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THE CUSTOMS OF OLD ENGLAND
BY
F. J. SNELL
PREFACE
THE CUSTOMS OF OLD ENGLAND
CONTENTS
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHAPTER I
LEAGUES OF PRAYER
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHAPTER II
VOWESSES
OCTAVIÆ MATRONÆ VIDVÆ DEI.
ORATE ANIMA DOMINE JULIANE ANGELL VOTRICIS CUJUS ANIME PROPRICIETUR DEUS.
HIC JACET TUMULATA DOMINA JOHANNA BRAHAM VIRDUA AC DEO DEDICATA. OLIM UXOREM JOHANNIS BRAHAM ARMIGERI QUI OBIT XVIII DIE NOVEMBRIS ANNO DOMINI MILLINO CCCCXIX CU JUS ANIME PROPICIETUR DEUS. AMEN.
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHAPTER III
THE LADY FAST
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHAPTER IV
CHILDREN OF THE CHAPEL
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHAPTER V
THE BOY-BISHOP
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHAPTER VI
MIRACLE PLAYS
Ashburton, Devon
St. Martin's, Leicester
ACADEMIC
CHAPTER VII
ALMS AND LOANS
Ashburton, Devon
Tavistock
Woodbury, Devon
Plymouth
Barnstaple
Sheffield
Cawthorne, Yorkshire
Youlgreave, Derbyshire
Heavitree, Devon
ACADEMIC
CHAPTER VIII
OF THE PRIVILEGE
The Bedels
The Ministry of Trade
I
II
ACADEMIC
CHAPTER IX
THE "STUDIUM GENERALE"
The "Nations"
The Highway of Learning
On Parade
JUDICIAL
CHAPTER X
THE ORDER OF THE COIF
JUDICIAL
CHAPTER XI
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
The Judgment of the Glowing Iron
The Judgment of the Ploughshares
The Judgment of the Boiling Water
The Judgment of Cold Water
The Judgment of the Morsel
The Judgment of the Psalter
JUDICIAL
CHAPTER XII
OUTLAWRY
URBAN
CHAPTER XIII
BURGHAL INDEPENDENCE
Custom in Law
Crown and Town
A Paradise of Police
URBAN
CHAPTER XIV
THE BANNER OF ST. PAUL
URBAN
CHAPTER XV
GOD'S PENNY
URBAN
CHAPTER XVI
THE MERCHANT AND HIS MARK
RURAL
CHAPTER XVII
RUS IN URBE
"S. COMMVNE BVRGENTES STOFORD."
RURAL
CHAPTER XVIII
COUNTRY PROPER
Borough English
"Heirs of the Youngest Holding
The Open Field
The Waste
Bondmen
DOMESTIC
CHAPTER XIX
RETINUES
Billeting
Pre-emption
Livery
A Mediæval Household
Minstrels and Pages
INDEX
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