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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 An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. 1806. pp. p. 148. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) available at: "An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) 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 History of Nottinghamshire. 1797. pp. p. 308. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) Available at: "History of Nottinghamshire". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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)

Impacts

This article does not discuss any of the negative impacts of drilling in residential neighborhoods -- either environmental or related to decreases in property values. It obviously is being written and maintained by people with a vested interest in promoting drilling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.50.33 (talk) 02:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

clearly. and here you have one of the major drawbacks of wikipedia: paid editing. gas exploration companies and advocacy groups have paid staff editing this page (and most others related to natural gas drilling), while those whose neighborhoods and property have been ruined must compete with them pro bono. hollow PR shill companies generate "research" which can then be cited authoritatively, further skewing the debate. wikipedia has a policy to address problems like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#How_to_avoid_COI_edits tellingly, it consists of a mild, toothless admonition that editors avoid conflict of interest. wikipedia has something in common with democracy in general, apparently: a giant loophole for cash that completely queers the deal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.198.182 (talk) 13:55, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

This article also fails to discuss the increase of earthquake activity in the region after Frakking began. This has lead to Cleburne Texas establishing a commission to study the relation between the drilling & frequent earthquakes. Kenalynn