Origin of Fairs--Charter Fairs at Winchester and Chester-- Croydon Fairs--Fairs in the Metropolis--Origin of Bartholomew Fair--Disputes between the Priors and the Corporation--The Westminster Fairs--Southwark Fair--Stepney Fair--Ceremonies observed in opening Fairs--Walking the Fair at Wolverhampton--The Key of the Fair at Croydon--Proclamation of Bartholomew Fair 1 Amusements of the Fairs in the Middle Ages--Shows and Showmen of the Sixteenth Century--Banks and his Learned Horse-- Bartholomew Fair in the time of Charles I.--Punch and Judy-- Office of the Revels--Origin of Hocus Pocus--Suppression of Bartholomew Fair--London Shows during the Protectorate--A Turkish Rope-Dancer--Barbara Vanb…
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