jan 1, 1556 - night-wake
Description:
The vigil beside the body of a dead person. 1416 <i>Capellani parochiales de Masham ... pro qualibet nygwake, 7d</i> (SS35/249); 1521 <i>to the vicar of Knares</i>[borough]<i> for nyght wakes and hedemasse pennys viijd</i> (SS104/13); 1556 <i>paid his oblacions ... to Mr Walter Pullan who he thinks hath righte thereunto And he thinks he ought to pay nothinge nor hath paid nothinge for no nyght wakes,</i> Farnham (YRS114/76).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1556
Now
~ 469 years ago