<P> In England, the Lord of Misrule--known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason and in France as the Prince des Sots--was an officer appointed by lot during Christmastide to preside over the Feast of Fools . The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant or sub-deacon appointed to be in charge of Christmas revelries, which often included drunkenness and wild partying . </P> <P> The Church held a similar festival involving a boy bishop . This custom was abolished by Henry VIII in 1541, restored by the Catholic Queen Mary I and again abolished by Protestant Elizabeth I, though here and there it lingered on for some time longer . On the Continent it was suppressed by the Council of Basle in 1431, but was revived in some places from time to time, even as late as the eighteenth century . In the Tudor period, the Lord of Misrule (sometimes called the Abbot of Misrule or the King of Misrule) is mentioned a number of times by contemporary documents referring to revels both at court and among the ordinary people . </P>

Who was identified as the lord of misrule