jan 1, 1549 - pain
Description:
A penalty or fine paid for an offence. It is found from an early date in manorial court rolls, where the threatened ‘pains’ were listed, usually in Latin. It could be a noun or a verb: 1549 <i>Item pena posita est qd</i> ... or <i>Item penat’ est qd</i> ... Lepton (WBM). English examples of the word are less common: <i>c</i>.1488 <i>commaundyng them ... to appere before youre highnes ... at a certen day upon a certen peyn as shalbe lymyted,</i> Markington (YRS41/6).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1549
Now
~ 476 years ago