{"id":4563,"date":"2026-02-26T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:07:48","slug":"first-bank-of-england-1-note-26th-february-1797","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/first-bank-of-england-1-note-26th-february-1797\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Chickens 26th February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-26-21.10.20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-26-21.10.20.png 671w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-26-21.10.20-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spring Chickens appear in Cheap and Good Husbandry by Gervaise Markham London 1664<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Of Setting Hens (and Spring Chickens)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gervase Markham  wrote a heap of farming and horticulture books in the 17th Century.  In &#8216;Cheap and Good Husbandry&#8217; he wrote about &#8216;Spring Chickens&#8217;. Spring Chickens are essentially March Chickens, March Hares and even March Cats are all special. Markham  starts by suggesting this is the time to impregnate them for birth in March:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The best time to set Hens to have the best, largest, and most kindly <mark>Chickens<\/mark>;, is in February, in the increase of the Moon, so that they may hatch or disclose her <mark>Chickens<\/mark>; in the increase of the next new Moon, being in <mark>March<\/mark>; for one brood of <mark>March<\/mark> <mark>Chickens<\/mark>; is worth three broods of any other: You may set Hens from <mark>March<\/mark>; till October, and have good <mark>Chickens<\/mark>;, but not after by any means, for the Winter is a great enemy to their breeding&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=nyp.33433006702108&amp;seq=7&amp;q1=%27March+chickens%27\">To see more of &#8216;Cheap and Good Husbandry follow this link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read about March Hares, and  more on March Chickens, look at my post: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/march-28th-as-mad-as-a-march-hare\/\">https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/march-28th-as-mad-as-a-march-hare\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expression comes from the 17th Century when Spring\/March Chickens were more profitable than old chickens that had gone through the winter. Commonly, it is used in the negative, as in &#8216;Kevin ain&#8217;t no spring chicken.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Egyptian Book of the Dead goes on display at the Brooklyn Museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After three years of conservation, the world&#8217;s most complete gilded Book of the Dead goes on display at the Brooklyn Museum. Have a look at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynmuseum.org\/en-GB\/exhibitions\/books-of-the-dead\">post here<\/a>. The Book of the Dead was prepared to accompany the deceased on their journey in the afterlife. It is full of spells, prayers and incantations. There was no one fixed format, but some are incredibly complex and beautiful. My own feeling is that they confirm my opinion that the Egyptian way of death is totally OCD. There is so much an Egyptian has to do to get a good afterlife. Not only embalming but having models of food, slaves, boats, mummies of dead cats, anything you want to have. It feels like they must have been terrified of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ad7b55\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ad7b55;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.19.15.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11059 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.19.15.webp 614w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.19.15-300x115.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A scene from the Papyrus of Ani  (British Museum) It shows the heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the feather of truth.  Doing the weighing is the jackal-headed Anubis The ibis-headed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thoth\">Thoth<\/a> records the result. Behind Toth is Ammit part crocodile, lion, and hippopotamus. The facsimiles were produced by E. A. Wallis Budge; original artist unknown.   Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the issues is that the deceased had to have their heart weighed against  the feather of Truth (belonging to the Goddess of Truth, balance, law, morality, and justice, Maat) . If it was found deficient, the deceased would be eaten by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ammit\">Ammit<\/a>  who has the head of a crocodile, the shoulders of a lion, and the legs of a hippo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia has a tremendous scan of the facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani, it is a 78ft long scroll  and wonderful to look at  To see it click on the first picture and zoom in and look left and right!  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus_of_Ani\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus_of_Ani<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"9f6e50\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #9f6e50;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14-1024x277.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11075 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14-1024x277.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14-300x81.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14-768x208.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14-1536x416.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14-1320x358.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-17.08.14.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Another section of the Papyrus of Ani <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus_of_Ani\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papyrus_of_Ani<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The story of its acquisition is also gob-smacking. Budge acquired in it Luxor in 1888. The Egyptian Police came to investigate the house of the illegal dealers. Budge distracted the police while his people tunnelled into the house from the rear, and retrieved &#8216;his&#8217;purchases. He took them to the British Museum and was paid a gratuity of \u00a3150 for them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On this day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/800px-The_First_1_note_1797_-_Bank_of_England_Museum_-_Joy_of_Museums-cc-by-sa-4.0.jpg\" alt=\" First \u00a31 note,1797 Bank of England Museum source Joy_of_Museums Public Domain cc by sa 4.0\" class=\"wp-image-4696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/800px-The_First_1_note_1797_-_Bank_of_England_Museum_-_Joy_of_Museums-cc-by-sa-4.0.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/800px-The_First_1_note_1797_-_Bank_of_England_Museum_-_Joy_of_Museums-cc-by-sa-4.0-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/800px-The_First_1_note_1797_-_Bank_of_England_Museum_-_Joy_of_Museums-cc-by-sa-4.0-768x451.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First \u00a31 note of the Bank of England Museum 1797<br>Source Joy_of_Museums Public Domain<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\"> (CC by sa 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>February 26th 1797 First Pound Note:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bank of England issued it&#8217;s first ever one pound note (although some sources say March 1797). The Bank had been issuing paper notes since the late 17th Century, but this was the first \u00a31 note. They still had to be signed by hand and allocated to a specific person. The hand signed white paper notes were withdrawn in 1820, and the pound note was, finally, withdrawn in 1988. The \u00a31 in 1797 was worth the equivalent of \u00a3157.46 today, so quite a big note! (see here for the calculator.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1815<\/strong> \u2013 Bonaparte escapes from exile on the island of Elba. War begins all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1995 <\/strong>\u2013 Barings Bank collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on  futures contracts. Barings is the UK&#8217;s oldest investment banking institute, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pound note first published 2024, Spring Chicken added February 26th 2025 Egyptian book of the Dead added February 26th 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of Setting Hens (and Spring Chickens) Gervase Markham wrote a heap of farming and horticulture books in the 17th Century. In &#8216;Cheap and Good Husbandry&#8217; he wrote about &#8216;Spring Chickens&#8217;. Spring Chickens are essentially March Chickens, March Hares and even March Cats are all special. Markham starts by suggesting this is the time to impregnate &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/first-bank-of-england-1-note-26th-february-1797\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spring Chickens 26th February&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[112,146,11,947,116,377,321,7,23,324,412,13,4,14,322],"tags":[1473,1466,1467,1468,1471,1469],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-ancient-history","category-archaeology","category-business-history","category-calendar","category-classical","category-europe","category-georgian","category-heritage","category-history","category-italy","category-literary-history","category-london","category-roman","category-uk","tag-bank-of-england","tag-cambridgeshire","tag-cruxification","tag-facial-reconstruction","tag-misenum","tag-pliny-the-elder"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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