jan 1, 1578 - iron gear
Description:
Miscellaneous items made of iron, a term first noted in 1477-8 (OED). The lease of a mill in Thorpe Salvin in 1484-5 required the lessors to provide timber, stones and all other <i>irengeyre</i> (YRS102/147). Later references include: 1571 <i>Item 6 plows, 7 yokes with iron gear</i>, Elmswell (DW233); 1578 <i>Iron geare – for waynes and plowes ther</i>, Ripley (SS104/135).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1578
Now
~ 447 years ago