Forms: α. 4–6 sporyer, 5 -ier, sporyȝere, 5 sporyare, 6 -ar. β. 5 sporior, -iour, -your. γ. 6 spurriour, spouryor. δ. 6 spurryar, 6– spurrier. [f. SPUR sb.1 + -IER. Cf. SPURRER 1.] A spur-maker.

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  α.  1389.  in Eng. Gilds (1870), 42. Þese ordenaunce of fraternyte of Sadeleres and Sporyeres.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 470. Sporyare (H. sporyȝere), calcarius.

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c. 1449.  Pecock, Repr., I. x. 50. As sporiers in Londoun gilden her sporis whiche thei maken.

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c. 1500.  Cocke Lorell’s B., 8. Mercers, fletchers, and sporyers.

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1575.  Gamm. Gurton, II. iv. 10. My goodly tossing sporyars neele chaue lost.

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  β.  c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 1595. Sporiors, Spicers, Spynners of clothe.

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1483.  Act 1 Rich. III., c. xii. ¶ 1. The Artificers in greate nombre of this Royalme of Englond,… that is to say,… Blacksmythes, Sporiours [etc.].

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  γ.  1500.  Nottingham Rec., III. 82. Georgius Othehay, spurriour.

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1546.  Yorks. Chantry Surv. (Surtees), 69. A chaumber … in the tenure of Rychard Tomson, spouryor.

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  δ.  1530.  Palsgr., 274/2. Spurryar, esperonnier.

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1570.  Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees, 1835), 332. Will’m Dagg of the towne of Gatisshed spurrier.

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1609.  Shuttleworths’ Acc. (Chetham Soc.), 184. To the spurrier of Padiham, for a paire of spurres to my Mr, ijs.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. 304/1. From the Smith and Farrier, we proceed to the Spurrier and Loriner or Bit-maker.

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1718.  Bp. Hutchinson, Witchcraft, 208. There was a Black Dog in the Chamber, that belong’d to one Clark, a Spurrier.

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1764.  R. Burn, Hist. Poor Laws, 10. Horse smiths, spurriers, tanners … and other workmen, artificers and labourers.

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1849.  Macaulay, Hist. Eng., I. iii. 380. It was vehemently argued … that saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds.

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1881.  Instr. Census Clerks (1885), 57. Harness:… Spurrier, Stirrup Maker.

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