County: Hampshire
Code: D3049#1
Reference: Winchester, Hampshire Record Office: 21M65/A1/15, fol. 27r
Function: Abjuration
[Latin: ]
Jn the name of god · Amen Jn the psens of you Reuend Fadre ın god Lord Petre by the grace of god Busshop of wynchestre
myne Ordynary · J · Rıcharde Pytsyne otherwyse called Rıchard Sawyer yo souget of ys díocyse of wynchester detecte ·
Accused and [...] for a Mysbylevyng man for that y haue be lernyd and taugħt by oone wyllyam Smart of oon wıllᷓm
Carpenter of the towne of Newbury ın the díocíse of Sar ín the company of other heretykes and lollardꝭ cōfesse aỻ thes
erronyous opynyons and heresyes me to haue hold and spoken that doth ensue · Furste that y haue Dampnably and ewro
nyesly erred holden̄ and saıde a yenste the blessıd Sacrament of the Auter sayn opynly and affırmyng that a mān may
not make hym that made hym · And that the was not veray god and mān · Affırmyn̄g them that so belyued foles and
Jpocretıs Furthermore also y saıde that the saıde blessıd sacramente was but a pece of dowe bakyn and prentyd
by twyxt · ıȷ · Jrens · And that y cowde make · xxxtı of theym wtın ā owy Jf y had sucħ Pryntyn̄g Jrons And ouer
thís y hıld and saıd ín thís man of wyse · Jf ín the veray sacramēt of the Awter be the veray body of Cryst
god · Jf y shuld receyve hym ete hym · whe shuld y haue an other god and Body of Cryst · And by syde thís
þt y saıde ıf the we the very body of cryst a mouse shuld not be harde to touche ít noþ to ete ıt · And ín thís erro⸗
nyous Bylyue J byde by the space of · ııȷ · dayes · Jt y haue saıde and maynteyned ayenst the holy sacrament
of cōfessıon̄ sayın̄g that ıt were as good tobe cōfessıd to a lay mān as to a Pryst · Farthermore þt confessıon̄ to a mān ıs
not necessary but to god only by cōtrycıon · Also y haue rpreved and Dampned Pílgrymeage gooyngꝭ offeryngꝭ
vnto Corssaynctꝭ sayng and affırmyn̄g that ít were better to yeve a peny to mȳn evȳn crystȳn than to offre ıt to any
sayntte · And that ıt was but a fayned vsage · And þt y wuld haue moche monye ear that J · wuld spend any a bowte
any Pylgrymage · Jt that no mān ís bowund to fast but ıf he be a Pryst · Jt · J · haue affermed and saıde a yenst
the Decrees of o holy moder the Church saynge þt prıstes ougħt and shuld haue wyffꝭ ꝓpred vnto them selff as
they had ín oolde lawe Jt J haue hol saıde þt · Prıstꝭ do but blynd and dísteyne the people saıde to the ded
Bodyes ín the tyme of Buryn · As thow hast do so sange too · Jt J haue affırmed and saıd of a Prıst sange
masse ōn wyke he ougħt not to syn masse ayēn the next wyke then followyn̄g · And also J · haue saıde that
the weke þt they synge masse ȳn · They shuld haue for euy masse ıȷ and no more · Jt at Pstꝭ shuld not
know at nygħt wheby they shuld lyve ín the morne next folowyn̄g · And þt they shuld lyve by the hande
warke · And that no mān shuld fast but only prístꝭ · Of aỻ thes errowres heresyes to me heín yo
noble psens Judícíally obíected and by me confessıd · J · by m
yn owne cōfessıōn and by wyttnesse of the
fosaıd errowres heresyes as they haue bēn opynly and syngulerly reherseıd lawfully cōuycted that · J ·
haue haldēn taughtxt and obstynatly defended and susteyned the errowrꝭ heresyes and opynyons a fosaıd
dampned fobodēn and to the detmynacyōn of o modre holy Churcħ cōtraryous yelde me gylty culpable
The whıcħ foresaíd erronyous dampnable opyníons errowrıs heresyes And aỻ oþ techyngꝭ subtíltees
and Doctríne rpūgnant and contraryous to the saıd detmynacıon̄ of the Churcħ or offensyfe And
dístrybe able to soulys of symple vnderstandyn̄g · J the saıd Rıchard Pytsyne otherwyse called Rychard Sawyer
sory contryte veray repentant from thís day forthward solemly abíure for swere for sake expsly renowíce [sic]
And also the kepȳng conceílyn̄g of Englyssh bokꝭ for boden̄ submyttyn̄g my selff opynly and expresly to the payne
Rygor and sharpenesse of law þt a ꝑson̄ relapsed augħt to suffer by the lawe Jf y doo or psume to Attempte the
cōtrary of thís my psent Abıuracyōn Or íf y wytyngly to any heretykꝭ or Mısbyleuȳg ꝑsons ín þe faıtħ
or to such as bēn holdēn suspecte or defouled wt the lepre and Jnfeccyon̄ of heresey þt holdıtħ redetħ techetħ
or obstynatly defendıtħ contᷓry Ayenste the detmynacyon̄ of holly Churcħ On to sucħ as been kepers
recettors and Councellours of the saıde heretykꝭ my felyn̄g peple Or of sucħ Englyssh Bokꝭ as ıs
be forne rherseıd and forbedy fauo Counsaylle or Assıste puely or Aꝑtly at any tyme heafter Ceesyng
ín aỻ thís Abouesayd aỻ man of fraude Decepcyo malegy Cautellꝭ and dıssymílacyon̄ also god help me
and hís holy Euᷓngelys And Jnto the wyttenesse theof to thís psent my abíuracyo J putto my sıgne