20In Re Goble, Ms. D/EW1/L3, BERKRO; see also Joan R. Kent, “Folk Justice and Royal Justice in Early 17th Century England: A Charivari in the Midlands,” MH 8 (1983), 70-85; there is now a vast literature on rough music in England, Europe and America.

21 Bettey, Wessex from AD 1000, 176; M. Ingram, “Ridings, Rough Music nd the Reform of Popular Culture in Early Modern England,” PP 105 (1984), 79-113.

22 Lewis, The Pursuit of Happiness, 37.

23 Mainwaring Diary, n.d., 1675 Ms. DDY/394/l/26r, CHESRO.