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DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
Date Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
1423. Leach (2), 216. 
Chambers, II, 340. 
Roger Penycoke fined 
because he did not pro¬ 
duce his pageant on 
Corpus Christi day. 
John, a “Cordewainer,” 
fined for hindering div¬ 
ers pageants on Corpus 
Christi day. 
Stage V. 
1428. Hist. Mss., p. 87. 
“ ‘The aforesaid Bak¬ 
ers and their success¬ 
ors shall forever find 
and maintain yearly on 
the day of the proces¬ 
sion of Corpus Christi 
two torches of wax 
burning and to be borne 
before' the most holy 
Body of Christ, under 
penalty of 6S. 8d.’ ” 
Stage I. 
1428. Hist. Mss., p. 87. 
See also refer¬ 
ence on p. 87 to 
the procession. 
“ ‘Moreover it is or¬ 
dered that the brethern 
aforesaid (Bakers) shall 
play or cause to be 
played the pageant of 
Maundy as often as it 
shall be ordered to be 
played by the Gover¬ 
nors of the town—.’ ” 
Certain regulations on 
support of pageant. 
Stage V. Note that 
the procession is main¬ 
tained yearly; the play 
is given as often as or¬ 
dered by the governor. 
This suggests that in 
1428 there was no con¬ 
nection between the 
plays and the proces¬ 
sion. 
1430-1. Hist. Mss., p. 
68. Bev. Town 
Doc., p. 35. 
Chambers, II, 341. 
“A dispute having 
arisen between the Al¬ 
dermen and stewards of 
divers crafts on the 
carrying of their tapers 
or torches yearly before 
this time in the vener¬ 
able procession of the 
feast of Corpus Christi, 
therefore—it was or¬ 
dered—to be perpetu¬ 
ally observed that in 
every year for the fu¬ 
ture on Corpus Christi 
Day the stewards of 
each craft underwritten 
shall pass with their 
lights in the said pro¬ 
cession according to 
the form underwritten 
in their order.” 
This list of crafts in 
order is given at the 
end of the documents 
on Beverley. 
Stage I. 
1430. Chambers, II, 341. 
Procession and play, 
though on the same day, 
seem to have been in 
1430 quite distinct. 
Stage V. 
1436. Hist. Mss., p. 68. 
Leach (2), 214. 
“Every Alderman and 
Steward of any craft or 
rank should be pre¬ 
pared to play with their 
pageants on Corpus 
Christi Day 1437.” 
Stage V. 
