Old clocks and watches & their makers, being an historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past, in England and abroad, to which is added a list of ten thousand makers (1904)
Britten, F. J. (Frederick James), 1843-1913 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 36
f Buifijundy in the year 1442. The appellation,liowever, seems to he merely a corruption of Jacconiavchiadus, i.e.,a man in a suit of armour. During the middle ages it was thecustom to place as sentries on the belfries on tops of towers mailedmen to watch over the safety of castles and towers, and… … Fig. 18.—Jacks at Rye. announce by a blast on his instrument the time of day for meals tobe served. In Fig. 17 is shown a Jack which, though not on active service,is still in Southwold Church. It is an oak figure, three feet sixinches in height, of a man clad in armour, and is said to date…
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