Little Woodham
Living history village
Little Woodham, Grange Farm, Barrington Close, Howe Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO13 8NZ
Saint's days and festivals of 1641/1642
Saints days and festivals were an important part of daily life. Not only had they religious significance, but they also marked the passing of the year. Without a calendar, it was often easier to make arrangements using Saints days as a way of ensuring everyone meant the same day!
February 1641
02-Feb Candllemasse also Crownation Day
24-Feb St. Matthias Feast
March 1641/1642
01-Mar Start of Lent
24-Mar Last Day of 1641
25-Mar Lady Day
April 1642
10-Apr Easter Day
11-Apr Easter Monday
25-Apr St. Mark's Day
May 1642
02-May May Day
03-May St. Hellen Masse
16-17-18 May Cross or Rogation Days
19-May Holy Thursday Ascension Day
29-May Whit Sunday Pentecost
June 1642
05-Jun Trinity Sunday
06-Jun Trinity Monday
24-Jun St. John the Baptist
29-Jun St. Peter's Day
July 1642
22-Jul Mary Magdalen Day
25-Jul St. James' Day
August 1642
01-Aug Lammas
10-Aug St. Lawrence's Day
15-Aug Assumptio Mariae
September 1642
08-Sep Super Nativitatem Mariae, Our Lady in Harvest
21-Sep St. Mathew's Day
29-Sep Michaelmasse
October 1642
18-Oct St. Luke's Day
25-Oct St. John of Beverley Day
November 1642
01-Nov All Saints Day
05-Nov Powder Treason Day
11-Nov Martynmasse
30-Nov St. Andrewemasse
December 1642
21-Dec St. Thomas' Day
25-Dec Christmasse
26-Dec St. Stephen's Day
27-Dec St. John's Day
28-Dec Innocent's Day
Compiled by R.Towner and R.Roberts
Sources:
Unix operating system.
The Farming & Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell 1642.
D Wooward. The Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 726029 2 London 1984.
Dyurnall of Adam Eyre. Sheffield University Library.
The Churchwarden's Accounts of St. Nicholas, Strood. Kent. Pt II, Kent Archeological Society. 1927.
Devon Household Accounts, 1627-59. Pt I, Devon & Cornwall Record Society. ISBN 0 901853 38 1. 1995.
Studying Family and Community History Vol I. Ed. R.Finnegan et al. Pub. Cambridge