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Editor:	Clark, Andrew, 1856-1922
Title:	Lincoln diocese documents, 1450-1544 / edited, with notes and indexes by Andrew Clark
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Transcribed from:	Lincoln diocese documents, 1450-1544 Clark, Andrew, 1856-1922, ed. London, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1914
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SIXTY-THREE LINCOLN DIOCESE DOCUMENTS,

I: Will, 1450, of Joan Buckland, widow of Richard Buckland, of Edgcott, Northamptonshire.

[Latin Record of Probate.]

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.

Will of Robert Sutton.

Certificate of Probate

IV: Will, 1452, in Latin, of Robert, 6th baron Willoughby de Eresby, with codicil, in English.

[I. Full Latin Text of Will.]

[II. Full Text of English Codicil.]

[Note.]

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.

[I. Latin Text of Will.]

[II. English Text of Codicil.]

[III. Text of Probate.]

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.

[I. Full Text of the Will.]

[II. Full Text of First Codicil.]

[III. Text of Second Codicil.]

[IV. Official Record of Probate.]

IX. Vow of celibacy, 1456, taken by Joan Stretton, widow, before John Chedworth, bishop of Lincoln, then celebrating Mass in Merton College Chapel, Oxford.

document

X: Will, 1456, and Codicil, of Gervase Rudd, of Stamford, Lincolnshire.

[I. Latin Text of Will.]

[II. English Text of Codicil.]

[III. Latin Record of Probate.]
.

XI. Proceedings, 1457, against the brothers William and Richard Sparke, of Somersham, Huntingdonshire, Lollards, at the instance of John Chedworth, bishop of Lincoln.

articles

[I. Articles exhibited against William and Richard Sparke.]

[These Articles Englished.]

[Notes on the preceding Articles.]

[II. Text of the Recantation.]

[III. Formal Act of Excommunication.]

[IV. Conditional Absolution from the Excommunication.]

[V. Form of Solemn Abjuration to be read publicly by Richard Sparke at the time of his doing penance.]

penance

[VI. Severe Public Penance enjoined by the Bishop's Consistory Court on the two Lollards.]

[Simplified English rendering of the Public Penance imposed on the Somersham Lollards by the Ecclesiastical Court.]

record

[VII. Official Record of the conclusion of the case and the imposition of the assigned penance.]

[Abbreviated English rendering.]

[Note as to Penances imposed by the Ecelesiastical Courts.]

XII: Proceedings, taken 1457, against Thomas Hull of Hertford, for practising the Black Art.

[I. Confession of, and Abjuration of, Acts of Necromancy by Thomas Hull, of Hertford.]
.

record

[II. Latin Record of the Conclusion of the Case.]

[The above Record in English.]

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.

[I. English Text of the Vow.]
.

[II. Formal Latin Record of the Vow.]

XV: Vow of celibacy, 1459, by Joan Manfeld, widow.

[I. English Text of the Vow.]

[II. Formal Latin Record of this Vow.]

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.

[I. English Text of public confession of guilt on the first charge.]

[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.]

XVII: Will, 1459, of Henry Philip, alderman of Oxford.

Testamentum Henrici Philyp de Oxonia.

[Latin Record of Probate.]

XVIII: Will, 1465, and Codicil of Richard Welby, of Moulton (near Spalding), Lincolnshire.

[I. English Text of Will.]

[II. English Text of Codicil.]

[III. Latin Text of Probate.]
.

XIX: Affray, 1468, in the churchyard of Grantham, Lincolnshire, with proceedings thereon.

[I. English Summary of Latin Narrative.]

[II. Full English Text of the Recital made by the Curate at the times when this Penance was done.]

[III. Summary of Latin statement of further Penance.]

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.

[I. Full Text of Petition in English.]

grant

[II. Latin Text of proposed grant to be submitted to the King.]

[Abbreviated English version of grant, as proposed.]

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.

[I. Abbreviated note of the Will, which is in Latin.]

[II. Text of English Codicil.]

XXIII: Inventory of John Asserby, 1527.

Invitory off all the household stuff wych was bequethyd to be heyr-lomes to Andrew asserby & to the Ryght heyrys off John Asserby wych was bequethyd by the sayd John Asserby whose soule Jhesu pardon.

Parler.

littill parler.

Chamber ouer the parler.

halle.

Gallore Chamber.

Law parler.

Botre.

Kytchyn.

Napre ware.

ffor the fyre herthe.

XXIV: Will, 1529, of John Aldridge, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

document

Latin Record of Probate

XXV: Will, 1529, and codicil, 1533, of Sir John Digby, knight, of Eye-Kettleby, Leicestershire.

document

[I. English Text of the Will.]

[Witnesses of the Will.]

[II. English Text of the Codicil.]

[III. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXVI: Will, 1532-3, of William Knight, of Norton, Northamptonshire.

[I. English Text of Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXVII: Will, 1533, of Robert Griffith, cleric, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

[Full Text of English Will.]

XXVIII: Will, 1533, of William Wolhede, of North Marston, Buckinghamshire.

[I. English Text of the Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXIX: Will, 1533, of William Gray, of Wolverton, Buckinghamshire.

[I. English Text of the Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXX: Will, 1533, of Ralph Barker, of Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Abbreviated English Text of Will.]

[II. Abbreviated Record of Probate.]

XXXI. Will, 1533, of Richard Lauford, of Sherington, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Abbreviated English Text of the Will.]

[II. Abbreviated Latin record of Probate.]

XXXII. Will, 1533, and Codicil, or Ralph Wooton, of Stoke-Goldington, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Abbreviated English Text of Will.]

[II. English Text of Codicil.]

[III. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXXIII: Will, 1533, of William Emery, of Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Abbreviated English Text of Will.]

XXXIV: Will, 1533, of Richard Bradley, of Slawston, Leicestershire.

[I. Abbreviated English Text of Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXXV: Will, 1533, with Codicil, of John Lee, shop-keeper, of Stamford Lincolnshire.

[I. Abbreviated Text of the Will.]

[II. Text of what seems to be a Codicil.]

XXXVI. Will, 1533-4, of Thomas Normanton, of Tinwell, Rutlandshire.

[I. Somewhat abbreviated Text of the Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXXVII. Will, 1533-4, of Robert Astbroke, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Full Text of the Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XXXVIII: Will, 1534, of Richard Womacke, of Bourn, Lincolnshire.

[I. Summary of the English Will.]

[II. Summary of the Latin Record of Probate.]

XXXIX: Lease, 1534, of the Manor of Walton in Buckinghamshire, being an estate attached to the prebend of Haydour cum Walton in Lincoln Minster.

[I. Full Text of the Indenture.]

[II. Full Text of the Confirmation.]

XL.: Agreement, 1534, between the rector of Syresham, Northamptonshire, and Biddlesden Abbey in Buckinghamshire as to tithes of certain lands in Syresham parish.

[I.]

[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.]

XLI: Will, 1534-5, of Thomas Fisher, of Wooburn, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Full English Text of the Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

XLII: Will, 1535, of Gilbert Wigan, a native of Lancashire, vicar of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.

[II. Record of Probate.]

XLIII: Will, 1535, of Richard Baven, of Wooburn, Buckinghamshire.

document

Brief Latin Record of Probate

XLIV: Will, 1534-5, of Richard Vicars, of Thurlby, Lincolnshire.

[I. Abbreviated English Text of Will.]

[II. Brief Latin Record of Probate.]

XLV: Lease, 1535, of the prebendal estate at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, belonging to the prebend of Leighton Buzzard in Lincoln Minster.

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.

[I. Directions contained in bishop John Longland's covering letter.]

[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.]

XLVII: Will, 1535, of William Gybbyns, farmer, of Hambledon, Rutland.

document

Brief Latin Record of Probate

XLVIII: Will, 1535, of William Balon alias Benett, of Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

document

Brief Latin Record of Probate

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.

[First Letter: 1535 (?).]

[Second Letter: 1536(?).]

L: Lease, 1535-6, of the estate at Cropredy, Oxfordshire, belonging to the prebend of Cropredy in Lincoln Minster.

[I. Full Text of the Indenture.]

[II. Summary of the Confirmation.]

Abbreviated Confirmation

LI: Lease, 1536, of St. John Baptist Hospital, Mere, Lincolnshire.

[I. Full Text of the Indenture.]

[II. Full Text of the Confirmation.]

LII. Lease, 1536, of the estates of the prebend of Carlton Kyme (otherwise called the prebend of Carlton cum Dalby) in Lincoln Minster.

[. Full Text of the Indenture.]

[II. Full Text of the Confirmation.]

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.

Latin and English Texts of Vow

LIV: Lease, 1536, for 51 years, of the prebend of Welton Brinkhall, Lincolnshire.

[I. Full Text of Indenture.]

[II. Full Text of the Confirmation.]

LV: Henry VIII's Decree, 1536-7, abolishing several Festival Days.

[I. Full Text of Official Covering-letter.]

[II. Full Text of the Decree.]

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.

Lettre of the duke of Clarence for the comyn of the brente in Lydington.

LVII: Will, 1538, of John Joseph, a servant of the Bishop of Lincoln.

[I. Appointment of Administrator.]

[II. Record of Probate.]

LVIII: Will, 1538, of Thomas Buck, chantry-priest of Dorney, Buckinghamshire.

[I. Abbreviated Text of Will.]

[II. Record of Probate.]

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.

[I. Full Text of the Indentures.]

[II. Summary of the Bishop's approbation.]

LX: Will, 1540, of Richard Newcome, yeoman, of Toynton St Peter's, near, Spilsby, Lincolnshire.

[I. Full Text of English Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate.]

LXI: Lease, 1541-2, of the prebendship of Langford Ecclesia (of Lincoln Minster) to William Genyver, Langford.

[I. Abbreviated Text of the Indenture.]

[II. Summary of the Confirmation, by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln, in his lodging at Old Temple, London, 28 March, 1542.]

LXII: Lease, 1543, of pasture-land belonging to Leighton Bromeswold prebend, for forty years, with sanction of Dean and Chapter of Lincoln.

[I. Text of the Indenture.]

[II. Summary of Confirmation, by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln, at Buckden manor, 24 July, 1543.]

LXIII: Lease, 1544, of the prebend of Stoke, near Newark-on-Trent, with its members in the shires of Nottingham and Lincoln.

[I. Slightly abbreviated text of the Indenture.]

[II. Summary of Confirmation, by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln, at Wooburn Manor, Buckinghamshire, 20 August, 1544.]

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.

[I. Full Text of the Will.]

[II. Full Text of Probate.]

Appendix IV: Persecution of Protestants, Paris, 1535.

[Full Text of the Letter.]

Appendix V: 1535, Proceedings against Ralph Clerke, of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, for speaking against Transubstantiation.

[Latin Text of Indictment, containing the English words complained of.]

Additional Note.

Appendix VI: 1485, Statute empowering Bishops to commit criminous clerics to prison, and to keep them in prison for terms proportionate to their guilt.

[I. Latin Preface, and Title of Extract.]

[II. English Text of Statute.]

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.

[I. Latin Text of Will.]

[II. English Text of Codicil.]

[III. Latin Text of Probate.]

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.

[I. Abbreviated English version of the Official Record of the issue of the Commission.]

[II. Text of the Abbot of Peterborough's Protest.]

Appendix X: 25 March, 1517, Will of Robert Hardy, of Lyddington, Rutlandshire.

[II. Latin Text of Probate, 30 July, 1517.]

Appendix XI: 20 August, 1517, Will of John Symmys, of Ridlington, Rutlandshire.

[I. Full Text of the Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate, at Lyddington Manor, 31 August, 1517.]

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.

[I. English Text of Will.]

[II. Latin Record of Probate: 9 October, 1518.]