Woodstock, or The Cavalier, A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set during the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Woodstock.
Woodstock was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1571 until 1832. From 1832 until its abolition in 1918, the seat elected only one member.