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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1500 | |Year=1500 | ||
|Year Suffix=s | |Year Suffix=s | ||
|Year Number=2 | |||
|Headline=Queen Elizabeth's Dudley Plays Stoolball at Wotton Hill? | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Famous, | |||
|Location=England | |||
|Game=Stoolball | |Game=Stoolball | ||
| | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>According to a manuscript written in the 1600s, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and his "Trayne" | |Notables=Lord Robert Dudley; Queen Elizabeth I | ||
<p> | |Text=<p>According to a manuscript written in the 1600s, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and his "Trayne" "came to Wotton, and thence to Michaelwood Lodge . . . and thence went to Wotton Hill, where hee paid a match at stobball."</p> | ||
<p>Internal evidence places ths event in the fifteenth year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, which would be 1547-48. Elizabeth I named her close associate [once rumored to be her choice as husband] Dudley to became Earl of Leicester in the 1564, and he died in 1588.</p> | |||
|Warning=<p><strong>Caveat:</strong> "Stobbal" is usually used to denote a field game resembling field hockey or golf; thus, this account may not relate to stoolball <em>per se</em>.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>The Wotton account was written by John Smyth of Nibley (1567-1640) in his <em>Berkeley</em> <em>Manuscripts</em> [Sir John McLean, ed., Gloucester, Printed by John Bellows, 1883]. Smyth's association with Berkeley Castle began in 1589, and the Manuscripts were written in about 1618, so it is not a first-hand report.</p> | |||
|Query=<p><strong>Note:</strong> Is it possible to determine the approximate date of this event?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Tags | FamousFamous |
| Location | EnglandEngland |
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| Game | StoolballStoolball |
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| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Notables | Lord Robert Dudley; Queen Elizabeth I |
| Text | According to a manuscript written in the 1600s, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and his "Trayne" "came to Wotton, and thence to Michaelwood Lodge . . . and thence went to Wotton Hill, where hee paid a match at stobball." Internal evidence places ths event in the fifteenth year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, which would be 1547-48. Elizabeth I named her close associate [once rumored to be her choice as husband] Dudley to became Earl of Leicester in the 1564, and he died in 1588. |
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| Warning | Caveat: "Stobbal" is usually used to denote a field game resembling field hockey or golf; thus, this account may not relate to stoolball per se. |
| Comment | The Wotton account was written by John Smyth of Nibley (1567-1640) in his Berkeley Manuscripts [Sir John McLean, ed., Gloucester, Printed by John Bellows, 1883]. Smyth's association with Berkeley Castle began in 1589, and the Manuscripts were written in about 1618, so it is not a first-hand report. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Note: Is it possible to determine the approximate date of this event? Edit with form to add a query |
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