Royal Maundy Royal Maundy Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. At the service, the British monarch or a royal official ceremonially distributes small silver coins known as "Maundy money" (legally, "the Queen's Maundy money") as symbolic alms to elderly recipients. The coins are legal tender but do not circulate because of their silver content and numismatic value. A small sum of ordinary money is also given in lieu of gifts of clothing and food that the sovereign once bestowed on Maundy recipients. The name "Maundy" and the ceremony
Thursday October Christian II on Pitcairn is descended from him; a number of family branches, however, left Pitcairn permanently and settled on Norfolk Island. He married Mary Young, granddaughter of Ned Young, on 24 March 1839. They had 17 children, none of them named as a month name or week day. Seven died as children and three lived past the age of 73. Thursday October Christian II appears in Mark Twain's 1879 story "The Great Revolution in Pitcairn". Thursday October Christian II Thursday October Christian, Jr. (1 October 1820 – 27 May 1911) was a Pitcairn Islands political leader. He was the grandson of