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[edit] Murrey Cup -- Weird Question

I noticed that many of your interests correspond to something I tripped over yesterday and thought I'd take a chance that you knew the missing piece. Do you know what a Murrey Cup is? (No, not the soccer world cup.) The Murrey Cup references come from two 14th Century English Wills.

The first one is from the will of Sir Edmund de Thorpe (d. 1393). He left a "murrey cup, tipped with silver, which is the charter cup of Thorp" to his heir. See (1806) An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, p. 148.  available at: An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. There are also some other references to this exact incident, but they also quote from the will word for word, so don't help in the matter.

The other reference deals with Sir William de Staunton and his will dated 1312. He leaves a murrey cup with a foot to his son and heir and another to his son's wife. See (1797) History of Nottinghamshire, p. 308.  Available at: History of Nottinghamshire.

Now, if I'd only had the one reference I'd have been willing to dismiss it as merely discussing the cup's color. But with 3 cups involved, I'm wondering if it means something else. I've searched the web as best I know how and have not come up with additional references. Do you happen to know anything about it?Kenalynn 22:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)