Rain Raises Prices

15/12/1904

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The annual Peterborough Christmas Fat Stock Show was held in the Cattle Market off the New Road in this week. Reports describe a very wet day - all day - but, in the true spirit of things, the show went on as usual. However, the show was not as large as previously, which was disappointing. The upside was that prices were consequently better than normal. Beef prices were singled out as being particularly good and contrasting very favourably with the low prices achieved just a few weeks previous. The champion bullock weighed in at 17.5cwt and fetched the very attractive price of £38 10s. (Northampton Mercury)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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Last Catholic Bishop

15/08/1559

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David Pole, the last Catholic Bishop of Peterborough, was consecrated on this day. He had taken up office following the death of Bishop Chambers in 1556, but his formal consecration had been delayed. He was the personal nominee of Queen Mary Tudor but his actual appointment appears to have been driven by the influence of Pope Paul IV. Unsubstantiated claims say he was the illegitimate brother of Cardinal Pole - a papal legate to England! On Mary's death and the accession of Queen Elizabeth, his days were numbered. Following his refusal to acknowledge Elizabeth's supremacy in the church, he was excluded from the bishopric. (Carnell, Geoffrey, The Bishops of Peterborough, RJL Smith & Associates, 1993)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.