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 pstıs 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 ·