Catalogue of Bra^id Material.
205
Ales recorded 1620 and 1641
Ales continued to 1785
,, ,, to beginning
19th cent. -
View of Ale depicted on
north wall of Church.
Survival into i8th cent.
Maypole erected Ales customary in 1788
(Rudder) - - - - Ales continued to 1805 or 6
(Maypole erected) Ales continued to 1841.
INIan carried about on
wooden horse -
" Cobb Ale," to repair pier. Mayor was Lord. Held 1376 onwards - - -
(&) Local Festivals connected with Rights and Privileges.
Whitsun Ale, every 7 years, with Bowery and full cere- monies. Maypole erected. Continued from Ascension Day to Trinity Sunday. Whit Sunday chief day. Wood claimed from Wych- wood Forest. Right of way maintained
Whit-hunt. Right of hunting deer in Wychwood Forest exercised. Ma^^pole bower, Lord and Lady, morris- dancing, etc., the whole week - - - -
Right of cutting wood and hunting deer claimed. Lord and Lady chosen on Whitsunday
LOCALITY.
Oxon. (Yarn ton). Northants. (Gutworth).
Ibid. (King's Sutton).
Glos. (Cirencester). Glos. (generally). Oxon. (Chalgrove).
Oxon. (Hampton Foyle). Dorset (Lyme Regis).
Oxon. (Woodstock).
Oxon. (Hailey, Crawley, Witney, Ducklington, etc.).
Oxon. (Burford).
