"1685, April 1. Mrs. Farre was buried in linnen, and p^d 50s. to the poore." "1694. John, son of Mr. John Palmer and Elizabeth his wife, was born Tuesday, May the 1st, and baptized at home May the 11th; y^e _Captaine_ died Thursday last, y^e day before." "An Account of the Briefe for the Relief of the French Protestants, read May 16th, at Newton, 1686. _At Noare in Newton._ _Capt. Mr. Robert Farre_ gave 1 lib. for himself, and his kinswoman Mrs. Elizabeth Farre. His man Roger 1s. His maid Anna 6d." "Gathered towards the relief of the French Protestants, May 11, 1688; _Captain Far_ and Mrs. Elizabeth Far, 5s." C. F. {33} * * * * * MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. Will some one of your correspondents (learned in such matters) refer me to a work treating of the marriage ceremony as performed in this country during the fourteenth century, in order to the explanation of the following passages, which refer to an event in English history--the marriage of Edward I.'s daughter with the Count of Holland? The king's writ to the Bishop of London speaks of the marriage as about to be celebrated on the day after the Epiphany, upon which day (as shown by the Wardrobe Account) the ring was put on; but it was on the next day (the 8th) that the princess "despon[=s] fuit," as shown by the same account. In Rymer's _Foedera_, vol. i. p. 850., will be found a writ directed to the Bishop of London (and others) as follows: "Quia inter Comitem Holandiæ et Elizabetham, filiam nostram carissimam, _matrimonium_ hac proxima die Lunæ, _in crastino Epiphaniæ_, apud Gyppesivicum solempnizari proponimus, Domino concedente," &c. In the Household Book of King Edward I. for the same year (Add. MS. 7965.) will be found the following entries, p. 6.: "_Obla[=t] p'ticipa[=t]._--Terc[=o] die Janu[=ar] in obla[=t] [p=]ticipatis ad Missam celebr[=a]tam ad magn[=u] altare eccl[=i]a priorat' [=b]i Pe[=t] in Gippewico die Nupcia[=r] Alienore de Burgo.... vij. "_Pro Comitessa Holland._--Eodem die (vij Janu[=ar]) in dena[=r] tam positis su[p=] libr[=u] qi[=n] jactatis [=i]ter homines circumstantes ad hostium in introitu eccl[=i]e Magne Prioratus pred[=c]i _ubi comes Hollandie sub.... vit D[=n]am Elizabetham filiam Regis c[=u] anulo auri...._ lxs. "Fratribus predicatoribus de Gippewico [p=] ... sua unius diei videl[=tz] viij _diei Janu[=ar] quo die D[=na] Elizabeth filia R. despon[=s] fuit_, [p=] M. de Cauford, xiijs. iiijd." R. C. * * * * * MANUSCRIPT CATENA.