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02/03/1897

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At the Peterborough County Court sitting of this day, a number of orders were made that give us a glimpse of the time. Charles Jenks, a labourer from Water Newton, had debts totalling £21 4s that had accrued due to his loss of work caused by illness. He offered to meet his debts to 8s 6d in the pound at the rate of 3s per month. An order was made allowing this situation. Daniel Monk, a labourer from Eye, was in deeper trouble with debts of £40 10s 4d. He was offering 9s in the pound on the debts - an offer accepted by the court and requiring him to pay at a rate of 6s per month. If my sums are right, that's five years of payments. Among the undefended cases we find that Charles Tebbs, butcher of Midgate, was seeking payment of £26 15s 6d from one W. Chapman of Robin Hood Chase in Nottingham. The claim was upheld and Chapman was required to pay the debt at 10s a month. Tebbs has to wait over four years for settlement of the debt - if he's lucky. (Peterborough Citizen)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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Originally the Anglo-Saxons were pagan and had many Gods. The  greatest god was Wodin, who was associated with wisdom and warfare, he was helped by his beasts of battle including the two ravens Muninn and Huginn who would bring him news. His name survives as the day of the week, Wednesday. 

Thunor, the son of Wodin was the god of thunder, when he got angry he would hit his anvil with a huge hammer, the sound became thunder and the sparks lightening. He rode in a  chariot pulled by goats. A hammer is his symbol and weapon. Thursday is named after him.

The Anglo-Saxons worshipped in natural places rather than having official houses of worship.

The Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity from 597 AD but the effects were probably not felt throughout Britain for another 30 years.

References:

Multiple sources including Peterborough Museum

Images:

Huginn and Muninn sit on Woden's shoulders in an illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript, Wikipedia, Public Domain

Thunor's hammer: Chemityped by Prof. Magnus Petersen from an Electrotype in the possession of Herr Steffensen, Conservator to the Danish Museum. Public Domain

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