Notes and Queries, Number 17, February 23, 1850 by Various
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[14] _Harnes_, or armour, which perhaps hung over some of the monuments in the church. [15] It was about this time that clocks began to be generally used in churches (although of a much earlier invention); and in subsequent years we have several items of expenditure connected with that above mentioned. In 1595:-- "Paid for a small bell for the _watche_ iiij's "Paid to the smith for Iron worke to it xx'd "Paid for a waight for the Clocke wayinge 36'lb and for a ringe of Iron v's." Still, however, the hour-glass was used at the pulpit-desk, to determine the length the parson should go in his discourse; and xij'd for a new hour-glass frequently occurs. * * * * * QUERIES. COLLEGE SALTING. Mr. Editor.--If your very valuable work had existed in October, 1847, when I published in the _British Magazine_ a part of Archibishop Whitgift's accounts relative to his pupils while he was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, I should certainly have applied to you |
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