jan 1, 1562 - smithyman
Description:
Not a farrier or shoeing-smith but a man who worked in a ‘smithies’ or had an iron works. 1379 <i>Johannes Cutyler; Alanus Fox, smethyman</i>, Askwith (PTWR); 1417 ‘John <i>Passelewe, smythyman</i>, diverted the water course so that it ran to his smithies’, Thurstonland (MD225/1/143); 1562 <i>Robert Humblocke, Ecclesfeild, smethyman</i> (YRS14/86).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1562
Now
~ 463 years ago