Nov. 6.]

ST. LEONARD’S DAY.

Essex.

Every tenant of the Manor of Writtell, upon St. Leonard’s Day, pays to the lord for everything under a year old a halfpenny, for every yearling pig a penny, and for every hog above a year old twopence, for the privilege of pawnage in the lord’s woods: and this payment is called Avage or Avisage.—Blount’s Law Dictionary, 1717.

Worcestershire.

A list of holy days published at Worcester, in 1240, ordains St. Leonard’s festival to be kept a half holy day, enjoins the hearing of mass, and prohibits all labour except that of the plough.—Every Day Book, vol. ii. p. 1382.