Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the Middle Ages, Volume 1H.K. Causton, 1841 - Calendar |
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... Formerly many estates were conveyed by word of mouth without writing or deed , only with the Lord's sword or helmet , a horn or cup ; and many tenements with a spur , a curry - comb , a bow , and some with an arrow . " || * Digest of ...
... Formerly many estates were conveyed by word of mouth without writing or deed , only with the Lord's sword or helmet , a horn or cup ; and many tenements with a spur , a curry - comb , a bow , and some with an arrow . " || * Digest of ...
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... formerly done without their signing their names , ( that not being always in their power ) ; but they only heard the deed read , and then the clerk or scribe added their names in a sort of memorandum . ' Hiis testibus Johanne Moore , Ja ...
... formerly done without their signing their names , ( that not being always in their power ) ; but they only heard the deed read , and then the clerk or scribe added their names in a sort of memorandum . ' Hiis testibus Johanne Moore , Ja ...
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... formerly a pensile seal , as appears from an examination of the parchment . It was , in fact , a Gallo - Norman custom . Ingulphus not only affirms that the sealing of charters with pensile seals was not in use before the time of St ...
... formerly a pensile seal , as appears from an examination of the parchment . It was , in fact , a Gallo - Norman custom . Ingulphus not only affirms that the sealing of charters with pensile seals was not in use before the time of St ...
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... formerly paraded in the Symbolical processions of the Rogations , in all Christian churches , and which was the symbol of the monster destroyed by the valour of St. George , in one place ; of St. Romanus , in another ; and of St. Martha ...
... formerly paraded in the Symbolical processions of the Rogations , in all Christian churches , and which was the symbol of the monster destroyed by the valour of St. George , in one place ; of St. Romanus , in another ; and of St. Martha ...
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... formerly considered as the first day of winter , in which were com- prised ninety - one days . From a state proclamation in 1640 , it appears that processions of children were frequent on St. Clement's day ; and in consequence of a ...
... formerly considered as the first day of winter , in which were com- prised ninety - one days . From a state proclamation in 1640 , it appears that processions of children were frequent on St. Clement's day ; and in consequence of a ...
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Page 161 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Page 69 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 100 - He then inquires for the children, and according to the character which he hears from the parent, he gives them the intended present, as if they came out of heaven from Jesus Christ. Or, if they should have been bad children, he gives the parents a rod, and in the • name of his master recommends them to use it frequently. About seven or eight years old the children are let into the secret, and it is curious to observe how faithfully they keep it.
Page 218 - ... crowns of flowers. When this is done they return with their booty homewards, about the rising of the sun, and make their doors and windows to triumph in the flowery spoil. The...
Page 276 - Lamb, which being dressed, with the skin hanging on, is carried on a long pole before the lady and her companions to the Green, attended with music, and a Morisco dance of men, and another of women, where the rest of the day is spent in dancing, mirth, and merry glee.
Page 84 - Wassaile the trees that they may beare You many a plum and many a peare; For more or less fruits they will bring As you so give them wassailing.
Page 9 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels...
Page 135 - ... take a row of pins and pull out every one, one after another, saying a...
Page 281 - I bans, to dress his characters. Fitzstephen writing in 1174, says that, " London, for its theatrical exhibitions, has religious plays, either the representations of miracles wrought by holy confessors, or the sufferings of martyrs.
Page 133 - ... up, but if any gave to them bread, or other feeding, such would they know, watch for, and daily follow, whining till they had somewhat given them ; whereupon was raised a proverb, " Such an one will follow such an one, and whine as it were an...