† Foredrove

Obs. [f. FORE- pref. + DROVE.] An animal or animals driven before the corpse at a funeral, a corse-present or mortuary.

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1504. Will of J. Osburne, in Trans. Essex Archæol. Soc., Ser. II. I. 167. I bequeth ij shepe of a yere age for my fore Drove.

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1536. Will of W. Perte, ibid., 168. I will and bequeth a shepe price ij^s. which I will shall be dreven before me in the day of my buryall for a foredrove.

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