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1371 SECKINGTON SIMON Warwickshire Feet of Fines Coleshill: 1371 1372 Quinze of Hil. Henry Ap Griffith, Chivaler, and Joan his wife, pl., Henry de Tymmore, clerk, and Simon de Sekyndon, clerk, def., Manor of Coleshill with appurtenances. Plea of Covenant. Pl. acknowledged right of Henry de Tymmore, as that def. had of their gift. Cons., def. granted to pl. and rendered to court, to hold to pl. and the heirs of their bodies of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereunto appurtaining, with contingent remainders in default of pl.'s issue, to John, son of John de Sutton and the heirs of his body, to Baldwin, son of John de Montfort and the heirs of his body, to Margaret, da. of John de Sutton and the heirs of her body, to her sister Elizabeth, the heirs of her body, to John de Rochford and the heirs of his body, to the right heirs of the said Joan. 1373 SECKINGTON THOMAS Wiltshire Inquisitions Post Mortem. John, son of John Lanveysy Inquisition made at New Sarum, 20th November, 47 Edward III (1373), before the above said Escheator ( John Froille, the King's Escheator in Wiltshire ), by the oath of Richard Torold John ......... Thomas Jurdain Thomas Thresshere Henry Honde Walter Ba..... who say that It would be no damage to the king or any other, to allow the said John to enfeoff William Ford and Thomas Segynton, clerks, with his manor of Cumbe Byset in Wiltshire, and property in Oxfordshire, and the reversion of more in that county after the death of Elizabeth, wife of Roger Elmrugge, for the purpose of a re settlement on the said John, son of John, and his wife Elizabeth in tail, with contingent remainder, as to Cumbe Byset, to the said John's right heirs, ( and as to the Oxfordshire property, to William de Molyns, Chivalor ). The manor of Cumbe Byset is held of the king in chief by knight service, and is worth 76 shillings a year. The said John, son, has no other lands in the county. Chanc. Inq. P.M. Ser. I 47 Edward III, 2nd November, No54 New Reference. Chan. Inq.a.q.d. File No17.
February 2, 1374. Licence bought by John, son of John Lanveysey, for the enfeoffment of William Forde, John Knight, and Thomas Segynton, clerks, of the manors of Coombe Byset, Wiltshire, and Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, except 10 acres held in Coombe Byset by Roger Elmrugg and Elizabeth, his wife. Also the manor of Cudlynton. 1374 SECKINGTON SIMON The Register of the Diocese of Worcester During the vacancy of the See: 1301 1435 Institution of John Colle, clerk, presented by Hugh Hopwas, canon of the cathedral church of Lichfield, Henry de Tymmore, clerk, and Simon de Seckington, to the church of Hampton Lovet on 27 July, 1374. 1376 SECKINGTON RICHARD ROBERT THOMAS Calender of Fine Rolls : Volume VIII : 1369 1377 Page 332 February 16, 1376 ; Westminster. Commitment to Richard de Sekyndon, Clerk of the Exchequer, by mainprise of Robert de Sekyndon and Thomas de Sekyndon, of the wardship of two parts of a moiety of the manor of Kingsneuton, County Warwick, which Richard Meignill, Knight, held in chief by knight service, to hold from the time of Richard's death until the lawful age of his heir, rendering the extent thereof yearly at the Exchequer by equal portions at Easter and Michaelmas. 1377 SECKINGTON RICHARD Cal. Inq.P.M. : Volume XIV : 48 51 Edward III : 1377 Richard de Sekyndon, clerk Committed two thirds of the moiety of Kingsneuton held in dower for Hawise Meignill. 1377 SECKINGTON JOHN Tamworth Manor Rolls: 21 October, 1377 Purprestures include John de Sekyndon amerced 6 pence for occupying the common ground of the town at "Cateslane" with one "swyncote" and 6 pence for occupying the highway elsewhere, (unspecified), with one "palys".
The last day of February, 1378 Exchange between ds. William Blaby, rector of Kynggesnewton and Robert de Sekyndon, rector of Normanton upon Sore, York Diocese. Letters of commission fron Alexander, Archbishop of York and Legate of Apostolic See, enclosing inquisition by the official of Notyngham, dated Cawode, February 26, 1378, the fifth year of his consecration. March 4, at Heywood, the exchange was effected. Robert de Sekyndon, priest, instituted in the person of his proxy William Hamelyn, clerk, to Kynggesnewton at the presentation of the King, patron for this turn by reason of the wardship of the land and heir of Richard Meignill, deceased, who held of the king in chief, being in his hands. The proxy swore obedience. Mandate. The same date. The said William Blaby, priest, instituted to the said church of Normanton, at the presentation of the Prior and convent of Durham. Report to the Archbishop of York.
The church in London. 1375 1392 Taxation of the Clergy. 1379 81. Lincoln Diocese: Archdeaconry of Leicester Nicholas Sekyndon: Markfield: Sparkenhoe deanery.
Tamworth Manor Rolls : 15 November, 1379 John Sekyndon amerced 4 pence for one "swynsty" on common ground.
Inquisition Post Mortem; Elizabeth Elmbridge : 1379 Mussyndene (Great Missendon), Buckinghamshire; a moiety of the manor held by Elizabeth, wife of Roger Elmerugg with reversion to Thomas de Sekyngton, inter alia. 2 Richard II. Also the manors of Cudlyngton and Hogenorton, Oxfordshire. Also the manor of Elmbrugge, Worcestershire. Also the manor of Wyttenham, Berkshire. Also the manor of Coumbe Byset, Wiltshire.
Cal. Inq.P.M. : XV : 1 7 Richard II Thomas Sekyngton : 14 June 1379 Entailment Buckinghamshire : Great Missenden Oxfordshire : Cudlynton, Wodestoke, Hoge Norton Berkshire : Abyndon, Wyttenham Wiltshire : Cumbe Bassett Death of Elizabeth, late wife of Richard Elmerugg formerly wife of Hugh Plecy 1379 SECKINGTON ROBERT THOMAS John of Gaunt's Register, 1379 1383 Sir Robert Seckington, clerk. Page 92 5 November, 1379 Kenilworth Page 628 2 December, 1381 Fulham
Page 92 5 November, 1379 Kenilworth Page 628 2 December, 1381 Fulham Page 804 15 February, 1383 Westminster 1381 SECKINGTON NICHOLAS October 12, 1381, at Heywode Nicholas de Sekyndon, chaplain, in the person of William de Derby, his proxy, instituted to the church of Kyngesnewton, vacant by the death of ds. Robert de Sekyndon, at the presentation of Sir Richard Herthull, knight. The proxy swore obedience. Mandate.
Tamworth Manor Rolls : 17 December, 1386 Deed from the burgesses and community of the whole vill of Tamworth and of the whole vill of Wigginton confirming that William le Sauvage, "dilectus Clericus" of Sir John Hastings, and his heirs, may enclose by dike and hedge a place in the common pasture, containing about two acres, which he received by grant for his service from Sir John de Hastings: the said William henceforth not to enclose any additional common pasture without their permission and common assent. This grant is given at the request of the said Lord Hastings. Affixed with the seal of the community together with the seal of Roger de Comberford specially chosen for the community of the manor of Wigginton. Witnessed by Sir Ralph Basset of Drayton William Meignill, Lord of Hintes John de Clynton, Knight William de Tamehorn William du Lee Nicholas de Seckindon John de Bodenham Michael de Langedon John, his son Robert de Wytacre Ralph le Deistere and others not named.
12 Richard II, 1388 : Essex : Colchester Thomas de Sekyngton, Commissioner Survey to seize the possessions of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk; Forfeited. ...the Earl had no other lands or tenements in Dedham or elsewhere in the said county... except such as are contained in inquisitions returned into the Chancery and taken before Thomas de Sekyngton and Richard Filongleye, esquire, in January, 10 Richard II. 1390 SECKINGTON ROBERT WILLIAM JOHN Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1390 : Sekynton, Robert, Clerk, Shire, Surrey. St.Martin le Grand, London. 6 Rous
Shere and its Rectors Shere formerly included Cranleigh and Gumshall. The earliest Rector whose will is extant is Robert Seckington, instituted 8th February, 1380, and continued as Rector until 1390. This will is dated 23 July, 1390, and was proved 26 August, 1390, by William Seckington. Robert Seckington described himself as Rector of the church of Shere, county of Surrey. He bequested his soul to Almighty God and to the Blessed Virgin and to all the saints, and his body to be buried in the church or cloister of St.Martin le Grand, London. He altered this by codicil to St.Martins, Ongar. He bequested to the fabric of the church 40 shillings to each vicar 20 pence to each clerk of the college 12 pence to each chorister 6 pence He bequested to the fabric of his church of Shere, 10 quarters of barley, to his brother William Seckington, his two best cloaks, one of calaber, ( a kind of fur), the other of otres (otters skin ), and his dagger tipped with silver. to Joan his brother's wife, 2 cloaks, one of calaber, the other of popyl (unknown ), and one pare of rabbit skins for the covering of a bed, and all his linen and cloths. to John Seckington, his brother's son, one hundred shillings, his bed with scallop, one quilt, and one pair of sheets. to Margaret, his sister, thirteen silver spoons and one bed, a red one with curtains and furniture, one pair of sheets and one quilt, and forty shillings sterling. to Agnes, daughter of his brother William, one bed with one quilt, one pair of sheets, with its small curtains, and forty shillings. to every other child of his brother, forty shillings. If all the children of his brother die under age or before marriage, then all the aforesaid goods to be disposed for his soul and for the soul of his parents, or in deeds of charity. He bequested to Joan, his kinswoman, daughter of John Seckington, his brother, one bed, one pair of sheets, one quilt, and twenty shillings and one service of pewter. to John, apprentice of his brother William, one garnish (service of pewter ), and 6 shillings and eight pence. to Roger, his servant, a Frenchman, forty shillings. The residue to his executors, to bestow for his soul. Executors: William Seckington, his brother, and William Weston, esquire. Dated at London. Codicil, 18 August. 1401 SECKINGTON WILLIAM Surrey Fines. 1 2 Henry IV. P 163/12. William Brampton, citizen and stockfishmonger of London. William Skene. William Sekyngton, Stockfishmonger and citizen of London, and John Bryan, junior, versus John Seymour of London and his wife Johanna in Southwark. 1401
List of Citizens of London, 1401. Stockfishmonger. William Sekyngton.
Wills etc. in the Commissary Court of London (London Division) Volume 1. 1374 1488. Index to Testamentary Records in the Commissary Court of London S Register 2. Folio 39V. 1404 SECKINGTON THOMAS Visitation of Huntingdonshire; 1613 Sciant p'ntes, &c. q'd nos Thomas Bevyll, Thomas Sekynton et Joh'nes Baudewyne dimissimus, &c. Will'mo Lassells seniori, et Will'mo filio ejus rectori eccl'iae de Haliwell in com. Hunt. et alijs, oia terr' ten', &c. cu pertin' in Chat'its quae habuimus ex dono et feoffamento Joh'is de Stiuecle, habend' &c. Dat' ao. 5 H 4. apud Chat'its. Hijs testibz, Pagano Tiptot, Joh'e Tiptot, Willielmo Castellacr' militibus, Joh'e Brune et Jacobo Grancestr', et alijs.
Tamworth Court Rolls: Attached Writ : 1411 Henry, by the Grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his bailiffs of Tamworth, greetings. We order you, without delay and according to the custom of our manner of Tamworth, you do full right to Robert de Sekyndon, in respect of a messuage with appurtenances in Tamworth, of which Henry Jeke and Joan, who was the wife of John de Bollenhull, deforced him, lest we hear further complaint thereof for default of right. By me myself a witness, at Westminster, 8th day of June, in the year of our reign the twelfth. (8 June, 1411). Hertipole 1429 SECKINGTON WILLIAM Norwich Heresy Trials, 1428 1431 Trial of Richard of Beccles: August, 1429. before William, Bishop of Norwich John Exeter, clerk William Worstede, Prior of Norwich John Derham, Prior of the Cell of St.Margaret de Lenn William Bernham William Sekyngton (in descretis bacallariis)
Feudal Aids Bedford / Devon. 1284 1431 Robertus Sekyngton de Sekyngton in Comitatu Warrwici, Gentilman, habuit dicto die veneris in dominico liberum tenementum in Coton quod tenetur in socagio, et valet per annum X.s. No date: placed at 1431 1460 SECKINGTON JOHN Early Chncery Proceedings: 1385 1467 Sekyngton, John. Page 302:Suit No. 43
To the right reverent fader in god, the Byssop of Excetre, Chaunceler of Inlond. Besekith mekely William Moyne the Yonger that where he purchased of on John Albottesley, late of Huntyngdon, and Kateryne his wyff a mees in Huntyngdon be forseid called the Crowne, wyth othir diverse tenements therto (be)longyng for the summe of L200, wheroffe was payd in hande L46 13s. 4d. and suerte suffisaunt be obligacion for the payment of the residue of the seid summe, at whichtyme of purchas therwere inffeffed in the seid mees and tenements John Sekyngton, Laurence Jowet, and John Towselond in fee to the use of the seid John Albottesley and Kateryne, which your seid supplaunt suffred the same John Sekengton(sic), Laurence Jowet, and John Towselond to stonde stylle infeffed to the use of youre seid suppliaunt, and that where your seid supplaunt hath often tymes required the seid feffees to make astat to your seid suppliaunt, thit thei so to doo often tymes have refused and thi do, wherfor plese it your gode and gracyous lordshyp to grante a wryt sub pena, or several wryttes of sub pena, direct to the seid feffes to appere before the kyng in hys (Court of) Chauncerye at a certain day to be examyned in this mater and to doo in the premissis as right and consciens wul, atte reverens of god and in the waye of charite. Pledges of Prosecution John Aspelond, formerly of London, Gentilman, Robert Aunflys of London, Gentilman.
The Will of William Seckington; 9 January 1460. Will proved 17 March 1460. "The Will of Master William Sekyngton With frequent sickness of body increasing in strength (and) a mind growing weary, and having agreed to the prudent course of entrusting business to a learned proxy on several occasions, and being able to bequeath these things, I, William Sekyngton, sick in body but by God's dispensation sound and calm in mind, carefully make provision on the ninth day of the month of January (in) the year of (our) Lord 1460. In the name of God, amen, I make my will in this form. Firstly, I leave my soul to God, the creator of all creatures, the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the other saints, (and) my body to be dutifully buried in the chapel of the Blessed Mary in the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich. Also I leave to the Prior of the said cathedral church convent 6s 8d, and to each ordained and professed monk of the aforesaid cathedral church, 2s. Also I will that on the day of my burial the Prior and convent shall have an honourable allowance of food, and another on the principal day (held?) in my memory, specifically for preforming the office of the dead. Also I leave to the college of St.Giles in Norwich, 40s. Also I leave to the collegiate church of the Blessed Mary of the Fields in Norwich, 30s. Also I leave to the parish church of St.Clement at the Bridge in Norwich, 6s 8d. Also I leave to the Rector there to repeat the names of Thomas and Margaret my parents in prayers each Sunday in the church, publicly, and for the final leave-taking, 10s. Also I leave to each priest present at my exequies and celebrating mass for me, 4d., and to each clerk of the parish, 2d., and to (each) singing boy prsent at the reading of my exequies, 1d. Also I leave to the Prior and convent of Carrowe (?), 13s 4d. Also I leave to the Sisters of Normandy, 10s. Also I leave to each house or place of the lepers at the five gates of the aforesaid city, 40s. Also I leave to each prisoner in the castle and in the goal of Norwich, 1d. Also I will that the expenses of my funeral both on the day of burial and on the principal day be honourable in form, both in the church and as regards food and drink, according to the discretion of my executors, and I will that on the day of (my) burial 20s. be distributed among the poor. Also I leave to each canon of the priory of St.Peter in Ipswich, 12d. and to the Prior there, 20d. And I leave for the feasts of the same house one silver salt, not covered, two small mazers with which I was accustomed to be served, and I remit to them 20s. which they owe me for things lately ignored. Also I leave to the Rector of the parish church of St.Mary of Stoke next to Ipswich, 4s 4d. and to the poor of the same parish, 2s. Also I leave to the Rector of the parish church of Stutton, 4s 4d., and to the poor of the same church (sic), 2s. Also I leave to the ornaments, chancel, and parish church of St.Mary of the Marsh one singular vestment for the priest to celebrate (mass), one part of which vestment is white and the other black silk. Also I leave to the same church one ordinal and one good and new processional. And I leave to the poor of the same parish, 6s 8d. Also I leave to the ornaments of the church of St.Michael of Gydding in the county of Huntingdon in honour of God and to the memory of Thomas my father and Margaret my mother buried there, one singular vestment for the priest to celebrate (mass), red and black in colour with two corporal cloths and one .... of the colour of the vestment. Also I leave to the same church one old missal, one new chalice, and I will (that) all these serve the altar of St.Nicholas next to which my parents were buried, and I leave to the same church one manual, and I will that the Vicar of the same vill repeat the names of my parents in the prayers each Sunday, and I will that the same Vicar do this for certain (?) for two years. Also I leave to each ordained mendicant friar in Norwich, 20s. Also I leave to Margaret Bramle, formerly the wife of Thomas Bramle, clothier of London, one newly covered mazer, and the goods of the middling quality and six new silver spoons. Also I leave to Thomas Sekyngton my brother, one piece of old silver, not covered, and I leave to the same one large mazer, .... .... of timber, newly painted with two ...., and I leave .... .... with one font and one small old engraved piece. Also I leave to the same one set of red worstead bed-hangings with a valance of the same colour, and one set of linen cloth bed-hangings painted with the trinity with a suitable valence for the same set of bed-hangings with four counterpanes and one muslin .... of the colour of blood, with two curtains of the same colour with all the old ...., and one pair of the middling quality, not of the best, with all the common drinking horns (?) and two goods of the middling quality. Also six of the best cushions and two "baubers" of the colour of blood with the fur of red squirrels and white dogs. Also I will that he have two gowns with fur which are agreeable to him, and I leave to the wife of the same one furred gown agreeable to her, and I leave to the same the coster hanging in my parlour. Also I will that all my other goods after the aforesaid legacies be sold and (the money) expended in celebrating masses for my soul and for the souls of my father and my mother, that is to say in the parish church of the hospital of St.Giles in Norwich for one year, and dutifully for two years in the chapel where my body shall be buried, if the Prior will allow a priest to attend for two years in the church of the aforesaid hospital. Also I will that one secular priest shall be provided with a true and honourable sustenance from my goods so that he may study canon law or theology in the University of Cambridge, and I will that each year he come to the place of my burial and say there the exequies of the dead with a mass on the day following .... ...., and I will that he have for his expenses in coming and performing (this), 3s 4d. I will that he have each year for his stipend eight marks from my aforesaid goods, while this lasts. And I will that the said one shall have four daily payments for saying the exequies of the dead, unless he excuses himself for a reasonable cause, and I will that my dwelling-house in the parish of St.Clement of Fribrigge, called "Buttys Place" be sold by my executors and (that) the money received from it be expended in celebrating masses and for other pious uses as was aforesaid and in relieving the most indigent poor, for my soul, and my parents' souls and all the faithful dead, according to the discretion of my executors. And I will that my feoffees deliver seisin thereof to my executors. And moreover, I will that my goods remaining in my aforesaid dwelling-house be sold for profit, as far as is possible, the residue of all my goods not bequeathed to legatees I demise and depose into the hands of my executors to use in the manner and form set out above and to be demised as they shall unanimously agree. Thus I make this my will, and appoint (as) executors Master Simon Thornham, deacon of the collegiate church of the Blessed Mary of the Fields in Norwich, Master William Gladon, notary public, and Sir John Gogeneys, chaplain, for the present and I leave to each of them a copy of this will in his possession (and) for his labour, 20s. I appoint, moreover, Master John S...t the supervisor of this my will, to whom I leave 20s. In witness of which thing, I have fixed my seal to this my present will." The translator of the will appended a number of notes as follows:- 1. The title and first line of text are written in a large book hand. 2. 9 January 1460 was a Wednesday. 3. Mazers are maple-wood bowls. 4. No translation for "baubers" can be found. 5. A coster is a side-curtain of a bed. 6. 8 marks equals L5- 6s.-8d. 7. The supervisor's name is illegible and could be "Sclat" or "Schot". The following notes on William Seckington's will are by an unknown commentator, forwarded by Arthur Whitlock. Chapel of the Blessed Mary. The Lady Chapel, built by Bishop Walter de Suffield (1245-57). The present-day Lady Chapel in Norwich Cathedral dates only from c1930 but has a twin arch with dog-tooth decoration, probably from the original chapel. Outside the Cathedral (N.E.) is to be seen the site of a former Chapel of St.Mary, but I doubt whether this is the one where Seckington was buried, since the will states "in" the Cathedral. Enclosed was a photo-copy of plan of Cathedral and precinct.  The Prior of the Convent would be a Benedictine. The term "the principal day held in my memory" is explained as:- This is either the anniversary of his death or some day, perhaps his own saint's day, upon which each year a Mass for the repose of his soul would be said....and paid for! Hence the stipulation later on (p.3) that it be for certain. Priests with many masses for the dead to say would tend to make one do for several, perhaps not even mentioning the exact names of the persons concerned. St.Giles College. The word College here and elsewhere refers of course to an ecclesiastical college composed of priests and religious responsible for the various churches and religious foundations. Enclosed was a photo-copy of map of Norwich church emplacements. St.Giles church is still in use and has given its name to St.Giles Street. A parishioner was George Borrow who lived close by in Willow Lane. Blessed Mary of the Fields. This could be either St.Mary at Coslany, or St.Mary the Less; the latter now disused. There is also a street in Norwich called Chapelfield, and with its other branch, encloses a park, once the site of a chapel, but with which name-patronage I'm afraid I don't know. Yet another possiblity (and this is interesting because Seckington's house was close by, is the chapel of St.Mary which we've already seen existed on the N.E. side of the Cathedral. St.Mary of the Marsh could also have been this latter. It's close by the river and could have been marshy land. St.Clement at the Bridge. This refers to St.Clement's church near Fye Bridge. Later in the will, for "Fribrigge" read Fye Bridge. I can find no reference to Buttys Place, but in Norwich many alleys often included a section named a place. St.Clement's Alley still exists. Drinking horns were simply beakers made of horn, not in the actual shape of a horn. They were still in use in rural East Anglia in the early 19th. century. "Goods" is probably best translated by "articles". "Baubers" is possibly a misreading of "backers", the other part of a chair-cushioning. Carrowe is the modern Carrow, an important part of Norwich since the football ground is situated there. A more interesting claim to fame is that here was built in 1146 a convent of Benedictine nuns, the "Sisters of Normandy" referred to in the will. A monastery of Benedictine monks already existed there and may well be connected with the priory at Charroux in Poitou. Norwich Castle (Blanchefleur) housed the County Gaol up till the early years of this century. St.Peter's, Ipswich, still exists as a parish church. St.Mary of Stoke (a suburb of Ipswich) lies on the south bank of the Gipping opposite the main part of the town. Stutton lies on the north side of the Stour estuary about 7 1/2 miles from Ipswich. The church there is dedicated to St.Peter. St.Giles Hospital was founded by John le Grant during the reign of Edward I as an almshouse.
T In the mid-fifteenth century the roof was removed, the walls were raised, and the stone-vaulted roof was added, with an abundance of carved bosses. This was at the expense of William Sekyngton, LL.B., Advocate of the Consistory Court of Norwich, which was held in this chapel, and also Corrector General of Crimes, to Bishop Alnwick. He died in 1460. There is no book dealing with the bosses in the Cathedral Library, but an account of them was written by M.R.James for the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, who published it in 1908. The main subject of the bosses is the story of the Roman Empress falsely accused, first of adultery and later of child murder; she was miraculously delivered by the help of the Virgin Mary to whom, as Our Lady of Pity, the Bauchun Chapel is dedicated. Most of the bosses refer to this tale; the others celebrate the Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin. T There are some illustrations in the book by M.R.James, but they are small and indistinct, unsuitable for photo-copying. There is also a reference, based on James, in M.D.Anderson's "Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches", C.U.P., 1963, pp. 188-192; you might find this book more easily than James's. It has one illustration of a Bauchun boss, at plate 13a; the photograph comes from the National Buildings Record, which may perhaps contain others from the chapel. The bosses are not arranged in any clear order, so that the story (which corresponds fairly closely with Chaucer's Man of Lawes Tale) is difficult to follow. James thought they must have been carved first, and then put in place without regard to their order in the story. He suggests how they should be grouped to make sense. M.D.Anderson thinks that the carvings may have been based on one of the plays performed by the Craft Guilds. The Norwich carvers probably used loca plays for another series of bosses in the cathedral (in the north and south transepts), and though no play on this story has survived here, there is a continental " Miracle de l'Emperis de Roume" which gives the legend in much the same form as James found the bosses. The full title of M.R.James's account of the chapel roof is "The Sculptured Bosses in the roof of the Bauchun Chapel of Our Lady of Pity in Norwich Cathedral". Published in Norwich for the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, 1908.
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eckington (Sekynton) Wm. Stockfishm. Lond. admon. 1404.
he Bauchun Chapel was built in the early fourteenth century, its 
wo corbels, on the west and east walls, have angels carrying shields with Sekyngton's coat of arms: on a bend, three chevronels, in chief a mullet. Another corbel on the west wall bears a half-length of a lawyer, wearing a coif and kneeling at a desk with his hands clasped. This is presumably Sekyngton, whose will, proved on 17 March 1460, directed that he should be buried in the cathedral "in the chapel of Blessed Mary of Pity".