damesell

Updated: March 17, 2026

After this he began to haue a liking to women, and when Elfeagus then bishop of Winchester and his coosen, persuaded him to become a moonke, he refused it, for he rather wished to haue maried a yoong damesell, whose pleasant companie he dailie inioied.

Raphael Holinshed - Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8): The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England