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A14978	The declaracyon of the procedynge of a conference, begon at Westminster the last of Marche, 1559 concerning certaine articles of religion and the breaking vp of the sayde conference by default and contempt of certayne bysshops, parties of the sayd conference.		1560 (1560)	STC 25286; ESTC S104298	3,583	18

¶ The declaracyon of the procedynge of a conference begon at Westminster the laste of Marche 1559. concerning certaine articles of religion and the breaking vp of the sayde conference by default and contempt of certayne Bysshops parties of the sayd conference ⸫ ¶ Imprynted at London by Richarde lugge and Iohn Cawood prynters to the Quenes Maiestie Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis ▪ THE Quenes moost excellent Maiestye hauynge harde of diuersitie of opinions in certayne matters of religiō amongest sundry of hir louing subiectes and beyng very desirous to haue the same reduced to some godlye and chrystian concorde thought it best by thaduise of the lordes and others of hir priuye counsel aswell for the satisfaction of persons doubtful as also for the knowledge of the very trueth in certayne mater of difference to haue a conueniente chosen nomber of the best learned of either parte and to conferre togyther their opinions and reasons and therby to come to some good and charytable agrement And hervppon by hir maiestyes commaundement certaine of hir priuye counsel declared this purpose to tharchbishop of yorke beynge also one of the same priuye counsell required him that he wolde imparte the same to some of the bishops and to make choise of viii ix or x. of them and that ther shuld be the like nomber named of thother parte and further also declared to him as than was supposed what the matters shuld be And as for the tyme it was thought mete to be assone as possible might be agreed vpon And than after certayne dayes past it was signified by the sayde archebyshop that ther was appoynted by suche of the byshops to whom he had imparted thys matter viii persons that is to saye iiii byshops and. iiii doctours who were content at the Quenes maiesties commaundement to she we their opinions and as he termed it render accompte of their fayth in those matters which were mēcioned and that specially in writynge althoughe he sayde they thought the same so determined as ther was no cause to dyspute vpon them It was hervpon fully resolued by the quenes maiesty with thaduise aforesayd that according to their desire it shuld be in writing on both partes for auoydyng of muche altercation in wordes and that the said bishops shuld bicause thei wer in aucthorytie of degree superiours fyrste declare their myndes and opinyons to the matter with their reasons in writynge and the other nomber being also viii men of good degree in scooles some hauinge ben in dygnitye in the churche of Englande if they had any thing to say to the contrary should the same day declare their opynions in lyke maner And so eche of them should delyuer their writynges to thother to be consydered what were to be improued therin the same to declare agayne in writing at some other conuenient daye and the lyke order to be kept in all the rest of the matters al this was fully agreed vpon with tharchbishop of yorke and so also signified to both parties And immediatlye herevpon dyuerse of the nobility and states of the realme vnderstanding that suche a metynge and conference shoulde be and that in certayne matters wherupon the courte of parliament consequentlye following some lawes might be groūded they made ernest meanes to hir maiestie that the partyes of thys conference myght put and reade their assertions in thenglyshe tonge and that in the presence of them of the nobility and others of hir parlyament house for the better satisfaction inhabling of their owne Iudgments to treate and conclude of suche lawes as myght depende herevpon This also beyng thought verye reasonable was signifyed to both parties and so fully agreed vppon and the day apoynted for the first meting to be the Friday in the forenone being the laste of March at Westminster churche where bothe for good order for honour of the conference by the Quenes maiesties commaundement the lordes and others of the priuy counsell were present and a great part of the nobility also and notwithstandyng the former order appoynted and consented vnto by bothe partes yet the bisshop of Winchester and his collegees alleging they had mistaken that their assertions and reasons shuld be wryten and so only recited out of the booke sayde their booke was not ready then writē but thei were ready to argue and dispute and therfore they would for that tyme repeate in speache that which they had to say to the first proposicion This varyacion from the former order and specyally from that which them selfes had by the sayde archebyshop in writing before required addinge thereto the reason of the apostle that to contende wyth wordes is profitable to nothing but to subuersiō of the hearer semed to the Quenes maiesties counsell some what straunge yet was it permitted without any great reprehension bycause they excused thē selfes with mistakinge the order and agreed that they woulde not fayle but put it in writynge and accordyng to the former order delyuer it to the other parte and so the said bishop of Winchester and his collegees appointed Doctour Cole Deane of Poules to be the vtterer of their minds who partly by speche onely and partly by readyng of authorytyes wryten and at certayne tymes beyng enformed of hys collegees what to say made a declaracyon of their meaninges and their reasons to their first ꝓposicion which being ended they were asked by the priuy counsel if any of theim had any more to be saied and they said no. So as thē thother parte was lycenced to shewe their myndes which they did accordynge to the firste order exhybitynge all that which thei ment to be propound in a booke wryten which after a prayer inuocacion made moste humbly to almyghty god for the enduyng of theim with his holye sprite and a protestacion also to stande to the Doctrine of the catholyke Church builded vpon the scripturs and the doctrine of the prophetes and thapostles was distynctlye read by one Roberte Horne bachelour in Diuinitye late Deane of Duresme And the same being ended with some likelyhod as it seamed that the same was muche allowable to the audience certaine of the Bishops began to saye contrary to their former answere that they had now much more to say to this matter wherein although they myghte haue ben well reprehended for suche maner of cauillacyon yet for auoydinge of any more mistakinge of orders in this colloquy or conference and for that they shoulde vtter all that which they had to saye It was both ordered and thus openly agreed vpon of both partes in the full audience that vppon the Mondaye following the Byshops shulde bryng their mindes and reasons in writing to the seconde assertion and the last also if thei could and first rede the same and that done thother parte shulde bryng lykewise theirs to the same And beynge read eche of theim should deliuer to other the same wrytings And in the meane tyme the byshoppes shulde put in writyng not onely al that which Doctour Cole had that day vttered but all suche other matters as they anye otherwise could thinke of for the same and as sone as they myght possyble to sende the same booke touching that first assertion to the other parte and they shuld receiue of theym that wrytinge whiche Mayster Horne had there read that day vpon Mōday it shuld be agreed what day thei shuld exhibyte their aunswers touching the first proposition Thus both partes assented thereto and the assemblye quietly dismissed And therfore vpon Mondaye the lyke assemblye began agayne at the place and hower appoynted and ther vpon what sinister or dysordered meaninge is not yet fullye knowen though in some part it be vnderstāded the bishop of Winchester and his Collegees and especially Lyncolne refused to exhibite or reade accordynge to the former notorious order on friday that which they had prepared for the second assertion And therupon by the Lord keper of the great leale they being first gently and fauourable required to kepe thor der appointed that takinge no place beinge secondly as it behoued pressed wyth more earnest requeste they neyther regardyng the aucthoritye of that place nor their owne reputacyon nor the credite of the cause vtterly refused that to do And finallye beinge againe perticulerly euery of theim a part distinctlye by name required to vnderstand their opinions therin they all sauing one which was the Abbot of Westminster hauinge some more consideration of order and his dutye of obedience then thother vtterly plainly denied to haue their boke read some of theim as more ernestly then other some so also some other more vndiscretly and vnreuerētlye then others When vpon geuing such example of dysorder stubbernes selfe wyll as hath not ben sene and suffered in such an honorable assembly beynge of the two estates of this Realme the nobility and the commons besyde the presence of t●● Quenes maiesties most honor●ble priuy coūsel y●e same assemblye was dismissed the godly most christiā purpose of the Quenes maiestye made frustrate And afterward for the cōtempt so notoriously made the Byshops of Wynchester Lincoln hauing most obstinatly both disobeied common auctority and varied manifestly from their owne order specially Lincoln who shewed more folly then thother were condingely committed to the Tower of London and the rest sauyng the abbot of Westminster stand bounde to make daylye their personall apparaunce before the counsell and not to departe the Cytye of London and Westminster vntill further order be taken with theim for their disobedience and contempte ¶ The three proposityons wher vpon conference was determined to haue bene at westminster 1 It is against the worde of god and the custum of the auncient church to vse a tong vnknowen to the people in cōmon praier and the admynistration of the sacramentes 2 Euery church hath authoritie to appoint take away change ceremonyes and ecclesiastycall rites so the same be to edificaciō 3 It cannot be proued by the word of god that ther is in the Masse offred vp a Sacrifyce for the quicke and the dead The names of such as had conference in the propositions aforesaid The B. of winch The B. of Lych. The B. of Chest The B. of Carlis The B. of Linco Doctour Cole D. Harpesfolde Doct. Langdall Doctor Chedsey D. Sco. B. of Chyc Doctour Coxe Maister Whithed Mayster Grindall Mayster Horne Maister D. Sandes Maister Gest Mayster Aylmer Mayster Iuell God saue the Quene