https://historicjots.comA photojournalist's field journal of history that refuses to end: surviving ceremonies, strange landmarks, old laws, festivals and the places they happen, pinned on a world map.https://historicjots.com/stories/quit-rents-ceremony/https://historicjots.com/stories/quit-rents-ceremony/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMTlaw-and-customEvery October the City of London pays the Crown six horseshoes, 61 nails, a billhook and a hatchet, and a judge in a tricorn hat counts them.