10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOCKTIDE»
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Hocktide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Hocktide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Good Women of the Parish: Gender and Religion After the ...
French argues that medieval laywomen both coped with the chaotic changes following the plague and justified their own changing behavior by participating in local religion.
Katherine L. French, 2011
2
Kent: Diocese of Canterbury
There are, however, three Hocktide receipts. The second and third are clearly
dated Hocktide 1499 and Hocktide 1500 respectively, thus making the first
receipt the Hocktide 1498 receipt missing from the previous account. In the
Records ...
3
Festive Drama: Papers from the Sixth Triennial Colloquium of ...
As we have seen earlier, St Brice's Day in November does not sit easily with a
commemoration in the post-Easter season of Hocktide. E.K. Chambers discusses
Hocktide in his chapter on 'Festival Play' and cites it along with other spring folk ...
Société internationale pour l'étude du théâtre médiéval. Colloque, Meg Twycross, 1996
4
Writing Medieval Women's Lives
Among the women helping with Hocktide, Johanna Burgess's husband Thomas
had worked with both ofJohanna's husbands. He was a constable with William
Jarden and then nearly 30 years later was a chiefpledge, or officer of the local ...
Charlotte Newman Goldy, Amy Livingstone, 2012
5
Curious Country Customs
Hungerford, Berkshire (second Monday after Easter) The Hocktide festival is held
in memory of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and father of Henry IV, who, in
gratitude for the hospitality he had received from Hungerford's residents in 1364,
...
St. Edmund's, which by this time had already appropriated Hocktide profits, only
starts to account for Whitsun dancing money some twenty years later, in 1567. 24
The nature of the early Whitsun gatherings at St. Thomas's is not immediately ...
Alexandra F. Johnston, Wim N. M. Hüsken, 1996
7
Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Britain
But they do in Hungerford, Berkshire (Travel: page 130), at Hocktide – the
Monday and Tuesday of the second week after Easter. Actually most towns and
villages have forgotten that Hocktide was the date for collecting tithes or church
and ...
8
Poetry and Drama: Literary Terms and Concepts
A folk play once given at Coventry, Eng., on Hock Tuesday (the second Tuesday
after Easter), the Hocktide play was suppressed at the Protestant Reformation
because of disorders attendant on it but was revived for the entertainment of
Queen ...
9
Music and Musicians in Renaissance Cities and Towns
Apart from the dedication day and the feast of the church's patron saint, the most
spectacular season of celebrations ran from Easter to Midsummer and focused
on festivals such as Hocktide (the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter),
May ...
10
Medieval English Drama
Hocktide, a fifteenth-century festive game held two weeks after Easter,
demonstrates how parish sponsorship provided the space and authority for a
particularly gendered festive celebration. The game was usually played by
married couples.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOCKTIDE»
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Hocktide is used in the context of the following news items.
Town's farewell to long-serving vicar
He added: “I've particularly enjoyed Hocktide here. There's something very English about Hocktide; something very Church of England, very ... «Newbury Weekly News Group, Jun 15»
Collecting kisses in return for oranges for Hocktide
It's that time of year again when the residents of Hungerford in West Berkshire celebrate the ancient tradition of Hocktide. During the day tutti ... «ITV News, Apr 15»
Hocktide celebrates get underway this morning
It starts when the Town Crier summons the 'Commoners' of the town to the Hocktide Court, held at the town hall, while two florally decorated ... «ITV News, Apr 15»
In this week's Newbury Weekly News
Our commemorative coverage of the First World War continues looking at how Hungerford's traditional Hocktide celebration was affected by the ... «Newbury Weekly News Group, Apr 15»
Welcome to my World: The many names of the Easter season
The two days together are Hocktide. The Sunday following the “high” feast of Easter is called Low Sunday or Low Easter Day, when church ... «Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers, Feb 15»
Easter Monday Traditions
The tradition of having a holiday on the Monday after Easter stems from the medieval festival of Hocktide. This was a two day festival on the ... «International Business Times UK, Apr 14»
Is Britain being ruined by bank holidays?
Pre-Reformation England used to have dozens of them, from Candlemas and Beltane Day to Shrove Tuesday and Hocktide. Many of these ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 12»
The town that levies an ancient tax at Hocktide
SIR – The Hocktide customs at Hungerford (Leading article, August 26) are to do with more than watercress. The 100 or so Commoners of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 11»
Easter traditions around the world: from bonfires to egg breaking
The Hocktide festival in Hungerford on the second Tuesday after Easter kicks off with the town's newly elected police constable blowing his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 09»
Live like common people
A Hocktide Lunch is served to more than 180 commoners and their guests and friends in the Corn Exchange. After the meal there are speeches ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 04»
