Lincoln diocese documents, 1450-1544 / edited, with notes and indexes by Andrew Clark
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- Lincoln diocese documents, 1450-1544 / edited, with notes and indexes by Andrew Clark
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- Clark, Andrew, 1856-1922
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SIXTY-THREE LINCOLN DIOCESE DOCUMENTS,
- I: Will, 1450, of Joan Buckland, widow of Richard Buckland, of Edgcott, Northamptonshire.
- II: Will, 1450-1, of Sir Thomas Cumberworth, Knight, of Somerby by Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire.
- III: Will, 1451-2, of Robert Sutton, son of Hamond Sutton, esquire, of Lincoln.
- IV: Will, 1452, in Latin, of Robert, 6th baron Willoughby de Eresby, with codicil, in English.
- V: Will, 1453-4, of Richard Archer, of St. Andrew's parish, presumably in Lincoln city.
- VI: Official Letter, 1454, from Christchurch, in Hampshire, testifying that Margery, wife of John Simon alias Grice, is still alive.
- VII: Will, 1454-5, and codicil, of Joan Ralegh, widow of Simon Ralegh, of Elvedon in Goring parish, Oxfordshire.
- VIII: Will, 1454-5, two codicils, of William, seventh baron Lovel of Tichmarsh, whereby provision was made for the foundation of a two-priest chantry-chapel in the Greyfriars Convent, Oxford, and there was laid down a complicated entail of testator's estates among his four sons and their heirs male.
- IX. Vow of celibacy, 1456, taken by Joan Stretton, widow, before John Chedworth, bishop of Lincoln, then celebrating Mass in Merton College Chapel, Oxford.
- X: Will, 1456, and Codicil, of Gervase Rudd, of Stamford, Lincolnshire.
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XI. Proceedings, 1457, against the brothers William
and Richard Sparke, of Somersham, Huntingdonshire, Lollards, at the
instance of John Chedworth, bishop of Lincoln.
- articles
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[II. Text of the Recantation.]
Abiuracio predictorum Willhelmi Sparke et Ricardi Sparke fratris sui. - [III. Formal Act of Excommunication.]
- [IV. Conditional Absolution from the Excommunication.]
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[V. Form of Solemn Abjuration to be read publicly by
Richard Sparke at the time of his doing penance.]
Verba dicenda per penitentem, circa forum &c. (vt infra) suam penitenciam agentem. - penance
- record
- XII: Proceedings, taken 1457, against Thomas Hull of Hertford, for practising the Black Art.
- XIII: Agreement, 1458, between Ellis North, master of the chantry at Chalgrave, Bedfordshire, and John Dey, a chantry-priest of the same chantry.
- XIV: Vow of celibacy, 1458, by Isabel Portyngton, widow, of Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire.
- XV: Vow of celibacy, 1459, by Joan Manfeld, widow.
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XVI: Confession of Richard Pyckard, followed by his
formal expulsion from the list of Notaries public entitled to practise
in the Consistory Court of Lincoln Diocese.
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[I. English Text of public confession of guilt on the first
charge.]
Confessio Ricardi Pykard. - [II. Latin Record of Proceedings connected with this Public Confession.]
- [III. English Text of public confession of guilt on the second charge.]
- [IV. Latin Text of decision of the Court.]
- [V. Latin Record of the bribes received.]
- [VI. Latin Record of how the fraud was effected.]
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[I. English Text of public confession of guilt on the first
charge.]
- XVII: Will, 1459, of Henry Philip, alderman of Oxford.
- XVIII: Will, 1465, and Codicil of Richard Welby, of Moulton (near Spalding), Lincolnshire.
- XIX: Affray, 1468, in the churchyard of Grantham, Lincolnshire, with proceedings thereon.
- XX: Petition, 1464, by the Cistercian Abbey of Bruern, in the county and archdeaconry of Oxford, to King Edward IV, to have again the impropriated rectory of Wootton, near Woodstock, formerly granted them by King Henry VI, but afterwards resumed by the Crown.
- XXI: Agreement, 1509, by which Barlings Abbey, as rector of Reepham parish, Lincolnshire, grants the vicar an increase of yearly stipend for his life-term.
- XXII: Latin Will, 1526, and English Codicil, 1533, of John Denham, rector of Barnack, Northamptonshire, and Prebendary of Lincoln Minster.
- XXIII: Inventory of John Asserby, 1527.
- XXIV: Will, 1529, of John Aldridge, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
- XXV: Will, 1529, and codicil, 1533, of Sir John Digby, knight, of Eye-Kettleby, Leicestershire.
- XXVI: Will, 1532-3, of William Knight, of Norton, Northamptonshire.
- XXVII: Will, 1533, of Robert Griffith, cleric, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
- XXVIII: Will, 1533, of William Wolhede, of North Marston, Buckinghamshire.
- XXIX: Will, 1533, of William Gray, of Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.
- XXX: Will, 1533, of Ralph Barker, of Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire.
- XXXI. Will, 1533, of Richard Lauford, of Sherington, Buckinghamshire.
- XXXII. Will, 1533, and Codicil, or Ralph Wooton, of Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire.
- XXXIII: Will, 1533, of William Emery, of Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.
- XXXIV: Will, 1533, of Richard Bradley, of Slawston, Leicestershire.
- XXXV: Will, 1533, with Codicil, of John Lee, shop-keeper, of Stamford Lincolnshire.
- XXXVI. Will, 1533-4, of Thomas Normanton, of Tinwell, Rutlandshire.
- XXXVII. Will, 1533-4, of Robert Astbroke, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
- XXXVIII: Will, 1534, of Richard Womacke, of Bourn, Lincolnshire.
- XXXIX: Lease, 1534, of the Manor of Walton in Buckinghamshire, being an estate attached to the prebend of Haydour cum Walton in Lincoln Minster.
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XL.: Agreement, 1534, between the rector of
Syresham, Northamptonshire, and Biddlesden Abbey in Buckinghamshire as
to tithes of certain lands in Syresham parish.
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[I.]
Compositio inter Abbatem et conventum de byttilsden et Rectorem de Sirisham. - [II. Approbation of this Agreement by St. Mary's Abbey, Leicester, patron of Syresham Church.]
- [III. Approbation of this Agreement by John Rayne, LL.D., official principal of John Longland, bishop of Lincoln; followed by official registration of the above confirmation by the patron of Syresham rectory.]
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[I.]
- XLI: Will, 1534-5, of Thomas Fisher, of Wooburn, Buckinghamshire.
- XLII: Will, 1535, of Gilbert Wigan, a native of Lancashire, vicar of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.
- XLIII: Will, 1535, of Richard Baven, of Wooburn, Buckinghamshire.
- XLIV: Will, 1534-5, of Richard Vicars, of Thurlby, Lincolnshire.
- XLV: Lease, 1535, of the prebendal estate at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, belonging to the prebend of Leighton Buzzard in Lincoln Minster.
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XLVI: Orders, 1535, by John Longland, bishop of
Lincoln, for the publication throughout the diocese of Lincoln of
Henry VIII's repudiation of the Pope's Supremacy in the Church of
England.
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[I. Directions contained in bishop John Longland's
covering letter.]
declaratio expulsionis vsurpate iurisdiccionis episcopi Romani. - [II. Form of English Declaration to be publicly read in all churches.]
- [III. Latin order to all Schoolmasters to teach the King's Supremacy.]
- [IV. Latin order to correct all Church books, and reduce them to obedience to this mandate.]
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[I. Directions contained in bishop John Longland's
covering letter.]
- XLVII: Will, 1535, of William Gybbyns, farmer, of Hambledon, Rutland.
- XLVIII: Will, 1535, of William Balon alias Benett, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
- XLIX: Two letters, 1535, 1536, addressed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln, to the Archdeacons of his diocese, in connexion with Henry VIII's orders as to Preachers and as to Bidding-Prayers.
- L: Lease, 1535-6, of the estate at Cropredy, Oxfordshire, belonging to the prebend of Cropredy in Lincoln Minster.
- LI: Lease, 1536, of St. John Baptist Hospital, Mere, Lincolnshire.
- LII. Lease, 1536, of the estates of the prebend of Carlton Kyme (otherwise called the prebend of Carlton cum Dalby) in Lincoln Minster.
- LIII: Celibate vow, 8 September, 1536, by Agnes Wigston, widow, of Leicester, taken before John Longland, bishop of Lincoln, in the chapel of Buckden manor, Huntingdonshire.
- LIV: Lease, 1536, for 51 years, of the prebend of Welton Brinkhall, Lincolnshire.
- LV: Henry VIII's Decree, 1536-7, abolishing several Festival Days.
- LVI: Dispute, 1537-8 (?), as to right of common in common-ground called Brent, between the duchy of Clarence tenants in Uppingham manor and the bishop of Lincoln's tenants in Lyddington manor, Rutlandshire.
- LVII: Will, 1538, of John Joseph, a servant of the Bishop of Lincoln.
- LVIII: Will, 1538, of Thomas Buck, chantry-priest of Dorney, Buckinghamshire.
- LIX: Lease, 14 March, 1538-9, by Lincoln College, Oxford, of the revenues of All Saints Vicarage, Oxford, to the Churchwardens of All Saints parish.
- LX: Will, 1540, of Richard Newcome, yeoman, of Toynton St Peter's, near, Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
- LXI: Lease, 1541-2, of the prebendship of Langford Ecclesia (of Lincoln Minster) to William Genyver, Langford.
- LXII: Lease, 1543, of pasture-land belonging to Leighton Bromeswold prebend, for forty years, with sanction of Dean and Chapter of Lincoln.
- LXIII: Lease, 1544, of the prebend of Stoke, near Newark-on-Trent, with its members in the shires of Nottingham and Lincoln.
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APPENDIX: ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS
- Appendix I: Vow of celibacy, circ. 1452, by Agnes Baldwyn, widow.
- Appendix II: Vow of celibacy, 1454, by Isabel Maryon, widow.
- Appendix III: Will, 1531, of William Rayne, of Cottesbrook, Northamptonshire.
- Appendix IV: Persecution of Protestants, Paris, 1535.
- Appendix V: 1535, Proceedings against Ralph Clerke, of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, for speaking against Transubstantiation.
- Appendix VI: 1485, Statute empowering Bishops to commit criminous clerics to prison, and to keep them in prison for terms proportionate to their guilt.
- Appendix VII: 9 March, 1485-6, Contract for the rebuilding of the bridge at the Castle of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, destroyed by flood.
- Appendix VIII: Latin Will, 1487-8, with English codicil, of John Goodwin, of Wooburn, Buckinghamshire.
- Appendix IX: 1500, Commission issued by William Smith, bishop of Lincoln, directing the Abbot of Peterborough (however indignant at receiving this charge) to convey criminous clerics from Peterborough to Banbury or Newark-on-Trent.
- Appendix X: 25 March, 1517, Will of Robert Hardy, of Lyddington, Rutlandshire.
- Appendix XI: 20 August, 1517, Will of John Symmys, of Ridlington, Rutlandshire.
- Appendix XII: 4 March, 1517-8, lease for forty years, by William Atwater, bishop of Lincoln, of the grazing rights in the park, and of the demesne meadows, pasture, fishings, and market-dues belonging to Stow manor, Lincolnshire, and estate of the See of Lincoln.
- Appendix XIII: 1518, Will of Richard Hawardyn, of Sherington, Buckinghamshire.