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A02633	A brefe chronycle concernynge the examinacyon and death of the blessed martyr of Christ syr Iohan Oldecastell the lorde Cobham, collected togyther by Iohan Bale ...	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1544 (1544)	STC 1276; ESTC S100610	48,945	113

godlye wyse Polydorus Vergilius a collectour somtyme in Englande of the Popes Peter Pens and afterwarde Archedeacon of Vvellys hath in this poynt deformed his wrytynges greatlye polutynge oure Englyshe chronycles most shamefullye with his Romyshe lyes and other Italyshe beggerye ▪ Battels hath he described there at large ●o no small discommendynges of some Princes w t were godlye but the preuye packynge of Prelates and craftye cōueyaūce of the spiritualte hath he in euery place almost full properly passed ouer He was to famylyar with the Bysshoppes and toke to moche of theyr counsell whan he compyled the .xxvi. bokes of his Englyshe hystorye And not greatly is the lande beholden vnto him in that worke for anye large prayse of erudicyon that he hath geuen it there A syngular bewtye is it to a Christen regyon whan theyr auncyent monumētes are garnyshed amonge others with mēne of freshe lytterature which therin hath small remembraūce or non Vnlesse it be Gildas Bedas Alcuinus Ioannes Scotus Aldelmus Neuburgus and one or two more non are in that whole worke mencyoned cōcernyng that as though Englande had alwayes bene most barren of menne lerned This do I not wryte in dysprayse of his lernynge which I knowe to be verye excellent but for the abuse therof beynge a most syngular gyft of God I wolde wyshe some lerned Englyshe māne as there are now most excellent fresh wyttes to set forth the Englyshe chronycles in theyr ryght shappe as certen other landes hath done afore them all affeccyōs set a part I can not thynke a more necessarye thynge to be laboured to the honour of God bewtye of the realme ●rudicyon of the people and commodite of other landes next the sacred scripture of the Byble than that worke wolde be For truly in those they haue there yet is vyce more anaūced than vert● Romyshe blasphemye than godlynesse As it maye full wele apere vnto eyes of ryght iudgement in y ● lamentable hystorye here folowynge and soche other which hath bene longe hydde in th● darke Marke dilygentlye the sentence of the seyd Polydorus concernynge this good lorde Cobham and there vpon consydre his good workemanshyp in other matters In the counsell of Constaunce sayth he was the heresye of Iohan Vvycleue condemned and two at the same tyme burned in that cyte which were y e chefe heades of that secte All this is true though the f●ate handelynge therof be altogyther Italyshe But where as he sayth after that whan this was ones knowen to theyr companyons in Englande they conspyred in theyr madnesse agaynst the whole clergye and fynallye agaynst the kynge also for that he was than a fawter of Christen relygyon hauynge to theyr great captaynes syr Iohan Oldecastell and syr Roger Acton he maketh a most shamefull lye For how coude syr Roger Acton with his cōpanye conspyre vpon that occasyon beynge dead more than iiii years afore and syr Iohan Oldecastell remaynyng all that season in Vvalys Iohan Hus suffred death at Constaunce the yeare of oure Lorde a M. CCCC.xv in Iulye Hierome of Prage in the yeare of oure Lorde a M. cccc.xvi in Maye which were the two heades he speaketh of Syr Roge● Actō was brent with his companye in the yeare of oure Lorde a M. CCCC.xiii in Ianuarye as wytnesseth Vvalden Fabiane and Iohan Maior in theyr chronycles and wrytynges Now recken these nombers and years and marke the propre conueyaunce of this Romyshe gentylman the popes collectour to clought vp that croked kyngedom of theyrs He can by soche legerdemayne both please his fryndes in Englande and also at Rome After that he foloweth with lye vpon lye as that they came than to London to destroye the kynge that he in his owne persone mett with them there in armes that they cowardlye fledde that some were taken there and brent out of hande and that the lorde Cobham and syr Roger Ac●on were cast into y e tower of London vpon that occasyon Semeth it not a matter somwhat lyke to the purpose thynke you that menne shulde be there burned for makynge soche an insurreccyon or tumult I trowe he hath cobled here somwhat workemanlye And where as he sayth in the ende that the kynge thervpon made an acte that they from thens forth shuld be taken as traytours agaynste his owne persone w c were proued to folowe that secte he maketh an abhomynable lye For that ●cte was made onlye at the Bisshoppes complaynte and false sute in the fyrst yeare of his regne and by force of that acte those innocēt menne than suffred More than .iiii. hondreth of soche manyfestlyes coude I gather out of his chronycles moche more than myght more eyes and iudgementes do Now lete vs expende what the true cause shuld be of this godlye mannys condemnacyon and death all dreames of Papistes sett a part The truthe of it is that after he had ones throughlye tasted the Christen doctryne of Iohan Vvycleue and of his disciples and perseyued theyr lyuynges aggreable to the same He abhorred all the supersticyouse sorceryes ceremonyes I shuld saye of the proude Romyshe churche F●o● thens forth he brought all thynges to the towche stone of Gods worde He tryed all matters by the scripturs and so proued theyr spretes whether they were of God or naye He maynteyned soche preachers in the dyoceses of Caūterburye London Rochestre and Herforde as the Bysshoppes were sore offended with He exhorted theyr prestes to a better waye by the Gospell and whan that wolde not helpe he gaue thē sharpe rebukes He admonyshed th● kynges as Rycharde the seconde Henrye the fourth and Henrye the fyft of the clergyes manyfolde abuses put into the parlement house certen bokes concernynge theyr iust reformacyon both in the yeare of oure Lorde a M.ccc xcv and in the yeare a M. CCCC.x of the fyrst boke this is the begynnyng Prima conclusio Quando ecclesia Anglie c. which I haue here left out least this treatyse shuld be to great The other boke was made by one Iohan Puruey a mastre of art of Oxforde Besyde the .xviii. conclusions that mastre Iohan Vvycleue had put in longe afore that In the yeare of oure Lorde a M.ccc ●●i this noble lorde Cobham with certen other more mocyoned the kynge at Vvestmyns●re in the tyme of his parlement that it were verye commodyouse to Englande yf the Romyshe Bysshoppes auctorite extended no forther than the Occeane see or hauen of Calys cōsyderynge the charges and vnquyetnesse of sutes there and that mennys causes cond● not be throughlye knowen so farre of Vvher vpon the kynge made this acte by consent of his lordes that no manne from thens forth shuld sue to the Pope in anye matter nor publyshe anye excommunicacyon of his vndrepeyne of losynge theyr goodes with perpetuall inpresonmēt This and the afore named boke had cost him with syr Iohan Chenye and other

troden vndre fote The Christen fayth was ruyuouslye decayed Gods seruyce was lawhed to scorne The spirituall iurisdiccyon auctoryte honour power polycye lawes rytes ceremonyes curses keyes censures and canonycall sanccyons of the churche were had in an vttre contemt So that all in a maner was come to nought And the cause of this was that the heretyques and lol●ars of Vvycleues opynyon were suffered to preache abrode so boldelye to gather conuentycles vnto them to hepe scoles in mēnys houses to make bokes compyle treatyses and wryte balettes to teache pryuatlye in angles and corners as in wodes feldes medowes pastours groues and in caues of the grounde This wolde be they sayd a destruccyon to the commen welthe a subuersyon to the lande and an vttre decaye of the kynges estate ryall yf remedye were not sought in tyme. And this was theyr polycye to cople the kynges auctoryte with that they had done in theyr former counsell of craft and so to make yt therby the strongar For they perseyued themselues verye farre to weake els to folowe against theyr enemyes that they had so largelye enterprysed Vpon this complaynt the kydge immedyatlye called a Parlament at Leycestre It myght not in those dayes be holden at Vvestmynstre for the great fauer that the lorde Cobham had both in London and abought the cyte yet were they deceyued That they doubted most lyghted there sonest vpon them A byll was put in there agayne by y e commons agaynst theyr cōtynuall wastynge of the temporaltees lyke as yt had bene twyse afore by procurement of the seyd lorde Cobham both in y e dayes of kynge Rycharde the seconde anno 1395. and also of kynge Henrye the .iiii. annadomini 1410 whervpon was growne all this malyce afore specyfyed but this was than workemanlye defeated by an other propre practyse of theyrs They put the kynge in remembraunce to clayme his ryght in Fraunce graūted him thervnto a dyme with other great subsydye of moneye Thus were Christes people betrayed euerye waye and theyr lyues bought and solde by these most cruell theues For in the seyd Parlament the kynge made this most blasphemouse and cruell acte to be as a lawe for euer That what so euer they were that shulde reade the scripturs in the mother tonge which was than called Vvycleues lernyng they shuld forfet lande cattell bodye lyfe and goodes from theyr heyres for euer and so be condemned for heretyques to God enemyes to the crowne and most errande trayters to the lande Besydes this yt was enacted that neuer a sanyctwarye nor pryuyleged grounde within the realme shuld holde them though they were styll permytted both to theues and mourtherers And yf in case they wolde not geue ouer or were after theyr pardon relapsed they shuld suffre death in two maner of kyndes That is They shuld fyrst be hanged for treason agaynst the kynge and than be burned for heresye agaynst God and yet neyther of both commytted The begynnynge of that acte is this Pro eo quod magni rumores c. Anon after was yt proclamed through out the realme and than had the Bysshoppes Prestes Monkes and fryers a worlde somwhat to theyr myndes For than were manye taken in dyuerse quarters and suffred most cruell death And manye fledde out of the lande into Germanye Boheme Fraunce Spayne Portyngale and into the welde of Scotlande Vvalys and Irelande workynge there manye marueyls agaynst theyr false kyngedome to longe to wryte In the Christmas folowynge was syr Roger Acton knyght mastre Iohan Browne esquyre syr Iohan Beuerlaye a letned preacher dyuerse other more attached for quarellynge with certen prestes and so inpresoned For all menne at that tyme coude not pacyentlye suffre theyr blasphemouse bragges The complaynt was made vnto the kynge of them that they had made a great assemblye in saynet Gyles felde at London purposynge the destruccyon of the lande and the subuersyon of the cōmon welthe As the kynge was thus infourmed he erected a banner sayth Vvalden with a crosse thervpon as y e Pope doth commonlye by his Legates whan he pretendeth to warre agaynst the Turke and with a great nombre of menne entred the same felde where as he founde no soche companye yet was the complaynt iudged true bycause the Bysshoppes had spoken yt at the infourmacyon of theyr Prestes All this hath Thomas Vvalden in dyuerse of his workes which was at the same tyme a Vvhyght or Carmelyte fryre and the kynges confessour partlye yt is towched both by Robert Fabyane and by Polydorus Vergilius in theyr Englyshe chronycles but not in all poyntes ●yghtlye as is to be s●ane in the preface asore In the meane season syr Iohan Oldecastell the lorde Cobham escaped out of the tower of London in the nyght and so fledde into Vvalys where as he contynued more than .iiii. yeares after Some wryters haue thought this escape to come by the seyd syr Roger Acton and other gentylmenne in dyspleasure of the Prestes and that to be the chefe occasyon of theyr deathes which myght wele be but Vvalden doth not so vttre yt which regned the same selfe tyme. In Ianuarye next folowynge was the afore named syr Roger Acton mastre Iohan Browne syr Iohan Beuerlaye and .xxxvi. more of whom y e more part were gentyll menne of byrthe conuicted of heresye by the Byshoppes and condemned of treason by the temporalte and accordynge to the acte were fyrst hanged and than brent in the seyd saynct Gyles felde In the same yeare also was one Iohan Claydon a skynner and one Rycharde Turmyne a baker both hanged and brent in Smyth felde by that vertuouse acte besydes that was done in all other quarters of Englande which was no small nombre yf yt were now througlye knowen ☞ The latter enpresonynge and death of the lorde Cobham IN the yeare of oure Lorde a. M. CCCC and .xv. dyed Thomas Arundell which had bene Archebysshop of Caunterburye more than xxxii yeares to the great destruccyon of Christen beleue yet dyed not his prodygyouse tyrannye with him but suceeded with his offyce in Henrye Chycheleye and in a great sort more of that spyghtfull spiritualte For theyr malyce was not yet satled agaynst the good lorde Cobham But they confedered with the lorde Powys which was at that tyme a great gouernor in Vvalys fedynge him with lordelye gyftes and promyses to accomplysshe theyr desyre He at the last thus monyed with Iudas and outwardlye pretendynge him great amyte fauour most cowardlye and wretchedlye toke him and in conclusyon so sent him vp to London where as he remayned a moneth or two inprysoned agayne in the Tower And after longe processe they condemned him agayne of heresye and treason by force of the afore named a 〈◊〉 renderynge thankes ▪ vnto God that he had so appoynted him to suffre for his names sake And vpon the daye