Custom
The horseshoe toll
Hoof it to Oakham.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Norman hall hung with huge horseshoes
- Legend from
- Rutland custom
- Tone
- Wry
Every lord must leave a shoe.
Peers visiting Oakham must give a horseshoe to the lord of the manor. Oakham Castle says over 230 hang in the Great Hall, the oldest from Edward IV in 1470. Wikipedia links the custom to the de Ferrers family.