Community Corner
Sixteenth Week - Wednesday's "Medfield Historical Minute"
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis.
A Medfield Historical Minute...
This "Medfield Historical Minute" is brought to you by town historian Richard DeSorgher.
A little something to read and learn to give you a little break during this time of boredom during isolation due to the Coronavirus Crisis. A different "Medfield Historical Minute" will appear each day during the Crisis.
"In 1670 seven of the most prominent townspeople were chosen to “seat the persons” in the meetinghouse (now the Unitarian Universalist Church on North Street) This custom of seating the people in the meetinghouse for Sunday service prevailed in all New England towns for many years. All seats were ranked in dignity and the people in the towns were ranked according to age, wealth and general standing. Those of high rank were assigned to seats of corresponding rank in the meetinghouse. Those given seats closest to the front were those of the highest rank. Any person sitting in a place other than where he or she had been assigned was fined."
