On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 16:19:22 UTC+1, Vance Mead wrote: > I'm wondering about the occupation of William Symond, of London, "steweholder", the defendant in the first entry here. Is he a fishmonger or a brothel keeper? This is from 1453. > > > http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no768/aCP40no768fronts/IMG_0803.htm Or perhaps a genuine bath-house keeper? But brothel keeper seems the most likely - the OED has many early examples of 'stewe' meaning brothel. Matt Tompkins