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This looks wonderful, Peter - and very easy to use. Thank you so very much - it's becoming such an inviting site. The Oglander material for the Isle of Wight is especially fascinating. I'm sorry not to have added to the Scottish records yet, but am aiming to get what I've gathered gradually edited. Sarah On 09/09/2015 17:44, Peter H Greenfield wrote: > > I invite members of REED-L to peruse the Records of Early English > Drama Pre-publication Collections website at http://www.reedprepub.org > <http://www.reedprepub.org/>. Recent additions to the site have made > the Hampshire collection (edited by Jane Cowling and myself) nearly > complete. The site now includes: > > * The addition of civic records of Winchester from 1337 to 1554 > means the site now contains complete runs of records from > Southampton, Winchester, and Winchester College. > > * Newly added records of Newport on the Isle of Wight and of John > Oglander, who was deputy governor of the island, provide evidence > of itinerant performers' visits to the Isle of Wight, and of a > folk custom involving the gathering of wood in Parkhurst Forest, > accompanied by music and dancing. > > * Parish records from Crondall and Stoke Charity offer further > evidence of king ales---church ales combined with king > games---along with a 1585 diocesan letter from Bishop Cooper of > Winchester prohibiting ales, morris dancing and similar > entertainments throughout the diocese. > > The site also includes: > > * Records of St Laurence, Reading, 1498 to 1573, covering a range of > Biblical plays and folk customs (edited by Alexandra F. Johnston). > > * Records of the Scottish Royal Court from 1579 to 1585 include > plays, masking, dancing and other activities at the court of James > VI in the early years of his rule (edited by Sarah Carpenter). > > Comments and questions gratefully received. > > Peter Greenfield > > University of Puget Sound > -- Sarah Carpenter English Literature School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures University of Edinburgh 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LH