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I checked with a colleague whose field is late medieval English legal history. His opinion is that there never existed any law stipulating that one could beat one's wife to any degree, much less till she "stynk." Steve Wright -----Original Message----- From: Baragona, Alan <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 1:27 PM Subject: Re: "Apis skinns"? >This surprises me. It's very interesting. I would think, though, that apes >would be too rare and precious, having their own wards even, to skin or that >such skins would make it into the inventory of a guild in a rural township. >What do we know about apes in England? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tiner, Elza [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 12:29 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: "Apis skinns"? > > Also, note that the royal households of Richard II, Elizabeth I, >and James I > maintained "apewards," so ape skins would very likely have been >available in > the realm. From the REED volumes: > > Richard II > Apeward in Cambridge 1382-3 > > Elizabeth I > Apeward in Coventry 1577-78 > > James I > Apeward in York 1607 > > Elza C. Tiner > > Professor of English > School of Humanities and Social Sciences > Lynchburg College >