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A History of the County of Oxford
… at Little Stoke, 1901 (Manning MSS.). Flint implements at Watch Folly (ibid.). Chesterton. Round barrow, opp. Middleton …
A History of the County of Chester
… prisoners, taking distresses, carrying writs, doing night watch, and all other similar 'customs and vexations'. 7 That … Dee and Ireland. 15 The city also had two annual fairs, at Midsummer and Michaelmas. Their origins are uncertain. From … was associated with the feast of St. John the Baptist, Midsummer Day (24 June), and had evidently been extended to …
A History of the County of Chester
… 19 The Popish Plot in 1678 led to cancellation of the Midsummer show and the Christmas watch in successive years, as well as repairs to the city … the outbreak of Monmouth's rebellion in June 1685: the Midsummer fair was cancelled, suspects were imprisoned at the …
A History of the County of Chester
… housing; and a ban on the Michaelmas fair and Christmas watch in 1604 to prevent crowds from gathering. 5 The … many people susceptible to infection as ever. Although the Midsummer show and fair were cancelled, citizens seem to have …
A History of the County of Chester
… when plague was raging elsewhere, it enforced a 24-hour watch at the gates against persons and goods from infected … other traditional public spectacles and observances. The Midsummer show was shorn of its more unseemly features after … Chester Plays (Whitsun Play: History); City Watches and Midsummer Show. REED: Chester, pp. xlvi, 56, 323-4, 352-3; …
A History of the County of Chester
… and the growth of a new puritanical spirit. The Christmas watch and the Midsummer show were both in effect abandoned in 1678. 6 Less … figures, and urban gentry. 13 After the abolition of the Midsummer show the greatest annual attraction was the horse …
A History of the County of Chester
… supplies were purchased, foot soldiers trained, and a watch was kept for hostile shipping in the Dee. The defeat of … in northeastern England, the Assembly set up a nightly watch, strengthened the defences at the Eastgate, Newgate, …
A History of the County of Chester
… Opposition to Mayor Henry Hardware's interference with the Midsummer show in 1600, however, suggests that the citizens' … to differ during the early 17th century about the Midsummer show and visiting players. 12 From 1610 to 1612 …
A History of the County of Chester
… small, but the mayor and governor received orders to watch for suspected papist travellers. The discovery that …