Royal Maundy
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Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. At the service, the British monarch or a royal official ceremonially distributes small
A Royal Maundy ceremony in 1867
Jesus Washing Peter's Feet by Ford Madox Brown
A Royal Maundy ceremony in 1877
Queen Elizabeth II (centre, in blue) and Prince Philip hold nosegays as they leave Wakefield Cathedral in West Yorkshire after the 2005 Royal Maundy
Groat (English coin)
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The groat is the traditional name of a defunct English and Irish silver coin worth four pence, and also a Scottish coin which was originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpen
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…requests were fulfilled until the middle of the 20th century, after which the Royal Mint refused them; the colleges thereafter used obsolete circulation groats (fourpences), or dispensed with the custom. According to Robinson, the practice of recipients being asked to sell their gifts "is of long standing…
A silver groat from the reign of Edward I of England (1272–1307)
Minted: London, Series: B, Years Minted: 1351–1361 (Courtesy of Guillelmus Thompson, Owner of Coins of Britannia)
Henry 8 Irish groat 1541 756365
Elizabeth Irish groat 1561 602448