… and ‘Queens’ who regulated the space. 7 Richard ‘Beau’ Nash was one of these ‘Kings of Bath’ whose dictates were law. Indeed, ‘Beau’ Nash required the Duchess of Queensberry to remove her apron, which was forbidden in Nash’s assembly …
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… classes and assembly rooms had spaces dedicated to the occupation – restricted to gaming only after the 1739 and 1745 laws banning professionally-handled gambling. Theatres also thrived on the taste for display, performance and music …
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… Eastwood 32; for sample controversies e.g. Samuel Grascome, The resolution of a case of conscience, … whether … it be lawful to frequent our parish-churches (Oxford: s. n., 1688) and William Fleetwood, A Letter to an Inhabitant of the …