Pierson — The Corpus Christi Procession, 
DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
York. 
Date Document 
1501. Antiq., XXIII, 29. 
1505.. Eng. Hist. Rev. 
IX, 301. ' 
1535. Davies' p. 258. 
1547. Davies, p. 260. 
1548. Davies, p. 262. 
1550. Davies, p. 262. 
1552. Davies, p. 262. 
1554. Davies, p. 263. 
1559. Davies, p. 266 
1560. Davies, p. 266. 
1562. Davies, p. 266. 
1563. Davies, p. 266 
1564. Davies, p. 266. 
1565. Davies, p. 266. 
Content 
Thomas Drawswerd 
was admitted into Holy 
Trinity Guild on the 
condition “ ‘that the said 
Thomas shall mak the 
Pagiant of the Dome 
belonging to the Mrcha- 
unts of newe substan- 
ciale in eury thing pr 
vnto belonging.’ ” 
Drapers ask for help 
in supporting their pa¬ 
geant. 
Performance of Cor¬ 
pus Christi play suspen¬ 
ded. 
Fines on gildmen for 
not furnishing torches 
for “ ‘procession the Fri¬ 
day after Corporscristy 
day.’ ” 
Plays given except 
pageant of “ ‘the denyng 
of our lady, the assump¬ 
tion of our lady, and 
the coronacion of our 
lady.’ ” 
No play. 
No play. 
“ ‘Corpus Xpi playe 
shall (God willyng) be 
played this yere, and 
billets to be made forth 
as hath been accus¬ 
tomed, and that thoes 
pagiauntes tharof that 
were last forth shall be 
played ageyne as before 
tyme they were; and 
also that the xij and 
XXIIIjor, and all other 
occupacions accustomed 
to have torches shall 
have warnyng to pre¬ 
pare every man for their 
torches ageynst the 
sayd Corpus Xpi day.’ ” 
No Corpus Christi 
play. 
No Corpus Chlristi 
play. 
Corpus Christi play 
given. 
Corpus Christi play 
given. 
Observance of Corpus 
Christi play suspended. 
Observance of Corpus 
Christi play suspended. 
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Interpretation 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
Stage V. 
In 1547, the plays and 
the procession were dis¬ 
tinct. 
Stage V. 
Does the reference to 
torches in this entry, 
mean that the proces¬ 
sion and the plays were 
on the same day? 
Stage Y. 
