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In the will of John Hamond, pepperer, occurs the legacy: “To his niece the daughter of Thomas Hamond, residing with the nuns of Stratford, he leaves a sum of money for her maintenance.”

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

The grocer, or grosser, as the word was originally spelt, only sold wholesale, and his stock as we have it was divided among the spicer, pepperer, and treacle-monger.

From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.

The Secretary, I suppose, was helping him about it to-day; I believe it will be a pepperer.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

For the reduction of pepperer to Pepper cf.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

With an alacrity that seemed no less referable to the pepperer fact than to the supper fact, Bob obeyed, and his boots were heard descending towards the bed of the river.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles