SUNDAY JOINTS IN CHURCH
According to the Domesday Book, a Sunday market was "held at St. Germains, Cornwall, even before the Conquest, though it was. soon rendered of little value, owing to' another establishment on an adjacent piece of ground by the Conqueror's half-brother. From the Conquest to the time of Henry VII; and in a few cases longer, Sunday -markets" we're •"common. We find records'of them at Bradford, Worcester, Battle,. Launceston, and. parts' of, Durham, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire. In 1206 Launceston. (Cornwall) gave King John five marks for a licence to change the day to Thursday,, Battle (Sussex) did pretty much the same thing. Despite an Act of Parliament in : 1449 abolishing Sunday markets, some disregarded the Act, and continued Sunday fairs until 1880. In Wigton, Cumberland,''the butchers on Sunday did a roaring trade close to the church doors. It was no uncommon thing for worshippers to take their joints.to church with them, and hang them, over the [pew fronts! The priest, unable to stop the custom, posted to London, and had the market day changed to Tuesday.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1935, Page 15
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179SUNDAY JOINTS IN CHURCH Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 23, 28 January 1935, Page 15
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