The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]Richards, William
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The History of Lynn, Vol. 1 [of 2]
Richards, William
Fens, The (England); King's Lynn (England)
“These are the brethren and sisters of the Guild _Tigulat._ founded
to the honour and purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, _ao._ 3
Edward III.—Thomas de Langham, and Christian his wife; Charles de
Secheford, and Alice his wife; Robert de Derby, and Margery his wife;
William, son of the said Robert, &c. [The names of the rest are not
given.] Robert seems to be alderman of the Guild.—These are the four
Morwespeches of the said Guild: the first morwespeche is on the
Sunday [_le Dymeynge prochein_] after the purification of the Blessed
Virgin, the second on the day of the annunication of our Lady, the
third on the day of the assumption of our Lady, the fourth on the
conception of our Lady.—It is ordained that if any of the brethren be
summoned on any of the four morwespeches, and are in the said town,
and make default, they shall pay 1_d._ to the honour of our Lady.”
{440a}
This Gild, as the above writer hints, had its Alderman, {440b} and
likewise, probably, all the other kind of officers mentioned in the
account of St. Gyles and St. Julian’s Gild; with laws also somewhat alike
those of that fraternity; but its records relating to those matters
having all perished, nothing more can be said on those heads.—The chapel
of our Lady, which belonged to this Gild, or to which the gild belonged,
was not that _by the bridge_, to which it gave name, but that _on the
mount_, which was formerly a very noted place in this town, both for its
curious architecture and its reputed sanctity—the offerings there
sometimes exceeding those of all our other holy places. But more of
these matters when we come to treat of the religious houses.
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