegis … haif jakkis of plait halkrekis splintis sellat or stele bonet with pysane or gorgett 1590 St. A. B. Ct. 8 April.
Ane stelbonett(b) 1516 Exch. R. XIV 164.
Le steilbonettis pretium pecie x s. 1529 Treas. Acc. V 371. 1531 Treas. Acc. V 415.
For ane covering to the kingis steill bonet xx s. 1532 Treas. Acc. VI 29.
For ane bonnat to the kingis steill bonnatt … xxiiij s. … for ane litill rede bonnat to lyne the foirsaid steill bonnat, iij s. vj d. 1533–4 Melville Chart. 74.
Steill bonat 1533–4 Melville Chart. 74.
Steill bonatt 1547 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. II 131.
That the said porters be weill airmit with jak, steilbonet and halbert 1551 Treas. Acc. X 18.
Steill bonett 1554–5 Crim. Trials I i 371.
Steil-bonettis 1563 Dumfries B. Ct. 187a.
Steilbonat 1566 Crim. Trials I i 481.
Steill bonnetes 1569 Reg. Privy C. II 70.
Johnne Schaw [etc.] … bodin in feir of weir, with jak, steilbonet and instructit with all maner of wappynnis invasive 1575–6 Dumfries B. Ct. 20 Jan.
The best hat the best steilbonat with covering & tipat 1586 Barony Court of Calder in Anal. Scot. I 397.
James Coichran of Breidschall to have a horse worth 1 c merks, with jak, speir, steilbonat, plait slevis, sword and pistolet 1590 Thanes of Cawdor 197.
For the lethering of the steilbonnet twyis 1611 Reg. Panmure I xxxiv.
He … tuk the narrest vay … to Edinburghe, withe his sword in his hand, and ane read steil bonet on his head 1600 Black Bk. Taymouth 337.
Ane steill bonet of prufe 1600 Acts IV 205/2.
Bade this deponar send for his steill bonat and gantilat belevand that my lord wes going to tak the said heland man 1600 Acts IV 212/2.
[He] saw … the erle of Gowrie enter … with tua drawin swordis … and ane allakey put ane steilbonnet on his heid 1643 Acts VI i 43/2.
That the horsemen be airmed with pistollis bread swordis and steill capes and quhair thir airmes cannot be had … jackes or secreites lances and steill bonnettes and swordis(c) 1580–1 Paterson Ayr & Wigton II 569.
Steyle bannet 1608 Paisley B. Rec. 285.
Burgesses sall give their musteris sufficientlie armit with jack, steill-banatt, plet-sleives, speir, and halbertfig. 1605-6 Welsh Forty-eight Serm. 130.
Then puttest on all thy armour, thy steel-bonnet of hope, the breast-plate of righteousness, and the target of faithattrib. (1) 1580 Edinb. Test. VII 353.
vj hattis worth vij l. … fyve steilbonet irnes worth iij l.(2) 1577 Whitelaw Sc. Arms Makers 217.
Johne Hamilton steill bonet maker 1592–3 Misc. Maitl. C. I 58.
Johnne Hamiltoun steilbonnatmaker, burges of Glasgw 1607 Glasgow Trades House 12.