There were no what we would call bureaucrats at the time, say 2000+ years ago, everything related to time was related to natural phenomena, lunar, solar cycles etc.
These were adopted by the Celts and later by the church. Excellent use of the tools available. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307 "C.G. Ouimet" <c.g.oui...@outlook.com> wrote: >The bureaucrat that thought of this - wonder how many pints it took … > > > > > >C.G. Ouimet > >Kingston ON > > > >From: Susan Anderson [mailto:sander...@waitrose.com] >Sent: April 13, 2014 12:01 PM >To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates > > > >The Quarter days are 25 March, 24 June, 29 Sept, 25 Dec. They can be >remembered by 5 letters March, 4 June, 9 September and Xmas Day. Rents are >still paid on Quarter days--- I have to send out invoices! >Sue Anderson > > >> From: singh...@erols.com >> To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:48:15 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates >> >> Ron Ferguson wrote: >> > David, >> > >> > It would seem that you are not familiar with the English quarter days. >> > Historically these are the days on which many accounts had to be settled, >> > especially anything relating to land, property and government >> > administration. The actual day being the last day of each quarter - the >> > first quarter day being 31 March in each year. >> >> Since you alluded to it -- was 31 March the quarter day when >> the year began 25 Mar? Because my logic suggests quarter >> day then would have been 26 June, which would explain a few >> puzzles. >> >> I ask primarily because I once ran across some Quaker MM >> records that counted months from the date of the MM's >> founding, not from the calendar (i.e., the first month was >> July or September, not January or March), which was >> massively misleading when one tried to match with non-Quaker >> records from the area! >> >> Cheryl >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
