The Calves-Head Club (late 1600s – 1734)
Members of the Calves Head Club let their hatred of King Charles I get wildly out of hand. The Calves-Head club notoriously sparked a riot by reportedly dressing up calves heads to resemble the recently executed monarch and other royalists (this is denied by members, post-riot). They lit a bonfire outside their clubhouse and allegedly tossed the heads into the fire to insult the recently executed King, infuriating people passing by. As drunken bonfires often do, this party descended into chaos after words were exchanged. The passers-by turned into a mob, who broke the windows and smashed up the inside of the clubhouse, ending the boisterous royal opposition of the Calves-Head Club.