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The Stinking Idol : An Imagined Scene at the Maypole at St Andrew Undershaft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Philip Stubbes, wrote a vitriolic attack on pagan practices in his ‘Anatomy of Abuses in 1583’. He fired a broadside at the tradition of dancing around the Maypole. He said they had: ‘as Superintendent and Lord ouer their pastimes and sportes: namely, Sathan Prince of Hell<\/em>‘ as they erected ‘this stinking Idol<\/em>l’. By which he meant the Maypole. Stubbes suggested that of the maids that went out to the woods on May Eve less than one-third returned ‘undefiled<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evil May Day Riots<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Maypole was stored at St Andrew Cornhill, which became known as St Andrew Undershaft. In 1517, it was attacked during the ‘Evil May Day riots’. The main focus of the riot was foreign workers. The Under Sheriff of the time, Thomas More, tried to quell it. But 5,000 troops commanded by the Duke of Northfolk was necessary to regain control of the City. 300 rioters were arrested. One hanged, drawn and quartered, 13 hanged and nearly 300 pardoned after the intercession of Woseley and\/or Katherine of Aragon. The shaft was returned to its place under the eves of the houses in Shaft Alley. But apparently banned from being raised again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1549 May Day Riots<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But in 1549, the curate of nearby St Katharine Cree Church made an inflammatory speech. This incited a Puritan mob who cut the shaft into pieces and burnt it. I always imagine the Curate’s sermons to be along the same lines as Phillip Stubbes attack on the Maypole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maypole: this Stinking Idol, Rather<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is a longer description of the May Day Celebrations by Stubbes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘But their chiefest iewel they bring from thence is the Maie-poale,
which they bring home with great veneration, as thus: They haue
twentie, or fourtie yoake of Oxen, euery Oxe hauing a sweete
Nosegaie of flowers tyed on the tip of his homes, and these Oxen
drawe home this Maie-poale (this stinking ldoll rather) which is
couered all ouer with Flowers and Hearbes, bound round about
with strings from the top to the bottome, and sometimes painted
with variable collours, with two or three hundred men, women and
children following it, with great deuotion. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And thus being reared<\/em> vp, with handkerchiefes and flagges streaming <\/em>
on the top, they strawe the ground round about, bind green boughes about it, set
vp Summer Haules, Bowers, and Arbours hard by it. And then fa!
they to banquet and feast, to leape and daunce about it, as the<\/em>
a Heathen people did, at the dedication of their ldolles, whereof this
is a perfect patteme, or rather the thing it selfe. I haue heard it
crediblie reported (and that viua voce) by men of great grauity,
credite, and reputation, that of fourtie, threescore, or a hundred Maides,
going to the wood ouemight, there haue scarcely the third part of them returned home againe vndefiled.<\/em>‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillip Stubbes from ”A Critical Edition Of Philip Stubbes’s Anatomie Of Abuses<\/a>‘ By Margaret Jane Kidnie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restoration Maypole<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The unraised pole seems to have survived until the beginning of the Civil War, (1644) when it was destroyed. But at the Restoration of Charles II a new and huge Maypole was ordered. It was joyously erected 134 ft high (41 metres) in the Strand. This one was danced around till 1713 when it was replaced. The original was sold to one Isaac Newton. He used it to support the biggest telescope in Europe which was erected in Wanstead by a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that, my friends, is how you get from Superstition to Science in one easy story.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Old
Old Print of Isaac Newton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Postscript. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have always told people that the sermon leading to the destruction of the Shaft in 1549 was made at St Paul. I cannot remember where I read this. The suggestion that the Maypole in Cornhill was not used after 1517 seems strange. Why then would an unused maypole rouse a crowd to riot in 1549? Of the sources I have at hand, the London Encyclopedia mentions the riot of 1517 in its entry on St Andrew Undershaft but doesn’t elaborate more. ‘Layers of London<\/a>‘ says ‘It was last raised in 1517 when ensuing riots led to the celebration being banned.’ which is definitive sounding. But is it? I wonder if it was banned for a year or two, then allowed again, and finally stopped in 1549?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on May Day see yesterday’s post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
‘Allies’ Roosevelt and Churchill by by Lawrence Holofcener, unveiled on May 2nd 1995 by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1995 Allies Statue<\/strong> Statue of Churchill and Roosevelt set up to commemorate 50 years of peace. 30 years later what is the state of the Allies relationship? Topical or what? https:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/memorials\/item\/memorial\/11351<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First written in 2023 and revised on May 2nd 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philip Stubbes, wrote a vitriolic attack on pagan practices in his ‘Anatomy of Abuses in 1583’. He fired a broadside at the tradition of dancing around the Maypole. He said they had: ‘as Superintendent and Lord ouer their pastimes and sportes: namely, Sathan Prince of Hell‘ as they erected ‘this stinking Idoll’. By which he … <\/p>\n

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