jan 1, 1663 - copperas
Description:
A word commonly used in Yorkshire for ferrous sulphate, also called ‘green copperas’ or ‘green vitriol’. It was imported in the fifteenth century but produced locally soon afterwards: 1463 <i>1 C lib’ coperose</i>, Hull (YRS144/48); 1577 <i>Two pounds grene copperas</i>, <i>viijd,</i> Richmond (SS26/269); 1616 <i>coporas and galles</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/111); 1663 <i>12li coperose, 1s</i>, Selby (YRS47/85). See NH159-61.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1663
Now
~ 362 years ago