There was a Corpus Christi play, mentioned in 1467 and 1559. It consisted of five pageants, maintained by the crafts, and was held yearly, if the corporation so decided. In 1584 a lease of the ‘vacant place where the pagantes do stand’ was granted for building, and there was a building known as the ‘Pageant House’ until 1738[919]. WREXHAM, DENBIGHSHIRE. The corporation of Shrewsbury saw a play by ‘quibusdam interlusoribus de Wrexam’ in 1540 (Appendix E, vi). WRITTLE, ESSEX. ‘Parker of Writtell’ twice hired the Chelmsford (q.v.) wardrobe during 1570-2. See also p. 184, n. 2. WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Henry VII rewarded players of Wycombe on Dec. 31, 1494 (Appendix E, viii). WYE, KENT. Wye players were at New Romney in 1491. WYMONDHAM, NORFOLK. An account of the ‘husbands for the wache and play of Wymondham,’ made up to June, 1538, includes payments for ‘the play,’ ‘devyls shoes,’ ‘the giant,’ a man ‘in armour,’ ‘the revels and dances[920].’ It was at this play on July 1, 1549, that Kett’s rebellion broke out. According to Alexander Neville, the ‘ludi ac spectacula ... antiquitus ita instituta’ lasted two days and nights; according to Holinshed, ‘one day and one night at least[921].’ YARMOUTH, NORFOLK. The churchwardens’ accounts of St. Nicholas’s contain items between 1462 and 1512 for ‘making a new star,’ ‘leading the star,’ ‘a new balk line to the star and ryving the same star.’ In 1473 and 1486 are mentioned plays on Corpus Christi day; in 1489, a play at Bartholomew tide; in 1493, a game played on Christmas day[922]. YORK, YORKSHIRE. [_Authorities._—The chief are R. Davies, _Municipal Records of the City of York_ (1843); L. Toulmin Smith, _York Plays_ (1885). From one or other of these all statements below, of which the authority is not given, are taken. The municipal documents used are enumerated in _York Plays_, ix. The earliest date from 1371. F. Drake, _Eboracum_ (1736); R. H. Skaife, _Guild of Corpus Christi_ (Surtees Soc.); H. T. Riley, in _Hist. MSS. Comm._ i. 109; M. Sellers, _City of York in the Sixteenth Century_, in _Eng. Hist. Rev._ ix. 275; and some craft-guild documents in _Archaeological Review_, i. 221; _Antiquary_, xi. 107; xxii. 266; xxiii. 27, may also be consulted.] _Liturgical Plays._ The traditional _Statutes_ of York Cathedral, supposed to date in their present form from about 1255, provide for the _Pastores_ and the _Stella_. ‘Item inueniet [thesaurarius] stellas cum omnibus ad illas pertinentibus, praeter cirpos, quos inueniet Episcopus Puerorum futurorum [? fatuorum], vnam in nocte natalis Domini pro pastoribus, et ijᵃˢ in nocte Epiphaniae, si debeat fieri presentacio iijᵘᵐ regum[923].’ _Corpus Christi Plays._