Pierson — The Corpus Christi Procession , 
139 
DOCUMENTS, 
King’s Lynn. 
Date 
Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
1385. 
Chambers, II, 374. 
Chamberlain’s ac¬ 
counts of 1385 include: 
“ ‘lljs lll»jd to certain 
players, playing an in¬ 
terlude on Corpus 
Christi day.’ ” 
Was this play given 
by the crafts? 
1449. 
Hist. Mss., XI, pt. 
3, p. 165, 166. 
The Tailor’s Ordin¬ 
ances order certain fees 
and fines to go to the 
support of the proces¬ 
sion of Corpus Christi. 
Stage I. 
1462. 
Hist. Mss., XI, pt. 
3, p. 224. 
Chambers, II, 374. 
“iis paid for two flag¬ 
ons of red wine, spent 
in the house of Arnulph 
Tixonye by the Mayor 
and the most of his 
brethren, being there to 
see a certain play at the 
Feast of Corpus 
Christi.” 
Stage V. 
1462. 
Hist. Mss., XI: pt. 
3, p. 225. 
“XXs. given by way 
of reward to the Skin¬ 
ners of the town for 
their labour about the 
procession at the Feast 
of Corpus Christi, this 
year.” 
Stage I. The proces¬ 
sion and the plays seem, 
in 1462, to have been 
separate. 
Conclusion: The evidence is too meagre 
DOCUMENTS. 
Lincoln. 
to be conclusive. 
Date 
Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
1328. 
T. Smith, English 
Gilds* p. 182. 
Gild of the Tailors— 
“All the bretheren and 
sisteren shall go in pro¬ 
cession on the feast of 
Corpus Christi.” 
-- 
Stage I. 
1471-2 
. Chambers, II, 
378. 
Local annals record 
play 1471-2. “Ludus Cor¬ 
poris Christi.” 
Stage V? 
1473-4 
. Chambers, II, 
378. 
Same as entry 1471-2. 
Stage Y? 
1478-80. Chambers, II, 
378. 
“ ‘In comrnun’ canoni- 
corum Existent’ ad vi- 
dendum ludum Corporis 
Christi in camera Iohan- 
nis Sharpe infra clausam., 
17 s. ii d.’ ” 
“The Corpus Christi 
play, although so called, 
would appear not to 
have been played upon 
Corpus Christi day, but 
to be identical with the 
visus or ‘sights’ of St, 
Anne’s day (July 26.)” 
These were “cyclic and 
processional.” Chambers 
II, 378. 
