jan 1, 1540 - long
Description:
A regular abbreviation of ‘belong’, on record from the fifteenth century. 1443 <i>my chefe maner place and iiij oxgange of land langing therto </i>, Sheriff Hutton (SS30/89); 1486 <i>a halling that langith to the grete hall </i>, Hull (SS53/17); 1519 <i>a fedder bedde and that that longes to ytt </i>, Roundhay (Th9/89); 1540-2 <i>a gresse howsse ... havynge no arrable land langyng to itt </i>, Heworth (YRS114/16).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1540
Now
~ 485 years ago