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" that whatever married couple will go to the priory, and kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones, will swear that they have not quarrelled nor repented of their marriage within a year and a day after its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon. "
Dictionary of dates, and universal reference - Page 213
by Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 742 pages
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Kearsley's Traveller's Entertaining Guide Through Great Britain; Or, A ...

Great Britain - 1801 - 404 pages
...built by lord Luxborough about iixty years ago. It afterwards became the property of fir t •• have not quarrelled, nor repented of their marriage, within a year and a day after it took place, and will receive from the lord of the manor a flitch of bacon. It has heretofore been...
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Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference, Relating to All Ages and ...

Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...duke of York, who commanded, was defeated by Hochc, and forced to retire with loss, Sept. 7, 1793. DUNMOW, IN ESSEX. This town is famous for the tenure...its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon." Tliis custom was instituted by Robert de Fitzwalter, in the reign of Hemy III., 1244. The earliest...
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Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference: Relating to All Ages and ...

Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...by Hoche, and forced to retire with loss, Sept. 7, 1793. Hade a free port in 1816. DUNMOW, IN ESSES. This town is famous for the tenure of the manor, "...only been demanded five times. The last claimants were John Shakeshauks and his wife, who established their right to it, June 20, 1751 ; they made a...
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Haydn's Dictionary of Dates Relating to All Ages and Nations: For Universal ...

Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1866 - 906 pages
...married couple will go to the priory, and kneeling on two sharppointed stones, will swear that they have not quarrelled nor repented of their marriage within...its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon." * DUNSINANE (Perthshire). On the hill was fought- tho battle between Macbeth the thane of Glammis,...
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Notices to Correspondents Consisting of Several Thousand Editorial Answers ...

Robert Kemp Philp - 1869 - 360 pages
...III., 1244. After establishing their right, by " kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones, and swearing that they had not quarrelled, nor repented of their...marriage within a year and a day after its celebration," they made a lai ge sum of money by selling slices of the flitch to upwards of 5,000 people, who were...
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Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations, for Universal ...

Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent - Chronology, Historical - 1874 - 1004 pages
...married couple will go to tho priory and kneeling on two sharp-pointed etoncs, will swear that they nave not quarrelled nor repented of their marriage within...year and a day after its celebration, shall receive a Hitch of bacon." The earliest recorded claim for the bacon was in 1445, since when to 1855 it had only...
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Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880 ..., Volume 5

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 894 pages
...go to the priory, and kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones, will swear that they have not quarreled nor repented of their marriage within a year and a...its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon." The prize was first claimed in 1445, two hundred years after it had been instituted. After 1751, up...
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School Geography

James Clyde - 1883 - 606 pages
...procession 't annually held in honour of some young couple, both of whom declare that they did not repent of their marriage within a year and a day after its celebration : a flitch of bacon is presented to them at the same time. Epping, on the borders of Middlesex, gives...
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Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 4

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 870 pages
...married couple will go to the priory, and kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones, will swear that they have not quarrelled nor repented of their marriage within...its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon.' The prize was first claimed in 1445, two hundred years after it hail been instituted. After 1751, up...
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The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 5

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 1372 pages
...go to the priory, and kneeling on two sharp-pointed stones, will swear that they have not quarreled nor repented of their marriage within a year and a day after its celebration, shall receive a nitch of bacon." Tb,e prize was first claimed in 1445, two hundred years after it had been instituted....
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