bassum

bassum, ~ium, ~ia [cf. 2 basis, basso and (?) 2 bargia] , ‘base’, saddle-pad. b (?) collarpad. 1211 in ‥ paronis, paronellis, baciis Pipe Wint. 95; 1248 in j sella cum baciis ad carectam, xij d. (Littleton) Ac. Man. Wint.; 1273 in j sella cum baz’ ‥ ; in veteribus bazis emendandis MinAc 935/4; 1299 in iij sellis ad carectam sine ~is (Milton, Essex) Ac. Man. Cant.; 1299 in j pare baseorum (Michelmersh) Ac. Man. Wint.; 1307 in ‥ j pari bac’ de proprio corio faciend’ cum canavac’ et flockis ad idem emptis (Chilbolton) Ib.; 1270 in una sella cum duobus paribus baciarum MinAc 1118/17 r. 3; 1290 in ‥ †bastis [? l. bascis], tractibus et ferris equorum Ac. Swinfield 124; 1298 et in iiij collariis emptis pro equis carectatis, xvj d. et in sellis et vassis emptis, xviij d. Ac. Lenton 26; 1301 carecte: ‥ in j pari bascearum empto, j.d. ob. MinAc 991/25; 1399 in j sella carectiva empta cum ~o ad dictam sellam (Ac. Man. Wint. Harmondsworth) Arch. LVIII 350; 1432 †basta MFG.  b 1261 in ij paribus baceorum et ij paribus colar’ emptis ‥ ; in veteribus colar’ et baceis fractis reparandis et reimplendis (Alton Priors) Ac. Man. Wint.; 1278 in uno collario cum ~o ‥ ad equum carettarium MinAc 843/17; 1285 in j pari bazar’ et j colar’ Ib. 843/6.