Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
eyre .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word eyres.
Examples
-
And alle be it that the charboncle zeve lyght right y now, natheles at alle tymes brennethe a vesselle of cristalle fulle of bawme, for to zeven gode smelle, and odour to the emperour, and to voyden awey alle wykkede eyres and corrupciouns.
-
And alle be it that the charboncle zeve lyght right y now, natheles at alle tymes brennethe a vesselle of cristalle fulle of bawme, for to zeven gode smelle, and odour to the emperour, and to voyden awey alle wykkede eyres and corrupciouns.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
-
Regis_, while the rolls of the local eyres for the same period are called _Assize Rolls_.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
-
His reign was one of the longest in English history and encompassed a huge amount of administrative and political change - the beginning of the Hundred Years 'War, the growth of Parliament as an institution, the transition from judicial eyres as were held by his grandfather Edward I and before him Henry II and the Conqueror to a magistracy based in local communities and the centralisation of the English state.
Westminster Wisdom 2009
-
His reign was one of the longest in English history and encompassed a huge amount of administrative and political change - the beginning of the Hundred Years 'War, the growth of Parliament as an institution, the transition from judicial eyres as were held by his grandfather Edward I and before him Henry II and the Conqueror to a magistracy based in local communities and the centralisation of the English state.
Westminster Wisdom 2009
-
For he shall be Erl of Gloucestre and his eyres, I wis. '"
-
Com., fol., 1818), is a record of local eyres of particular importance for the reign of Edward I. as the corollary of the Hundred Rolls and the attack on the local franchises.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.