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The Chalisbury Chandler
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| c 1643-1760 |
Named after his increasingly predictable annual appearance at evening times during the two-day All Souls Fair, held since mediaeval times on the first weekend of every August at Chalisbury. The apparition of The Chandler and his ever growing entourage of exotic travellers and merchants, was first seen at the fair after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and then seemed to disappear from public sightings at around the time of the young Queen Victoria's reign.
In one year in the late 17th century, a printed notice was seen by many unnerved attendees of the fair, pinned to the outside of the city gates, and reading:
'Salve!
And may I bid thee on behalf of myself, your servant The Chalisbury Chandler, and our distinguished host of reverent habitués, our most hearty greetings and a warm welcome on this most portentous of nights, to Chalisbury and the All Souls Fair.
We have been expecting you…'
Bibliography Notes: Licensed for Raven Blackwood's use by Alchemy Gothic of England, December 13, 2005. Information available online: http://alchemygothic.com/gothic_bloodline.htm
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