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A History of the County of Lancaster
… in dower. A fair was till recently held on 7 Nov., the eve of Old St. Simon's day. Other fairs were also held; in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… for gifts of 5 s. each to twenty poor women on Christmas Eve; this is administered by the chapel trustees. Mary …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had been obtained from the king on the preceding Christmas Eve; ibid. 186; Cal. Pat. 128192, p. 109. The various …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to this feast, by not fasting (as was the custom) on the eve of it, but supping on fleth in his parlour with his …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… fair of 17 days' duration from St. John the Baptist's eve for a fortnight. But the abbot has now reported that the …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… of the grange of Kircwynni and the land of Culwen, on the eve of St. Peter in Cathedra [Feb. 21st], 1289, in the …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… for an assize of novel disseisin, which was held on the eve of the Assumption in that year before John de Batisforde …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… [no. 115] and remits all claims against the abbey. On the eve of the Purification of the B.V.M. [Feb. 1st], 1265. 115 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… to cause two fairs to be held at Windsor yearly, on the eve and feast of St. George (23 April) and the eve and day of Midsummer and the three following days. 54 An … the mayor on St. Edward's Day, Christmas Day and Midsummer Eve, and bestow the money saved (18) on the market-house …
Old and New London
… on the authority of Ailred, Abbot of Rievaulx:"Upon the Eve of Christmas, 1065, the king was seized with a fever; and …