
The Bean Feast was a much loved annual event in Montpelier, Bristol, UK in the 18th century. Thomas Rennison styled himself Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland and, paradoxically, named his tavern the Old England. Pursuing this theme of independence, he held an annual beanfeast at which, is a parody of Bristol`s civic ceremonies, a mock mayor,....
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