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 English spelling standards, which have affected how place-names are spelled in the two languages. For instance, a single "f" in Welsh is always pronounced /v/ (or is silent), while "ff" is pronounced /f/; thus, the Welsh word for river, "afon", is pronounced with a v-sound and so often spelled "Avon" when it appears in English place--names and river names. The study of Welsh place-names is promoted by the Welsh Place-Name Society (). Early inhabitants of Wales gave names first to noteworthy natural features, such as rivers, hills, mountains, harbours and shores. However, before the Roman occupation in the first century,