128 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters . 
Coventry. 
DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
Date 
Document 
1444. Sharp, p. 171. 
1445„ Leet Book, p. 220. 
1447. Leet Book, p. 231. 
1448. Sharp, Diss., p. 163 
1452. Sharp, Diss., p. 163. 
Content 
Procession had been 
held time out of mind. 
Certain crafts to pro¬ 
vide wax for the pro¬ 
cession. 
“Pur le Ridyng on 
Corpus Christi day and 
for Watche on Midsomer 
even. 
The furst craft, ffysh- 
ers and Cokes. Baxsters 
and Milners. Bochers, 
Whittawers and Glou- 
ers. Pynners, Tylers and 
Wrightes. Skynners. 
Barkers. Coruisers. 
Smythes. Weuers. Wir- 
drawers. Cardmakers, 
Sadelers, Peyntours and 
Mason[s]. Gurdelers. 
Taylours, Walkers and 
Sherman. Deysters, Dra¬ 
pers. Mercers.” 
Order that riding as 
from ancient times be 
kept up. 
Payment for bearing 
of torches on Corpus 
Christi day— Carpenters’ 
Accounts. 
Same 
1 448 
entry for 
Interpretation 
Stage I. 
Stage I. 
Stage I. 
Stage I. 
Stage I. 
1452. Sharp, Diss., p. 79. 
1453. 
Chambers, II, 359. 
Original in Sharp, 
Diss., p. 15. 
1454. 
Sharp, Diss., p. 163. 
1457. 
Leet Book, p. 300. 
1459. 
Sharp, Diss., p. 9. 
It was ordained that 
the “Wryghtes Crafte of 
Coventre schall paye to 
the Pageant Xs upon 
Whytsonday or else by 
Corpus XPi daye uppon 
the payne of XXs halfe 
to the Meyor & halfe to 
the Crafte & they to 
have no more to doo 
wythe the Pageant but 
payeing there Xs.” 
Contract for the rule' 
of the pageant. 
Same as entry for 
1448. 
Queen came to see the 
plays. 
Every craft that has a 
pageant shall make that 
pageant ready upon 
penalty. 
1456 in Poole, p. 44. 
Stage V. 
