• No. 3: Royal Pastime, Rabble Darling

  • Jan 25 2021
  • Length: 23 mins
  • Podcast

No. 3: Royal Pastime, Rabble Darling

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  • At its height in the 17th and 18th centuries, cocking permeated British culture without exclusion, occupying crown, court, church and countryman for centuries. Called the "Pleasure of Princes" or the "Royal Pasttime" in books from that time, it was at the same time a rabble darling, a people’s diversion.
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