Thomas Crosfield’s Diary (1629)

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Thomas Crosfield’s diary entry for Christmas day 1629 contains an entry titled “Games at Chartes” that contains a list of card games.^{A (fol. 34r)}

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The games listed are:

Ruffe

trumpe

Slam̃e

Gleeke

Gleek

Newcut

Swigg

Loadam

putt

primifisty

post & pair

Bone-ace

Anakin

Seven Cardes

one & 30

Thirty One

my sewe has pig’d

My Sow Has Pigged

References

1. Crosfield, Thomas (1674). Queen’s College MS 390. The Queen’s College, University of Oxford.