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DRINKS.
The
Pusey
Horn.
This
horn
is
an
old
tenure
horn.
It
was
once
the
custom,
when
making
a
gift
of
land,
instead
of
making
out
a
deed
of
gift,
to
present
some
article
of
personal
use,
such
as
a
knife,
a drinking
or
hunting
horn,
and
with
it
the
manor
or
land,
the
recipient
keeping
the
present, as
a proof
that
the
land
was
given
him.
This
Pusey
horn
is
said
to
have
been
given
by
King
Knut
to
William
Pewse,
and
on
the
silver-gilt
band,
to
which
are
appended
dog's
legs
and
feet,
is
inscribed
in
Gothic
letters
"
Kyng
Knowde
geve
Wyllyam
Pewse
This
home
to
holde
by
thy
lond."
It
is
an
ox
horn,
dark
brown,
and
is
25
J
inches
long,
having
a
silver-gilt
rim,
and
at
the
small
end
a
hound's
head,
also
of
silver-gilt,
which
unscrews,
thus
enabling
it
to
be
used
either as
a
drinking
or
hunting
horn.