1390s

1390s noun: the decade from 1390 to 1399.

Noun

1390s pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) The decade from 1390 to 1399.
- Though in many ways cold and remote, Richard was not without a capacity for friendship. From the days of his youth he had always cherished the company of a select group of male friends. His deep affection for Robert de Vere in the 1380s is well known. In the 1390s he apppears to have been on...1999 July 15, Liz Broadwell, “Richard II's licentiousness”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022
- Some landlords started to make fundamental reassessments of their systems of estate management at varying points in the 1370s and 1380s. The 1380s saw the start of general leasing on the estates of the archbishopric of Canterbury, for example, and the same chronology fits Durham Cathedral Priory.³¹...2008, Ben Dodds, Richard Britnell, Agriculture and Rural Society After the Black Death: Common Themes and Regional Variations, page 26

In the 1390s he apppears to have been on intimate terms with a number of the senior clerks in his service.1999 July 15, Liz Broadwell, “Richard II's licentiousness”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022:
Most of the literature on this topic stresses the late 1380s and the 1390s, rather than the earlier 1380s, as a period of crisis in estate management.2008, Ben Dodds, Richard Britnell, Agriculture and Rural Society After the Black Death: Common Themes and Regional Variations, page 26:
Vasilei Hlazyna could quite plausibly been born in the 1390s, for example.2010 July 8, M Sjostrom, “Puzyna”, in soc.genealogy.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 27 Jul 2022:
Nonetheless Londoners' share of the credit recorded in the certificates rose in the 1390s to almost 50 per cent of the total as coin became even scarcer in the provinces.2020, Pamela Nightingale, Mortality, Trade, Money and Credit in Late Medieval England (1285-1531):

What does 1390s mean?: 1390s means the decade from 1390 to 1399.
How do you use 1390s in a sentence?: In the 1390s he apppears to have been on intimate terms with a number of the senior clerks in his service.
What part of speech is 1390s?: 1390s is a noun.

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