| Location | Grid Ref. | Extant | Time of Appearance | Text | Play Class | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -[Unlocated] | 1794 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Jones (1794) | ||
| -[Unlocated] | c. 1816 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Rowell (1886) | ||
 Aston | (SP3302) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Williams Coll. | [1.] | |
| Bampton | (SP3103) | 1969 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Dommett Coll., Giles (1847), Ditchfield (1896), Manning (1895-1910), Williams Coll., Foxworthy Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [2.] |
| Bletchington | (SP5017) | c. 1904 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Bloxham | (SP4235) | No Text | Hero-Combat | Prior (1905) | |||
| Broadwell | (SP2503) | c. 1925 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Hole Coll. | |
| Bucknell | (SP5525) | c. 1889 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Burford | (SP2512) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Helm Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [4.] | |
| Chadlington | (SP3221) | c. 1903 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Coll., Ordish Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [5.] |
| Charlton-on-Otmoor | (SP5615) | c. 1901 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Prior (1904), [Prior?] (1904) | [6.] |
| Checkendon | (SU6682) | c. 1903 | Christmas | No Text | Doubtful Hero-Combat | Prior,C.E. (1907) | |
| Chimney | (SP3500) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Williams Coll. | [1.] | |
| Chipping Norton | (SP3127) | 1840 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Norgrove (1884), Oxfordshire Fed.W.I.s (1955) | |
| Church Enstone | (SP3825) | c. 1869 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Cuddesdon | (SP5902) | c. 1896 | Text | Hero-Combat | Tiddy (1923), Carpenter Coll. | [7.] | |
| Culham | (SU5095) | 1901 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Binney (1902), Ordish Coll., Manning (1895-1910) | [8.] |
| Curbridge | (SP3308) | c. 1867 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Deddington | (SP4631) | 1936 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Wortley Coll., Turner (1933), Carpenter Coll. | [9.] |
| Dorchester | (SU5794) | c. 1900 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | New Penny Magazine (1900) | |
| Ducklington | (SP3507) | 1904 | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Prior (1905), Madan ms | [10.] |
| Eynsham | (SP4309) | c. 1946 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Russell MS, Carpenter Coll. | [4.] |
| Finmere | (SP6333) | c. 1895 | No Text | Hero-Combat | Bennell & Wege Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [11.] | |
| Garsington | (SP5802) | c. 1874 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Glympton | (SP4221) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Harpwood (1961) | ||
| Goring | (SU6080) | 1898 | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Binney (1902) | |
| Great Rollright | (SP3231) | c. 1900 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | J. (1938), R. (1949) | |
| Headington | (SP5407) | 1901 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Ordish Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [4.] |
| Headington Quarry | (SP5507) | 1966 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Coppock & Hill (1933), Cawte Coll., Carpenter Coll., Webb (1967) | [12.] |
| Holton | (SP6006) | 1954 | 5th Nov. to Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Hassall (1956), Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [13.] |
| Horspath | (SP5704) | 1924 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Oxfordshire Fed.W.I.s (1955), Carpenter Coll. | [4.] |
| Horton | (SP5912) | c. 1894 | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] | |
| Iffley | (SP5203) | c. 1894 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Cordrey (1956), Helm Coll. | [3.] |
| Islip | (SP5214) | c. 1906 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Ditchfield (1896), Ordish Coll., Reading Mercury (1926) | [14.] |
| Kidlington | (SP4914) | 1904 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Kirtlington | (SP5019) | c. 1870 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Manning (1898), Carpenter Coll., Manning (1895-1910) | [15.] |
| Leafield | (SP3115) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Tiddy (1923) | ||
| Long Hanborough | (SP4214) | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Parker (1913) | |||
| Lower Heyford | (SP4824) | 1903 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Tiddy (1923), Prior (1904), Carpenter Coll. | [4.] |
| Marston | (SP5208) | c. 1899 | Text | Hero-Combat | Ordish Coll., Manning (1895-1910) | [16.] | |
| Merton | (SP5717) | 1893 | Christmas | No Text | Hero-Combat | Prior (1904) | |
| Middle Barton | (SP4325) | 1953 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Hole Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [17.] |
| Milton | (SP4535) | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Manning (1895-1910) | |||
| Mollington | (SP4347) | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Prior (1905) | |||
| North Newington | (SP4139) | c. 1912 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Hole (1956) | |
| Oddington | (SP5514) | c. 1870 | before Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Oxford | (SP5106) | 1902 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Oxford Times (1898), P. (1894), Manning (1895-1910) | [18.] |
| Salford | (SP2828) | c. 1890 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Shipton under Wychwood | (SP2717) | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Tiddy (1923) | ||
| Souldern | (SP5231) | 1903 | Christmas | Frag. | Hero-Combat | Prior (1904), Gough & Gough (1887) | |
| Standlake | (SP3902) | Christmas | No Text | Doubtful Hero-Combat | Williams Coll. | ||
| Stoke Talmage | (SU6799) | late 19th cty | Christmas | No Text | Doubtful Hero-Combat | Ordish Coll. | |
| Sutton | (SP4106) | c. 1901 | Winter | No Text | Hero-Combat | Manning (1895-1910) | |
| Thame | (SP7006) | c. 1882 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Lee (1874), Carpenter Coll. | [19.] |
| Upper Heyford | (SP4926) | c. 1900 | No Text | Doubtful Hero-Combat | Prior (1904), Peacock Coll. | [20.] | |
| Waterstock | (SP6305) | c. 1872 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Tiddy (1923), Carpenter Coll. | [21.] |
| Westcott Barton | (SP4225) | 1870 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Prior (1905), Carpenter Coll. | [22.] |
| Westwell | (SP2209) | No Text | Doubtful | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] | ||
| Wheatley | (SP5905) | 1964 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Hassall (1956), Hole Coll., Dommett Coll., Carpenter Coll. | [4.] |
| Woodstock | (SP4416) | c. 1884 | Christmas | Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
| Wootton | (SP4319) | 19 cent.? | No Text | Hero-Combat | Carpenter Coll. | [3.] |
Footnotes | |
| 1. | We do not understand these locations given by Williams Coll. [Aston, Bampton and Chimney]. They occur at the head of a MS which contains a play text, but whether they should be taken to imply that each location used the same text, or that one gang visited each village is not clear. They are included here for completeness. |
| 2. | We do not understand these locations given by Williams Coll. [Aston, Bampton and Chimney]. They occur at the head of a MS which contains a play text, but whether they should be taken to imply that each location used the same text, or that one gang visited each village is not clear. They are included here for completeness. Pt.2 changes: 1958 changed to 1969. Sources Foxworthy Coll. and Carpenter Coll. added |
| 3. | Pt.3 addition |
| 4. | Pt.2 change: Source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 5. | Pt.2 changes: c.1903 and source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 6. | Pt.2 changes: Text availability changed from 'Frag.' to 'Text'. Source [Prior?] (1904) added |
| 7. | Pt.2 changes: c.1896 and source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 8. | Pt.2 change: Source Manning (1895-1910) added. (Manning (1895-1910) is the source for Ordish Coll.) |
| 9. | Pt.2 change: Source Turner (1933) Carpenter Coll. added |
| 10. | Pt.2 change: Text availability changed from 'No Text' to 'Text'. Source Madan ms added |
| 11. | Pt.2 change: Text availability changed from 'No Text' to 'Frag.'. Source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 12. | Pt.2 changes: 1955 changed to 1966. Sources Carpenter Coll. and Webb (1967) added |
| 13. | Pt.2 changes: Christmas changed to 5th Nov. to Christmas. Source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 14. | Ordish Coll. is from a MS 'property of the late Thomas Johnson of Islip, Oxon., dated 1780'. |
| 15. | Pt.2 change: c.1860 changed to c.1870. Sources Carpenter Coll. and Manning (1895-1910) added |
| 16. | Pt.2 changes: Bef.1899 changed to c.1899. Source Manning (1895-1910) added |
| 17. | Brought from Sulgrave, Northants. Pt.2 changes: Text availability changed from 'No Text' to 'Text'. Source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 18. | Each reference has a different text, which suggests that more than one version was current here. The Oxford Times (1898) text may not come from Oxford. |
| 19. | Lee wrote down this play in 1853, but first saw it in 1839. The man from whom it was noted had performed at Brill, Bucks, (q.v.), in 1807, and his father at Thame Park in the previous century. The text is written in rhyming couplets, and begins with King Alfred and his Bride entering. Other characters, King Cole, King William, the Dragon, etc., follow: 'Morres-men come forward and dance to a tune from fife and drum' in the middle of the action, and there is a general mêlée in which all characters fall down. The Doctor gives pills all round, which cures them all save the Dragon, who dies in convulsions. We have listed it as 'Hero-Combat', though admit that the version is not typical of the classification. Pt.2 changes: 1853 changed to c.1882. Source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 20. | Pt.2 changes: c.1900 and source Peacock Coll. added |
| 21. | Pt.2 changes: c.1872 and source Carpenter Coll. added |
| 22. | Pt.2 change: Source Carpenter Coll. added. (Carpenter Coll. contains an undated cutting from the Oxford Mail. From its contents it could well have been written by C.E.Prior) |