PULPIT CLOCKS, AND HOUR GLASSES._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

In the annals of Dunstable Priory is this item: “In 1483, made a _clock_

over the pulpit.”

A stand for a _hour-glass_ still remains in many pulpits. A rector of

Bibury used to preach two hours, regularly turning the _glass_. After

the text, the esquire of the parish withdrew, smoked his pipe, and

returned to the blessing. Lecturers’ pulpits have also hour-glasses. The

priest had sometimes a _watch_ found him by the parish.[127]

[127] Fosbroke’s British Monachism.

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