17th century in Hertfordshire

plan to assassinate Charles II of England

right|thumbnail|The Mowing Devil pamphlet. The Mowing-Devil: or, Strange News out of Hartford-shire is the title of an English woodcut pamphlet published in 1678. It narrates a tale of Satan mowing a field in Hertfordshire, and presents itself as reporting the news. It has been cited as an early report of crop circles.