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A medieval soap opera

Was Margery Spuret married to Thomas Hornby? (Or was Thomas married to Beatrix de Gillyng instead?!). A medieval soap opera. Slide 1: Medieval Marriage: the rules. For a marriage to be valid and lawful a couple had to: be free to marry (not married to anyone else);

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A medieval soap opera

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  1. Was Margery Spuret married to Thomas Hornby?(Or was Thomas married to Beatrix de Gillyng instead?!) A medieval soap opera

  2. Slide 1: Medieval Marriage: the rules • For a marriage to be valid and lawful a couple had to: • be free to marry (not married to anyone else); • agree that they wanted to get married; • exchange properly-worded vows stating that they were now married. • The problems: • The church encouraged couples to have witnesses and to exchange vows in front of a priest, but did not think this was essential. • There was no real agreement about how to word vows properly.

  3. Slide 2: The documents

  4. Slide 3: The complaints • Beatrix de Gillyng alleges: • She exchanged vows of marriage with Thomas Hornby in 1393. • Margery Spuret alleges: • She exchanged vows of marriage with Thomas Hornby in 1389. • Thomas Hornby alleges: • This is all news to him!

  5. Slide 4: The witnesses • Isabel Spuret • Juliana del Grene • Thomas Hornby (senior) • Margaret Esyngwald • Thomas Gasegill • John Wyresdall • John de Akom • Thomas Menston

  6. Slide 5: Additional witnesses • Katharine Sadler • Walter de Mellerby • Robert Polayn • Richard Wyresdall • Alice Menston

  7. Slide 6: The verdict After nearly two years of discussions, witness interviews and hearings, the church court ruled that: Thomas Hornby was married to Beatrix de Gillyng Margery Spuret was told she had not proved her case sufficiently to establish that a marriage had properly taken place.

  8. Was Margery Spuret married to Thomas Hornby?(Or was Thomas married to Beatrix de Gillyng instead?!) A medieval soap opera (end)

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