> Dating Period card games
By Imran Ghory <imran@ghory.org>.
Games whose date is given as 1??? are those which I am currently researching.
All-Fours - 1674
- Cotton, Compleat Gamester (1674).
- Robert Dixon, Canidia (1683)
- Thomas Durfey, "The marriage-hater match'd "(1692)
- Peter Anthony Motteux, "Farewel folly" (1707)
Bankafalet - 1674
- Cotton, Compleat Gamester (1674).
- R. Holme, Academy of armory (1688).
Basset - 1645
- John Evelyn, Memoirs (1645)
- Nahum Tate, Cuckolds-haven (1685)
- John Banks, Cyrus the Great (1696)
Beast - 1653
- Urquhart, translation of Rabelais's "Gargantua" (1653)
- R. Holme, Academy of armory (1688).
Beggar my neighbour - 1???
- Poor Robin's Almanack (1734)
- Hannah Cowley, "More ways than one" (1784)
- George Daniel, "The Disagreeable surprise" (1826)
Bone-ace - 1611
- John Florio, "English-Italian dictionary" (1611)
- Machivelli, "Dogge" (1617)
- Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640)
Brag - 1714
- Lucas, "Lives of gamesters" (1714)
Comet - 1685
- Letter of Edward Bedingfield to Katherine, Countess Rutland (1685)
- Thomas Shadwell, Bury-fair (1689)
Commerce - 1732
- Delany, Autobiography (1732)
- Burney, "Early Diary" (20 April 1770)
- James Planche, "High, low, jack, and the game" (1831)
Costly-Colours - 1674
- Cotton, Compleat Gamester (1674).
Cribbage - 1630
- Brathwait, "English gentleman" (1630)
Crimp - 1632
- B. Jonson, "Magnetik Lady" (1632)
- Thomas Shadwell, "A true widow" (1679)
- Thomas D'Urfey, "A fool's preferment" (1688)
Cross-ruff - 1718
- Robert Greene, "The Defence of Conny-Catching" (1592)
- Robert Dixon, "Candia" (1683)
- Poor Robin's Almanac (1693)
Dubble ruffe - 1607
- Thomas Heywood, "A woman kilde with kindnesse" (1607)
Faro - 1718
- de Moivre, "The doctrines of chance" (1718)
Gleek - 1522
- H. Watson, "The Chirche of the Evyll" (1522)
- Elyot, "Knowledge" (1533)
- Letter from Sir William Kingson to Lord Lisle (24 June 1533)
Gresco - 1605
- George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston, "Eastward hoe" (1605)
- Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640)
Hole - 1621
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)^M
Imperial - 1532
- Privy Purse Expences of King Henry 8 (7 October 1532)
- Nicholas Breton, "workes of a young wyt" (1577)
- "Sporting Magazine" XII (1798)
Laugh and lie down - 1522
- Skleton, "Why not to court" (1522)
Loadum - 1591
- Florio, "Second Fruites" (1591)
- Minsheu, "Spanish Dictionary" (1599)
- Thomas Heywood, "A woman kilde with kindnesse" (1607)
Mack - 1548
- W. Forrest, "The pleasant poesye of princely practice" (1548)
Maw - 1575
- Turberv, "Faulconrie" (1575)
- The Groome-Porter's Laws at Mawe (a. 1597)
- Samuel Rowlands "letting of humours blood" (1600)
Mount cent - 1599
- Minsheu, "Spanish Dictionary" (1599)
- Gervase Markham, "The Famous Whore" (1609)
My Ladies hole - 1619
- Thomas Middleton, "The Inner-Temple masque" (1619)
- Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640)
My-sow-pigg - 1619
- Thomas Middleton, "The Inner-Temple masque" (1619)
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
- (My Sow's Pig'd) Burney, "Early Diary" (20 April 1770)
New-cut - 1591
- Greene, "Notable Discovery of Coosnage" (1591)
- Florio, Trinca (1598)
- John Lane, "Tom Tel-Troths Message" (1600)
- Thomas Heywood, "A woman kilde with kindnesse" (1607)
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
Noddy - 1589
- Thomas Nash's "Almond for Parrat" (1589)
- Samuel Rowlands "letting of humours blood" (1600)
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
Ombre - 1660
- "The Royal game of the ombre" (1660).
- R. Holme, Academy of armory (1688).
One and thirty - 1522
- H. Watson, "The Chirche of the Evyll" (1522)
- Greene, "Notable Discovery of Coosnage" (1591)
One and thirty Bone-Ace
- Thomas Baker, "An act at Oxford" (1704)
- Colley Cibber, The provok'd husband (1728)
Piquet - 1646
- (picket) J. Hall, "Horae vacivae" (1646)
- The royall & delightfull game of picquet (1651)
Poor and rich - 1621
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
Pope Joan - 1???
- "Connoisseur" Number 52 (1755)
- Burney, "Early Diary" (20 April 1770)
- George Daniel, "The Disagreeable surprise" (1826)
Post - 1528
- Jerome Barlow and and William Roye, "Rede me and be nott wrothe" (1528)
Post and pair - 1579
- "Cyvile and uncyvile life" (1579)
- Thomas Heywood, "A woman kilde with kindnesse" (1607)
- (Post and payre) John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
Primero - 1532
- Privy Purse Expences of King Henry 8 (6 October 1532)
- Elyot, "Knowledge" (1533)
Primo visto - 1591
- Greene, "Notable Discovery of Coosnage" (1591)
- (Primavista) Florio, "Worlde of wordes" (1598)
- (Primiuiste) Thomas Middleton, "The Inner-Temple masque" (1619)
- (Primofistula) Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640)
Put - 1629
- T. Crosfield, Diary (1629)
Quadrille - 1726
- "The game of quadrille" (1726)
Ruffe - 1579
- "Cyvile and uncyvile life" (1579)
- Samuel Rowlands "letting of humours blood" (1600)
- Thomas Heywood, "A woman kilde with kindnesse" (1607) *
Sant - 1532
- (Saunt) Tottel, "Dice Play" (1532).
- Letter from Earl of Southampton to King Henry VIII (13th December 1539).
- (Sant) Greene, "Notable Discovery of Coosnage" (1591)
- (Saut) Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640).
Sichie - 1652
- Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640)
Slam - 1621
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
Snip-snap-snorum - 1???
- "Connoisseur" Number 52 (1755)
Speculation - 1804
- Jane Austen, "Watsons" (1804)
- James Planche, "High, low, jack, and the game" (1879)
Swabbers - 1704
- Thomas Baker, "An act at Oxford" (1704)
- Fielding, "History of Mr Jonathan Wild" (1743)
Tickle me quicklie - 1619
- Thomas Middleton, "The Inner-Temple masque" (1619)
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
- Richard Brome, "The new academy" (1640)
Trump - 1522
- H. Watson, "The Chirche of the Evyll" (1522)
Uptails - 1694
- Poor Robin (December 1694)
Whisk - 1621
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
- R. Holme, Academy of armory (1688).
Whip-her-ginny - 1560
- Misogonus (1560)
- John Taylor, Taylor's Motto (1621)
Wit and reason - 1674
- Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1674).
Thanks to the OED, the libraries of Bristol University, and the people on the hist-games mailing list for providing corrections, in particular Thierry Depaulis who provided a number of corrections and additions.