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302 YORK.
any record the clergy were repeatedly admonished as
to the duty of their solemn recitation. They are
mentioned in the Excerpts of Archbishop Egbert, of
York, in the pastoral epistle of ^Elfric, and in the
canons enacted by King Edgar. The laity also were
strongly urged to be present.
Until the issuing of the successive bulls of Pius V.,
Clement YIIL, and Urban VIII., which imposed
the use of an amended edition in all churches under
the Roman obedience,—with the exception of such
brev-iaries as could adduce a prescription of 200
years,—the bishops of each diocese had power to
alter or add to the services adopted in the churches
under their episcopal
rule.
York, amongst others, had its own breviarj'. In
the general structure and sequence of its different
parts it was similar to those which were in use alike
in England and throughout the churches of Europe.
The chief differences consisted in the commemoration
of local saints, each with their peculiar lections,
hymns, collects, and prayers. This applies equally to
the missals.
The feasts peculiar to the York Use, as found in
the calendar of the missal, were as follow : Festa
Jamiarii. Trans. S. Willelmi, in Dom. pro.x. post
Epiph. Pauli, iv Id. Jan. Germanici, xiv Kal. Feb.
Emerentianse, x Kal. Feb. Babillje, ix Kal. Feb.
Polycarpi, vii Kal. Feb. Februarii. Gilberti, ii Non.
Feb. Martii. Albini, Kal. Mar. Aprilis. Trans. Wilfridi,
viii Kal. Mali. Maii. Bedse, vii Kal. Jun. Junii.
Petrocii, ii Non. Jun. Willelmi, vi Id. Jun. Willelmi
Oct. xvii Kal. Jun. Julii. Everildis, vii Id. Jun.
Marthse. vi Kal. Aug. Ai/giisti. S. Petri, Oct. \i Id.