jan 1, 1495 - bayard
Description:
Old French for ‘reddish brown’, used particularly for horses of that colour. 1257 <i>et vnum equum Beyardum qui vocatur Daunfer</i>, Harpham (ERAS21/71); 1358 <i>equum meum vocatum Bayard de Wirethorp</i>, York (SS4/69); 1495 <i>Thomæ Newhome equum vocatum Litill Bayerd</i>, York (SS53/113). Note: 1404 <i>nomine mortuarii mei equum meum ambulatorium coloris bay</i>, York (SS4/336). See NH139-40.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1495
Now
~ 530 years ago