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A Copye of a letter contayning certayne newes, & the articles or requestes of the Deuonshyre & Cornyshe rebelles
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R. L.
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1549
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STC 15109.3; ESTC S2167
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a lawe wherof there was neuer more wkelyhood because the ameudement therof wyl helpe so many as well Lordes and Gentilme as al other Commoners no man hauyng eause to repyne agaynst it but suche as gather not to spende and improue their lyuinges not For their charges as many Geutilmen haue done but for their coffers So that to conclude improuemet alone maketh no man ryche but improuement and sparynge But what â—edle I wyth thys matter and yet what dare I net to you my fryende by Sayncte Gâ—orge I saye to you merely out of bourde no one thinge maketh me more angry with these rebelles then one article which toucheth me on the quicke and I beleue there be few in the realme but it will make them smart to forgoe his Abbey Chauntrye landes wherin I for my part am so heated that if I should fight wyth those traitours I wold for euery two strokes to be stricken for treason strike on to kepe my laÌ„de the which I bought to suerlye to deliuer it at a papistes appoyntement Thus I haue exceded in woordes yet you shal counte it littel because the matter is large therby you muste measure me not by my lynes One thing I wil ye shal marke and then I ende the matter of Cardynal Pole as in this case of greate importaunce lyke as I am sure my Lord Protectour is aduertised for emonges these rebelles the chiefe Captayne of all sauinge one was the Marques of Excetters man and setteth forth the matter of the Cardinall so much as in dede he maketh no other matter Hys name is Berry one of them which sub scrybed the Articles Yf ye can conuenientlye sende me a Dagg when the Kynges Maiestyes ordynance commeth doune Ye shall receyue moneye for the same of my Brother Henry Ye shall take payne to do my humble commendacyons to myne olde Mayster good Syr Anthonye Dennye knyght and especyally to my Coosyn Mayster John Peres of the Garde who I woulde were here with one or two huÌ„oreth of the Garde to knecke these knaues wyth theyr Haloâ—râ—â—s Thus fâ—re ye moâ—â—e hâ—râ—elye wel and prâ—â—â— you as I do that 〈◊〉 maye mete merclye The Articles of vs the Commoners of Deuonshyre and Lornewall in diuers Lampes vp East and West of Excertor FYrst we wyll haue all the general counsell holy decrees of our for fathers obserued kept and performed and who so euer shal agayne saye them we holde them as Heretikes ¶ IteÌ„ we will haue the Lawes of our Souerayne Lord kyng Henry the. vin concernynge the syxe articles to be in vse again as in hys tyme they were ¶ Item we will haue the make in Latten as was before celebrated by the Pryest wythoute any man or woman coÌ„munycaryng wyth hym ¶ Item we wyll haue the Sacrament hange ouer the hyeghe aulter and there to be worshypped as it was wount to be and they whiche will not therto consent we wyl haue them dye lyke heretykes agaynst the holy Catholyque fayth ¶ Item we wyll haue the SacrameÌ„t of the aulter but at Easter delyuered to the lay people and then but in one kynde ¶ Item we wil that our Curattes shal minister the SacrameÌ„t of Baptisine at all tymes aswel in the weke daye as on the holy daye ¶ IteÌ„ we wyl haue holy bread and holy water made euery sondaye Palmes and asshes at the tymes accustomed Images to be set vp again in euery church and all other auncient olde Ceremonyes vsed heretofore by our mother the holy Church ¶ Item we wil not receyue the newe seruyce because it is but lyke a Christmas gaÌ„me but we wyll haue oure olde seruice of Mattens masse Euensong and procession in Latten as it was before And so we the Cornyshe men wherof certen of vs vnder staÌ„deno Englysh vtterly refuse thys newe Englysh ¶ Item we wyll haue euerye preacher in his sermon euery Pryest at hys masse praye specially by name for the soules in purgatory as oure forefathers dyd ¶ Item we wyll haue the Byble and al bokes of scripture in Englysh to be called in agayn for we be enformed that otherwise the Clergye shal not of loÌ„g time confound the heretykes ¶ Item we wyll haue Doctor Moreman and Doctor Crispin which holde our opinions to be sauely sent vnto vs and to them we requyre the Kinges maiesty to geue some certain liuinges to preache amenges vs our Catholycke fayth ¶ Item we thinke it very mete because the lord Cardinal Pole is of the kynges bloode should not only haue hys pardon but also sent for to Rome promoted to be of the kinges couÌ„sayl ¶ Item we wyll that no Gentylman shall haue any more seruauntes then one to wayte vpoÌ„ hym excepte he maye dispende one hundreth marke land and for euerye hundreth marke we thynke it reasonable he should haue a man ¶ Item we wyll that the halfe parte of the Abbey landes and Chauntrye landes in euerye mans possessyons how so euer he cam by them be geuen again to two places where two of the chief Abbeis was with in euery Countye where suche half part shal be taken out and there to be establyshed a place for deuout persons whych shall pray for the Kyng and the common wealth and to the same we wyll haue al the almes of the Churche boxe geuen for these seuen yeres ¶ IteÌ„ for the particular grieffes of our Countreye We wyll haue them so ordered as Humfrey Arundell Henry Braye the Kynges Maior of BodmaÌ„ shall enforme the Kynges Maiestye yf they maye haue saluecoÌ„duet vnder the Kynges great Seale to passe and repasse with an Heroalde at Armes ¶ By vs Humfrey Arundell Berry Thomas Vnderhyll Iohn Sloeman Wyllyam Segar Chiefe Capytaynes Iohn Tompson Pryeste Henry Bray Maior of BodmaÌ„ Henry Lee Maior of Tortiton Roger Barret Prieste The foure Gouernours of the Campes