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NINETEEN CENTURIES
OF
DRINK IN ENGLAND
A HISTORY
BY
RICHARD VALPY FRENCH
D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A.
RECTOR OF LLANMARTIN AND RURAL DEAN
AUTHOR OF ‘THE HISTORY OF TOASTING’ ETC.
SECOND EDITION—ENLARGED AND REVISED
LONDON
NATIONAL TEMPERANCE PUBLICATION DEPOT
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PREFACE.
The earlier part of this slight contribution to the literatureof an inexhaustible subject has already appeared ina series of numbers in a London weekly journal. Thebest acknowledgment of the writer is due to the Rev.Arthur Richard Shillito, M.A. (late Scholar of TrinityCollege, Cambridge), who has from time to time duringthe progress of this work most kindly furnished himwith valuable notes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Introductionvii
A Contribution to the Bibliography of Drinkxi
Chapter I. Roman Period.1
Chapter II. Saxon Period.10
Chapter III. Saxon Period—continued.26
Chapter IV. Danish Period.44
Chapter V. Norman Period.55
Chapter VI. Plantagenet Period.—Henry II. to the Death of Richard I.66
Chapter VII. Plantagenet Period (continued).—John, to the Death of Edward II.80
Chapter VIII. Plantagenet Period (continued).—Edward III. to Richard III.95
Chapter IX. Tudor Period.126
Chapter X. Stuart Period.170
Chapter XI. Hanoverian Period.271
Index389
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INTRODUCTION
The object of this work is to ascertain the part whichDrink has played in the individual and national life ofthe English people. To this end, an inquiry is institutedinto the beverages which have been in use, the customsin connection with their use, the drinking vessels invogue, the various efforts made to control                        
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