Customs and Incidents
Customs and Incidents
His ducal bonnet taken from his brow, His robes stript off, his seal and signet-ring Broken before him.
Customs and Incidents: Henry
At the marriage of Henry VI. with Margaret of Anjou, Cardinal Beaufort presented a gold ring to the bride, given to him by Henry V., and…
Customs and Incidents: Burgundy
When the Duchess of Savoy was held a prisoner by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, she found means to send her secretary to solicit the…
Customs and Incidents: Count
Instances are recorded in which the wearing of a ring has been the means of saving life. Such happened to the Count de St. Pol at the…
Customs and Incidents: Edgcumbe
Mrs. Bray, in a notice of 'Cotele,' and 'the Edgcumbes of the Olden Time' ('Gentleman's Magazine,' November 1853), relates a singular…
Customs and Incidents: Cloudesley
The body of the great naval commander Sir Cloudesley Shovel, who was shipwrecked on the rocks of Scilly in 1707, was washed on shore, when…
Customs and Incidents: Borgia
It is recorded of the infamous Pope Alexander VI. (Borgia) that he caused a key, similar to the key-ring, to be used in opening a cabinet…
Customs and Incidents: Cæsar
The signet-ring of Cæsar Borgia was exhibited a few years ago at a meeting of the British Archæological Association by the Rev. C. H…
Customs and Incidents: Condorcet
In late times the death of Condorcet was occasioned by a subtle poison, made by Cabanis, and enclosed in a ring. The particulars of this…
Customs and Incidents: Ilfracombe
The truth of a similarly recovered ring I am able to attest from my acquaintance with the late Mrs. Drake, of Pilton, near Barnstaple, to…
Customs and Incidents: Nordanhamn
A wealthy German farmer, living near Nordanhamn, was making flour-balls in 1871 for his cattle. At the end of his work he missed his ring…
Customs and Incidents: Volga
On October 7, 1868, some fishermen, throwing their nets in the Volga, captured a sturgeon, which was found to be the same as that which his…
Customs and Incidents: Byron
In Moore's 'Life of Byron' we have an instance of a lost ring recovered under peculiarly interesting circumstances: 'On the day of the…
Customs and Incidents: Danish
The Knight rejoins :- Upon my finger I have a ring, It's made of finest gold-a, And, lady, it thy steed shall bring Out of the pinner's…
Customs and Incidents: Anneli
In the popular German ballad of 'Anneli,' or the 'Anneli Lied,' translated by Mr. J. H. Dixon ('Notes and Queries,' 3rd series, vol. ix.)…
Customs and Incidents: Vitus
Mr. Howitt, in his additions to the 'History of Magic' of Ennemoser, remarks: 'In the St. Vitus's dance patients often experience…
Customs and Incidents: Suffolk
The romantic attachment of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, to Mary, the second sister of Henry VIII., is an interesting episode in ring…
Customs and Incidents: British
In connection with incidents concerning rings, I may allude to the golden spoil that Messrs. Garrard, goldsmiths, of the Haymarket, London…