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"Keepers of the Lamp" St lawrence Appleby
« on: Monday 23 October 06 17:56 UTC (UK) »
Please can any one tell me what "Keepers of the Lamp of the Blessed Mary in the church of St. Lawrence of Appleby" are.
Also what are Burghers and mercers which are in the same article from Appleby in the 1450's.

Judy
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CUMBERLAND  Armstrong Little Nixon Richardson Pearson Watson Braithwait
WESTMORLAND  Richardson Dent Nicholson Hanson Kersey/Casey Smith Heigh
DURHAM Reed Smith Reay Hammond Metcalf Bell
Thompson Armstrong Branford Parkin Heaton Oates
NORTHUMBERLAND Nixon Johnson Armstrong Branford Thompson
DUMFRIESHIRE Armstrong Bell Halliday Carruthers 
YORKSHIRE Richardson Branford Siddle
ROXBURGH Jackson Elliot Armstrong
FIFE Adamson Gosman Johnstone Brown
AUSTRALIA Richardson Dent Hanson Kersey
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Re: Keepers of the Lamp Appleby
« Reply #1 on: Monday 23 October 06 18:20 UTC (UK) »
Churches has a "Sanctuary Lamp" that hung in the knave and was kept alight all the time.
The lampkeeper would of course be charged with tenidng the flame and keeping it going.

The Burgers were the town councillors, the mercers were emrchants.
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