One front door in every four hundred is left unlocked at night. The ceremony of demanding lord s clues at the manor house of Gouolphin, in the parish of Broago (Cornwall), has been fully observed. The tradition is that long ago Mr. St. Aubyn (lord oi the manor of • Lamboume, Pemmzabuloe) and oue of the famous Godolpliins each put .a snail on the. table befor the other. St. Aubyn bet Lambourne manor against Godoilphin estate that his snail would cross the table before the other. St,. Aubyn won, and since that time the custom has been perpetuated of Lam bourne's. Reeve demanding a tax at Godilphin House to show that Mr. St. Aubyn has a lien on the property. Carry-ong out. the custom . the Reeve of the Manor of Lambourne knocked loudly with a stick at the front door of Godolphin House, and", thrice repeated the following words: “Oyez! Oyez! Oyozl Here come I, the Reeve of the Manor of Lambourne ; to demand my lord’s dues, which are eight groats, and a penny, a loaLa cheese, a collar or brawn, and a jack of the jLan.. idod'u-ilhaHmusc.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2472, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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