Joints Taken To 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 littlo value, owing to another establishment on an adjacent piece of ground by the Conqueror's half-brother. Erom tho Conquest to the time of Henry VII, and in a few eases longer, Sunday markets were common. We find records of them at Bradford, Worcester, Battle, Launceston, and parts of Durham, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire. In 1200 Launceston (Cornwall) gave King John five marks for a liccnso to chango tho day to Thursday. Battle (Sessex) did pretty much tho same thing. Despite an Act of Parliment in 1149 abolishing Sunday markets, some disregarded tho Act, and continued Sunday fairs until ISOO. In Wigton, Cumberland, the butchers on Sunday did a roaring trade close to tho church doors. It was no uncommon thing for worshippers to take their joints to Church with them, and hang them over the pew r fronts! The priest, unable to stop the custom, posted to Loudon, and had the market day changed to Thursday.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 67, 21 March 1935, Page 10
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183Joints Taken To Church Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 67, 21 March 1935, Page 10
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