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The Sealed Knot

drjbrennan

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Can anybody tell me why the civil war re-enactment group is called "The Sealed Knot Society"

I had a look at their website but could not find anything.
All replies gratefully received.
 
The sealed knot was a secret royalist society that plotted to restore the monachy to power during the dark days of chromwell's republican protectorate. they were busted by John Thurloe in 1653, when he intecepted and decoded their comunications with the help of the mathematician John Wallis.

(ok, I'm not smart enougth to remember all that from school, I wikied it and put the relivent bits into my own words)
 
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