Advent 2024: 15 December

Today, hidden away in a voluminous sammelband is Bolton Z.5.3(54), a rare surviving copy of a law passed during the interregnum under Oliver Cromwell. Similar laws had been passed before his rule, but being forced to work on Christmas Day… The horror!

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A law (1652) passed during the interregnum under Oliver Cromwell from Bolton Z.5.3(54)

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