jan 1, 1407 - ragged staves
Description:
This unusual term occurs in the will of Sir Thomas Neville of Furnival: 1407 <i>unum alium ciphum auri cum cooperculo ejusdem cum ragged-staves</i> (SS45/41). Under ‘ragged staff’ the OED says it was a knobbed staff in the badge or crest of the Earls of Warwick: Shakespeare referred later to it as ‘Old Neuils Crest’, that is a bear chained ‘to the ragged staffe’.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1407
Now
~ 618 years ago