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mercer, ~erus, ~erius [ML cf. MEAN mercer] 1 mercer. c1175 ex dono Johannis ~eri Danelaw 78; c1188 totam terram nostram ‥ que fuit Stephani ~erii Ch. Westm. 290; 1199 Radulfus ~erius Pipe 133; Walterus H., ~er Ann. Lond. 95; 1345 Willelmo ‥ cive et ~ero ejusdem civitatis FormA 92; 1417 mercator vel ~erus Mem. York I 189; 1421 unanimiter elegerunt Robertum Midelton, ~erum, unum de xxiiijor Ib. II 75; cives et ~eri de civitate nostra Londoniensi Reg. Brev. Orig. f. 89v; 1581 cum ‥ Henricus, nuper rex Anglie ‥ dederit et concesserit hominibus mistere marceriorum civitatis nostre Ebor’ (Pat) Gild Merch. II 280. 2 (as personal name or surname). a1180 his testibus ‥ Ricardo ~erio ‥ Aluredo ~erio E. Ch. S. Paul. 135; c1195 Thomas de Staford filius Marcheri Cart. Osney II 277; c1200 hiis testibus ‥ Bernardo Coco, Willelmo Wictor ‥ Benedicto ~ero Ib. II 121.

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