Obs. In 4 somonaunce, 5 sommonance. [a. AF. *somo(u)naunce, f. somo(u)n- to SUMMON: see -ANCE.] A summons.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Friar’s T., 288 (Harl. MS.). I haue … a somonaunce [v.rr. somons, somonce] of a bille,… loke þat þou be … biforn our erchedeknes kne, To answer to þe court of certeyn þinges.
1499. in Lett. Rich. III. & Hen. VII. (Rolls), I. 131. They shal make their sommonance in the presence of the deputie.
1616. J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., XI. 186. After the lore of Faerie Landes sommance [v.r. sumonance].
