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A56135	A breviate of the life of VVilliam Laud, Arch-bishop of Canterbury extracted (for the most part) verbatim, out of his owne diary, and other writings, under his owne hand : collected and published at the speciall instance of sundry honourable persons, as a necessary prologue to the history of his tryall, for which the criminall part of his life, is specially reserved / by William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier [sic].	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1644 (1644)	Wing P3904; ESTC R19543	54,825	42

The exceptions which the Archbishop of Canterburie exhibited against the Sermon of Doctor Sibtharpe were first brought to mee and those things which follow April 29. Sunday I was made a Privie Councellour to the most illustrious King Charles I pray God to turne it to his honour and to the good of this Kingdome and Church This day he was by His Majesties speciall command sworne of His Privie Councell sate at the Board and signed Letters as His Teste under the Seale of the Councell Table and Sir William Beechers hand attests found in his studdie among other writings which makes his ill advise to the King more criminall May 13. Whitsunday I preached before the King c. June 7.8 I attended King Charles from London to Southwicke by Portsmouth Iu. 11. His Majestie dined a bord the Triumph where I attended him June 17. The Bishoppricke or London was granted me at Southwicke Iune 24. I was commanded to goe all the progresse Iune 27. the Duke of Buckingham set forwards towards the Isle of Ree Iuly 4. The King lost a Jewell in hunting of 1000l value That day the Message was sent by the King for the sequestring of the archbish. of Canterburie Iuly 7. I Dreamed that I had lost two teeth The Duke of Buckingham took the Isle of Ree Iuly 26. I attended the King and Queen at Wellingburrough Iuly 29. The first news came from my Lord Duke of his successe Aug. 12. The second newes came from my Lord Duke to Winchester Aug. 26. The third newes came to my Lord Duke to Aldershot Septe Newes cames from my Lord Duke to Theobalds and after that to Hampton Court I went to my Lord of Rochester to consider about the archbish. of Canterburie and returned to Hampton Court The Kings speech to me in the withdrawing Chamber That if any did c. I before any thing should sinke c. Octo. The Commission to the Bishops of London Durham Rochester Oxford and my selfe then Bath and Wells to execute Archiepiscopall jurisdiction during the sequestration of my Lord G. of Cant which Commission being of his own procurement in malice and envie against Archbishop Abbot shal here be inserted for his casuall homicide of his Keeper in shooting at a Bucke CHARLES By the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the FAITH c. TO the Right Reverend Father in God George Bish. of London And to the right Reverend Father in God Our trustie and well beloved Councellour Rich. Lord Bishop of Durham And to the Right Reverend Fathers in God Iohn Lord Bishop of Rochester and Iohn Lord Bishop of Oxford To the Right Reverend Father in God Our right trustie and well beloved Councellour William Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells Greeting WHereas George now Archbishop of Canterburie in the right of his Archbishopricke hath severall and distinct Archipiscopall Episcopall and other Spirituall and Ecclesiasticall powers and jurisdictions to be exercised in the Government and Discipline of the Church within the Province of Canterburie and in the administration of Justice in causes Ecclesiasticall within that Province which are partly executed by himselfe in his owne person and partly and more generally by severall persons nominated and authorized by him being learned in the Ecclesiasticall Lawes of this Realm in those severall places whereunto they are deputed and appointed by the said Archbishop which severall places as we are informed they severally hold by severall grants for their severall lives as namely Sir Henry Marten Knight hath and holdeth by the grants of the said Archbishop the Offices and Places of the Deane of the Arches and Judge or Master of the Prerogative Court for the naturall life of the said Sir Henry Marten Sir Charles Caesar Knight hath and holdeth by grants of the said Archbishop the Places or Offices of Judge of the Audience and master of the Faculties for the terme of the naturall life of the said Sir Charles Caesar Sir Thomas Ridly Knight hath and holdeth by the grant of the said Archbishop the Place or Office of Vicar Generall to the said Archbishop And Nathaniell Brent Doctor of the Lawes hath and holdeth by the grant of the said Archbishop the Office or Place of Commissary to the said Archbishop as of his proper and peculiar Dioces of Canterburie And likewise the severall Registers of the Arches Prerogative Audience Faculties and of the Vicar Generall and Commissary And of Canterburie hold their places by Grants from the said Archbishop respectively whereas the said Archbishop in some or all of these severall places and jurisdictions doth or may sometimes assume unto his personall and proper judicature order or direction some particular Causes Actions or Cases at his pleasure And for as much as the said Archbishop cannot at this present in his owne person attend these services which are otherwise proper for his cognizance and jurisdiction and which as Archbishop of Canterburie he might and ought in his owne person to have performed and executed in causes and matters Ecclesiasticall in the proper function of Archbishop of that Province WEE therfore of our Regall power and of our Princely care and providence that nothing should bee defective in the Order Discipline Government or right of the Church have thought sit by the service of some other learned and Reverend Bishops to be named by us to supply those things which the said Archbishop ought or might in the cases aforesaid to have done but for this present cannot performe the same KNOW yee therefore that Wee reposing especiall trust and confidence in your approved Wisdomes Learning and Integritie have nominated authorized and appointed and doe by these presents nominate authorize and appoint you the said George Lord Bishop of London Richard Lord Bishop of Durham John Lord Bishop of Rochester John Lord Bishop of Oxford and William Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells or any foure three or two of you to doe execute and performe all and every those Acts matters and things any way touching or concerning the power jurisdiction or authoritie of the Archbishop of Canterburie in Causes or matters Ecclesiasticall as amply fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as the said Archbishop himselfe might have done And we doe hereby command you and every of you to attend performe and execute this Our Royall pleasure in and touching the Premises untill we shall declare our will and pleasure to the contrary And we do further hereby will and command the said Archbishop of Canterburie quietly and without interruption to permit and suffer you the said George Bishop of London Richard Bishop of Durham John Bishop of Rochester John Bishop of Oxford and William Bishop of Bath and Wells any foure three or two of you to execute and perform this our Commission according to our Royall pleasure hereby signified And wee doe further will and command all and every other person persons whom it may any way concerne in their severall places or Offices

a mind I hope this letter may be pardoned You have now a short Historicall View of the Arch-bishops life written for the most part with his owne hand in which you may observe 1. How many Benefices Bishopricks and other Ecclesiasticall Preferments he passed through in his dayes at most of which he was never Resident nor did any good to Soule or body 2. By what meanes he procured most of his preferments to wit by unlawfull Actions as by marying the Lady Rich to the Earle of Devon by his base flatterie of and obsequiousnesse to the Duke of Buckingham by incensing his Majesty against Parliament invading the Subjects Properties Liberties c. as will more fully appeare in the Relation of his tryall 3. What a superstitious observer and diligent Register he was of his owne idle dreames and how ominous some of them have proved 4. How great a Creature Instrument assistant Advocate he hath beene to the Duke of Buckingham who first brought him into favour at Court What a friend to Strafford and malicious Enemy to the Bishop of Lincolne 5. What extraordinary transcendent favour and power he obtained with the King whom he oft miscouncelled to the publique prejudice and what ill instruments and creatures of his owne he placed about his Majesty as Windebanck and others to effect his owne designes 6. What a great favorite and Instrument he was to the Queene and Popish faction and how grand an Enemy a Persecuter of the zealous Protestant partie under the name of Puritans 7. What a bitter Enemy he hath beene to Parliaments and their proceedings and how odious he became both to Parliaments and people for his Tyranny Oppressions Popish Ceremonies Innovations in Religion and unjust proceedings 8. What an Arch-Incendiary he hath shewed himselfe betweene his Majesty and his people both in England and Scotland 9. What a busie body he hath beene in all kinds of secular affaires incomparible with his spirituall function 10. How sedulous he hath shewed himselfe to exalt the Power Pompe Authority of Bishops and the Clergie to advance them above exempt them from all secular powers jurisdictions and to ingrosse the greatest temporall Offices into their hands that so they might Lord it over all men 11. That he hath beene exceedingly devoted to and promoted Popish Ceremonies and greatly favoured advanced men Popishly affected as Windebancke Mountague Manwaring and others 12. That he tooke speciall notice of sundry * Dreames Presages and Omens of his owne downfall to which for a Close to this Breviate of his life some other memorable ominous presages yet unmentioned shall be added The first is his pulling downe of the Parish Church of Saint Gregories to repaire Pauls and sending the Parishioners to Christ-Church which being related by Captain Hungerford to Master Prynne during his close imprisonment in Iersey he thereupon presently replyed that this seemed to him a most certaine presage that the Arch-Bishop the Sea of Canterbury Popery should have a speedy fall in England for Pope Gregory to whose memory this Demolished Church was dedicated was the * first founder of the Archbishopricke and Sea of Canterbury from whom it derived both its being and precedency and Austine the Munke sent over by him the first Archbishop of this Sea who introduced the first dreggs of Popery into our British Church seing therefore the Arch-Bishop was now growne so unthankfull as to demolish Saint Gregory his owne founder from whom Doctor * Pocklington in his late printed bookes derived his Lineall succession that himselfe and his Sea of Canterbury could not stand long after since the building must needs fall to ground when the foundation is rased and the sending of the people from Pope Gregories Church to Christs Church was a good Omen that the Popes Church and party in England should be deminished demolished and Christs Church replenished reedified all which we now visibly behold in a great measure fulfilled The 2. is That when the Archbishop kept his Metropoliticall visitation Anno. 1635. c. he concluded it at Barkin Church next to the Tower of London gate which Master Prynne then a Prisoner in the Tower observing told the Lieutenant of the Tower and others that the Archbishop had now visited all places within the province of Canterbury as well those exempt as not exempt except only the Tower which was reserved for his last visitation and that he doubted not but he should see him a Prisoner in the Tower ere long and himselfe a freeman which accordingly came to passe The Archbishop sitting at Church in the Tower Chappell in the same seat where Master Prynne usually sate dureing his imprisonment The 3. is this which is most remarkable being a miraculous Omen from Heaven it selfe of his owne and his Seas downfall by his meanes * The Prebends of Canterbury Anno 1639. hearing of the pacification with the Scottes and being falsely informed that they had condescended to entertaine Bishops did for joy of these glad-tidings in the hight of their Prelaticall glory set up foure great Iron Vanes upon the 4. Pinnacles of their highest Cathedrall Tower called Bell-harry Steple on which the Coat-Armes of the King Prince Church and Arch-bishop of Canterbury were severally guilded But on Innocents day following very early in the morning being the 27th of December in the midest of their Christmas Iovialities and Cathedrall Gamballs the Vane which had the Archbishops Armes in it had a tumbling cast from the Toppe of the Steeple being strucke downe by a stroke from Heaven in a fearefull tempest The Archbishops Armes in the fall pulled downe the toppe of the Pinnacle which upheld them and being carried partly against the wind a good distance from the Steeple on which they stood fell upon the roofe of the Cloyster in the concave and lower part whereof the Armes of the Archbishopricke of Canterbury were Carved in Stone which Armes in the Cloyster were dashed and broken in peeces by the Armes that fell from the Steeple The Armes of the present Archbishop of Canterbury breaking downe the Armes of the Archbishopricke and Sea of Canterbury The fall was so violent that it brake through the Leads plankes Tymber Stone-Arch of the Cloyster and made an impression in the pavement of the Cloyster as if it had beene done with a Canon shot which is partly to be seene at this very day though repaired being very neere the place where that proud Arch-prelate of Canterbury Thomas Becket was cast downe headlong in that Cathedrall for his Treason and Rebellion The Cathedralists hereupon tooke downe the other three Vanes and repaired the Cloyster withall speed and secrecy that so lesse notice might be taken of this remarkable ruine Neither was this sad Omen singular but seconded with others both at Lambeth and Croyden the selfe-same night as appeares by this passage in the Archbishops Diary under his owne hand December 27. 1639. Friday being Saint Iohns day at night betweene 12. and 2. of the Clocke