jan 1, 1541 - shruff brass
Description:
A term first recorded in an Act passed in1541-2 which prohibited the export of <i>Shroffe Metal into any parte … beyond the Sea</i>, that is old or broken metal that might be converted into weapons. In later contexts the inference is that it was usually old brass or copper. In 1709 Joseph Webster, a Sheffield cutler, had <i>some Shruff brass</i> in his inventory, valued at ten shillings (IH).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1541
Now
~ 484 years ago