Yedward a familiar corruption of Edward, still retained in some counties, 1 HENRY IV., i. 2. 129. (Towards
the end of the first act of Shadwell's Lancashire Witches,
Clod, who speaks in the Lancashire dialect, says, “Why, 'tis
Sir Yedard Hartfort's”).
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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