County: Hampshire
Code: D3050#2
Reference: Winchester, Hampshire Record Office: 21M65/A1/16, fol. 66r
Function: Abjuration
[line 19]Jn the name of god Amen J Thomas Maryet otherwıse calle Thomas Stayner of the ꝑısshe of saynt
Olave ın Suthwerke wtyn the dıocese of wynchest knowlegħ and opynly confesse by for you maıst Nıcholas Mayew
Cōmıssary vnto the rıght reuente fader ın gode Thomas by the sufferaūnce of god bıshopp̄ of wynchest myn
ordınary ın thıs case specıally depute and assıgne · That J haue secretly kept and hold and prıvely red wtyn
myn house bookꝭ lıbellꝭ volumes tretes and other werkꝭ wretyn ın englıssħ compıle by Joħn wykclıff A
dampne heretık and fauore and concele the same bookꝭ fro my saıd ordınary and dıocesan by the space
of xıȷ yerꝭ now last past contrary to the lawes ordynaunc and detmynacon̄s of the holy canones and
other holsome constıtucıons of ou moder holy chırche wherfore J now consıderyng that J haue ın th
pmısses sore erre wıllyng to retne and repare to the vnıte of our moder holy chırche all suche secrete
kepyngꝭ and wtholdyng of dampne bookꝭ and the lecturs of the same ınspecıall wt all other ın genall
J vtterly abıure and forsake ꝓmıttyng faıtħfully that from hensfortħ J shall not kepp̄ redd ne here
any suche bookꝭ nor to pryvate and dampne lecturus consent ne resort / but ıf J know or at any
tyme herafter shall know eny ꝑson or ꝑsones suspecte or gyltty of or ín the pmıs · or eny of theym
or ın any other artıcle contrary to the artıcles of the faıtħ and the detmynacon̄ of the chırche J shall
detecte theym to myn ordynary for the tyme beyng so god be my help̄ and thıs holy euᷓngelıstꝭ ·
pmyttyng allso by vertu of my saıd othe faıthfully to ꝑforme and fulfıll all suche penᷓnce as shalbe
to me yníoyne for my grete offence done ın thıs behal Jn wıttenese wherof J make here wt myn
ow hand a crosse [Latin: Et fecıt sıgnu~ crucꝭ Acta sunt ın Eccꝉıa Conuentualı ste marıe Oney ın Suthwerke
quınto dıe men Nouembrıs Anno d Mıỻmo CCCC nonagesımo sexto pn̄tıbȝ venabılıbȝ vırıs Carolo
Both Rıc̄o wılto legu~ doctorıbȝ alıȷs multꝭ] ·