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A01115 An abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history; Actes and monuments. Abridgments. Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Bright, Timothie, 1550-1615. 1589 (1589) STC 11229; ESTC S102503 593,281 862

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hundred and thréescore 271. of the Nobilitie of England slaine by the Saxons Which miserie fell vpon them for couetousnes and oppression in their Princes wickednes in the Iudges slouthfulnes of the Bishops in neglecting their dueties of preaching and ryot and wantonnes of the people as saith Gildas in his chronicle This fell out in anno 469. The Captaines of the Saxons were Hengistus and Horsus Now the first persecution in this Lande began vnder Dioclesian an 210. The first persecution in England by Dioclesian The second by Gnauius and Melga The second was by the inuading of Gnauius Melga whereof the first was Captaine of the Hunnes and the other of the Pictes Which two Tyrants after the slaughter of Vrsula Vrsula and 11000. noble Virgins 11000. Virgins made their rode into Britaine At what time they made a miserable murther of Christians spoyling and rasing Churches without regarde either of women or children The third by Hengist The third by Hengest and the Saxons who destroyed like raging wolues the silie shéepe till Aurelius Ambrosius came Aurelius Ambrosius restoreth the churches and restored againe the Churches destroyed The fourth was by Gurmundus Gurmundus a pagā king of the Affricans who ioyning with the Saxons wrought much mischiefe against the Christians In so much that Theonus B. of London and Thaodiceus of Yorke with the rest of the people did pack away some into Cornewall some into the mountaines of Wales an 550. and remayned till the time of Ethelbert Ethelbert king of Kent an 589. In whose reigne the faith was first receiued of the Englishmen Gospell receiued of the Englishmen Austen sent into England by Gregory B. of Rome by meanes of Gregorie bishop of Rome who in the yere 598. sent Austen into England and with him about xl Preachers to instruct and conuert the people The occasion was offered by séeing certain children of the land to be sold at Rome where considering their beautie he had compassion on them thereupon when the Bishorick of Rome fell vnto him next after Pelagius he sent Austen with the other Preachers Who passing on their iourney were greatly afraid and discouraged considering the barbarousnes of the people But being comforted by Gregorie and perswaded they went on their iorney and came to the I le of Tenet I le of Tenet on the Eastside of Kent Néere vnto which lāding place was the Palace of the K. not farre from Sandwich which the Inhabitants of the I le thē called Richburgh whereof some part of the ruinous walles is yet to sée The king that raigned at that time was Ethelbert the fifth king of that prouince who at that time had married a Frenchwoman Christened whose name was Berda Berda whom hée had of that condition that shée should with her bishop Lebardus Lebardus inioy the faith By meanes whereof he was the more flexible to embrace the preachyng of the faith of Christ Now the king hearing of Austines arriuall within few dayes after and hauing receaued message from Austine of the cause of his comming commeth to the place where hée was to speake with him To whom Austine preached the word of God The king at the first was not perswaded yet for so much as he came for his benefit he both ministred vnto him necessaries and gaue him libertie to preach and conuert his people which hée did in Canterbury where the king gaue him a mansion place and baptized people on the Eastside of the cittie in the old Church of Saint Martine where the Quéene was woont to resort till time that the king himselfe was conuerted to the faith which he was at length by the godly conuersation of Christians myracles Godly conuersation and miracles that were wrought He was conuerted an 586. and the 36. yéere of his raigne who beyng conuerted the number grew innumerable whom he specially embraced None compelled to beleeue The Abbey of S. Peter and S. Paule in Canterbury but compelled none Then he gaue to Austin a place for his bishops sea at Christ church in Canterbury and builded the Abbey of S. Peter and Paule in the Eastside of the citie where after Austin and all the kings of Kent were buried and that place is now called S. Austin In this while Austin sailed into Fraunce to the bishop of Arelatensis called Ethereus by him to be consecrated archbishop by the commandement of Gregory and so was He sent moreouer to Rome one of his company Laurentius to shew Gregory how they had sped and also to be resolued concerning nine or ten questions The first how the B. should vse himselfe towards his clarke Questions resolued from Rome and of oblations what diuidens were to be made For the first Gregory referreth him to the Epistle of Paule to Timothie touching the second he telleth him the order of the church of Rome is to make foure parts Bishops liuings how to be bestowed the one for the B. hospitalitie in receauing commers in the other to the Clergie the third to the poore the fourth to repairing of churches And because he saith Austine could not liue from his clarkes he would haue in their societie all common The second whether Clarkes that can not containe may marry and then marrying whether they are to returne to their secular estate againe or no Clarkes may marrie to whom hée answereth they might marry and also obtaine their stipends The third seing the faith is but one how commeth it to passe Diuerse ceremonies that the ceremonies and customes be so diuerse as one manner of Masse at Rome and an other in France To which he answered that without respect of place he should chose out of many churches the best orders The fourth what punishment should be laid on him that pilfereth out of the church This he referreth to his discretiō consideration being had of the necessitie of the stealer the abilitie to make recompence without any gaine Whether two brethren may marry two sisters being far of from any part of kindred To this he answereth affirmatiuely to what degrée of kindred matrimony may extend and whether it is lawfull to marry with the stepmother Degrees for marriage her kinsfolkes The answere he referreth to the law of God and denieth the lawfulnesse of such marriages or with the kinsfolke but in the third degrée Whether such as be coupled in such vnlawfull mariage ought to be separated and denied the Communion to which he answereth that such as haue béene so maried in time of their ignorance should not therefore be separated from the Communion but admonished to do so no more and such as professe the faith and so couple themselues he willeth they should be denied the Lords body After what manner he should deale with the Bishops of France and Britain To these he answereth that the Bish in Fraunce are not to submit to him but onely his iurisdiction
thou doe after his counsell that shall deliuer thée and follow him if hee shewe thée a better way of life to whom he promised faithfully so he would Then he laying his hand vppon his head when saith hée this token happeneth vnto thée A vision then remember this time of thy tribulation and the promise which thou hast made and sodainly he vanished out of sight Now Paulinus séeing the king to hard to beléeue praied for him and God reuealed vnto him the vision aboue mentioned Wherevppon Paulinus comming vnto the king vpon a time and laying his hand vpon the Kings head asked him if hee knew that token the king hearing this and remembring the token was readie to fall downe at his féete But Paulinus would not suffer that and declared vnto him the victories he obtained by Christ and put him in minde of his former promise Whereupon the king conferring with his Nobles was by him baptized in Yorke with many of his Subiects In so much that Coysi the chiefe of the Idolatrous prelates with others of that kinde Edwine baptized destroyed the Idoles with their Temples which was at Godmunham not farre from York And this was the eleuenth yere of his Reigne This Edwine after he had first brought in the Faith into the North partes continued after his baptisme vi yeres At length he was slaine in battaile by Ced walla king of the Britaines and by wicked Penda king of the Mercians with his sonne and Offricus in the field called Hatfield This Paulinus was the first Archbishoppe of Yorke and ordeyned by Iustus Archbishoppe of Canterburie After whose decease he ordeyned Honorius Archbishop of Canterburie Paulinus after the death of Edwin fled from the vnmercifull Cedwalla and the wicked and Idolatrous Penda who had neither regarde of Sexe nor age by water into Kent with Edelberge the Quéene and Eufled her daughter Where he remayned Bishop of Rochester the space of xix yeres And so the Church of Northumberland lacked a Bishop the space of xxx yeres Notwithstanding he left one Iames a Deacon in those quarters Paulinus the first archbishop of York who continued there preaching til peace was recouered and the Church brought againe to a stay By the meanes of this Edwine Erpwaldus king of the East-angles sonne to Redwaldus aboue mentined was brought to the faith After Edwin and his sonne reigned Osricus and Eaufridus the one in Deira who were first christened in Scotlād but after they were kings reuolted to Idolatrie and in the yeres following were slaine one after another by Cedwalla and wicked Penda After whom succéeded in Northumberland the second sonne of Ethelfrede named Oswaldus hauing rule ouer both the prouinces as wel Deira as Bernicia He by prayer made vnto God ouercame Cedwalla or Cadwallo the Britaine king which sent Penda with an armie against him that was ouerthrowen after hee had reigned ouer the Britaines 22. yeres leauing after him a sonne wohm Gaufridus called Cadwalladius Oswald a notable king the last K. of Britans This Oswald was very religiously disposed and sent for a certain bishop out of Scotland named Aidanus to preach to his people And as he preached in Scottish so the K. did interprete it hauing learned the Scottish tongue in his banishment there By the meanes of Oswald Kinigilsus K. of the Westsaxons was conuerted to Christs faith especially through the godly labor of Berinus who was sent by P. Honorius to preach in England then made Bishop of Dorcester Kinigilsus conuerted To whom Quincelinus brother to the foresaid Kinigilsus after he had receiued baptisme of Berinus Bernius gaue to him the said citie therein to make his Sea and gaue after to the B. of Winchester The Sea of Winchester 7. miles compasse of land to buyld there the bishops Sea which was accomplished finished by Kenwalcus his sonne This Bernius was driuen by the weather to the Coast of the West-saxons where Kinigilsus and his brother Quincelinus did raigne and were baptized with their people It so fell out that Oswaldus King of Northumberlande was there present and the same day married Kinigilsus his daughter and was also Godfather to the king Oswald after he had raigned ix yeres was at the length slaine in the field called Maxfield by wicked Penda king of Mercians Which Penda likewise was ouercome slaine by Oswy brother to Oswald the next king of Northumberland after Oswald not withstanding hee had himselfe as many people as Oswy had Penda had iij. sonnes Wolferus Weda and Egfridus The second sonne Weda Oswy had before time maried his daughter Weda conuerted by consent of Penda his father Who also by the helpe of Oswy was made king of Southmercia and promised when he married his daughter he would become a christian which thing he perfourmed after the death of Penda And within thrée yeres following by reason of his wife he was slaine Wolferus conuerted After him the kingdome fell to Wolferus the other brother who being wedded to Armenilda daughter to Ercombert K. of Kent was afterward christened so that he is accounted the first christian king of Mercia This Wolferus conquered Kenwalcus K. of Kent and gat the I le of Wight which after he gaue to Sigbert king of the East-angels vpon condition he would be christened Sigbert baptized And thus the East-angles which before had expulsed Mellitus their B recouered againe the christian faith vnder Sigbert their king who was baptized by Finanus Finanus the bishop Now to Oswy was ioyned Oswinus his cosin ouer the prouince of Deira there raigned with Oswy seuen yéere a Prince gentill liberall and deuout but not long after Oswy the king of Bernicia disdaining at him caused him traiterously to be slaine and so Oswy with his sonne Egfride raigned in Northumberland alone In that time and also in the house of Oswy and his sonne Egfride was Butolphus the abbot who builded in the East part of Lincoln an abbey Also Aidanus Finianus and Colmannus with 3. scottish Bishops of Northumberland holy men that held with the Brittains against the Romish order for kéeping of Easter Moreouer Cuthbertus Iarmuannus Cedda and Wilfridus liued at the same time About this time or not much before vnder the raigne of Oswy and Oswine the question of Easter The questions of Easter and hauing of other ceremonies was debated in the Abbey called Sternehalt Of which Hilda Hilda a deuout woman was abbesse to the which place came both the kings the father and the sonne Bishop Colman with his Cleargy of Scotland Aigelbert with Agathon and Wilfride Priestes Iames and Roman were on their sides Hilda the Abbesse was on the Scottish part with her companie And the reuerend Bishop Cedda Cedda was appointed Prolocutor for both partes in that parlemēt Now there was much debating of the matter on both partes one standing to the custome of Iohn the Euangeliste to be kept according to the
Minster of Salisbury whereat Pandulphus the Popes legate laide the 5. first stones one for the pope the 2. for the yong K. Henrie the 3. for the good Earle of Salisbury she 4 for the Countesse the fift for the B. of Salisbury About the yeere 1221. fell a contention betwixt Eustace B. of London and the chapter of Pauls on the one side the abbot of Westminster with his couent on the other side about spiritual iurisdictiō subiection whether the monastery of Westminster were exēpted frō the subiectiō iurisdiction of the B. of London or not which controuersy at last cōming to compromise was committed to the arbitrimēt of Stephē Contention about spirituall iurisdiction Archb. of Cant. Philip B of Winchester Thomas of Merton Richard prior of Dunstable at length it was agréed that the monastery of Westminster should be vtterly exempted from the iurisdiction of the B. of london that Stanes with the appurtenāces therunto belōging Westminster exempt from the B. of London shold appertain to the monast of Westminster Also the the manor of Sunnebury should be due proper to the church of S. Paul also the church of S. Margaret with al the lād belonging to the same to be exempted frō al other iurisdiction but only the B. of Rome so was this matter ended an 1222. Anno 1224. the Lordes and Barons of the land graunted to the king the wardship and marriage of their heyres which was then called Initium malorum Wardship initium malorum An. 1226 died pope Honorius a great aduersary to Frederik the Emp. after whō succeded Gregory 9. more grieuous then his predecessor In the which yere also died Lodouike the periured french K. at the siege of Auinion Honorius the Emperors enimie dieth whom the pope now the second or third time had set vp to fight against Raimund the good Earle of Tholouse and the Albingenses of that Countrey at which time also he sent his Legate M. Romanꝰ into France to require of euery Cathedral church two Prebendships one for the Bishop another for the chapter And in Monasteries also where the Abbot and Couent had diuers portions to require two Churches one for the Abbot the other for the Couent kéeping this proportion that how much should suffice for the liuing of one Monke so much the whole Couent should finde for their part The Popes vnreasonable request denied in France and as much the Abbot for his Which request of the Legate was denied with further discourse that if such exactions were not restrayned it were to be doubted least an vniuersal departing might follow from the church of Rome Which words so moued the Legate that he gaue the matter ouer Now while the Legate was in hand for the popes purse certaine preaching friers were directed by the Legate Romanus into all France to stirre vp the Frenchmen to take the crosse vpon them and to warre against the Earle of Tolouse and the people thereof whom they accounted heretiks Warre against the good Earle of Tolouse which many did gladly yelde vnto rather for feare of the Frenchking then for the Legates motion Against the Ascention daye then next following they prepared themselues with horse and harnesse to sette vpon the Tholousians with strength of 50000. men besides vitlers and wagoners The Earle of Tolouse of excommunicated The Legate by the way did openlie excommunicate the Earle of Tolouse and all that tooke his part and interdicted his lād The first Citie of the Tholousians was Auinion at the siege whereof the king sustained great losse both through the valour of the Citizens and also by the hand of God with pestilence and famine The French king dieth so that the king to auoyd the infection went into an Abbey not far of and shortly after died Whose death the Popes Legate caused to be concealed and endeuoured by pollicie and treacherie to get the Citie For when he saw that no other meanes would preuaile he requested and frendly desired them that he and his Prelates that were about him might come into their Citie to examine what faith they were of and that he neither sought nor meant any other thing thereby but their own safeties as wel of body as of soule which he faithfully sware vnto them that he might returne true certificate thereof Which being granted and the Inhabitants nothing mistrusting the Souldiers of that Campe that were there agréed before made them readie and rushed in at the entrance of the Prelates and slue the Porter warders Auinson ouerrun by treason of the Popes Legate and at length wan the Citie and destroyed the same There be accompted more than two and twentie thousand French Souldiers that perished one way or other at the siege Anno 1228. About this time Pope Gregorie the ninth who succéeded Honorius The P. chased out of Rome fell at variance with the people of Rome in so much that about the feast of Easter they thrust the Pope out of the Citie pursuing him vnto his Castle of Viterbium where also they inuaded him so valeantly that they chased him to Perusium Ex Matth. Parisiensi Pag. 69. In this yeare also rose a controuersie betwixt the King and the Prior and Couent of Durham for choosing of their Bishop the King taking part with Lucas a Chaplen of his whom he offered to their election the Monkes preferring a Clarke of theirs called William Archdeacon of Worcester whom also they presented to the King but he had no liking vnto him Whereupon both the parties sent vp to Rome where the matter being trauersed with great altercation on both sides it was at length concluded betwéene them both that neither M. William nor yet Lucas should be taken but that Richard B. of Sarum should be translated to Durham and be Bishop there Contention for superioritie The like stirre happened also both the same yere and about the same matter betwéene the Monkes of Couentrie and the Chanons of Lichfield for choosing of their B. which of them should haue the superior voice in the electiō of their Prelate and that matter beyng had vp to Rome it was concluded that the Monkes of Couentrie and the Church of Lichfield should choose their Bishop by course each part kéeping turne the one after the other Prouided notwithstanding that the Prior of Couentrie should alwaies haue the first voice in euery election whereas the old custome was that the Couent with the Prior of Couentrie was woont to haue the whole election of the bishop without the Canons ex Math. Paris pag. 68. In this yéere 1228. died Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury The chapters of the bible distinct by Stephen Lāgton by whom as N. Triuet recordeth the chapters of the Bible in that order number as we now vse thē were first distinct The said Langton also made Postils vpō the whole Bible moreouer he builded the New hall in the