A Quiet Pint at the Cock Tavern - Charles Sedley 1663

Seventeenth century London’s most outrageous drinking session gets blasphemously out of hand.With Restoration, wit, dramatist, poet and libertine, Sir Charles Sedley. How did the scandalous behaviour of one bawdy playwright change English Law?Who were ‘The Ballers”?Which other rakish aristocrats made up ‘The Merrie Gang’What filthy thing did he say about King Charles II that could have caused a royal scandal?Find out the answer to these and several other shocking questions in episode 1 of the podcast of Bad Behaviour in Period Costume. Want more 17th century bad behaviour?Samuel Pepys:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/9900933Elizabeth Bathory: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/10629249Ninon de Lenclos: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/10833589François l'Olonnais: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/10951535Catalina de Erauso: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/12205570John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/12637509Claude Duval: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1906885/15212949Thanks for listening. Stay Roguish!Email: [email protected]   Visit the website and become a 'Rogue with Benefits'   Find me on X, Facebook, Instagram