jan 1, 1426 - buttercup
Description:
Not a reference to the name of the flower which dates only from the eighteenth century, but to a cup for holding butter. 1426 ‘To John Morton a piece of silver, after the fashion<i> de buttercoppes</i>, and gilt at either end’, York (SS30/15n).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1426
Now
~ 599 years ago