firmale

firmale [AN fermail, formail < firmaculum] 1 buckle, brooch, clasp for clothing. 1185 pro annulis et lapidibus et ~ibus et aliis jocundiolis ad opus regis Pipe 44; 1203 xxxv ~ia aur’ et duo vasa arg’ RNorm 113; 1296 sub pingnore j formalis aurei CourtR Ruthin 36; 1336 ij formile precii vj d. Arch. Bridgw. 88; 1430 j par precum de curall cum uno formali aureo Test. Ebor. II 8. 2 book or list of tenements at farm. 1441 homagium habent diem ad faciendum novum et renovandum unum novum rentale et unum novum ~e (CourtBk Sutton) MS Suff RO HB 10. 472/4. 1.