Pierson — The Corpus Christi Procession . 
155 
DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
York. 
Date, Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
A 
Early 15th Cent. — , p. 148. 
y 
Controversy 
plasterers and 
over payment 
grants for 
Christi. 
between 
[ tilers 
for pa- 
Corpus 
Stage V. 
Conclusion: The material for York presents some difficul¬ 
ties. After 1426, procession and pageants were on different 
days. Before 1426, the plays may, if the entry for 1426 has 
been correctly interpreted, have been acted during the proces¬ 
sion. The course of the two through the city was the same. 
Both started at Holy Trinity (entries 1399, 1426) and stopped 
at St. Peter’s and at St. Leonard’s. Obviously more material, 
covering the period from 1325 to 1425, must be found to settle 
the matter. 
The following material is too fragmentary to be conclusive. 
The first part of it concerns towns where only the procession 
is mentioned; the second concerns towns where only the playa 
are mentioned. 
DOCUMENTS. 
Date Document 
Content 
Interpretation 
St. Michael's, Bath. 
1465-6. Royal Histori¬ 
cal Soc., VII, 
328. 
“Et sol. pro bajulaci- 
one vexilli iid. cruces ij 
d. torticiorum jd. ob. in 
die Corporis Xti, et die- 
bus rogacionis, vd.” 
Procession was ap¬ 
parently purely an ec¬ 
clesiastical one. 
Cambridge. 
1349-1538. 
1. Davidson, p. 93. 
1. Gild of Corpus 
Christi held a proces¬ 
sion with pixies and 
shields until 1535. 
2. Wright, I, p. 154. 
2. After the Gild of 
Corpus Christi of Cam¬ 
bridge ceased to exist, 
the College of Corpus 
Christi carried on the 
procession. 
