jan 1, 1628 - grace-woman
Description:
A word found in the register of Frickley with Clayton: 1628 <i>Elyzabethe Bynglay grace woman buryed the xxvj of November</i> (PR). She was probably a mid-wife, since the OED has ‘grace-wife’ with that meaning and it occurs also in the records of Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland: 1607-8 <i>to her Ladyship’s gracewife xx li</i> (PHP91).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1628
Now
~ 397 years ago