Drama Records ofEarly English PLEASERETURNTO RECORDSOFEARLYENGLISHDRAMA 150CHARLESSTREETWEST TORONTO,ONT.M5S1K9 ATTN.SALLY-BETHMACLEAN 416-585-4504 RECORDS OF EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA Records of Drama Early English DORSET EDITED BYROSALINDCONKLIN HAYSandC.E. McGEE CORNWALL EDITEDBYSALLYL.JOYCEandEVELYNS. NEWLYN BREPOLS^PUBLISHERS and UNIVERSITYOFTORONTOPRESS UniversityofTorontoPressIncorporated1999 Toronto Buffalo PrintedinCanada FirstpublishedinNorthAmericain1999byUniversityofTorontoPressIncorporated ISBN0-8020-4379-8 andintheEuropeanUnionin1999byBrepolsPublishers ISBN2-503-50813-8 Printedonacid-freepaper CanadianCataloguinginPublicationData Mainentryundertitle: Dorset.Cornwall (RecordsofearlyEnglishdrama) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN 0-8020-4379-8 1. Performingarts-England-Dorset-History-Sources. 2. Performing arts-England-Cornwall-History-Sources. 3. Theater-England- Dorset-History-Sources. 4. Theater-England-Cornwall-History- Sources, i. Hays,RosalindC. n. McGee,C.Edward,1949- . in.Joyce,Sally, iv. Newlyn,Evelyn, v. Title:Cornwall, vi. Series. PN2595.5.D67D671999 790.2094233 C98-932491-5 Theresearchandtypesettingcostsof RecordsofEarlyEnglishDrama havebeenunderwrittenbythe NationalEndowmentfortheHumanitiesandthe SocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanada Contents SYMBOLS IX DORSET ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 TRANSLATIONS 314 INTRODUCTION ENDNOTES 326 HistoricalBackground 7 LocalCustoms,Music,andDrama 31 TheDocuments 48 EditorialProcedures 87 Notes 91 SELECTBIBLIOGRAPHY 104 MAPS 108 THERECORDS Dioceses 113 CountyofDorset 117 BoroughsandParishes 121 Households 290 APPENDIXES 1 UndatedRecords 292 2Post-1642Records 293 3 LymeRegisCobbAle 297 4SirJohnDigbysEmbassytoSpain 309 5SaintsDaysandFestivals 313 VI CONTENTS CORNWALL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 371 TRANSLATIONS 579 INTRODUCTION ENDNOTES 593 HistoricalBackground 375 Drama,Music,Dance,andPopularCustoms 397 TheDocuments 417 EditorialProcedures 439 Notes 444 SELECTBIBLIOGRAPHY 458 MAPS 461 THERECORDS DioceseofExeter 463 BoroughsandParishes 468 Monasteries 527 Households 529 CountyofCornwall 534 APPENDIXES 1 VocabulariumCornicunY:OldCornishTranslationof,/ElfricsGlossary 539 2 CornishPlaysandTheirEvidenceforPerformance 541 3 AncientParisheswithPossibleExamplesofthePlain-an-gwary 559 4 TheHurlingGameinCornwall 564 5 SampleChurchAleExpensesatKilkhampton 572 6 AMerryTaleoftheQueensApeinCornwall 574 7 Saints DaysandFestivals 577 PATRONSANDTRAVELLINGCOMPANIES 613 GLOSSARIES Introduction 627 LatinGlossary 631 EnglishGlossary 646 INDEX 655