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Definition of Folkmotes
1. folkmote [n] - See also: folkmote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Folkmotes
Literary usage of Folkmotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis: Liber albus, Liber custumarum, et Liber Horn by Henry Thomas Riley, John Carpenter, London Guildhall, Great Britain Public Record Office, British Library (1862)
"There are three principal folkmotes in the year. ... If any man of London neglects
to attend at one of these three folkmotes, he is to forfeit forty ..."
2. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis: Liber albus, Liber custumarum, et Liber Horn by Henry Thomas Riley, John Carpenter, London Guildhall, Great Britain Public Record Office, British Library (1862)
"There are three principal folkmotes in the year. ... If any man of London neglects
to attend at one of these three folkmotes, he is to forfeit forty ..."
3. Liber Albus: The White Book of the City of London by John Carpenter, Henry Thomas Riley (1861)
"Of holding the folkmotes. There are three principal ... If any man of London
neglects to attend at one of these three folkmotes, he is to forfeit forty ..."
4. A Survey of London by John Stow (1908)
"For early (twelfth century) regulations on the chief folkmotes, viz. at Michaelmas to
... For folkmotes at Paul's Cross see i. 331, and note on next page. ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1840)
"This work marks the important incident of the folkmotes, which were used by the
king to excite turbulence in the city against the magistrates who had ..."
6. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1822)
"The rights of holding frequent folkmotes on all occasions is the very basis of
king Edward's laws;* and these popular assemblies (whilst due order was ..."
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