Obs. Also 4 -fale, 4–5 -vall (-uall), 5 westevale. [a. MLG. Westvale, -val Westphalian.] A variety of cloth of Westphalian origin.
1385. in S. Bentley, Excerpta Hist. (1831), 139. Item lego ducentas vlnas de Westfale ad faciendum lintheamina.
1391. Exped. Earl Derby (Camden), 35. Pro ix vlnis Westuall … emptis pro trussura dictorum pannorum. Ibid., 168. Pro coopertorio tele Westvall pro dresseur.
1396. Will of Hervey of Kedwelly (Comm. Ct. London). Lego Waltero Burtone vnum lectum de Westuale.
1397–8. Exped. Earl Derby, 356. Westuall de worsted.
1403. Will of R. de Chestrefeld, in Lincoln Chapter Acts (MS.). Cum vno Doser de Westvale steyned cum ymaginibus.
1423. For. Acc. 1 Hen. VI., I. (P. R. O.). Computat in … westevale, pellibus lanutis [etc.].
