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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear All As a PS, H. Ansgar Kelly, 'Sacraments, sacramentals, and lay piety in Chaucer's England', The Chaucer Review 28 (1993), Pt 1, pp. 5-22, citing inter alia Lyndwood's 'Provinciale', reminds his readers that holy water clerks were appointed from among the poorest clerics and were often married (and hence normally had families to support). Among various means of supporting the clerk was a custom for quarterly payments assessed on the whole parish, and another provided for weekly payments by heads of households. Best wishes Graham ****************************************** Dr Graham Jones St John's College (University of Oxford) Oxford OX1 3JP Tel: +(0)1865 280146 (with voice-mail) e-Mail: [log in to unmask] Senior Research Associate School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford. Web: http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/gjones.html Honorary Visiting Fellow Centre for English Local History University of Leicester. Web: http://www.le.ac.uk/users/grj1 ****************************************** -----Original Message----- From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Briggs Sent: 14 February 2010 17:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] Holywater in place-names medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Another query from the English Place-Name List: "Could anyone suggest a reason for a curious place-name usage found in documents at the time of the Reformation? In certain documents written between 1523 and 1547, several townships surrounding Bromyard and Ledbury in Herefordshire are fairly consistently cited with the affix "Holywater" or "Halywater", usually - but not always -- with the main name in the possessive, e.g. "Winslow is Holywatir" (= "Winslow's Holywater"). They are "Linton Holywater", "Norton Holywater" and "Winslow Holywater." (near Bromyard), and "Leadon Holywater.", "Massington Holywater." and Wellington Holywater." (near Ledbury). Also, in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 , the tithes of "le Holywater" are to go to Bromyard. The usage has not been found before or after this period, and the documents were created at different times and by different persons during the reign of Henry VIII. Both Bromyard and Ledbury were collegiate churches, and Bromyard certainly, and Ledbury possibly, were Anglo-Saxon minsters. The named places were townships in Bromyard and Ledbury parishes." John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html