A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the GypsiesHoyland, John
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A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies
Hoyland, John
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Footnotes:
{82} In the 31st page of Sir Frederick Morton Eden’s Appendix to the
State of the Poor, it appears that in 1426, a hay horse, for the Prior
(we may suppose of prime quality) cost £1 6s. 8d. and a colt 4s. 6d. And
in the year 1448, page 34, the hay of one acre was estimated at 5s.
{89} Weirde, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “_wird_;” _i.e._, fatum, or
deafinie, and is used in this sense, in Hollinshed.
{94} Ballie is a material designation in Scotland, agreeing in rank with
that of Alderman in England.
{201} Vol. vii. p. 496, 497.
{205} Vol. vii. p. 712.
{206} Vol. viii. p. 286.
{208} Vol. ix. p. 82, 83.
{211} Vol. ix. p. 278, 279, 280.
{212} Since writing the above, a friend has informed me that Norwood is
now inclosed, and has ceased to be a rendezvous of Gypsies.
{217} Vol. ix. p. 554, 555.
{221} Frederick Smith, of Croydon, Surry.
{231a} Vide Crabbe’s Poems.
{231b} See No. 104, Sunday School Tracts.
{248} The benevolent Jonas Hanway took a Gypsey boy into his family, for
the purpose of making an experiment, but the result has not come to the
knowledge of the author.
{262} At page 691, is a Vignette of Gypsies washing gold in Hungary.
{264} Samuel Tuke, Author of a Description of the Retreat, &c.
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