Mr Beddome took Occasion last Sabbath to speak of the wretched and shameful Profanation of the Sabbath by the Children in the Village of Bourton and wish'd that someone would speak to the Curate and other Officers to join their Endeavours for the suppression of that Evil - the curate was advis'd of it and this day preached upon the 4th Commandment. The Clerk also read a paper (I suppose drawn up by the said Curate) the Purport of which was that those who were hereafter guilty of that offence should be prosecuted by the Church wardens and a similar Paper was stuck up at the Church meeting house doors and upon a Tree in the middle of the Town.
(Quoted in Stephen Pickles new book on Beddome - more of that anon)
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