. The Archaeological journal . VOL. St. Ed-ward the Confessor gives his Ring to St. John disguised as a Pilgrim. From an Illumination in the Abbreviated Domesday Book preserved at the Public RecordOffice. Date early thirteenth century. flTftc 3rriiacolotjtcal Journal JUNE, 18G4. ON A REMARKABLE INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF SAINT EDWARDTHE CONFESSOR, WITH NOTICES OF CERTAIN RINGS FT AirLOWED ON GOOD FRIDAY BY THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND. Br EDMUXD WATEKTON, , K. For several centuries the Kings of England were wont tobless or to hallow certain rings, which were to be worn asof vir
. The Archaeological journal . VOL. St. Ed-ward the Confessor gives his Ring to St. John disguised as a Pilgrim. From an Illumination in the Abbreviated Domesday Book preserved at the Public RecordOffice. Date early thirteenth century. flTftc 3rriiacolotjtcal Journal JUNE, 18G4. ON A REMARKABLE INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF SAINT EDWARDTHE CONFESSOR, WITH NOTICES OF CERTAIN RINGS FT AirLOWED ON GOOD FRIDAY BY THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND. Br EDMUXD WATEKTON, , K. For several centuries the Kings of England were wont tobless or to hallow certain rings, which were to be worn asof virtue against the cramp and the falling sickness. Thisappears to have been a custom exercised exclusively by themonarchs of England, and the last who so blessed cramprings was Queen Mary. The origin of this custom is obscure. The historians onlystate that the ring of Saint Edward the Confessor was keptfor some time in Westminster Abbey, as a relic of the holyman;1 that it was applied for curing the falling sicknand that this practice led t
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