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Puritan Festival Prohibitions Amid Regal Communications
Fragmented OCR reveals a royal purge of merriment with prohibitions on bonfires and Maypole dancing, plus fines for drinkers. Letters between King, Digby, Buckingham, and others discuss peace offers, Irish forces, and caution over intercepted dispatches in the North during York siege context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May-pole
Theound
Digby
Zerseine
Countesse of
Aztrom
Gloucester
Yorke
Prince Ruperts
St. Peters
Exon
Auich
Fae
Digbies
Buckingham
Daneth
Hach
Earle
Che Darth
Saecer
Oxford
Mer
Wader