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In medieval England, town criers were the chief means of news communication with the townspeople, since many were illiterate in a period before the moveable type was invented.
“Oyez, oyez, oyez!” This is the call or cry of the town crier, now usually only heard at ceremonials, fetes and local events. It would however have been a common cry on the streets of medieval England. ‘Oyez’ (pronounced ‘oh yay’) comes from the French ouïr (‘to listen’) and means “Hear ye”.
The earliest known use of the noun town crier is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for town crier is from 1560, in the Bible and Holy Scriptures . town crier is formed within English, by compounding.
A town crier always starts with “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez”. The word Oyez does not mean ‘oh yes’ but comes from the French ouïr , which means “to hear”. So it could be translated as simply ‘Listen’.
A town crier is a person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets. The crier can also be used in court or official announcements. Criers often dress elaborately, a tradition known from the 18th century, in a red and gold robe, white breeches, black boots and a tricorne hat.. They carry a handbell to make a loud noise and they shout the words "Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!"
7 Μαΐ 2021 · The reason we can trace town criers back to the Norman invasion is that two of them were woven into the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the tale of the invasion in–um, yeah–tapestry. You can pick out the town criers because they’re carrying hand bells, which they rang to gather people around them.
Historically town criers - or Bellmen as they were sometimes called - were the original newsmen. The first town criers were the Spartan Runners in the early Greek Empire and as the Roman Conquest spread through Europe the position increased in importance until it became a position of the court.
