Elizabethan Life, Issue 63

abuse according accused act books admitted alleged answer appear Archdeacon attend Bawdy Court bell Bishop brought called cause chancel charge child church churchwardens churchyard cited clergy clerics Colchester common communion confess court curate decay defendant denied discharged Disorder doth earlier East Edward Elizabethan entries Essex evidence excommunicated failed five four further George give given hand hath husband incontinence John judge keeping late later Little living London Lord marriage married matter minister neighbours offence ordered parish parishioners penance period persons poor prayer presented probably produced purge puritan reason received records rector referred refused repair reported Richard Robert sentence sermon servant session slander stand Sunday suspected taken Thomas usual vicar visitation wardens West wife William woman women