A COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS, AND CURIOUS BEQUESTS AND CHARITIES, Extracted from the reports made by the Commissioners for enquiring into charities in England and Wales. [Half title]: A COLLECTION OF REMARKABLE CHARITIES.

EDWARDS, H.

Published by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament Street., London, 1842

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12mo. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. [ii] + viii + 267 pp + [1]. Bound in original cloth, gilt with blind stamped decoration. Deckled edges. Extremities a little worn and spine and top boards sunned; otherwise in good condition. A survey of specific local charities and their associated customary events. It includes well known examples such as the Dunmow Flitch of Bacon and the Biddenden Maids' Charity and various rush strewings, but also describes many which have now probably fallen into abeyance or been merged into other more general funds. Examples include those at Burford and Canterbury for encouraging maidservant, others for funding officials to whip dogs out of church and to awaken sleepers during services and not to mention charities in connection with plum cake land, figs and ale and wine to cheer the heart. All the examples have been extracted from the various printed reports issued by the Commissioners for Inquiring into Charities in England and Wales, issued 1817-50 SOCIAL HISTORY CHARITIES SOCIAL HISTORY 19TH CENTURY SOCIAL HISTORY. Seller Inventory # 22397

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Title: A COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS, AND ...

Publisher: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament Street., London

Publication Date: 1842