See also:

• DOLE
• DOLE (from Old Eng. dal, cf. mod. " deal ")

DOLE (from Old Eng. dal, cf. mod. " See also:

• DEAL

deal ")  , a portion, a See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of gifts, especially of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food and See also:

• MONEY

money given in charity . The derivation from O . Fr. doel, See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. dolium, " grief," suggested by the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of funeral doles, is wrong . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian days, St See also:

• CHRYSOSTOM

Chrysostom says: " doles were used at funerals to procure the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the soul of the deceased; that he might find his See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge propitious." The distribution of See also:

• ALMS

alms to the See also:

• LOCAL

local poor at funerals was a universal custom in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . The amount of doles was usually stated in the will . Thus in 1399 Eleanor, duchess of See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, ordered that fifteen poor men should carry torches at her funeral, " each having a See also:

• GOWN

gown and See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood lined with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, breeches of See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, shoes and a See also:

• SHIRT

shirt, and twenty pounds amongst them." Later doles usually took the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of bequests of See also:

• LAND

land or money, the See also:

• INTEREST

interest or See also:

• RENT

rent of which was to be annually employed in charity . Often the distribution took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at the See also:

• GRAVE

grave of the donor . Thus one See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson of See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull at his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1708 See also:

• LEFT

left money to buy annually a dozen loaves, costing a See also:

• SHILLING

shilling each, to be given to twelve poor widows at his grave every See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas . Lenten doles were also formerly See also:

• COMMON

common . A will of 1537 bade a See also:

• BARREL (a word of uncertain origin common to Romance languages; the Celtic forms, as in the Gaelic baraill, are derived from the English)

barrel of white See also:

• HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings and a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of red herrings be given yearly to the poor of Clavering, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, to. help them See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide over the fast . One or two See also:

• LONDON

London doles are still distributed, e.g. that of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's, See also:

• WALWORTH, SIR WILLIAM (d. 1385)

Walworth, where a Christmas See also:

• DINNER

dinner is each See also:

• YEAR

year served to 300 See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish poor in the See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt . No one under sixty is eligible, and the dinner is unique in that it is cooked in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church .

A See also:

• PILGRIM

pilgrim's See also:

• DOLE
• DOLE (from Old Eng. dal, cf. mod. " deal ")

dole of See also:

• BREAD

bread and See also:

• ALE

ale can be claimed by all wayfarers at the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital of St See also:

• CROSS

Cross, See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester . This is said to have been founded by William of Wykeham . See also:

• EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882)
• EMERSON, WILLIAM (1701-1782)

Emerson, when visiting Winchester, claimed and received the dole . What were known as Scrambling Doles, so called because the See also:

• MEAT

meat and bread distributed were thrown among the poor to be scrambled for, were not uncommon in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Such a dole existed at St Briavel's, See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, baskets of bread and See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese cut into small squares being thrown by the churchwardens from the See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery into the See also:

• BODY

body of the church on Whit See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday . At Wath near See also:

• RIPON
• RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

Ripon a testator in 1810 ordered that See also:

• FORTY

forty See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny loaves should be thrown from the church leads at midnight on every Christmas See also:

• EVE

eve . The best known dole in the See also:

• UNITED

United States is the " See also:

• LEAKE, WILLIAM MARTIN (1777-186o)

Leake Dole of Bread . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Leake, a millionaire dying in 1792, left £1000 to Trinity Church, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, the income to be laid out in wheaten loaves and distributed every See also:

• SABBATH

Sabbath See also:

• MORNING

morning after service . The dole still survives, though the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day has been altered to Saturday, each See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week sixty-seven loaves being given away .