County: Lincolnshire
Code: D4442#1
Reference: Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives: LI/3/1, fols 16v-17r
Function: Confession
[fol. 16v][line 6]J Thomas Boyvyle on of the Shıreffs o the Cıte o Lıncol confesse oppȳn declare that
J o my naw heete and psumptusnes a forethogħt hatħ be ın obedıent dıssobeant
vnto Robert Brıgħt Mayre leuetenᷓnte o oure souay lorde o the Cıte a foresaıde contraríe
to my otħ youe vnto me ın the entre o my offíce be the saıde Maıre / wıtħ the cırcu@stance
that folowıtħ
Fyrst whe the saıde Mayre o Frıday at after noo next be for the fest o palmsonu@day
the yere o the reıgne o our souay lorde the kyng that now ís the xxxo at the Cıte o
lıncol ın the parıssh o seínt Pet at the arche cōmaundyd be vtue o hıs offıce that J the
saıde Thomas Boyvyle shuld arrest bryng to prıso Robert Dıconso my suante vppo
pay o Cl for ctay offensıs trespas done be the saıde Robert ın the psens o the
saıde Mayre / the whıcħ charge cōmaundement J dısobedıant vtterly sett to nogh
refusy to doo execucıo y of · contrare to my otħ
Also wher the saıde Maıre o satday yen next folowyn ın the Gıldhaule o the Cıte
o lıncol sent vnto me be aduysse o hıs counseỻ Joh Osse Robert Bukley wıtħ
dyuce other mvelyn gretly my ı obedíens ayens the Maıre cōmaundement / and
wılle me gretly to be reforme and also that the saıde Maıre pesseable desıre me
aỻ ınconuenıᷓnteȝ laıde appart to brı̄ge to for hy the saıde Robert Dıconso my suante
accordyng to hıs fırst cōmaundment and J neclıgently wıtħ my grete rancor o herte
departed~ fro the psens o the saıde Maıre Fullfyllyn noo poınte o hıs cōmaundment
And also notwıtħstondyn my ínobesıence not íustely auyse to my saıde Maıre / the
Satday aforsaıde at aft noo after compley doo ı holy chırche J malıcıously com to the
Gıldhalle wıtħ my saıde suante / that noo ma shuld vnderstan / bot that J myȝh
coutħ and wolde observe and kepe my naw wılle pover / who so wold say the
contraríe vppo whıche the cōmo sgeante o the saıde Cíte be the saıde Maıres cōma
undment ye and yere areste my saıde suante / vppo whıcħ arest J malıcıously
wıtħ grete heete o herte yaffe wordes o rebeỻ to my saıde Maıre vppo whıcħ he
areste me to pees and J as rebeỻ and ınobedíante nogħt hauyn goode nor my otħ
ín mynde drowe my dagga to the saıde Mayre and wıtħ aỻ my pover mygħt ın grete
offence ayenst the pees J offendyde / Thrugħ the whıche greuous offence aỻ the cōmoners
[fol. 17r]o the saıde Cıte wıtħ other foryners assemble werre arrere wıtħ forsabyỻ wepy
lykely eue ma to haue murdre other ın my horrıbyỻ defaute gret offence do
to the kynges pes the Mayre and aỻ the wellfay o the saıde Cıte O aỻ
whıcħ pontes and artıcles be me aforereherse doo mekely J beseche The
Mayre alderme and aỻ the cōmons o mce and foryıffenes and o aỻ the
proremısses [sic] so doo / J of my naw fre hart and wyỻ not coarte nor constrene
knowlegħ me gylte / And for the conuacıo tranquılıte pes to be observe
keppe r [sic] herafter ı ane faỻ ín lyke casse as god defende J pray and beseche
that thıs my knowlegħ may be entere o recorde to endure for eue more