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REPLY1850

Nicholas Assheton's Journal

By J. G. (Manchester)

If T.T. WILKINSON will turn to pp. 45, 6, 7, of this very amusing journal, published by the Chetham Society (vol. xiv., 1848), he will find some account of the Revels introduced before James the First at Hoghton Tower, in the copious notes of the editor, the Rev. F.R. Raines, M.A., F.S.A., elucidating the origin and history of these "coarse and indecorous" dances—the *Huckler*, *Tom Bedlo*, and the *Cowp Justice of Peace*.

Topics: Historical Revels, Dance History

Locations: Hoghton Tower