Mary Evans Collecting 'Wroth Money' 11939053

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Picture No	11939053
Date	1902
Description	Collecting 'Wroth Money'
Details	Ceremony at Knightlow Cross'. A tribute which dates back for a thousand years and connects the present with that remote past when the central countries of Ebgland were for the most part a wild and uncultivated chases is rendered on Knightlow Hill near Dunchurch, Warwickshire, on the early morn of St Martin's Day. Known as 'wroth money' it is paid to the Duke of Buccleuch as an acknowledgment of certain concessions made by his ancestors, on pain of forfeit for every penny of 20s or a white bull.
Source	Photograph by Benjamin Stone in 'Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures', page 23
Credit	Mary Evans Picture Library
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