Daily AncestorMidsummer Day
Midsummer Day is June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist and one of the English quarter days.
Midsummer Day falls on June 24, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. In England it was a quarter day, when rents fell due.
It is not the astronomical solstice, which falls a few days earlier, but a fixed date. In records, "at Midsummer" or "St. John's Day" usually means June 24.
As seen in a recordClause in a lease
rent payable at Midsummer and Christmas
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