13 June 1709: The population of Whitby are told when they may bury their dead
Lionel Charlton. 1779. The History of Whitby, and of Whitby Abbey. York: A. Ward. Get it:
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On June 13, 1709, an ordinance or rule was made at Whitby for burying their dead at three in the afternoon; which rule was signed by his Grace, the Archbishop of York, by Hugh Cholmeley and John Cholmeley, Esqrs; and by twenty eight more of the principal inhabitants; and it hath been adhered to ever since, with this variation only, that five in the afternoon is now the stated hour for burying from Lady Day till Michaelmas.
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Abbreviations:
- ER: East Riding
- GM: Greater Manchester
- NR: North Riding
- NY: North Yorkshire
- SY: South Yorkshire
- WR: West Riding
- WY: West Yorkshire
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On June 13, 1709, an ordinance or rule was made at Whitby for burying their dead at three in the afternoon; which rule was signed by his Grace, the Archbishop of York, by Hugh Cholmeley and John Cholmeley, Esqrs; and by twenty eight more of the principal inhabitants; and it hath been adhered to ever since, with this variation only, that five in the afternoon is now the stated hour for burying from Lady-day till Michaelmas.
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- Burial (12)
· - John Sharp (bishop) (1) ·
- Lady Day (1), Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated 25 March, commemorates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to tell her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ ·
- Michaelmas (6), feast principally of St. Michael on 29 September, one of the four quarter days of the financial, judicial, and academic year, in medieval England the beginning and end of the husbandman's year, hence hiring fairs at this time ·
- St Mary’s Church, Whitby (2) ·
- 📌Whitby (20), town, port and parish on the east coast of North Yorkshire/the North Riding at the mouth of the River Esk ·
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