1520 in G. J. Piccope (1857) I. 38 I bequethe unto the roode seller off Manchester xls.
1917 F. E. Howard & F. H. Crossley (1919) 142 (caption) Hennock, Devon, rood celure.
2011 G. R. Sharpe iii. 216 Many [roods] had a gilded canopy immediately overhead, and above this some had a series of intricately worked and richly decorated panels set into the ceiling known as the rood celure.