In early modern England (16th–18th centuries), timekeeping was often informal and locally rooted rather than strictly clock-based. Court records, especially from church courts like the Lichfield consistory court, show how people relied on shared social, religious, and agricultural markers to describe when events occurred. BulletsIn Time is often described using church festivals, fairs, harvests, meals,
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In early modern England (16th–18th centuries), timekeeping was often informal and locally rooted rather than strictly clock-based. Court records, especially from church courts like the Lichfield consistory court, show how people relied on shared social, religious, and agricultural markers to describe when events occurred. BulletsIn Time is often described using church festivals, fairs, harvests, meals,
