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1415 T. Hoccleve Addr. to Sir John Oldcastle l. 213 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 15 The preest..yaf hem the notice Of Crystes lore.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 86 (MED) He ȝeueþ notice, doom, and knowyng þat þilk deede is needis to be doon.

1483 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1830) II. Pref. 72 Byfore any knowlegge or notyce therof made or yeven to..Robert Scrope.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 57 Shee wyl geeue notice to the streight of al Italye dwellers.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 81 Nauar had notice of your faire approch. View more context for this quotation

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. vii. 114 Bring me iust notice of the numbers dead. View more context for this quotation

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler To Rdr. sig. A7 Of these..I thought fit to give thee this notice . View more context for this quotation

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1536 A little stay will bring some notice hither. View more context for this quotation

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 4 Wheresoever I had notice of any considerable natural Spelunca..I forthwith had recourse thereunto.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 173. ⁋2 His Epistles and Satires are full of proper Notices for the Conduct of Life in a Court.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxii. 256 My Lord.., being a little tender in his Feet, from a Gouty Notice, walked very slowly.

1777 H. Mackenzie Julia de Roubigné I. 136 If you hear that he has gone into the country, send me notice by the messenger.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 154 Notice of a change in the dark world Was lispt about the acacias.

1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. vi. 136 He knew the dogs would give notice of the approach of any one.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 8 Before him came a forester.., with notice of a hart.., First seen that day.

1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out ix. 128 The gong blaring all through the house gave notice for breakfast.

1988 M. Hocking Irrelevant Woman (1989) i. 8 The firmly rounded chin gave notice that she was accustomed to command whatever forces troubled her.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. v. 103 Now will I in..to giue notice, that no maner of person..haue recourse vnto the Princes. View more context for this quotation

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 401 It was done with sound of Trumpet,..as Players with us use to give notice of a Play.

1650 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser. (1876) 540 Masters of the letter packet boat, Not to carry any male passengers to France or Flanders until further notice.

1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 167 Cairnes's clerks..said, they had received no notice of it.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives I. 172 A herald went before, who gave notice to the people to keep holiday.

1896 Act 59 & 60 Vict. c. 36 §2 Public notice of any order made under this Act shall be given in the manner required.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 462/1 A law forbidding under severe penalties a labourer from hiring himself to a second employer without giving notice of a prior contract.

1987 Holiday Which? Sept. 160/3 Mr Kemp had not given the tour operator written notice of his condition.