County: Lincolnshire
Code: D4440#20
Reference: Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives: DIOC/REG/20, fol. 61r
Function: Court record
[line 17]Wıllıam Aylewar smytħ of the towne of healey seyng pılgrȳmes goyng toward Canterbury seyd vnto Roƀt
Norys and wıllıam Assheley hıs uᷓntes / that the saıd pılgrymes went offryng theıre sowles vnto the devvyꝉ / fa ·
Jt the blode of hayles ıs but the blode of a dog or a drake · and goth by a více · And al thoo that levıtħ vpo
ıt shaỻ go to the devyỻ · and as wel a synner shaỻ see ít as a good man whe the monkys wol for sylu / fa ·
Jt he saıd helde and affermed that the blessed sacrament of the Auter · ıs a grete devyỻ of heỻ and a
Sínagoge · fa · And that the prest can nor may make god · that made hım · fa · And that he can make asgood
a sacrament betwene ıȷ yrons as the prest dotħ vpo hıs auter · fa ·
Jt he saıd taugħt helde and afferme that oure holy Fadre the pope of Rome · ıs a grete best and a
devyỻ of heỻ and a Synagoge · and that he shaỻ lye depper ín heỻ ıx sıthes the lucyfer · fa ·
Jt he declared taugħt held and afferme · that Confessıo ıs ordeyne that pstıs may vnderstan
the lyvys of wōmen · and after the prest knowıtħ suche a wōman he wol haue to do wıtħ her and
after warde assoyle her / / fa ·
Jt he saıd that the kíng and aỻ thoo that maynteynē the Churche shaỻ go to the devyỻ · And
ínespecıaỻ the kíng because of hıs grete supportaco of the churcħ · [Latin: ]
[Latin: ]
Jt he hatħ often talke of the Gospellys and holy scrıptu · declaryng ín englıscħ the gospeỻ
of Nıchodemes ín Jugement after the lettír ·
Jt he confessed ın Jugement that he labored to ınduce the saıd Robert Norys and wıllıa Assheley
hıs uᷓntȝ to haue beleued vpo hís fals Artıcles and opynyonse
Jt he confessed ín Jugement that he beleved taugħt and afferme that the sacrament of Baptyme
at the Fonte · was only a toky and a sıgne · for ther owte no man be baptıȝed to he cam to olde age ·
declaryng the saıd gospeỻ that Nıchodemes cam vnto oure lord Jhu~ ·
Jt he knowleged that he cam before Bısshop̄ Askhow su~tyme bısshop̄ of Sarum · for he vsed a charme
for Chılder that had the Chynkow · And he wold take a gad of Stele put ıt ın watír fıre hote · and
wıtħ hıs lengıst fynger he wold put ııȷ dropes ín the seke chıldıs mowthe And the he wold Jnyoyne
the fader Moder of the Chıl to say v tymes pat nost · as many Aue marya the whıcħ
he forsware as he saı ·
Jt he confessed that on̄ patryk taugħt hím theıs Artıcles · that he knowıtħ no moo suspect ꝑsones ·