jan 1, 1508 - lyard

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Gray, silvery-gray or white, used particularly of horses. 1345 <i>unum equum album qui vocatur lyard, </i>Brompton (SS4/11); 1429 <i>a white horse called Lyard </i>, York (SS30/186); 1452 <i>unum palefridum vocatum Lyard Gig, </i>Masham (SS30/160); 1476 <i>myne graye ambuling horse callid lierd Dale </i>, Old Malton (SS45/224). These were effectively names, and the colour was characteristically linked with a family or place which identified where the horse came from: 1257 <i>et j pullum nigrum liard </i>, Harpham (ERAS21/71); 1495 <i>Johanni Aske lyard Otteley </i>, York (SS53/113); 1503 <i>Adæ Copley arm. j equum voc lyard Baraclogh </i>, Clotherholme (SS53/215); 1508 <i>xxxiijs iiijd pro j equo succuss’ vocat. Lyerd Banys </i>, York (SS53/289). See NH139-44.

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