Parish life in mediæval England

by Francis Aidan Gasquet

LIST OF MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED AUTHORITIES

As in English Monastic Life, the volume I have already contributed to this series of “The Antiquary’s Books,” I have, in this book, been advised by the Editor to avoid multitudinous footnotes and references. I here give a list of works, in print and manuscript, out of which I have endeavoured to reconstruct the picture of Parish Life in Mediæval England, which I have tried to sketch in the following pages.

CHANTRIES

P. R. O. Exchequer, Augmentation Office, Chantry Certificates.

P. R. O. Exchequer, Ministers’ Accounts, 2-3, Edward VI.

Chantries within the County of Lancaster (Chetham Soc.).

Somerset, Survey and Rental of Chantries. ed. E. Green (Somerset Record Soc.). 1888.

Yorkshire, Certificates as to Chantries, etc. (Surtees Soc.). 2 vols.

CHURCHWARDENS’ ACCOUNTS

Ashburton (1479-1580). ed. J. H. Butcher.

Arlington, Sussex (1456-1479). Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 33,192.

Bath, St. Michael’s without the North Gate. ed. C. B. Pearson (Somerset Archæol., etc., Soc. Proceedings, vol. xxiii. p. 6). Cf. also Somerset Record Soc. 1890.

Bedwardine, St. Michael’s (Worcester), 1539-1603. ed. J. Amphlett.

Bishop Stortford St. Michael’s. ed. J. L. Glasscock. 1882.

Blythburgh, Suffolk. ed. J. Gardner (1754), Hist. of Dunwich, Blythburgh, and Southwold, 147-159.

Bodmin, Receipts and Expenses in the Building of. ed. J. J. Wilkinson (Camden Soc., Misc., vii. 1874).

Bramley, Surrey (transcript kindly lent by C. R. Peers, Esq.).

Bristol, St. Ewen’s. Sir J. Maclean (in Transactions of Bristol and Glouc. Archæol. Assoc., xv. 1890-1891).

Cambridge, St. Mary the Great (1504-1635). ed. J. E. Foster (Cambridge Antiq. Soc.). 1905.

Canterbury, St. Dunstan’s (1484-1580). ed. Cowper. 1885. (Reprinted from Archæologia Cantiana, xvi., xvii.)

Cowfold (1471-1485). Rev. W. B. Otter, in Sussex Archæol. Coll. ii., pp. 316-325.

Cratfield parish (1490-1642). ed. Rev. W. Holland.

Croscombe, Pilton, Yatton, Tintinhull, Morebath, and St. Michael’s, Bath. ed. Bishop Hobhouse (Somerset Record Soc. 1890).

Derby, All Saints (1465-1527). ed. J. C. Cox and W. H. St. John Hope. 1881.

Dover, St. Mary’s (1536). Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 1912.

Exeter, St. Petrock’s (1425-1590). R. Dymond (Devon Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, etc. 1902).

Hawkhurst. ed. W. J. Lightfoot (Archæologia Cantiana, vol. v. p. 78).

Hedon, St. Augustine’s, in E. Riding of Yorks (in Early History of the Town and Port. J. R. Boyle), Appendix, ciii. seqq.

Hertfordshire. Inventory of Church Furniture. ed. J. E. Cussans.

Hythe (1412-1413) in Archæol. Cantiana, x. pp. 242-249.

Leicester, St. Martin’s. ed. Thomas North. 1884.

Leverton, Lincolnshire (in Archæologia, vol. xli. pp. 333 seqq.).

Lincolnshire, in Church Goods, ed. Peacock, pp. 202 seqq.

London, St. Martin’s, Outwich (1570), in Sir J. Nichols’ Illust. of Manners, etc., pp. 270 seqq.

London, St. Dionysius, Backchurch (in Lond. and Midd. Archæol., iv. pp. 203 seqq.).

London, St. Mary-at-Hill (1420-1559). ed. H. Littlehales, 2 parts, 1904-1906 (Early English Text Soc.).

London, St. Michael’s, Cornhill. ed. Overall and Waterlow. 1870.

London, St. Peter Cheap (Journal of Archæological Association, vol. xxiv. pp. 248 seqq.).

Ludlow (1469-1749). ed. Ll. Jones (in Shropshire Archæol., etc., Soc., vols. 1, 2, 4, 5).

Melton Mowbray. ed. Thomas North (in Leicestershire Architect. and Archæol. Soc. Trans. III. 1874).

Morebath, Somerset (see Croscombe).

Norfolk Church Goods (in Norfolk Archæol., vii.).

North Elmham (1539-1577). ed. A. G. Legge. 1891.

Norwich Church Goods (in Norfolk Archæol., vi. p. 360).

Nottinghamshire Church Goods (P. R. O. Exch. Q. R. Church Goods, 7/38-7/39).

Oxford, St. Peter-in-the-East (1444). ed. R. S. Mylne (in Soc. of Antiquaries Proceedings, 2nd Series, X., 25-28).

Pilton, Somerset (see Croscombe).

Piltington and other parishes in diocese of Durham. 1580. (ed. Surtees Soc. 1888.)

Reading, St. Giles. ed. W. L. Nash. 1881.

Saffron Walden, Extracts, 1439-85 (in History of Audley End and Saffron Walden, by Richard, Lord Braybrooke).

Salisbury, St. Edmund’s and St. Thomas’ (1447-1702), (Wilts Record Soc.).

Shere, Surrey. Manning and Bray’s Surrey, i. 529-531.

Steyning, Surrey, ed. T. Medland (in Surrey Archæol., viii. 133-140).

Stratton, Cornwall, Highcross Wardens (1512-1577). Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 32,243 (Archæologia, xlvi. pp. 195-236).

Stutterton, St. Mary’s (1461-1536). Bib. Bodl. MS. Rawlinson 786.

Surrey Church Goods (in Surrey Archæol., iv. pp. 1-189).

Tavistock, Extracts, 1385-1725 (in Calendar, etc. ed. R. N. Worth. 1887).

Thame, Extracts 1443-1638 (in History, etc. ed. F. G. Lee, pp. 15-87).

Tintinhull, Somerset (see Croscombe).

Walberswick (1451-1550), in Sir J. Nichols’ Illust. of Manners, etc., pp. 183 seqq.

Wells, St. Cuthbert’s, early accounts (in Historical Account of St. Cuthbert’s). 1875.

Westminster, St. Margaret’s (1460-1461), in Sir J. Nichols’ Illust. of Manners, etc., pp. 1 seqq.

Westminster, St. Margaret’s, Extracts 1478-1492 (in Caxton Memorial, reprinted from the Builder, Aug. 7 and 21, 1880).

Wigtoft (1484-1497), in Sir J. Nichols’ Illust. of Manners, etc., pp. 77 seqq.

Wing, Bucks, (in Archæologia, xxxvi. pp. 219-241).

Worcester, St. Helen’s (1519-1520). ed. J. Amphlett.

Yatton, Somerset (see Croscombe).

London, St. Mary Woolnoth, Deeds relating to. B. Mus. Harl. MS. 877.

CLERICAL LIFE

Baculus Viatoris, to give priests material for instruction. Brit. Mus. MS. Reg. 8, F. vii. (ff. 41-51d).

Cilium Oculi Sacerdotis. Harl. MS. 4968 (ff. 1-46d), and Harl. MS. 211 (ff. 51d seqq.).

Cura Clericalis. Wynkyn de Worde. 1532.

De Oculo Morali. Bishop Grosteste. MS. Reg. 7, C. i. Also printed at Augsburg, 1480, and at Venice, 1496.

Dieta Salutis. R. Halcot. B. Mus. Harl. MS. 2250 (ff. 64-68); MS. Reg. 7, D. xxii.; 5, F. xiv.; 7, 6, I.; Add. MS. 11,437.

Doctrinal of Sapience. Caxton. 1489.

Instructions for Priests. Printed by De Worde.

Elucidarium of William of Coventry. Harl. MS. 5234 (ff. 88 seqq.).

Exornatorium Curatorum. Printed by Notary, de Worde and Pepwell.

Exposition of the Commandments. By John Nydar.

Flos Florum. Thomas Hibernicus or Palmeranus. Brit. Mus. Burney MS. 356. Printed at Venice in 1550 and several times afterwards; sometimes known as the Flores dictorum and Manipulus Florum.

Gallicantus. By Bishop Alcock, of Ely. Printed by Pynson, 1498.

Liber Bonitatis. Harl. MS. 2379 (ff. 15d-12d).

Liber Festivalis. Sixteen printed editions between 1483-1532.

Manipulus Curatorum. Six printed editions in Latin from 1500-1509, and in translations as Livre de Sapience and The Doctrinal of Sapience.

Manuale Sacerdotis. Harl. MS. 5306.

Oculus Sacerdotis. B. Mus. Harl. MS. 1307; MS. Reg. 6, E. i.; 8, c. ii. (ff. 52-180); 8, B. xv. (ff. 1-163).

Pupilla Oculi. J. de Burgo. Harl. MS. 5442, and several early editions in print.

Quatuor Sermones (giving matter for instructions ordered four times a year). Printed by Caxton, 1483, etc.

Regimen Animarum. Harl. MS. 2272.

Speculum Curatorum. Ralph Higden. Harl. MS. 1004.

Speculum Eduardi. B. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2379; 2383; 2388; 3363; MS. Reg. 8, F. vii.

Speculum Sacerdotum. Harl. MS. 2346.

Stella Clericorum. Printed by Pynson.

Summa Magri. Thomæ de Cabaham. Harl. MS. 4065.

Sermo Exhortatorius Cancellarii Eboracensis. Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 1494 (?).

EPISCOPAL REGISTERS

Canterbury.—Registrum Epistolarum Fratris Johannis Pecham (Rolls Series, 3 vols.).

Durham.—Reg. of Bishop Richard de Kellawe for 1311-1316 in Registrum Palatinum Dunelmense. (Rolls Series.)

Reg. of Bishop Bury, 1338-1343. (Surtees Soc.)

Exeter.—In Prebendary Hingeston-Randolph’s monumental work already published are the following:—

Bishop Bronescombe, 1272-1280	}
Bishop Quevil, 1280-1291	} 1 vol.
Bishop Bitton, 1292-1307	}
Bishop Stapeldon, 1307-1326.
Bishop Berkeley, 1327	}
Bishop Grandisson, 1327-1350	} 3 vols.
Bishop Brantyngham, 1370-1394.
Bishop Stafford, 1395-1419.

Bath and Wells.

Bishop Walter Giffard, 1265-1266.	(Somerset Record Soc.)
Bishop Drokensford, 1309-1329.	(Ibid.)
Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury, 1329-1363.	(Ibid.)
Bishop Bowett, 1401-1407.	(Ibid.)
Bishop Richard Fox, 1492-1494. ed.	E. C. Batten. 1889.

Winchester.—The Hants Record Soc. has published:—

Bishop John de Sandale, 1316-1320	} 1 vol.
Bishop Rigaud de Asserio, 1320-1323	}
Bishop W. of Wykeham, 1366-1404.	2 vols.

Worcester.—The Worcestershire Hist. Soc. has published translations and abstracts of:—

Bishop Giffard, 1268-1301.
Sede Vacante, 1301-1435.

York.—The Surtees Soc. has published:—

Archbishop Walter Gray, 1217-1255.
Archbishop Giffard, 1266-1279.

Statuta Eccl. Cath. Lichfeldensis. Cott. MS. Vitell, A. x. (ff. 163-205).

Visitations of Churches in Exeter Diocese, A.D. 1440. Harl. MS. 862, ff. 32-36.

Visitation of Archd. of Norwich, A.D. 1363. P. R. O. Misc. of Exchq. Q.R. Vol. 30.

Visitation of Churches belonging to St. Paul’s, London. ed. W. S. Simpson (Camden Soc.). Misc. ix. pp. 1-38.

Forms of Letters. Harl. MSS. 670; 862; 3378; 2179; 3300. Add. MS. 32,089; 33,089.

GUILDS AND MYSTERY PLAYS

Ansell, Chas., Treatise on Friendly Societies.

Ashley, W. J., Introduction to English Economic History. 3 vols. (especially vol. 1).

Corpus Christi Guild at St. Botolph’s, Boston. Register of Harl. MS. 4795.

F. F. Fox, Some Account of Merchant Tailors of Bristol. 1880.

Statutes of the Guylde of the Puryficacion, Bury St. Edmund. 1471. Harl. M.S. 4626.

Cambridge Guilds, Notes on. Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5813.

Cambridge Guild Records, ed. Mary Bateson (Cambridge Antiq. Soc.).

English Gilds. ed. Toulmin Smith (E. English Text Soc.). 1870.

Gross, Charles, Gild Merchant. 1890.

Gross, Charles, Bibliography of British Municipal History, including Gilds, etc. 1897.

E. B. Jupp, Company of Carpenters. 2nd edition. 1887.

Pynner Guild, London (1464). Brit. MS. Eg. MS. 1142.

Vintners’ Company, temp. Hen. VIII. Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 1143.

Ludlow.—Palmers’ Gild (in Shropshire Archæol. Soc., i. pp. 333 seqq.).

Sleaford Guild Accounts (1477-1545). Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 28,533.

Norfolk Guild Certificates (ed. W. Rye for Norfolk, etc., Archæol. Soc., xi. 105-36. 1892).

Ed. Smirke, Ancient Ordinances of the Gild Merchant of Southampton (Archæol. Journal, xvi. 283-96, and 343-82. 1859).

Stamford, Annals of (in Peck’s Antiq., Bk. xii. pp. 18-20).

The Towneley Mysteries. (Surtees Soc. 1836.)

York, Reg. of Guild of Corpus Christi. ed. Surtees Soc. 1872.

York, Corpus Christi Guild Register. Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 403.

Extracts from the Municipal Records of the City of York. R. Davis. Appendix.

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND PREACHING

Confession, Forms of. Harl. MS. 172 (ff. 11-19); Add. MS. 15,239 (f. 88 seqq.); Harl. MS. 985; 7641; 1845; 6041 (f. 97 seqq.); Sloane MS. 774.

De Confessione, Tractatus. Mag. Willi. de Montibus, Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. D. xiii. (f. 115 seq.).

De Missis Celebrandis. Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero A. iii. (f. 131-57).

Dives et Pauper. Harl. MS. 149; MS. Reg. 17 c. xx. and 17 c. xxi. Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 1496; Pynson, 1493; and by Berthelet, 1536.

Excommunications. Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1307, f. 436. Cf. Harl. MS. 2399; Ar. MS. 130; Cott. MS. Claud. A. 11. Printed by W. de Worde in Lands. MS. 379.

Explanation of Commandments, etc. Add. MS. 27,592.

Expositio S. Jeronomi in Symbolum Apostolorum. Printed by Roode, 1468.

For Parish Priests. Harl. MS. 4172 (written 1426, vide f. 62 d).

Fratris Laurentii Gulielmi de Savona Margarita Eloquentiæ. Printed by Caxton, 1479-80.

Langforde’s Meditacyons for ye tyme of Mass. Bib. Bodl. MS. Wood. 9.

John Myrc, Instructions for Parish Priests. Brit. Mus. Claud. A. ii. ed. E. Peacock (E. English Text Soc.). 1868.

Pœniteas cito. A practical work on Confession, printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1510 and again in 1520. Well known abroad; Quentell issued six editions.

Sermones Michælis de Ungaria. 1510.

Speculum Christiani. John Watton. Harl. MS. 206; 2250. Lansd. MS. 344; Add. MSS. 21,202; 22,121; 10,052; 15,237. Cf. also MSS. Reg. 8 E. v. and 9 D. xv. Printed four times before 1513.

Speculum Christianorum. Ushaw Coll. Lib.

Speculum Peccatorum, or “The Glasse for a Sinner.” Harl. MS. 3363 (ff. 59-64); MS. Reg. 8 F. vii. f. 24d.

Speculum Penitentis, by W. de Montibus. Cott. MS. Vesp. D. xiii. (ff. 60-67).

Summa Magistri Alani. Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. D. xiii. (ff. 67d-100).

Tabula Fidei Christiani. Brief statement for priests. Add. MS. 15,237 (ff. 9-54).

Tabular Instructions. Harl. MS. 1648.

MISCELLANEOUS

Wilkins’ Concilia.

Lay Folks Mass Book. ed. T. F. Simmons for E. Eng. Text Soc. 1879.

Lyndwood’s Provinciale.

Deed of Induction to a Benefice. Harl. Ch. 44 c. 35.

Valor Ecclesiasticus.

The Lay Folks Catechism (E. Eng. Text Soc.). 1901.

Rock’s Church of our Fathers.

The Prymer or Lay Folks Prayer Book (ed. H. Littlehales for E. Eng. Text Soc.). 1897.

J. S. Burn, History of Henley-on-Thames, 1861 (particularly Chapter V.).

H. Swinden, History of Great Yarmouth (sect. xxii., St. Nicholas’ Church).

Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Soc.). 6 vols.

Chester Wills (copies). Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2067.

Calendar of Wills in the Court of Hustings London. ed. R. R. Sharpe.

Fifty Earliest English Wills (E. Eng. Text Soc.). 1882.

Wills and Inventories of Northern Counties. 2 pts. (Surtees Soc.).

Calendar of Wills. Worcester, ed. E. A. Fry (Worc. Hist. Soc.).

Manship, Hist. of Great Yarmouth, ii. p. 114 seqq.

J. J. Raven, The Church Bells of Suffolk.

W. A. Scott-Robertson, Mediæval Folkestone. 1876.

J. Gardner, Hist. Account of Dunwich, Blithburg, and Southwold. 1754.

A. Gibbons, Early Lincoln Wills, 1888.

C. Bailey, Transcripts from Municipal Archives of Winchester (p. 66, The Corpus Christi Procession).

The Babees Book (ed. F. J. Furnivall for E. Eng. Text Soc.). 1868.

R. Whytforde, A Werke for Housholders. 1533.

Archbishop Hamilton, The Catechism.

T. C. Smith, Records of Preston Parish and Amounderness.

C. Atchley, The Parish Clerk.

Dr. Jessopp, Parish Life in England before the Great Pillage (two articles in The Nineteenth Century, January and March, 1898).

J. J. Wilkinson, Receipts and Expenses in building Bodmin Church. 1469-1472 (Camden Soc. Misc. vi. 1874).

English Prayers, printed (Sarum Horæ, 1527; B. Mus. c. 35, h. 9).

The Prymer in English. 1538.

Chr. Wordsworth, Notes on Mediæval Services in England. 1898.

Parish Clerk, Duties of (vide in Clifton Antiq. Club, i. 143).

The Clerk’s Book of 1549. ed. J. Wickham Legg (H. Bradshaw Soc. vol. xxv.).

T. Sharp, Illustrations of the History of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry. 1818.

James Christie, Some Account of Parish Clerks. 1893.

O. J. Reichel, The Rise of the Parochial System in England. 1905.

H. W. Clarke, The History of Tithes. 1887.

H. Grove, Alienated Tithes. 1896.

Lupset, T., Exhortation to Younge Men. 1535.

PARISH LIFE IN
MEDIÆVAL ENGLAND

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