Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Establishment of the Premonstratensians in England and the Development of the Provincia Angliae
- 2 The Visitation Records of the Late Medieval English Premonstratensians
- 3 The Visitation of England's Premonstratensian Abbeys, c.1478–1500
- 4 The English Premonstratensian Liturgy
- 5 Learning, Spirituality and Pastoralia: English Premonstratensian Manuscripts, Books and Libraries in the Later Middle Ages
- 6 Richard Redman, O.Praem.
- Conclusion: From Cessation to Dissolution
- Appendices
- 1 The Visitation Itineraries of Richard Redman in Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 1519
- 2 Maps of Redman's Proposed Visitation Journeys, 1478, 1491 and 1500
- 3 English Premonstratensian Visitations, 1458–1503
- 4 Fornication Among the English Premonstratensians, 1475–1500
- 5 The Date of John Capgrave's Life of St Norbert
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
4 - Fornication Among the English Premonstratensians, 1475–1500
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Establishment of the Premonstratensians in England and the Development of the Provincia Angliae
- 2 The Visitation Records of the Late Medieval English Premonstratensians
- 3 The Visitation of England's Premonstratensian Abbeys, c.1478–1500
- 4 The English Premonstratensian Liturgy
- 5 Learning, Spirituality and Pastoralia: English Premonstratensian Manuscripts, Books and Libraries in the Later Middle Ages
- 6 Richard Redman, O.Praem.
- Conclusion: From Cessation to Dissolution
- Appendices
- 1 The Visitation Itineraries of Richard Redman in Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 1519
- 2 Maps of Redman's Proposed Visitation Journeys, 1478, 1491 and 1500
- 3 English Premonstratensian Visitations, 1458–1503
- 4 Fornication Among the English Premonstratensians, 1475–1500
- 5 The Date of John Capgrave's Life of St Norbert
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Volumes in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Summary
The following emendations and addenda pertain to the list of accusations of fornication among the English Premonstratensians as compiled in G. G. Coulton's Ten Medieval Studies (Cambridge, 1930), pp. 262–4. These enabled me to reach my figure of ‘over fifty’ canons accused of fornication from 1475 to 1500. I have indicated the particular heading that Coulton assigned to various accusations, the source reference Coulton gave from CAP (with the page number in brackets) followed by my addenda and corrections. For further discussion see pp. 65–8 above.
‘Condemned [for fornication]’:
CAP II, 281 (p. 97); John Forest of Blanchland was accused of much fornication in 1486 and was ordered to appear before Redman at Shap ‘infra septem dies … ibidem recepturum quod justicia exigit’.
CAP II, 368 (p. 182); John Bebe of Dale was punished by his abbot for fornication and fathering a child. However Redman thought that the penalty ‘non erat culpe digna’, and imposed another sentence upon him, which he decided to postpone (‘continuavimus’).
CAP II, 445 (p. 258); a canon of Halesowen counselled a woman to have an abortion, but no formal charge of fornication was made. I have therefore excluded this canon from my figure.
CAP: III, 647 (pp. 199–200); a canon was convicted of fornication by the abbot of Wendling in 1477, not by Redman. However I have retained this canon in my calculations as he falls within the 1475–1500 parameter.
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- The Premonstratensian Order in Late Medieval England , pp. 245 - 247Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2000