 The method of the Saxons was for such as could write to subscribe their names, and, whether they could write or not, to affix the sign of the cross : which custom our illiterate vulgar do, for the most part, to this day keep up ; by signing a cross for...  Lectures on Conveyancing - Page 25by Alexander Montgomerie Bell - 1867 - 1287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...: which cuftom our illiterate vulgar do, for the moil part, to this day keep up; by figning a crofs for their mark, when unable to write their names....indeed this inability to write, and therefore making a crofs in it's ftead, is honeflly avowed by Cacdwalla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...which cuftom our illiterate vulgar do, for the moft part, to this day keep up ; by figning a crofs for their mark, when unable to write their names....indeed this inability to write, and therefore making 3 crofs in it's ftead, is honeftly avowed by Caedwalla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 442 pages
...crofe ; which cuftom our illiterate vulgar do for the moft part to this day keep up, by figning a crofs for their mark when unable to write their names. And...indeed this inability to write, and therefore making a crofs in it» flead, is honcftly avowed by Cxdwalla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters.... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...subscribe their names, and, whether they could write or not, to affix the sign of the cross : which custom our illiterate vulgar do, for the most part,...write their names. And indeed this inability to write, y * Rep. 3 9. 11 Ni |i 97. '• nettes, and weighed him the money in the i \ Kingt. c. 21. DanieL c.... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...; which cuitom our illiterate v .ilgar do for the moft part to this day keep up, by figning a crofs for their mark when unable to write their names. And...indeed this inability to write, and therefore making a crofs in its Jtead, is honellly avowed by Casdu-alla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters.... | |
 | CHARLES BARTON - 1821 - 580 pages
...2, 1o. 2 ' l Co. Inst. 7, 7o, a. custom our illiterate vulgar do, for the most part, to this DEEDS. day keep up, by signing a cross for their mark, when...making a cross in its stead, is honestly avowed by Caed walla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters". In like manner, and for the same insurmountable... | |
 | Charles Barton - Conveyancing - 1821 - 586 pages
...1o. 2 &g. ' 1 Co. Inst. 7, 7o, a. custom our illiterate vulgar do, for the most part, to this DEEDS' day keep up, by signing a cross for their mark, when...making a cross in its stead, is honestly avowed by Caedwalla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters". In like manner, and for the same insurmountable... | |
 | Walter Ross - Conveyancing - 1822 - 608 pages
...which cuftom our illiterate vulgar do, for the moft *• part, to this day keep up, by figning a crofs for their mark, when * unable to write their names....this inability to write, * and therefore making a crofs in its ftead, is honeftly avowed by * Cadwalla, a Saxon King, at the end of one of his charters.'... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 936 pages
...they could write or not, to affix the sign of the cross; which custom our illiterate vulgar do lor " (] ٙ }<% Ċ EV v #; G p ͔ . E... l @ z = { mwY 5 ? I@Q g2 06dL Hb , Cied walla, a Saxon kincr, at the end of one of hi« charters. In like manner, and fur the same insurmountable... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...subscribe their names, and, whether they could write or not, to affix the sign of the cross ; which custom our illiterate vulgar do, for the most part,...inability to write, and therefore . making a cross in it's stead, is honestly avowed by Caedwalla, a Saxon king, at the end of one of his charters d. In... | |
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