 | William John Thoms - Coronations - 1838 - 506 pages
...Henry VI, whose precept, authorizing such a measure, dated 1454, is preserved in Rymer's Foedera.* persons walking and transacting business in Cathedrals,...which was committed to the Beadles and Singing Boys." — This practice, and to which, probably, the items in Henry's Household Book bear reference, still... | |
 | William John Thoms - Coronations - 1844 - 500 pages
...Henry VI, whose precept, authorizing such a measure, dated 1454, is preserved in Rymer's Foedera.* persons walking and transacting business in Cathedrals,...Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them called ' Spur Mmiey,' the exaction of which was committed to the Beadles and Singing Boys." — This practice, and... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1850 - 544 pages
...In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to Divine Service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by persons walking and transacting...St. Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them, called " spur-monry," the exaction of which was committed to the beadles and singing-boys.' This practice,... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1850 - 524 pages
...In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to Divine Service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by persons walking and transacting business in cathedrals, and especially in St. 1'aul's, a small fine was imposed on them, called "spur-money," the exaction of which was committed... | |
 | Robert Richard Tighe - 1858 - 752 pages
...In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to divine service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by persons walking and transacting...cathedrals, and especially in St. Paul's, a small fine was 1 'Essay on the Antiquities of Windsor Castle.' 2 Vide ' Excerpta Historica,' p. 85. 3 Ibid. imposed... | |
 | English periodicals - 1897 - 654 pages
...In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to Divine service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by persons walking and transacting...St. Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them called ' spur-money,' the exaction of which was committed to the beadle and singing boys." Under the title... | |
 | Tresham Gilbey - Recreation - 1900 - 536 pages
...occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by people walking and transacting business in cathedrals, especially in St. Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them called ' spur-money,' the exaction of which was committed to the beadles and singing-boys." Again, to show... | |
 | Godfrey Bosvile - Horsemanship - 1908 - 316 pages
...occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by people walking and transacting business in cathedrals, especially in St. Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them called ' spurmoney,' the exaction of which was committed to the beadles and singing-boys." Again, to show... | |
 | Cambridgeshire (England) - 1909 - 466 pages
...In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to Divine Service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by persons walking and transacting...St. Paul's, a small fine was imposed on them, called " spur-money," the exaction of which was committed to the beadles and singing-boys. This practice,... | |
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Jonson, vol. ii. p. 49., says, " In the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to Divine Service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn by persons walking and transacting business in cathedrals, and especially in St. Paul's, a small... 