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''At Frome, payment was made for execution irons, 'wood for fire to burn the entrails', and a pan and trivet to seethe the limbs; whilst similar payments were made at Mells, Beckington, Shepton Mallet, Wells, and Glastonbury''
My sister found this great article on the events of 1549 'Commotion time': the English risings of 1549 - WRAP: Warwick Research Archive Portal
Frome started a wave of disturbances across Somerset and Wiltshire against enclosures - in Frome fences and hedges were torn up - some 200 rioters. I didn't know about this so thanks to Anne.
