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XXXIX. Copy of an Appointment of a Lord of Misrule; communicated by William Bray, Esq. in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. F.R.S. Vice President

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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I lately addressed to you some account of a person known by the title of Lord of Misrule, whose office it was to amuse the King and other great men by his frolicks during the twelve days of the Christmas holidays. I have since met with an account of the power with which he was invested in the Mansion House of Richard Evelyn, of Wotton in Surrey, Esq a gentleman of considerable fortune, who always kept open house during those days of mirth and jollity; but, who being High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1634, seems to have called in the assistance of this officer to celebrate the feast with more than usual ceremony. Perhaps it may serve as a supplement to the former Paper, but you will make what use of it you please.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1817

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