Royal Maundy pence to each of fifty poor men. It is not known, however, whether it was as yet the practice each year to have the number of pence and the number of recipients track the monarch's age: Henry IV was the first monarch to decree that the number of pence given be determined by the monarch's age. The ceremony was not always performed on Maundy Thursday; it could be postponed a day to Good Friday by royal command, as it was in 1510. Nobles could hold their own Maundy distributions, as did Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland in the early
Determination of the day of the week Sunday to December 31 is a Thursday.). 2021 is a common year starting on Friday, meaning that 2021 corresponds to the 2010 calendar year and with the first 2 months corresponds to the 2016 calendar year. 2022 is a common year starting on Saturday, meaning that 2022 corresponds to the 2011 calendar year and with the last 10 months corresponds to the 2016 calendar year. For details see the table below. Notes: See the table below. The Julian starts on Thursday and the Gregorian on Saturday. For Julian dates before 1300 and after 1999 the year in the table which