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DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
Date Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
1519. Hist. Mss., p. 171. 
Expenses of the Gov¬ 
ernors “being with Sir 
William Pyers, poet 
(sic), at Edmund Met- 
calff’s house to make an 
agreement with him for 
transposing (“trans- 
posicione”) the Corpus 
Christi Play.” 
Stage. V. 
1520. Hist. Mss., p. 172. 
Leach (2), p. 217. 
Chambers, II, 340. 
Alderman of painters 
fined because his play of 
the Three Kings was 
badly played. 
Stage V. 
1520. Hist. Mss., p. 172. 
Leach (2), p. 217. 
Alderman of Tailors 
fined because his play of 
“Slepying Pilate” was 
badly played. 
Stage V. 
1520. Hist. Mss., p. 173. 
Expenses for 12 Gov¬ 
ernors at time of Corpus 
Christi play. 
Stage V. 
1555. Chambers, II, 341. 
Mr. Chambers finds 
mention of plays in 1555. 
Stage V. 
Mr. Davidson suggested that the ‘ ‘ order of the Gilds is a mat¬ 
ter of importance to us, as the earliest order of the gilds in the 
craft plays was doubtless the same as in the procession” (p. 91). 
I have arranged in tabular form the list of crafts ( in order) in 
the processions for 1430 and 1498, and compared them with a 
list of crafts (in order) for the plays of 1520. ' The list of 1520 
will serve for the hundred years between 1420 and 1520 since the 
same crafts seem to have given the same plays for the whole 
period. 
1. The play of the Smiths in 1392 and in 1520 is the same. 
2. The play of the Bowers in 1411 (?), 1413, and in 1520 is 
the same. 
3. The play of the Barbers in 1414 and in 1520 is the same. 
4. The play of the Carpenters in 1420 and in 1520 is the 
same. 
5. The play of the Bakers in 1428 and in 1520 is the same. 
6. The play of the Sadlers in 1441 and in 1520 is the same. 
7. The play of the Goldsmiths (Painters, Masons, etc.) in 
1455 and in 1520 is the same. 
8. The play of the Cooks in 1485 and in 1520 is the same. 
9. The play of the Millers in 1491 and in 1520 is the same. 
10. The play of the Drapers in 1493 and in 1520 is the same. 
11. The play of the Mercers in 1493 and in 1520 is the same. 
