Catalogue of Brand Material.
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Rent of Gloves (Middle Ages)
" Candle-money " due on
Easter Eve - - -
Dues for hearth, light, and
poultry paid - - -
Eggs collected and presented to parson - - -
Clerk paid by parochial hearth tax - . .
LOCALITY.
Worcester Priory.
(formerly General.)
Northumb. (Alwinton, 1840).
Lines. (Clee).
Suffolk (Wenhaston).
(6) Annual Parochial Settlement, Easter Monday. Annual Vestry Meeting.
,, Audit of Year's Accounts. ,, Appointment of Paro- chial Officers - General. ,, Ceremonies at Churchwardens' Dinner - - Cheshire (Barthomley) .
II. Local.
"Mother Pugsley's Dole "dis- tributed ----- Bristol.
Lord Mayor's Dole to Christ's
Hospital Boys, Easter Tuesday City of London.
Court of Array of Tenants by
Knight Service. (Tuesday) - Sheffield.
Easter Court (Manorial) scuffle
for a shilling - - . - Leicester.
EASTER HOLIDAYS.
I. General Observances, (a) Easter Eggs.
Called " Pace Eggs " - - Lancashire.
„ " Paste Eggs " - - Northumberland. Dyed and sometimes gilded in Northumberland, Dur- ham, Yorkshire, Cum- berland, Westmore- land, North Lancashire Plain in - - - - South Lancashire, Che- shire.
