Visitation Court Book of Archbishop Richard Neile

Borthwick Institute: V.1636/CB, part 2

ff 348v–9 (17 April)

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Officium domini contra Robertum Buttrie et Johannem Brunten for carrying William Hodshon into the Church of Apleton vpon a bar or stange, as we were informed and doe beleeue          Quo die comparuerunt dicti personaliter Brunten et Hodeson Quibus et fassi sunt obec<.> vnde dominus assigauit eis ad peragendum declaracionem provt in superdicto et ad certificandum
 
Officium domini contra Willelmum Steward a piper for playing vpon his pipes before them           Quo die comparuit dictus Steward Cui dominus iniunxit ad peragendum declaracionem
 
Officium domini contra Thomam Wright Ward who was the agent in the premisses aforesaid & caused the same to be done           Quo die comparuit dictus ward Cui dominus iniunxit ad peragendum declaracionem °Et postea 8 Martij 1637
absolutus dictus ward absolutus fuit et dismissus./°
 
Officium domini contra Willelmum Iohnson ⸢dimissusRobertum Taler gard'. ⸢dimissusJohannem Taler ⸢dimissusWillelmum Taler ⸢dimissus⸣ (Willelmum Hodshon) Robertum Eden ⸢dimissus⸣ et Radulphum Stockdale et Thomam Ward all these for being in the action aforesaid in prophaneing the Church as hereafter is specified, vpon Sunday the xxth of September 1635           Quo die comparuerunt dicti Willelmus Iohannes Robertus Tailer Iohannes Tailer et Robertus Eden et negauit obieccionem esse verum in vim Iuramentorum suorum prius prestatorum tactis &c. unde dominus eos dimisit
°Excommunicatus Stockdale Emanauit|
 
Officium domini contra Robertum Morton ⸢dimissusWillelmum Steward Robertum Steward ⸢dimissusIohannem Brunton Willelmum Rowntre Richardum Rowlles et willelmum Atkinson ⸢dimissusfor the like at the same tyme           Quo die comparuerunt dicti Morton et Robert Steward et in vim iuramentorum suorum tactis sanctis negauerunt presentamentum esse verum vnde dominus eos petentes dimisit deinde comparuit dictus Ronetree ⸢Atkinson⸣ similiter fidem fecit tactis &c. vnde dimittitur deinde comparuit dictus Ronetree et fassus est that he did helpe to carry the saide halgsoe to the Church style & noe further vnde dominus inuxit ei
 
Officium domini contra Iohannem Rimde ⸢dimissusThomam Bratton ⸢dimissusIennetam Hodgson Iacobum Tendale ‸⸢Tinmouth⸣ seruum Roberti Eden for the same offence All the parties before mencioned did fetch william hodshone from his owne house & did carrye him vpon a stang to the Church and about the Church & the Mab dance before him & soe carryed him into the Church & about the ffonte & set him in his stall with the piper playing before him all that tyme. & it was done the Sunday before named in the tyme of diuine seruise And Robert Taler a Churchwarden did not onely goe himselfe but lent a stang to carry the said hodshon on, & being asked why he did soe he answered in great derision that he would doe the like againe, if it were to doe           Quo die comparuerunt dicti Ricardus Bratton et Tinmouth et dominus iniunxit eis ad peragendum declarcionem provt in superdicto Et sententauit ad certificandum °Et postea 25 Octobris 1637 coram Magistro Calverley comparuerunt dictus Rymde pro se et dictus Britton et obtul<.> se promptum facere fidem that neither of them were presente at the said disorder, vnde dominus Rymde et Britton absoluit et dimisit/ Et postea 5 videlicet die Aprilis 1637 apud Eboracum coram venerabili Magistro Timotio Caluerley comparuit dictus Tinmouth et fidem fecit that he was not consenting to the said disorder, neither came then in holy Chappell, but only light on that company in his goeing sonne he left them vnde dominus eum absoluit et dimisit/°

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  • Marginalia
    • Pena post Ascensionem
      Excommunicati Emanauit
    • Pena post Ascensionem
      Excommunicatus Emanauit
    • °Pena post Ascensionem
      Excommunicatus Emanaui

      [Footnote: Ascensionem: 26 May 1636]

    • per notarium
    • Pena post Ascensionem
      °Excommunicati Rowntre Brunton et Rowlles Emendauerunt
    • Pena post Ascensionem
      Emanauit/
    • Punishment after the Ascension
      He is excommunicated. (A writ) has been issued
    • Punishment after the Ascension
      He is excommunicated. (A writ) has been issued.
    • °Punishment after the Ascension
      He is excommunicated. (A writ) has been issued.°
    • by the notary
    • Punishment after the Ascension
      °Rowntre, Brunton, and Rowlles are excommunicated. (A writ) has been issued.°
    • Punishment after the Ascension
      (A writ) has been issued.

      [Footnote: Ascension: 18 May 1637]

  • Footnotes
    • Brunten et Hodeson: for Buttrie et Brunten
    • obec<.>: for obiectum
    • Ascensionem: 26 May 1636
    • Willelmum … Taler: four names underlined
    • negauit: for negauerunt
    • &c: ie, sanctis euangelijs
    • Robertum Morton: underlined
    • Robertum Steward: underlined
    • willelmum Atkinson: underlined
    • sanctis: ie, sanctis euangelijs
    • &c.: ie, sanctis euangelijs
    • halgsoe: for Hodshon (?)
    • Iohannem … Bratton: 2 names underlined
    • 1637: underlined
    • obtul<.>: letter or letters lost to wear at right edge of folio; for obtulerunt
    • Ascension: 18 May 1637
  • Record Translation

    ff 348v–9 (17 April)

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    Office of the lord (judge) against Robert Buttrie and John Brunten (English)           On which day the said Buttrie and Brunten appeared in person and they confessed that the charge (was true) wherefore the lord (judge) assigned them to perform a declaration just as in the abovesaid and to certify.
     
    Office of the lord (judge) against William Steward (English)           On which day the said Steward appeared. The lord (judge) enjoined him to perform a declaration
     
    Office of the lord (judge) against Thomas Wright Ward (English)           On which day the said Ward appeared. The lord (judge) enjoined him to perform a declaration, and afterwards on 8 March 1637 He was absolved. The said Ward was absolved and dismissed.
     
    Office of the lord (judge) against William Johnson⸢dismissed⸣, Robert Taler, churchwarden (or churchwardens), ⸢dismissed⸣ John Taler ⸢dismissed⸣ William Taler ⸢dismissed⸣ (William Hodshon) Robert Eden ⸢dismissed⸣ and Ralph Stockdale and Thomas Wright(English)           On which day the said William, John, Robert Tailer, John Tailer, and Robert Eden appeared and they denied that the charge was true on the strength of their oaths with the holy gospels (having been touched) previously taken. Wherefore the lord (judge) dismissed them
    °Stockdale is excommunicated. (A writ) has been issued.|
     
    Office of the lord (judge) against Robert Morton⸢dismissed⸣ William Steward, Robert Steward ⸢dismissed⸣ John Brunton, William Rowntre, Richard Rowlles, and William Atkinson⸢dismissed⸣ (English)           On which day the said Morton and Steward appeared and on the strength of their corporal oaths denied that the presentment was true. Wherefore the lord (judge) dismissed them requesting (dismissal). Thereafter the said Ronetree ⸢Atkinson⸣ likewise swore a corporal oath; wherefore he is dismissed. Thereafter the said Ronetre appeared and and he confessed (English) therefore the lord (judge) enjoined him
     
    Office of the lord (judge) against John Rimde⸢dismissed⸣ Thomas Bratton ⸢dismissed⸣ Janet Hodgson James Tendale ‸⸢Tinmouth⸣, a servant of Robert Eden (English)           On which day the said Richard Bratton and Tinmouth appeared and the lord (judge) enjoined them to perform a declaration just as in the abovesaid and he is sentenced to certify.°And afterwards on 25 October 1637 before master Calverley the said Rymde on his own behalf and the said Britton appeared and declared themselves prepared to swear an oath (English) wherefore the lord (judge) absolved and dismissed Rymde and Britton. And afterwards, namely on 5 April 1637, at York before the venerable master Timothy Calverley the said Tinmouth appeared and swore an oath (English) wherefore the lord (judge) absolved and dismissed him.°

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  • Endnote

    'stang' (OED, sv 'stang, n.1,' b, 'to ride the stang'): 'In some places in Scotland and the north of England, one who has in certain ways incurred the indignation of his or her fellow- villagers is compelled to "ride the stang" (either personally, in effigy, or by proxy), accompanied by a jeering crowd and sometimes "rough music".' Hodshon's offence is not noted by the court but the rough music is supplied by the piper.

  • Document Description

    Record title: Visitation Court Book of Archbishop Richard Neile
    Repository: Borthwick Institute
    Shelfmark: V.1636/CB, part 2
    Repository location: York

    1636/7; English and Latin; paper; ii + 279 + ii; 305mm x 200mm; modern pencil foliation 249–527; modern white vellum binding, leather plate on front with gold lettering: 'Visitation | Court Book | 1636 | Part 2.'

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