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Gayme Results
Poste your Shrovetide, medieval, mob footballe, village, campyon, or campan results here. They will be published in the gazette for the enjoyement of one and all. Continue reading
þ Underwell Friendly, Yeomen & Miners
The friendly match between yeomen and coal miners in the village of Underwell, was interrupted by a skirmish between troops from King Charles, and those of the London Parlement. While the score was one-nil to the yeomen, the game will be resumed at Michaelmas. The foote ballers and plough men had their lunch under such… Continue reading
Ectone 3-2 Timble § Samhain (All Hallows’ Eve)
Very energetic gayme. Ectone’s star player was a groom wed that morning. The wedding party, his team mates. † Mortality-0 Injured-1 Continue reading
Hunderthwaite 0-0 Romaldkirk § Michaelmas
The gayme was abandoned when the balle was lost and a replacement could not be made before sundown. † Mortality-1 Injured-17 Continue reading
Ockendon 1-0 Aveley § St Swithin’s Day
A rain soaked day of play ended with the entire team of Aveley in the Mardyke covered in leeches, as Ockendon ran the ball to St Michael’s. † Mortality-2 Injured-6 Continue reading
Map of the Towne of Hull, Kyngeston Upon Hull
This map is by the artist Wenceslaus Hollar, but the date is unknown. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Continue reading
Pestilence Index
Counters in the villages on the public byways submit reports daily on outbreak of the bubonic plague. Physicians wearing the beak mask should look to the market for stocks of herbs to combat the miasma, also known as the night air. Lavender, peppermint, camphor, roses, carnations, as well as juniper berry, ambergris, cloves, labdanum, myrrh,… Continue reading
Gregorian Calendar Only
While not wishing to bow to a Catholic invention, we believe that even though it has not been adopted, it is only a matter of time before the Julian Calendar is abandoned and replaced with the Gregorian calendar of 1582. For football fixtures, this aligns us with the games played in Spain, Portugal, France, Poland,… Continue reading
