Cockerel Saved

27/02/1759

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The constable's book of St Kyneburga's church at Castor shows a claim of 1s for the constable 'returning a warrant to prevent ye Cox being holled at on Shrove Tuesday'. This relates to him seeking to prevent a long-standing custom of throwing stones at a cockerel tied to a stake on Shrove Tuesday - something that continued in some parts of the country until the end of the eighteenth century. (Bunch, Allan and Liquorice, Mary, Parish Churches in and around Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Books, 1990)

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

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Thomas Dove Delinquent

1646

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Thomas Dove was the son of Sir William Dove of Upton and grandson of Bishop Thomas Dove. He entered the record books during the 17th Century English Civil War after being identified as a delinquent. The Civil War was fought between Royalist and Parliamentarian troops (Cavaliers and Roundheads) and when the Parliamentarians rose to power they decreed that all wealthy men who had supported the Royalists should have their land taken, with any profits helping to fund the war. They were able to buy back the land by paying a hefty fine and promising not to fight for the Royalists again. Thomas Dove was accused of 'Adhering to the forces raised against Parliament' and paid £930 to buy back his land (approximately £110,000 in today's money) and gain a pardon.

The amount that men paid was based on the value of their land and income from it. The fine didn't harm his marriage prospects however, and he married Elizabeth Wingfield in 1648 in Tickencote. Her family had sold Upton Manor to Thomas Dove's grandfather Bishop Dove and it is likely that the marriage would have pleased both families.

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Journals of the House of Commons 4,1644-1646, pub 1803 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aRRDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA626&lpg=PA626&dq=thomas+dove+%22delinquency%22&source=bl&ots=NbjBZQ9Pui&sig=ACfU3U12RkMvVDTntUfWU7x_rmkAssvqHA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm1bOt9JXjAhXXQRUIHZFADZQQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=thomas%20dove%20%22delinquency%22&f=false

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