Clog Almanac, Exchequer Tally and Saxon Reive Pole(Clog Almanac, Exchequer Tally and Saxon Reive Pole )English School |
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· Picture ID: 415455
instrument for counting · anglo-saxon · measuring · measurement · poll · government · taxation · reeve pole · to keep account of the manor dues and on which every acre of land belonging to the manor was marked · clog almanac was a primitive calendar originally made of a · clog · of wood with four faces or parallelograms · the sharp edge of each face or side was divided by notches into three months · every week being marked by a big notch · the face left of the notched edge contained the saints · days · festivals · phases of the moon in runic characters · tally sticks were a method of accounting for loans and payments used by the treasury until 1826 · notches were cut into wooden sticks according to a code representing sums of money · date · payee and other information · sticks then split down middle with Excheque keeping one half and debtor the other · Private Collection / Bridgeman Images |
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