1 gen 1437 anni - pullan

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A colt, from Old French <i>poulain.</i> It was used as a by-name from the twelfth century (R&W) and is the source of the surname Pullan: 1348 <i>Margaretæ filiæ meæ tercium jumentum melius equicij mei cum pullano ... quartum jumentum melius cum pullano</i>, Emley (SS4/51); 1349 <i>unam bonam equam cum pullano in parco de Spofford</i> (SS4/60). It was occasionally used as a ‘colour’, presumably a shade of gray-brown: 1400 <i>pro j supertunica fururata cum puleyngray</i>, Richmond (SS45/12); 1437 <i>lego nomine mortuarii mei unam togam nigram furratam de poleyngray</i>, York (SS30/61).

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