BIB_ID
292818
Accession number
MA 665.2
Display Date
1594 July 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed "We whose names are under wrytten doe testifye that the saide William Drewe made confession of his fault in suche forme and manner as is above sett downe Aprilis 13 1595, W. Lawrence parson of Newton, John Bosworthe churchwarden, Will[ia]m Hodgson, Bartholomew Johnson, parishoners."
Part of a collection of 14 penances enjoined upon members of Protestant congregations in the diocese of Ely (MA 665-1-14); 5 maps of Cambridgeshire (MA 665.15-19); and 1 leaf on Ely from Philemon Holland's English translation of William Camden's Britain (MA 665.20). Items are cataloged individually in 20 records.
Probably written, signed, and addressed "To my lovinge friende Mr. Lawrence Parson of Newton" in Cambridge, and endorsed in Newton.
This document appears to be a citation announcing the sentence of the Consistory Court.--Cf. Hall, p. 264.
With trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of 14 penances enjoined upon members of Protestant congregations in the diocese of Ely (MA 665-1-14); 5 maps of Cambridgeshire (MA 665.15-19); and 1 leaf on Ely from Philemon Holland's English translation of William Camden's Britain (MA 665.20). Items are cataloged individually in 20 records.
Probably written, signed, and addressed "To my lovinge friende Mr. Lawrence Parson of Newton" in Cambridge, and endorsed in Newton.
This document appears to be a citation announcing the sentence of the Consistory Court.--Cf. Hall, p. 264.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by J.W. Ford of Enfield Old Park at a public auction; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1910.
Summary
Requiring William Drew stand before the minister and churchwardens on "the thirtiethe daye of Marche next insewinge" (30 March 1595) and confess "I suffered Richard Pearson my servant to carrie a sheeperacke to the pasture on the Sabboth daie before morning praire." Signed "Thomas Legge."
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