Parish Registers of English (p.222)
J. Charles Cox
1974
"The legal obligation, as distinct from that of the Church, of
abstaining from meat was enjoined during Lent by royal proclamation,
......"
But I don't know how often they were granted. Maybe I think the reason
was to reduce the burden on taxpayers for the poor.
Hideaki Inui
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> In the Royston (Yorkshire) Parish Register is an entry giving William
Milner
> and his wife a licence "to eat meat on the days prohibited". Can
anyone
> explain the requirement for such a licence and how often they were
granted.
>
> Jon
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