1399 W. Langland iv. 17 Ne had creaunce Icome at þe last ende..Þey had be drawe to þe deuyll for dette þat þey owed.
c1460 J. Fortescue (1885) v. 118 He shall..by [buy] all þat is necessarie..by creaunce and borowynge.
1496 (c1410) (de Worde) vii. xxv. 314/1 Chapmen that selle to creaunce to let the byer from other chapmen.