NOTES FROM THE BOOK.
COLLAR-BOYS.
There was
an old man of Brenchley who died some
years ago who was a collar boy in his youth. A collar- boy was a boy who stayed
under the table during festivities to undo the collars of those guests who
slipped off their chairs and literally went under the table.. At this period
the glasses used were rounded like soda
water bottles ,so that each man had to empty his glass before putting it down
REGISTERS.
The reading
of the Church registers from the originals from 1538 to 1650 is a laborious
task.Some were well kept and some badly. The spelling of names in the early
time was quite unimportant..The same surname was sometimes spelt in two
different ways on the same tombstone.In Somerset House I found the name
Snatchbull spelt in three different ways in four lines of a will.
ORIGINS.
The
original idea in forming the Club was that there should be twelve members and
that each member should entertain the others at his house once a year.But the
club was too popular and expanded.The meetings were from two of the clock till
nine of the clock.