143 
Pierson — The Corpus Chrisii Procession . 
Newcastle. 
DOCUMENTS. 
Date Document 
1426-7. Chambers, II, 
385. 
1436. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
1437. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370, note. 
1442. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
1451. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
1454. Chambers, II, 424. 
1459. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
1477. Brand, Newcastle, 
II, 370. 
1479-80. Surtees, Vol. 93, 
p. 4. 
20 ED. IV. 
Brand, History and An¬ 
tiquities of Neivcastle, II, 
371. 
Content 
Corpus Christi plays 
first mentioned. 
Corpus Christi play 
mentioned in ordi¬ 
naries of smiths and 
glovers. 
Skinners’ ordinary 
mentions plays. 
Plays mentioned in 
ordinary of barbers. 
Plays mentioned in 
ordinary of slaters. 
Creation of Adam and 
Flight into Egypt played 
by Bricklayers and 
Plasterers. 
Plays mentioned in 
ordinary of sadlers. 
Plays mentioned in 
ordinary of fullers and 
dyers. 
“Also it is asentit, 
—by the said Felleship, 
—t hat wppon Corpus 
Christi Day yerly, in 
honoryng and worship- 
pyng of the solemp pro¬ 
cession, every man of 
the said Felleship beyng 
within the tranches of 
4his town the said day 
as it shall fall, shalle 
apper in the [Beer 
interlined ] Marcoth by 
VIj of clok in the morn- 
yng.—Also that thair 
be a rowll mayd of all 
the names of the same 
Fellowship, for the said 
procession, and accord - 
yng to that rowll callyd 
by the Clark, the lattast 
mayd burges to go for- 
mest in the procession— 
Provyded always that 
all those of the said Fel¬ 
leship that shalbe Mair, 
Shereff, and aldermen, 
with thaire officers and 
servandes, than beyng, 
attend wppon the holy 
sacramente. Provydet 
also, that all those of 
the said Felleship as 
beyn maires, shereffs, 
and aldermen in yerys 
by passyt, shall go prin- 
cypall in the sayd sol¬ 
emp procession, accord- 
yng as they war chossen 
into the sayd officese.” 
Interpretation 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
The plays were ap¬ 
parently processional. 
The pageants may first 
have taken part in the 
Corpus Christi proces¬ 
sion proper and after¬ 
wards have gathered in 
:a field. 
Chambers, II, 385. 
“The difficulty seems 
to have been solved at 
Newcastle by sending 
the pageants around 
with the procession in 
the early morning and 
deferring the actual 
plays until the after¬ 
noon.” Chambers, I, 
162. 
Stage I. 
