_Old Custom preserved in Warwickshire._--There is a large stone a few miles
from Dunchurch, in Warwickshire, called "The Knightlow Cross." Several of
Lord John Scott's tenants hold from him on the condition of laying their
rent before daybreak on Martinmas Day on this stone: if they fail to do so,
they forfeit to him as many pounds as they owe pence, or as many white
bulls with red tips to their ears and a red tip to their tail as they owe
pence, whichever he chooses to demand. This custom is still kept up, and
there is always hard riding to reach the stone before the sun rises on
Martinmas Day?