f 174v–75 (15 October)
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| Willelmum
ffrummunt
M: citatum ° similiter vt in causa contra Iohannem Knocke |
°ffor hauing put on a blacke gowne & following my Lord, leaping, daunceing, & reioycing in the defaceing of the ministerye.° |
| Iohannem
Bankes
Chief Constable ° comparuit citatum et allegat that he similiter |
ffor being presente at the doeing of the
thinges followeinge, & a furtherer thereof.
°Quo die |
| Iohannem Knocke non comparuit |
Lord & Capteyn of the disordered Cumpany riding & triumphing vpon a greate cowlestaffe borne vpon mens shoulders./ °Quo die comparuit et allegauit (et omnes alij consentierunt in allegationem per eum) that there is a custom in their towne that if a woman beate her husband, the next neighbour towardes the Church must ride vpon a cowlestaffe, et obtulerunt se prompte et personaliter ad probandum that master Paynes wief vicar of waterbeach did beate her husband Et vlterius allegauit dictus Knocke that they did horse him vpon a cowlestaffe against his will. vnde habent ad probandum allegationem in proximo Et vlter allegauit, that they did yt not to the defaceing of the Ministery° |
| Robertum
Bankes Iunior
citatum expectatur comparuit °similiter° |
playeing lustely vpon the drumme, being a bruers kilderkin to putt beere in, whereof they all & diuers others of their disordered company had taken ouer muche, as shall appeare by their seuerall examinacions |
| Thomam
Bankes
similiter |
one of the Carriars of the Cowlestaffe | |
| Thomam Ballard
similiter |
one other of the Cariers of the Coulestaffe | |
| Edwardum Bankes |
comparuit similiter |
one other of ye Cariers of ye Cowlestaffe./ |
| Marcum Charleton |
comparuit |
Thes persons were all attired in ye howse of Marke Charlton common typler, Iohn Bankes chief Conestable being there presente & a furtherer of the cause & marched out thence. |
| Willelmum
Slennet
alias Iarvys stabularium Iohnanni Bankes predicti comparuit similiter |
for hauing putt on ⸢a⸣ long blacke gowne, following my Lord, leaping daunceing & reioycing in the defaceing of the Ministerye |
...
f 179 (22 October)
...
| Iohannem Knocke, Robertum Bankes
Iuniorem Thomam Bankes
⸢ |
ad probandum that Mistris Payne ‸⸢did⸣ beate her husband Quibus &c. |
...
f 180v
...
| Iohannem Knocke, Robertum Bankes
Iunior Thomam Bankes Thomam Ballard
Edwardum Bankes, stet |
Ad probandum
that Mistris Payne did beate her
husband, et ad probandum
that he himselfe confessed yt.
Iohannes Hodson et Thomas Gardner
moniti sunt subire ex viua
proxime et Emanauit decretum
compulsor
contra
Christoferum
Tate de
Waterbeach et
adamum Gayntlett de Cantebrigia ad perhibendum
Testimonium in hac causa istis &c. Quibus
&c. facta preconizatione
comparuit
Adam Gayntlett et obiecto
ei articulo negauit eundem esse verum
prestito prius per eum Iurato
corporali tactis &c. Quo die predicti omnes et singuli fassi sunt se prophanâsse sabbatum in hoc faciendum et in eo deliquisse. vnde dominus eos ‸⸢dimisit et⸣ monuit ad solvendum feodum in proximo |
f 183v
...
| Iohannem Knocke, Robertum Bankes
Iunior Thomam Bankes, Thomam Ballard
Edwardum Bankes, Willelmum
Slennett, Willelmum ffrummuntie °preconizati non comparuerunt contumaces reseruata poena in proximo° |
moniti sunt ad solvendum dimissionis
feodum in hos &c. Quibus &c. facta
preconizione omnium et singulorum ‸ ⸢responsare⸣ prefatorum
non comparuit dominus accusauit
°eos esse°
contumaces
monuit soluendum feodum
predictum et |
f 186 (12 November)
...
| Iohannem Knocke, Robertum
Bankes Iunior Thomam Bankes,
Thomam Ballard Edwardum Bankes
Willelmum Slennett Willelmum
ffrummentie |
ad soluendum feodum hi omnes moiti
|
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f 174v–75 (15 October)
...
| (Against) William Frummunt M cited °He did Likewise as in the case against John Knocke. |
(English) |
| (Against) John Bankes Chief Constable ° He appeared. cited and alleges that he Likewise |
(English)°On which day |
| John Knocke not he appeared |
(English) °On which day, he appeared and alleged, and all the others agreed with the allegation (made) by him (English) and they offered themselves readily and personally to prove (English) And further the said Knocke alleged (English) Wherefore they have to prove the allegation at the next (court day) and further he alleged (English)° |
| (Against) Robert Bankes, the younger cited He is awaited. He appeared °likewise° |
(English) |
| (Against) Thomas Bankes He did Likewise |
(English)| |
| (Against) Thomas Ballard He did Likewise |
(English) | |
| (Against) Edward Bankes |
He appeared. Likewise |
(English) |
| (Against) Mark Charleton |
He appeared |
(English) |
| (Against) William Slennet alias Jarvys stable keeper of the aforesaid John Bankes He appeared. Likewise |
(English) |
...
f 179 (22 October)
...
| (Against) John Knocke, Robert Bankes the younger, Thomas Bankes ⸢He did |
to prove (English) On which (day) and in which (place), etc |
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f 180v
...
| (Against) John Knocke, Robert Bankes the younger, Thomas Bankes, Thomas
Ballard, Edward Bankes, stet |
To be proven (English) and to be proven (English) John Hodson and Thomas Gardner were admonished to
undertake (to do so) in person at the next (court day) and a compulsory decree
was issued against Christopher Tate of Waterbeach and Adam Gayntlett of
Cambridge to bear witness in
this case, on these, etc. On which (day) and in which (place), after the summons
had been made, Adam Gayntlett appeared and, when the article was charged against
him, he denied that the same was true, a corporal oath having been sworn earlier
by him with (the holy gospels having been) touched, etc. On which day, all and each confessed that they had profaned the Sabbath in doing this and, in this, had sinned. Wherefore the lord (judge) dismissed them and admonished them to pay the fine on the next (court day). |
f 183v
...
| (Against) John Knocke, Robert Bankes the younger, Thomas Bankes, Thomas
Ballard, Edward Bankes, William Slennet, William Frummunt °Having been summoned, they did not appear. Contumacious with the punishment to be deferred until the next (court day).° |
They were admonished to pay the fee of dismissal regarding these, etc. On
which (day) and in which (place), etc, after the summons to respond of all and
each of them had been made, they did not appear. The lord (judge) accused them
of being contumacious. He admonished them to pay the aforesaid fine and |
f 186 (12 November)
...
| (Against) John Knocke, Robert Bankes the younger, Thomas Bankes, Thomas
Ballard, Edward Bankes, William Slennet, William Frummunt |
They were all admonished to pay the fine. In appearing and not paying the fine they were pronounced contumacious, the punishment being deferred on these (matters), etc, On which (day) and in which (place), etc, when the summons had been made, they did not appear, wherefore the lord (judge) pronounced all and each of them contumacious and deferred their punishment until the next (court day). |
Record title: Diocesan Court Proceedings
Repository:
CUL
Shelfmark: EDR B/2/18
Repository location: Cambridge
1600–3; Latin and English; paper; i + 253; 291mm x 194mm; modern foliation (followed here), contemporary foliation runs to f 303, but contains many gaps in numbering; good condition except for ff i and 253, which are torn and folded; no cover, parchment binding strip reading 'r,' presently kept in brown paper envelope.