obs. ff. toison: in quots. short for TOISON D’OR.
a. 1505. in Kingsford, Chron. Lond. (1905), 230. Other honourable personages in Ambassade, as his second Chamberlayn and Knyght of the Toyson.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VIII., 13 b. The lord Bresley, knight of the Toyson.
1601. R. Johnson, Kingd. & Commw. (1603), 244. There is also the order of the Toysone, of which his maiestie is chiefe.
