jan 1, 1510 - stockfish
Description:
Cod or ling, split open and cured without salt, dried in the wind and sun. It came principally from Norway and Iceland and was imported into Hull and Scarborough from a very early date: 1305-6 <i>c stockfische viili ixs ixd</i> Bolton Priory (YRS154/196); 1446-58 <i>In expensis Rad. Snayth versus Hull pro ... stokfysch</i>, Fountains Abbey (SS130/111); 1510 <i>of ylke hundredth stokfysshe jd</i>, York (YRS106/33).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1510
Now
~ 515 years ago