Quinzaine refer to a period during which parliament met according to a Writ of Summons by the King. A specific example would be 1257 parliamentum for which the Rolls were latterly destroyed, probably by fire in 19th or 20th centuries. Its significance lay in the Charters used to confirm parliament's right to sit and be summoned at a specific date. "Parliamntum" or "parliamentum generalissimum" could be called every quarter, that coincided with Hilary, Easter, Trinity and Michaelmas terms, which also happened to be the legal terms for the Inns of Courts in Westminster and London. The quaint term of quindene was
Welsh toponymy of England. Many English county towns, founded as Roman "castra" and now having the English suffix "-c(h)ester", also have Welsh names, in most cases using the prefix "Caer-". Examples include "Caer" or "Caerlleon" (for Chester), "Caerloyw" (Gloucester), "Caerwrangon" (Worcester), "Caergrawnt" (Cambridge, from Grantchester), and "Caerwynt" (Winchester). In some other cases, Welsh names are translations of the English name, often influenced by the Welsh poetic tradition – for example, "Rhydychen" (literally, "oxen ford") for Oxford, and "Gwlad-yr-haf" ("land of summer") for Somerset. There are some erroneous "translations" such as "Rhydwely" for Bedford, which is actually derived from an English personal name