jan 1, 1534 - brocket
Description:
A stag in its second year, with its first horns, which are straight, like daggers (OED). 1497 <i>Sir John Hotham Knyght ... withine the Kingis Forest killid a broket</i>, Pickering (NRR1/177); 1534 <i>whether ... in the saide parke there were any tame brokett and two tame hyndes killyd</i>, Wighill (YRS45/144). It was probably responsible for the by-name: 1390 <i>Robertus Broket, draper</i>, York (SS96/90).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1534
Now
~ 491 years ago