Excerpt from The Register of the Guild of Corpus Christi in the City of York: With an Appendix of Illustrative Documents, Containing Some Account of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Without Micklegate-Bar, in the Suburbs of the City I.-ou Corpus Christi day'3 all the chaplains, in surplices, are to go in procession, and two, at least, of the masters, carrying white wands, to order the procession, to the glory of God and of the city of York. II. - Six chaplains, brethren of the fraternity, to be chosen yearly as keepers on the Sunday within the Octave of the festival of Corpus Christi; whoever refuses to serve, to pay a fine of 40d. The six chaplains, 'thus elected, to have the rule of the whole fraternity. III. - All candidates for admission to the guild to be received by the six masters, or keepers. No oath to be required of them; but they shall charge their consciences to contribute, according to their means, to the support of the guild. IV. - The chaplains, who are members, to daily remember their brethren, living or dead, in their Masses, and to be present at their funerals. V. - The lay members of the fraternity to say yearly for the souls of their departed brethren the Psalter of the Virgin; but they are not to take any share in the councils or government of the guild. No lay person to be admitted unless of good character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.