<County: City of York>
<Code: L1352>
<MS reference: Cambridge University Library, Ee.IV.19>
<Text: General Sentence of Excommunication>
<Tranche 1>
<fol. 85v><line 8>AS ye bygyn
nyg god and haly kyrk curses all
yais yat ye brawnches of haly kyrk brek
es or destrubes . and all yat er agayne ye
peesse or ryght or ye state of haly kyrk
or yar to assentes wyth dede or counsale
and all yai yat haly kyrk pryues of ryght
or makes of haly kyrk layfee . yat ys ha
lud or sanctifiet ¶ Also all yais yat wyt
andly or wilfully tyndes falsly . and yat
gyues noght to god and to haly kyrk
ye tynd parte or ye tend peny of ylk a
wynnyg leuefully wonne in marchandy
es . or wyth any other craftes wythdraw
ant anly ye expenses and ye costages
yat nedfully behoues be made a-boute
ye thyng yat ye wynnyg is getyn noght
tendeing yer w<ill><c. 2 chars></ill>yng of a marchandyes
wyth ye losse of a-nother <gap> And also all
yais yat <gap> ye fruyt of ye erthe or of ye
<fol. 86r>bestayle or of ilke a thyng yat newes in
ye zere . gyues noght ye tendes haly wyth
outen any wythdrawyng of ye costages .
¶Also all yais yat for ill wyll of ye person
or ye parisprest or ye clerk or any other
minister of haly kyrk wythaldes tyndynges
rentes . offerandes mortuaries . or oght yat
falles to be geuen to god and to haly kyrk .
Also all ya yat ye fredom of haly kyrk
lettes or brekes or distrubes . yat ys to say
yf a man fle to ye kyrk or to ye kyrk zerde
qwho so hym lettes or owt drawes or yar
to procurs or assentes . ¶ Also all ya yat
letters purches in any lordes cowrt yat
processes of ryght may noght be determynde
ne iugged . ¶ Also all ya yat dose sacrilege
yat is to say takes haly thyng out of ha
ly place . or yat at is noght haloud out
of haly place . ¶ Also all yais yat ye pees
of ye lande distrubes . ¶ Also all yais yat
blod drawes of any man or woman in
uiolens or in any other felony . in kyrk or
in kyrkzerde qwarfore ye kyrk or ye kyrk
zerde is enterditid or suspend or pollut .
¶ Also all yais yat er agayne ye kynges
ryght . ¶ Also all yais yat <gap> were susten
nes agayne ye kynges peesse wrangfully .
¶ Also all robbers or reuers or man-sla
<fol. 86v>ers bote if yt be yaim-self defendand .
¶ Also all yais yat er agayne ye grete
chartre of ye kyng ye qwilk is confermed
of ye curte of rome . ¶ Also all yais yat
fals wittnes beris or procurs yaim wyttyng .
and nameli in cause of matrimon in qwhat
court so it be or owt of court ¶ Also all yais
yat fals wyttnes beris or bryngis forthe
ryght matrimon to distrubell or any man
or woman to deseryte of land or of rent . tene
ment or any oyer catell . ¶ Also all fals aduo
catis yat for mede puttes forthe exceciouns
and querels qwar-fore ryght matrimon is
for-done . ¶ Also all yais yat for mede or fauor
or for any oyer enchesun maliciusly <?>other
man or woman brynges owt of yare gude
fame in-to wikked or gares yaim lose yar
wardly godes or honors or puttes wranguis
ly to yar purgacion of ye qwhilk yai war
neuer famede of be-fore . ¶ Also all ya yat
maliciusly distrubes or lettes ye ryght pre
sentacion of a kyrk ye qwhilk ye u<?>arta pa
tron suld presente . or yar-to procurs wyth worde
or dede or wyth fals enquest or wyth oyer
power ¶ Also all yais yat maliusly despises
ye maundement to tak a cursyd+man yat
has lyue in cursyng xl dayes and na re
medye wyll seke . and all yat yar takers
<fol. 87r>distrubels wt iugement or fals enquest .
Also all ya yat mede takes to distrube
pees yar loue suld be . or contake or stri
fes mayntens . wt worde or dede . vn-tyll
yai haue zoldon agayne ye mede to yaim
of owham yai it tok . yai may noght
be asoled . ¶ Also all yais yat houses ma
ners or grawnges of parsons or of vi
cars or any oyer man of haly kyrk aga
yn yair ˆ [wyle or yayr] attorne <gap> will any maner of
gude mowabell or vn-mowabell away
beris wyth strenght or wranguisly awaye
drawes or wastes . of ye qwhilk cursyng
yai may noght be soled to yai haue
made a sethe to yaim yat ye wrange
es done [to] ¶ Also all yais yat any maner
of gudes bers owt wyth violence of ha
ly kyrk or of houes of religion . ye qwhilk
is yar-in leued be-cause of warantis
or socor or to kepe and all ya yat yar
to assentes or procurs . ¶ Also all wyches
and all yat on yaim leues or trowes .
Also all ya yat layse hand on <gap> prest
or clark in malyse . bot [if] it be yaim-self
defendant . ¶ Also all ya yat sarrezens
consayles or helpes agayn cristen men .
¶ Also all women yat yar generacion or
childer destrues as wyth drinkes or
<fol. 87v>any oyer craft . ¶ Also all ya yat yar chil
der wranguisly faders yaim wyttyng . or
yair childer wites on any man malicius
ly . ¶ Also all yais yat wykedly sclase yair
childer or leues yaim in felde or in toune
or at kyrk dores or in gate schadels or in
straunge place and fleis fra yaim when
ye childer er of vnpower ¶ Also all ya yat
fals mony makes or yer-to assentes ¶ Also
all ya yat gude mony clippes yaim to a
wauntage . ¶ Also all ya yat falses ye
papes bulles or counterfetes ye lynk sele .
¶ Also all ya yat byes or selles wyt fals
mesors or fals wegthes . yat is to say byes
wyt ane and selles wyt a-noyer ¶ Also all
ya yat falses ye kynges standerd yaim
wyttyng . ¶ Also all yais yat maliusly di
strubes man or woman wedded or vnwed
ded to mak yer testament laufully . and yais
yat lettes ye execucion of ye testament lau
fully made ¶ Also all ya yat forswers yaim
on ye halydom wyllyng or wyttyng for
mede or for hatredden or for to gar any man
lose hys wordly gude or hys honnor ¶ Also
all yais yat brynnes kyrkes or houses of
any mans in lande of pees . ¶ Also all rob
bers or reuers openly or priuily be day
or be nyght yat any mans gudes steles
<fol. 88r>for qwhilk gudes men war worthi to suf
fer dede . ¶ Also all ya yat wythhalde any
mans gudes yat has bene asked opunly
in haly kyrk yaim-seluen wyttyng ¶ Also
all feloners and yair maynteners ¶ Also
all conspyratours or fals sweres in assises
or in any oyer curt . ¶ Also all ya yat any
fals plaintes puttes forth agayne ye fra
wnchys of haly kyrk . or of ye kyng . or of
ye reme . ¶ Also all ya yat offringes yat is
offerd in haly kyrk or in kyrkzerd or in
chapil or in oratoris or in any sted with
in ye prouinse of Zork withhaldes or put a
way in any oyer place agayne ye persons
will or hys parische prest of ye parische
yat it is offerd in . bot yf yai be priuileged .
¶ Also all yais yat yare gudes gyffes in
drede of ded in fraude of haly kyrk . or for to
forbarre yair~ dettes and all ya yat swylk
gyftes takes and yer-to counsels or helpes
¶ Also all ya yat lettes prelates or ordiners
of haly kyrk to halde consistorie session
or chapiter for to enquere of synne or
exces yat nedes to be for hele of saule<looks like laule> .
¶ Also all heretikes yat trowes noght in
sacrament of ye auter ye qwhilk is god
dis awne body in flesche and blode in forme
of brede and oyer sacramentes yat touches
<fol. 88v>hele of man saule . ¶ Theis ar ye poyntes
of ye gret cursyn yat owr haly fadere
<gap> archebischopes and bischopes has
ordand and yaim aw for to be publist
at ye lest thries in ye zere in ilk parische
kyrk . yat is to say ye first sonnunday of
lenten or ye secunde . And also sum sonnun
day efter ye maudelaynmes or elles be
for . a-s yt may best falle . And also sum
sonnunday in ye aduente be-for zole and
yus haly kyrk uses thurgh cristendome . <lat></lat>
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<Tranche 2>
<fol. 89r><line 7> <lat></lat> . ¶ We sal mak a special
prayer vnto god almygthy and to ye
glorius virgyne hys moder our lady saynt
marie and tyl all ye faire felischip of
heuen . for ye state of all haly kyrk . and
for ye pees of ye rewme . And for all yat
er trew to ye kyng . and to ye corone .
Specialy for <ill><remainder of line rubbed out?></ill>
<ill><1 word></ill> and all hys trwe cardinals and
specialy for ye haly crosse yat god was
don opon yat god for hys mercy bryng
it out of hathen mens handes in-tyll cris
ten+mens kepyng . ¶ We sall pray specialy
for our haly fader ye archebischop of ye
see . and for all othir archebischops and
bischops abbottis priors munkes chano
ns and for all maner of men and wo
men of religion . yat god gyf yaim gud
perseuerans in honest and clene religius
lyfyng . ¶ We sall pray specially for ye per
son of yis kyrk yat has zour~ saules
for to kepe . and for all yais yat cure has
<fol. 89v>tane and kepyng of cristen men saules
yat god gyf yaim grace swa well for
to teche yair sugittis ilk curat in hys de
gre . and ye sugittis swa well to wirk
efter heelful techyng yat bathe ye techers
and sugittis may cum to yat blisse yat
ay sall last . ¶ we sall pray alswa speci
ally for all prestes and clarkes yat re
dis or synges in yis kyrk or in any other
and for all othir thurght wham goddis
seruis in haly kyrk es mayntened and
uphalden . ¶ we sall pray specially for
ye kyng and ye qwene and ye peris
and ye lordes and all ye gude commeners
of yis lande . and specially for yase yt
has ye gude consaylle of ye land to zeme
yat god gyf yaim grace swilk consayl
le to tak and to ordane and swa for to
wirk yer after yat it may be louing to
god almyghty . and profite and welefa
re to ye rewme and gaynstandyng
and refrenyng of oure enemys power
and yair malice . ¶ we sall pray special
ly for all yais yat worchippis yis kyrk
or any other wt buke or belle or uesti
ment chalice auter-clathe or towel or
any other ornament thurgh qwhilk
haly kyrk es or may be in any poynt
<fol. 90r>mare honord or worschipped . ¶ We sall
pray alswa specially for all ya yat gyfs
or sendis or in testament wittes any gud
to ye mayntenaunce and uphaldyng
of ye wark of yis kyrk and for all yase
yat fyndes any lyght in yis kyrk as in
torche serge or laumpe in worschipyng
of god or of any of hys sayntes ¶ we sal
alswa pray specially for all our gud pa
rischenes whare-so euer yai be on land or
on water . yat god almyghty sauie yaim
fra all maner of parils and bryng yaim
saue ware yai wald be in qwarte and he
el bath of body and saule and gudes .
¶ we sall pray alswa for all yais yat er
bunden in dett or in dedly synne . yat god
for hys gret mercy bryng yaim sone out
yer-of and for all yais yat er in gude lyf
yng yat god mayntene yaim and gyf
yaim gude perseuerans in yaire gudenes
And at this prayers may be+herd and
spedde ye soner thurght zour prayers
ilk man and woman yat here es helpe
hertly wyt a Pater noster and a aue .
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<fol. 90v><entirely in latin>
<fol. 91r><line 9> ¶ yhe sall knele doun on your knese
and mak a special prayer to [god and] our lady
saynt mari and til al ye felyschip of he
uen for all brethir and sisters of our mo
dir kyrke saynt petir of thork . saynt iohn
of beuerlay . saynt wylfrede of rypon & saynt
mari of sowthwel . And specialy for all
yase yat er seke in yis parishe or in any
othir yat god of his god-hede . relees yam
of yaire paynes in yair sekenes and tur
ne yam to yat way yat es mast to god
dis louyng and heel of yair sawels .
¶ we sall pray for all yase yat leely and
trewely payse yar tendis and yair offe
rans to god and til haly kyrk yat god
do yam mede in ye blisse yat ay sal last .
and yai yat do noght swa . yat god of
his mercy bryng yam sone til amendi
ment . ¶ we sal pray alswa for all trewe
pilgrymes and palmers whare so euer
<fol. 91v>yai be on land or on water yat god of
his gudenes graunt yam parte of our~
gude prayers . and us of yair gude gates
¶ Alswa for all land tilland yat god
of his gudenes and of his grace . and
thurgh our gude prayers mantene yam
swa yat yai may be upstandand . And
for all see farand yat god almyghty
saafe yam fra all maner of perils and
bryng yam and yair gudes in quert
whare yai wald be ¶ we sal pray alswa
for all wymmen yat er~ bunne wyth child
in yis parische or in any othir . yat god
cumfort yam and delyuer yam with ioy
and send yair childer grace to be cristend
and yam purifiyng of haly kyrk and
releesyng of payne in yair trauayllyng
¶ yhe sal pray alswa specialy for yam
ya yis day gaf breed vn-to yis kyrke
for to be made haly brede of . for yam yat
it frist by-gan and langest uphaldis
for yam and for us and for all othir
yat nede has of gude prayers . in wor
schip of our la<?>y saynt mari and of hir
fyfe ioyes . ilk man and woman haylles
our lady hertly wyth fife aues . <rest of verso in latin>
<fol. 92r><line 14>¶ yhe sal alswa mak a special prayer
for yhour fadyr sawels for yhour modyr
sawels god-fadir sawels godmoder sawels
brethir sawels sister sawels and for all
yhour elders sawels and for all ye sawels
of all yhour gude doars and for all ye
sawels yat yhe er halden for to pray for
and specialy for all ye sawels whase ba
nes er buried in yis kyrk or in yis kyrk
garth or in any othir . and specialy for
all ye sawels yat bydes goddis mercy
in ye bitter paynes of purgatori . yat
god for hys mykel mercy relees yam
of payne yf it be his wile and yat our
praers myght sumwat stand yam in
<fol. 92v>steed : ilk man and woman helps hert
ly : wyth a pater noster and an Aue <rest of verso in latin>