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- 1660c.1 + (<p>The biography of a 17<sup>t … <p>The biography of a 17<sup>th</sup> century lord includes "a nostalgic description of the little town of Kirtling" by the lord's son Roger, born in 1651, as follows:</p></br><p>"The town was then my grandfather's . . . it was always the custom for the youth of the town . . . to play [from noon when chores ended] to milking time and supper at night. The men [went to play] football, and the maids, with whom we children were commonly mixed, being not proof for the turbulence of the other party, to stoolball and such running games as they knew." Dale B. J. Randall, <u>Gentle Flame: The Life and Verse of Dudley, Lord North (1602 - 1677 (Duke Univ. Press, 1983), page 56. The town of Kirtling is in Cambridgeshire, northeast of London.</u></p>e 56. The town of Kirtling is in Cambridgeshire, northeast of London.</u></p>)