Felsham & Gedding History Quiz, August 2013

ANSWERS:

Henry VII, Lord of the Manor, Gedding c. 1494

 

1. Rev Thomas Anderson


2. Sir John Tilley


3. Yewlands         


4. It is really two fonts: the base of the octagonal font was the top part of another older mid-14^th century font.


5. Mrs Cole who kept excellent Suffolk red and white cows


6. Red Polls


7. Mr W H Ince


8. The Live and Let Live


9. The 1880s


10. It was a small window through which villagers suffering from leprosy might watch services at a safe distance from other worshippers.


11. Mrs Anderson


12. In the Reading Room by the Rectory


13. “The Coker”


14. In 1268, Felsham was granted the right to hold an annual fair and a weekly market?


15. Maidenhall farm


16. Henry VII after the execution for treason of the previous Lord of the Manor - Sir Robert Chamberlyn


17. In 1836, William and Mary Gill with their nine children were sent to work for a notorious Lancashire mill owner called William Hulton.


18. Baldewin


19. 1450s


20. 10 shillings (the equivalent of a week’s wages for a Felsham farm labourer)