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Maundy money refers to the coins given to elderly people by the monarch in a ceremony that drew inspiration from Jesus Christ and the commandment he gave after washing the disciples' feet. This commandment, or ‘mandatum’, ‘that ye love one another’ (John XIII 34) meant that by the fourth century monarchs would wash the feet of the poor and hand out gifts of food and clothing. The Maundy ceremony as we know it today first took place in the reign of Charles II, when the king gave people undated hammered coins in 1662. The specially struck coins were a four penny, three penny, two penny and one penny piece. They were dated from 1670 and all four coins have changed very little since. Today’s Royal Maundy ceremony takes place every Maundy Thursday and there are as many recipients as there are years in the sovereign’s age.
Percy and Winnie, in their finest after collecting Winnie's Maundy Money
Below is an exerpt from the Daily Telegraph
Below is the letter detailing the day and later the tickets of admission.
Family photos of the Queen outside Lichfield Cathedral
Winnie and family outside Lichfield Cathedral.
Above is the official program, below is a commemorative leaflet of the day.
Below is a book published in 1981 to celebrate the giving of Maundy Money.
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