tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350132114764475.post9168774865335212618..comments2023-10-04T06:36:58.026-07:00Comments on Alec Ryrie: JEH 68/4: Pray the friendly skiesAlec Ryriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07153150214110931659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750350132114764475.post-2323759317558925622017-10-20T20:00:57.653-07:002017-10-20T20:00:57.653-07:00Dear Professor Ryrie
Many thanks for the complime...Dear Professor Ryrie<br /><br />Many thanks for the compliments! My research actually turned up a VERY 'thuggish sidesman beating up a parishioner'. In Canterbury in the 1660s an official named Old Hopkins, a 'pew keeper‘ who had formerly been a nonconformist, kept congregants from sitting in their former pews 'in ye body of ye sermons house‘ unless 'they pay so much money as he pleases to demand of them‘. Trying to reclaim one‘s sitting could lead to violence: 'if they press forward to gett into theire seats [Old Hopkins] has resisted them with blows‘. (Canterbury Cathedral Archives, DCc-PET/234).<br /><br />All the best and best to all!<br />John<br /><br />__________________________<br />J. C. Bennett, J.D., Ph.D.<br />Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law<br />P.O. Box 19144<br />Amarillo, TX 79114<br />AppealsAttorney@gmail.comJ. C. Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639918876757519709noreply@blogger.com