170s

Mount Hills

John Playford 170 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly

Bare Necessities

Duple Minor

1640s

Spanish Gypsie ~ Longways		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Bernard Bentley 1971		4 Couple Longways
The Spanish Jeepsie		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Bernard Bentley 1971		4 Couple Longways

1650s

Spanish Gypsie ~ Square

John Playford 1651 Bernard Bentley 1971

Square

1670s

Bouzer Castle

John Playford 1679 Bernard Bentley 1980

Duple Minor

1680s

Vienna		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Westmoreland		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Wolverton Hall ~ Bentley		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor

1690s

I Often for my Jenny Strove ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1690 Bernard Bentley 1965		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Huntington's Maggot		Henry Playford 1695 Bernard Bentley 1971	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

1700s

The Beaux Delight		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
Buskin		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		Triple Minor
Buskin (3 Couple Longways)		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Buskin (Duple)		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley (mod) 1971		Duple Minor
Easter Eve		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
The Lord Phopington ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Pilgrim ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Tunbridge Walks ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1703 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Drapers Gardens		Playford (John Young) 1706 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

1710s

Barn Elms		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Duple Minor
Blackwell Hall ~ 3 Couple		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Blackwell Hall ~ Triple		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
Burgundy's Flight ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1977		Triple Minor
Daphne's Delight ~ 3 Couple		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Daphne's Delight ~ Triple		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
Dublin Bay		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Dublin Bay		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Hambleton's Round O		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball		Triple Minor
In the Fields in Frost and Snow		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Love and a Bottle - Kynaston ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Love's Triumph ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Mistress Savage's Whim		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Monk's March, with the Wanders		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Duple Minor
Mrs. Hill's Dance ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Odd Sundays Recordings Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
Mrs. Savage's Whim		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Paston's Maggot ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1977		Triple Minor
Paul's Alley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Put in All		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Saint Brides		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Saint Margaret's Hill ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Shropshire Lass		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip O'er Tweed ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip O'er Tweed ~ Triple		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Union Jigg		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
We'll Wed and We'll Bed ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
We'll Wed and We'll Bed ~ Playford Ball		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Wood Lark		Playford (John Young) 1710 Bernard Bentley 1977		Duple Minor
Zephyrs and Flora		Walsh 1715 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
The Beau's Retreat ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Bernard Bentley 1965		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
As Quick as You Please		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Doway		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
High Ginks		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1962		Duple Minor
High Jinks		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1962		Duple Minor
Joy After Sorrow ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Love and Beauty ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Virgin's Frolick ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1718 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1720s

The Beadle of Grub St.		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bugbee's Hole		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Cock Ey'd Brown		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		Triple Minor
The Coney Walk		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Hare Hatch		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Mars and Venus		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Merry Companion		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Number Three ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Pinks and Lilies		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Ratcliff Cross		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Ravenscroft's Hornpipe		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
St. Giles's Pound		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Sea Nymphs		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
Three Coney Walk ~ Bentley		Playford (John Young) 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor

1730s

The Beaus of the Park		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Easter Thursday ~ Bentley		Walsh 1733 Bernard Bentley 1977 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Happy Pair		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 213
Royal Wedding		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 213
Top and Bottom		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
Prince Frederick's Hornpipe		Johnson 1736 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1740s

The Rakes of Rochester ~ Bentley

Walsh 1748 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly

Bare Necessities

Duple Minor

1750s

Capt. Catton's Maggot		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
Cream Pot		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1971	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Enfield Wash		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
The Green Man ~ Johnson		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Kings Arms Assembly		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Lord Anson for ever		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Merry Girls of Maidstone		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
Miss Nancy's Delight		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Primrose		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
St. James's Beauties		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip to Virginia ~ Bentley		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Triple Minor
The Young Fox		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Triple Minor
Clapham Frolick		Johnson 1751 Bernard Bentley 1977		Duple Minor
Chelmsford Assembly		Johnson ~1752 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Spark's Maggot		Johnson ~1752 Bernard Bentley 1968 Playford Ball		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Spark's Maggot ~ Triple		Johnson ~1752 Bernard Bentley 1968 Playford Ball		Triple Minor
New Year's Day in the Morning		Universal Magazine 1755 Bernard Bentley 1968 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Wildboar's Maggot		Thompson 1758 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1760s

Doll Tearsheet's Rant		Johnson ~1764 Bernard Bentley 1971		Triple Minor
Johnny Cock Thy Beaver		Thompson 1765 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
The Miser's Jewel		Charles and Samuel Thompson 1765 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Assembly of Lovers		Walsh 1766 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1770s

Tom Jones		David Rutherford ~1770 Bernard Bentley 1977	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Jolly Cooper		William Randall 1773 Bernard Bentley 1971		Triple Minor
The Cuckoo's Nest		John Rutherford ~1775 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Silvie's Delight		John Rutherford ~1775 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

1780s

The Anna Maria - Budd		Thomas Budd 1781 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Sayers' Allemand		Thomas Budd 1781 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Balloon		Unknown 1786 Bernard Bentley 1980		Triple Minor
The Ladies Joy		Cahusac 1788 Bernard Bentley 1977		Triple Minor

1790s

The Eliza		Cahusac 1790 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
Worcester Assembly		Preston 1790 Bernard Bentley 1977		Triple Minor
The Sprigs of Laurel		Thompston 1794 Bernard Bentley 1977		Duple Minor
Miss Barrett's Waltz		Bland and Weller 1799 Bernard Bentley 1971		Triple Minor

1800s

The Accomplished Maid		Unknown ~1800 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
The Physical Snob		Unknown ~1800 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Splendid Shilling		Unknown ~1800 Bernard Bentley 1968 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Topaz		Unknown ~1800 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor

1820s

Philandering

W. Blackman 1826 Bernard Bentley 1980

Triple Minor

1980s

St. Andrews Assembly

Bernard Bentley 1980

Square

1990s

The Bottle Brush		Bernard Bentley 1993		Facing Couples Becket
Damson Walk		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
The Deodar		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
Eroica		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
The Hen Run		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
Kirkholt		Bernard Bentley 1993		Square
The Lobelia Lawn		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
Meadow Sweet		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
Oakenrod House		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
Robina		Bernard Bentley 1993		Duple Minor
The Walnut Tree		Bernard Bentley 1993		Square
Wrexham Square		Bernard Bentley 1993		Square

Number of dances	Number of interpretations	Number with music
119	119	20

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