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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67593	Historical collections of the church in Ireland during the reigns of K. Henry VIII, Edward VI and Q. Mary wherein are several material passages omitted by other historians concerning the manner how that kingdom was first converted to the Protestant religion and how by the special providence of God, Dr. Cole, a bloody agent of Q. Mary was prevented in his designs against the Protestants there : set forth in the life and death of George Browne, sometime Archbishop of Dublin, who was the first of the Romish clergy in Ireland that threw off the Popes supremacy and forsook the idolatrous worship of of [sic] Rome : with a sermon of his on that subject.	Ware, Robert, d. 1696.; Browne, George, d. 1556.	1681 (1681)	Wing W848; ESTC R12362	15,456	22

pardon my opinion for I write it to your Lordship as a Warning Dublin May 1538 Your humble and true Servant George Browne To the Lord Privy Seal with speed Upon the Feast of St. John Baptist following the said Geo●ge Browne seized on one Thady ô Brine one of the Order of ●t Francis who had Papers from Rome as follows being sent to the Lord Privy Seal by a Special Messenger My Son ô Neal THou and thy Fathers were all along faithful to the Mother Church of Rome His Holiness Pau● 〈◊〉 P●●e and the Council of the holy Fathers there have la●ely found out a Prophecy there remaining of one St. Lac●rianus an 〈◊〉 Bishop of Cashell wherein he saith That the Mother Church of Rome falleth when in Ireland the Catholic faith is ov●●●●me Therefore for the Glory of the Mother Church the Honour of St. Peter and your own Secureness suppress Heresie and his Holiness's Enemies for when the Roman Faith there perisheth the See of Rome falleth also therefore the Council of Cardinals have thought fit to encourage your Country of Ireland as a sacred Island being certified whilst the Mother Church hath a Son of worth as your self and of those that shall succour you and joyn therein that she will never fall but have more or less a holding in Britain in spite of fate Thus having obeyed the Order of the most sacred Council we recommend your Princely Person to the holy Trinity of the Blessed Virgin of St. Peter St. Paul and of all the heavenly Host of Heaven Amen Romae 4 Kalend. May 1538. Episcopus Metensis Upon further Examinations and searches made this Thade ô Birue was pillor'd and confined a prisoner until His Highness's further Order for his Tryal but News coming over that he must be Hanged he made himself away in the Castle of Dublin on the Eve of the Feast of St. James yet his dead Corps was carried to the Gallows Green and hanged up and after there buried but it was said by the Register of St. Francis Monastry of Dublin that they brought him from thence and buried him in that Monastry George Brown having enjoyed the See of Dublin seven years or thereabouts King Henry the 8 th upon the Dissolution of the Abbeys Priorys and Monastrys here in Ireland changed the Priory of the Blessed Trinity of Dublin into a Deanery and Chapters since which Mutation it hath generally bore the Name of Christ Church Upon this Alteration as it appears upon Record this Cathedral consisted of a Dean and Chapters a Chanter a Treasurer six Vicars Chorals and two Singing Boys allowing to them two 45 l. 6 s English durame bene placito which Sum his Daughter Queen Mary confirmed for ever having confirmed the Deanery yet with Alterations as she was a Romanist This Catheral continued after this said form though not in Popery even until King James his days who then altered all what King Henry and his Daughter had done and upon this second Alteration he constituted a Dean a Chanter a Chancellor a Treasurer three Prebends six Vicars Chorals and four Singing Boys ordering likewise that the Archdeacon of Dublin should have a Place in the Quire and a Vote in the Chapters As for a further Description of this Cathedral we shall omit it having reserved the same for a large Narrative of the sald Cathedral in a Book which is ready for the Press entituled The Amiquities of the City of Dublin King Henry the 8 th deceasing and his hopeful Offspring King Edward the 6 th succeeding within a short space after his Royal Fathers Death that hopeful Prince by the Advice of his Privy Council began to consider what good Effects the Translation of the holy Bible had done also how much it had enlightened the Understanding of his Subjects they altered the Liturgy Book from what King Henry had formerly printed and established causing the same to be printed in English commanding the same to be read and sung in the several Cathedrals and Parish Churches of England for the common Benefit of the Nobility Gentry and Commonalty and that his Subjects of Ireland might likewise participate of the same Sweetness he sent over Orders to his Vice Roy Sir Anthony St. Leger then being Lord Deputy of that Nation that the same be forthwith there in Ireland observed within their several Bishopricks Cathedrals and Parish Churches which was first observed in Christ Church at Dublin on the Feast of Easter 1551. before the said Sir Antbony George Browne and the Mayor and Bayliffs of Dublin John Lockwood being then Dean of the said Cathedral The Translation of the Copy of the Order for the Liturgy of the Church of England to be read in Ireland runs as follows EDWARD by the Grace of God c. Whereas our Gratious Father King Henry the 8th of happy memory taking into consideration the Bondage and heavy Yoak that his true and faithful Subjects sustained under the Iurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome as also the Ignorance the Commonalty were in how several fabulous Stories and lying Wonders missed our Subjects in both our Realms of England and Ireland grasping thereby the means thereof into their hands also dispensing with the Sins of our Nations by their Indulgenses and Pardons for Gain purposely to cherish all evil Vices as Robberies Rebellions Thefts Whoredoms Blasphemy Idolatry c. He our Grations Father King Henry of happy memory hereupon dissolbed all Priors Monastrys Abbeys and other pretended Religious Houses as being but Nurseries for Vice or Luxury more than for sacred Learning He therefore that it might more plainly appear to the World that those Orders had kept the light of the Gospel from his People he thought it most fit and convenient for the Preservation of their Souls and Bodies that the holy Scriptures should be Translated Printed and placed in all Parish Churches within his Dominions for his faithful Subjects to encrease their knowledg of God and of our Saviour Iesus Christ We therefore for the general Benefit of our well-beloved Subjects Vnderstandings when ever assembled or met together in the said several Parish Churches either to pray or to hear Prayers read that they may the better joyn therein in Vnity Hearts and Voice have caused the Liturgy and Prayers of the Church to be translated into our Mother Tongue of this Realm of England according to the Assembly of Divines lately met within the same for that purpose We therefore Will and Command as also Authorize you Sir Anthony S. Leger knight our Vice-Roy of that our kingdom of Ireland to give special notice to all our Clergy as well Archbishops Bishops Deans Archdeacons as others our Secular Parish Priests within that our said Kingdom of Ireland to perfect execute and obey this our Royal Will and Pleasure accordingly Given at our Mannor of Greenwich Febr. 6. in the Fifth year of our Reign E. R. To our trusty and well-beloved Sir Anth. St. Leger Knight our Chief Governour of our Kingdom of Ireland