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DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
Ipswich. 
Date 
Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
1502. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
“ ‘Corpus Christi pa¬ 
geant shall hereafter be 
observed.’ ” 
Stage Y? 
1504. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Collectors for play 
“ ‘to make a free bur¬ 
gess for their expences 
at Corpus Christi play.’ ” 
Stage Y? 
1505. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Collectors for play 
mentioned. 
Stage Y? 
1506. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Collectors for play 
mentioned. 
Stage Y? 
1506. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
“ ‘O r n a m e n t s’ and 
‘Stageing for Corpus 
Christi play’ ” men¬ 
tioned. 
Stage V? 
1509. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
1. “All inhabitants are 
to have their Tabernas 
and attendance at the 
if e a s t on Corpus 
Christi.’ ” 
2. “ ‘Everyone shall 
hold by the order of 
their procession, accord¬ 
ing to the Constitu¬ 
tions.’ ” 
Stage I? 
1511. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Corpus Christi pa¬ 
geant laid aside. 
1513 to 1519. Chambers, 
II, 372. 
Play ordered to be 
laid aside except in 1517. 
1520. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Pageant ordered to be 
made ready. 
1521. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Pageant laid aside. 
Master of pageant 
called ‘the shipp’ to 
have the same ready. 
Stage V? 
1522. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Pageant ‘deferred.’ 
1531. 
Chambers, II, 372. 
Pageant ‘laid aside for 
ever.’ 
1540. 
Chambers, II, 373. 
“There is an order for 
the procession with the 
Sacrament in 1540.” 
Stage I. 
1542. 
Chambers, II, 373. 
In 1542 the procession 
“had its ‘pageants’ to 
which each house holder 
was rated at 1 d.” 
Stage III, Stage IV, 
or Stage VI. 
Conclusion: Until the meaning of the word ‘ e pageantes 11 is 
determined, one can not tell whether the plays were performed 
during the procession, or whether the pageant wagons were 
merely drawn in the procession and the plays performed later 
in the day. 
