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† hench-boy Obs.
Also hinch-boy.
[f. hench- in henchman + boy.]
A page of honour, a boy attendant.
In the 17th c. they ran on foot beside the mayor, sheriffs, etc.
1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl ii. i, You'd have it for a hench-boy, you shall. 1616B. Jonson Masque Christmas Wks. (Rtldg.) 602/1 He said grace as prettily as any of the sheriff's hinch-boys, forsooth. 1636Davenant Witts in Dodsley O. Pl. (1780) VIII. 420, I will match my Lord Mayor's horse, make jockeys Of his hench-boys, and run 'em through Cheapside. 1661K. W. Conf. Charact., Univ. Beadle (1860) 70 Much of kin to those hinch-boys, who on my lord mayor's day at London, were wont to run before my lady marice in velvet caps. a1683Oldham Poet. Wks. (1686) 64 When in Solemn State he pleas'd to ride, Poor Scepter'd Slaves ran Henchboys by his side. |