1559 inquiry whether any mynstrelles, or anye other parsonnes do vse to synge or saye anye songes or dytties that be vyle or vncleane, and especially in derysion of anye godly ordre, nowe sette forth and establyshed issued by the Crown [Elizabeth I] of England
Entry:
pp. 970-71 (Appendix 2 National Visitation Articles)
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Visitation Interrogatories of Mary I STC: 10117
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Volume:
Records of Early English Drama: Kent: Diocese of Canterbury. Edited by James M. Gibson. 3 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.