TREASURE DIGGING._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

A patent passed the great seal in the fifteenth year of James I., which

is to be found in Rymer, “to allow to Mary Middlemore, one of the maydes

of honor to our deerest consort queen Anne, (of Denmark,) and her

deputies, power and authority, to enter into the abbies of Saint Albans,

Glassenbury, Saint Edmundsbury, and Ramsay, and into all lands, houses,

and places, within a mile, belonging to said abbies;” there to dig, and

search after treasure, supposed to be hidden in such places.

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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 · 第 1280 / 1847 题