Catalogue of Brand MateiHai.
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Vicar gave beef, mustard, bread and cheese to all comers on Christmas Day, down to 19th cent. - - - - -
Vicar provided bread, cheese, and beer for tithe-payers after evening service, to 1814
Ferryman remitted toll on Christmas Day and received loaf from parishioners ; his dog fed at Vicarage
Bread, ale, and mince-pies distri- buted to poor by Rector on Old Christmas Day
Tenants-at-will made customary presents to Lord of Manor at Yule ; he entertained them and their wives at dinner
Feast in reeve's house ; mince- pies ; free drinks while candles burning. Associated with memory of King John -
Break-up school-feast, cakes and sweet ale (Pegge) -
" Rumbald Whitings " (eight finest whitings from each boat sold to provide supper for fishers, Christmas Eve -
{d) Doles (cf. St. Thomas's Day).
Plums distributed to inhabitants Annuities to Widows, by bequest Beef, by bequest, 1729
{e) Other Customary Gifts.
Officers of King's Bench Court to Judges - - -
Tenants of Selby Abbey to Con- vent - - - - -
Lord of Manor to Tenants, yule logs -----
Grocers gave plums to customers Bakers, a cake - - - -
LOCALITY.
staffs. (Gt. Barr and Aldridge).
Berks. (Cumnor).
Notts. (North Clifton). Dorset (Piddlehinton).
Ashton-under-Lyne, 1422.
Somerset (North Curry) . Derbysh. (Whittington).
Folkestone.
Stafford (Forebridge). Oxford (St. Thomas's). Exeter (St. Mary Major).
See Report of Royal Commission, 1820.
Yorksh. (Selby, 1597)-
Northumbd. (Belford), 1890-1900.
Northants., 1854.
