Whitsunday, Whitsun

in the Church calendar, Whitsun or Pentecost was the seventh Sunday after Easter, but as a term day was fixed in 1693 as 15 May; one of the term days (with Martinmas) when contracts, leases and tacks began and ended and rents fell due; and one of the quarter days (with Martinmas, Lammas and Candlemas) when bills were settled.