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25 August 1663

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Theatre: Bartholomew Fair
Theatrical Season: 1662-1663
Volume: 1
Comments: Pepys, Diary This noon going to the Exchange, I met a fine fellow with trumpets before him in Leadenhall-street, and upon enquiry I find that he is the clerk of the City Market; and three or four men carried each of them an arrow of a pound weight in their hands. It seems this Lord Mayor begins again an old custome, that upon the first days of Bartholomew Fayre, the first, there is a match of wrestling, which was done, and the Lord Mayor there and Aldermen in Moorefields yesterday: to-day, shooting: and to-morrow, hunting.And this officer of course is to perform this ceremony of riding through the city, I think to proclaim and challenge any to shoot. It seems that the people of the fayre cry out upon it as a great hindrance to them

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    *p?bf Comment. *c?bf <i>Pepys, Diary</i> This noon going to the Exchange, I met a fine fellow with trumpets before him in <i>Leadenhall-street</i>, and upon enquiry I find that he is the clerk of the <i>City Market</i>; and three or four men carried each of them an arrow of a pound weight in their hands. It seems this <i>Lord Mayor</i> begins again an old custome, that upon the first days of <i>Bartholomew Fayre</i>, the first, there is a match of wrestling, which was done, and the Lord Mayor there and Aldermen in <i>Moorefields</i> yesterday: to-day, shooting: and to-morrow, hunting.And this officer of course is to perform this ceremony of riding through the city, I think to proclaim and challenge any to shoot. It seems that the people of the fayre cry out upon it as a great hindrance to them.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1663 08 25 bf Comment.*c1663 08 25 bf <i>Pepys, Diary</i> This noon going to the Exchange, I met a fine fellow with trumpets before him in <i>Leadenhall-street</i>, and upon enquiry I find that he is the clerk of the <i>City Market</i>; and three or four men carried each of them an arrow of a pound weight in their hands. It seems this <i>Lord Mayor</i> begins again an old custome, that upon the first days of <i>Bartholomew Fayre</i>, the first, there is a match of wrestling, which was done, and the Lord Mayor there and Aldermen in <i>Moorefields</i> yesterday: to-day, shooting: and to-morrow, hunting.And this officer of course is to perform this ceremony of riding through the city, I think to proclaim and challenge any to shoot. It seems that the people of the fayre cry out upon it as a great hindrance to them.

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    Event: 356 | 16630825 | bf | <i>Pepys, Diary</i> This noon going to the Exchange, I met a fine fellow with trumpets before him in <i>Leadenhall-street</i>, and upon enquiry I find that he is the clerk of the <i>City Market</i>; and three or four men carried each of them an arrow of a pound weight in their hands. It seems this <i>Lord Mayor</i> begins again an old custome, that upon the first days of <i>Bartholomew Fayre</i>, the first, there is a match of wrestling, which was done, and the Lord Mayor there and Aldermen in <i>Moorefields</i> yesterday: to-day, shooting: and to-morrow, hunting.And this officer of course is to perform this ceremony of riding through the city, I think to proclaim and challenge any to shoot. It seems that the people of the fayre cry out upon it as a great hindrance to them

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