1490. Caxton, Eneydos, xxviii. 109. Dydo hath defyled vylaynsly the good name and the enhaunsynge of the cytee.
1495. Will Spilman (Somerset Ho.). The bylding & the henhawnesyng of the Rooffe.
1534. More, On the Passion, Wks. 1292/2. Reseruynge theyr actuall enhaunsynge into heauen vntyll the great mistery of Christes passyon shoulde bee perfourmed.
1577–87. Holinshed, Chron., III. 963/2. For the inhancing of gold to eight & fortie shillings, & siluer foure shillings the ounce.
1622. Callis, Stat. Sewers (1824), 304. For the enhancing of such weres, mills, stanks, stakes, and kiddels.
1637. Sanderson, Serm., II. 71. Enhaunsing of fees, trucking for expedition.
