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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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On Maundy Thursday, April 19, in London, Rev. Dr. Gilbert, Sub-Almoner to the King, washed the feet of 56 elderly men and women, matching the King's age, imitating Christ's act. They received linen, cloth, shoes, stockings, money, bread, fish, and a dinner at Whitehall.
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London
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April 19 (Maundy Thursday)
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56 elderly received gifts including linen, cloth, shoes, stockings, money (20 shillings, 56 silver pence, two-pence, three-pences), bread, dry fish, and a dinner at whitehall banqueting room.
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Rev. Dr. Gilbert washed the feet of 56 old men and women in imitation of Christ's washing his disciples' feet; each received three ells of linen, a piece of woollen cloth, a pair of shoes and stockings, twenty shillings in a purse, 56 silver pence, two-pence, and three-pences, a loaf of bread, a wooden platter full of dry fish, and were entertained at dinner in the Banqueting Room, Whitehall.