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A05076 An epitome of chronicles Conteyninge the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as al other cou[n]treys, with the succession of their kinges, the time of their reigne, and what notable actes they did ... gathered out of most probable auctours. Firste by Thomas Lanquet, from the beginning of the worlde to the incarnacion of Christe, secondely to the reigne of our soueraigne lord king Edward the sixt by Thomas Cooper, and thirdly to the reigne of our soueraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth, by Robert Crowley. Anno. 1559. Lanquet, Thomas, 1521-1545.; Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594. aut; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588. aut 1559 (1559) STC 15217.5; ESTC S108255 485,101 678

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of Constantinople was shaken with most terrible erthquakes innumerable houses and towers wer cast to the grounde Anni regum Angli 24 and chiefely the palaice of the great Turke in so much that he was forced to flee to an other place many of the people were destroyed with tempest Charles duke of Gelria renued his warre with the emperour and inuaded the Brabansois Ismael Sophie king of Persie Armenie and Hir●ania became christened and vanquished the turkes in diuers great battailes The noble king Henry the .vii ended his life at Richmount the .xxi The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1509 day of Aprill THe renowm●d prince Henry the ●ight being .xviii yeres of age succeded his father in the gouernāce of this realme Anni regum Angli reygned in great fame and noblenesse 3● yeres Of personage he was ●aule and myghtie ▪ in witte and memory excellent of such maiesty tempered with huma●itie and gentylnesse as was comly in so great a prynce In konwlege of good letters he farre passed all kinges of Englande before this time For his magni●ice liberalitie he was renowmed throughe all the worlde In his time was great alteracion of thinges within this realm For he reformed and altered the state of the commō weale ●n many thinges by making diuers most honest and godly lawes to the great profite as wel of hym selfe as of hys people He abolyshed the vsurped power of the byshop of Rome He redressed the state of religion diminished supersticion and idolatry ●orbade pilgremage pulled downe abbeys and monasterys and roted out the sedicious sectes of religion which maintened false woorshipping of god and greatly aduanced and set foorth the true knowlege of goddes woorde and al other honest learnynges and sciences He fonded .ii. colleges one at Oxenforde an other at Cambridge and set vp dyuers free scholes in other partes of the realme· The knowledge of good letters by continuall warres beyng neglected and driuen out of Italy encreased gr●tly in Germany Fraunce England and Scotlande For augmenting and furthering wherof Margaret the kinges grandmother builded .ii. coll●ges in Cambridge In like maner Wylliam byshop of Lincolne and Rycharde of Winchester builded .ii. other in the vniuersitie of O●enforde of the which one is called Brusennose the other Cor●s Christi college Kynge Henrye maryed the lady Katherine late wyfe to his brother Arthur hauingthe dispēsacio● of Leo bishop of Rome but not without great murmuring of the Cardinalles and dyuers learned men of other realme Lewys king of Fraunce vanquished the Uenecians toke the cities Brixia Bergamū Crema and Crem●na and subdued theim to his dominions Maximilian recouered from the Uenecians Uerona Padua Teruisium and diuers other townes and cities Dyuers ambassadours came to kinge Henry of Englande The citie of Pise was brought in subiection to the U●necians Iulius byshop of Rome by force of armes toke Rauenna Imola Fauēcia Forliui and other possessions of the churche which were witholden by the Uenecians The byshoppe of Rome beyng reconciled to the Uenecians The yere of the worlde 5471 The yere of Christ 1510 toke Mutina and Mirandula Anni regum Angli 2 which he restored to Frances Picus lorde of that citie Ioachim Marques of Brandenburge toke all the Iewes within his dominion of the whiche .38 were br●nt and .ii. beheaded beceuse thei martyrised the sacrament● of the aulter Empson and Dudley whiche in the time of king Henrie the .vii ▪ had been great rulers were put to deathe to stoppe the murmuryng and grudg of the people against theim Bugia in Afrike was conquered of the Spaniardes The famous and gret lerned man maister Erasmus of Roterodame flourished by whose benefyte and diligēce as wel diuine knowlege as al other good learning was marueilusly furthered and augmented The woorshipfull clerke doctour Collete whiche builded the fre schole of Paules in Londō liued at this time and by his diligent preaching first beganne to open the slouthfulnes and negligence of the clergy of this realme in those daies A sedicion at Ertford in Germany by occasion wherof great displeasure was kendled betweene the byshoppe of Mens and Friderich Duke of Saxonie in so much that the matyer was lyke to haue been decyded by d●nte of swoorde had not the emperours auctoritie stopped their rage Henry the first sonne of kynge Henry the eyghte was borne on newe yeres day● for ●oie wherof a great iustes was kept at Westminster and on S. Mathewes day folowyng the childe dyed Kynge Henrye of England sent the lorde Darsy Anni regum Angli 3 wyth a goodly company of men into Spaine The yere of the worlde 5472 The yere of Christ to ayde the king his father in law against the Moores but ere he arriued a peace was concluded betwene theim wherfore shortly after he retourned home againe The same time sir Edward Poyninges accompanied with the lorde Cly●ton and dyuers other was s●nt into Gelderlande with .xv. C. archers to ayde to ●rynce of Castile at the requ●st of Margaret Duches of Sauoy regent of Flaunders Sir Edmunde Hawarde and lorde Thomas Haward toke Andrewe Barton and .150 Scotes with .ii. greate shyppes The citie Bononie forsoke the byshoppe of Romes dominion The king of Scottes required his ships that were lately taken to be restored accordynge to the leage But answere was made by kinge Henry that the mattyer perteined nothing to the league because that Andrew Barton was a pyrate and robber on the seas The .xv. daye of Ianuarye was a parlyamente in the whiche two fiftenes and two dismes of the clergye were graunted to ayd the kinge in his warres that he entended against the French kinge By the auctoryty of the emperour and the french king a counsai●e was indicted at Pise which was after transferred to Myllaine The lorde Marques Dorset with dyuers other lordes and knightes was sent of king Hēry into Spaine Anni regum Angli 4 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1512 with an armye of 13●00 men who a good parte of the summer dyd much harme in Gutan by spoiling the countrei but in the winter he retourned by menes of a 〈◊〉 whiche chansed amon ge his men Sir Edwarde Hawarde admyrall of England with a great nauy scoured the seas and then went toward Brytaine The citie Briria gaue vp to the Uenecians which was shortly after recouered and dispoyled by the Frenchmen and the Uenecians beaten and slayne At the same t●me was Rauenna robbed and pilled On easter day a great battaile was foughten nere to Rauenna bytweene the Frenche kinge and the byshop of Rome in which the byshops armye was dyscomfited and 160●0 of his souldyours slaine Kynge Henry sent foorth a nauie of .xxv. ships among the whiche the regent a ship royall was chiefe Not onely all partes of Europe was disquyeted wyth the warres of the Uenecians but also the countreis of Asia Per●y and Armeny were vexed with most cruel and deadly warres wherin the hethen tyrannes infe●ted ech other
with many other lordes and knightes was sent this yere into France by king Henry with an armye of 10000. men who passing the water of Sone without battaile toke diuers townes and castels and destroyed the countrey before him in December he retourned againe into England The Erle of Surrey brent Iedworth in Scotland and toke dyuers holdes The Duke of Albanye besieged the castell of Warke and had in a redinesse a great army to inuade England But whā he had knowlage that the Erle of Surrei was coming against him he cowardly fled and gaue back in to Scotlande The emperour recouered the towne of Fountraby Clement the .vii. a florentyne borne was ordeyned bysshoppe of Rome and toke parte wyth the Frenchemen Intreatie w●s made by the Queene of Scottes for an abstinence of warre In the kingdome of Granade diuers citees were s●allowed and in Naples was so great tempestes of wynde ray●e thunder that many toweres great places and myghtie bygge trees were ouerthrowen and cas●e to the grounde The souldiours of Guines toke a great booty at a faire in the towne of Marguysan and sir Robert Ierninghā and certaine dimilances of Caleis toke dyuers Frenchmen prisoners The lorde of Campher and other came from the emperour to king Henry The yere of the worlde 5485 The yere of Christ 1524 Anni regum Angli 16 The byshop of Dunkell and other ambassadours came out of Scotlande A legate came from the byshoppe of Rome to entreat a peace betwene Englande and Fraunce Sharpe warre betweene the marches of England and Fraunce Sir Rau●●fe a Fanwike Leonarde Musgraue and Bastarde Heron were slaine in Scotland by to much hardinesse in pursuyng their ennemyes at whiche tyme .300 Scottes were taken prisoners by the Englishemen The Duke of Burbon made sharpe warre on the Frenche kynges dominions and dyd many enterprises The French kinge passed with a great army into Italye wher he besieged Paule shortly after was encountred by the emperours army and of theim vanquisshed and him selfe taken prisoner frō thens he was conueighed into Spaine to the emperour wher after certaine condicions of peace agreed vpon betwene theim he was deliuered Great triumphe and ioy in Englande for taking of the Frenche kinge The cardinal obteyned lycence of the byshop of Rome to suppresse dyuers abbaies to the entent to erect two colleges one at Oxenforde an other at Ipswiche and to indue theim with the landes whiche colledges he began so sumptuouslye tha● it was not lyke they woulde come to good ende Kynge Henry was lyke to haue been drowned by leaping ouer a dich in folowyng his hauke nere to Abindō A great and horrible insurrection in Germany of the rude and vplandyshe people The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1525 whiche dwelled in Alsacia Anni regum Angli 17 Suaue Francia Thuring and the countreis about the riuer Rhine whiche commocion was suppressed by the great power strength of the princes In ●o muche that within litell more than .iii. monethes an hundred thousand of that vplandishe people were slayne li●e beast●s by the iust iugemēt of god Furthermore one surnamed Sapherus wrate .xii. articles whiche he entiteled of Christian libertee among the which this was the chiefe That tributes ought not to be payd to princes ▪ Throughe thys doctryne to atteyne liberte men suppose that the gretest parte of that people was stered to rebel againste the magistrates In Mulhause● a towne of Thuring was a preacher named Monetarius which taught openly that he would reforme the state of the church and made his auant pryu●lye that reuelacions were shewed to him by god and that the sworde of Gedeon was committed to him to ouerthrow the tirannie o● the impious He led out greate companies commaunding them to spoile and robbe monasteries and the places of great men But wh●le the vnrulye people were scater●d and disceuered without ordre the princes of Saxonie sodenlyoppressed theym and toke their capitaines whom they put to worthy punishment This Monetarius was the first auctour of the dyuelishe sect and heresy of the Anapabtistes which longe time after vexed Germanye and is not yet all tog●th●r extinguyshed Coyne was enhaunsed in England A murmuring in al partes of the realme for paimēt of mony Anni regum Angli 18 The yere of the worlde 5487 The yere of Christ 1526 And in Suff. 4000. men arose against the duke and other commissioners which were appeased by the duke of Northfolke and other A truce betw●ne England and Fraunce for a certain space and ambassadours were sent into Denma●ke for restoring of their kinge but the Danes wold graunt nothing they did hate him so extremely for his cruel●●e A peace betwene Englande ande Scotlande for .iii. monethes Doctour Barnes a f●ier Augustine bare a faggot before the cardinall in Paules Great death in London Frauncis the Frenche kinge was sette at liberty by the emperour vpon diuers con●icions whiche he sware to perfourme but after he reuoked his othe and sayd he was forced therto or elles he should neuer haue b●ne d●lyuered The emperour after the french kinges delyueraunce gaue to Charles duke of Burbon the whole Duchye of Millayne on condicion to paye 4000. ducates and find a certayne numbre of souldiours yerely Solemannus the great Turke inuaded Hungarie and spoyled the citee Buda With whom● Lewys the kynge and Paule Tomorus bishop of Coleine encoūtred in a great battaile and were of him vanquished and slayne with a great nomb●e of christian people Ferdinand Archduke of Austrich was chosen kinge of Hungarie and Boheme Charles maried Isabell the kinges sister of Portugall Uariance betwene the byshop of Rome and the house of Columnensis The bishop of Rome the Ueneciās and diuers citees of Italy proclaymed warre agaynst the emperoure by their intisement the french king was moued to warre agayne vpon the emperour In so muche that the emperours souldiours toke the towne and castel of Myllayne and sh●wed such crueltie towarde the citesins that they were in mind to haue forsaken their citee the confederates of Italy required to haue king Henry as protectour of their league but he chose rather to be an indifferēt in treater of peace betwene the two partyes The yere of the worlde 5488 The yere of Christ 1527 A proclamacion published in England agaynst al vnlawful games as Dice Cardes and Boules Anni regum Angli 19 which continued not long in effecte The emperours souldiours toke the cite of Rome spoyled itand besiged the bishop Clement with his cardynalles in the Mounte Adrian from whens he coulde not be dimissed by any meanes vntil he agreed with his souldiours notwithstanding that the emperour Charles him selfe being than in Spaine and fearing the thund●rbolt of excommunication which the souldiours nothing regarded did ex●use him selfe by letters that he knewe not of that his men had done and therfore willed the bishop to be sette at lib●rtee Don H●go de Mendosa a great man borne in Spaine came toking Henrie as
ambassadour frō the emperour The bishop of Tarbe the Uisecount of Torayne and Antony Uescy seconde presidente of Paris came in ambassade to the king out of Fraunce Ambassadours also came from the king of Hungary desiring ayde agaynst the Turke The cardinall of Englande went with great pompe into Fraūce where he concluded a leage betwene kinge Henry of England and the Frenche king whiche bothe by the cardinalles meanes sent their defiance to the emperour and a strong army into Italye to deliuer the byshop and driue the emperours power out of y● countrey The great maister of Frāce came to Londō with great triumph for the conclusion of the forenamed league The emperou●s sonne of Tartarie with great puisāce inuaded Pannonie but in the ende he was vanquished and taken This yere were sene .iii. sonnes which in some places wer● included with a double rainbow Arthur Biln●i Geffray Lome and Garret were abi●red by the cardinall for speakinge agaynst the bishop of Romes auctoritee The citee Gean was brought to the French kinges dominion Lord Lawdrike and the French kinges souldyours toke and spoyled Pauie Ferdinand made warre vpō a noble man of Hungary named U●auoyda and toke from him diue●s castels townes Charles the emperour made open protestacion diuers times before the kinges heraldes of England France that what soeuer was done in Italye by his souldioures agaynst the bishoppe was contrary to his wil and commaundement Lord Lawdrike capitayn of the french kynges armye in Italye in takinge the towne of Melffe loste ten thousand men Open hostilitee warre betwene the kinges of Englande and France and the emperour And the marchantes and ships of all partes were arested The yere of Christ 1528 Corne was very deare in England and had bene mu●che dearer The yere of the worlde 5489 Anni regum Angli 20 had not bene the good prouision of the marchantes of the Stilyarde and an abstinance of warre betwene England and Flaunders Charl●s Duke of G●lders inuaded Holland and was discomfited by the lord Isilsteine whom Ladye Margaret ●egent of the countre sent agaynst him The famous and excellent clerke Iohannes Reucline ended his lyfe by whose great learning and diligēce the knowlage of the .iii. tonges and especially Hebrew was agayne restored to the world On S. Denis day a legate came from Rome to kynge Henry The sweating sickenesse raged in diuers partes of E●land The emperour sente the Duke of Brunswike with a great puisance into Italye The Millanours were styll miserablie oppressed by the emperours soul●iours The Duke of Brunswike tooke the citee of Pauie whyche shortly after was taken agayne by the frenchemen the walles beaten downe E●treme warre pestilence and famine in all Italy Aboue 2400● of the Frenche armye that besyeged Naples dyed of the pes●ilence beside the most parte of all theyr horses and beastes so that there was not lest passing .v. thousand men in all In this yere in the moneth of Iune the legates satte at the blacke friers in London concerning the kinges mariage diuorsemēt from the princesse Dowagier which had bene his bro●hers wife The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ Anni regum Angli 21 In October the cardinall was deposed from the chancellourship of England Ferdinande of Hungary recouered many places whiche before were taken from him by the Turke expuls●d out of the realme his enemy Iohn Uuauoyda which making claime to the crowne of Hungary fl●d for ayde to the Turkes The Frechemen and Uenecians wente with an army of .40000 men t●●ubdue Naples vpon whom the emperous souldiours came sodeinly in the night and slewe of theim a great noumber and afte●warde in plaine battaile discomfited th●ir wh●le power wherwith the frenche kyng beyng greatly moue● sent a nauy into Spaine whiche spoyled the countrey but in the ende they were all well nere taken and slaine The Turke in the quarell of Uuauoyda pe●ced Hungary with a terible puisāce hauing in his army .250000 fighting men and exercised towarde the inhabytauntes most extreme cruelty for some thei berefte of their ●ight some thei rent and mangled in diuers pieces cutting of their noses eares handes armes priuye membres and other partes of theyr bodies Uirgines in most dishon●st wyse they rauyshed of other women the pulled of the pappes and openyng their wombes whiche were great with chylde burned the yonge babes Afterwarde he besieged Uienna a citie of Austrich and assayled the same very cruellye twenty tymes he came to the walles and styll by the Christians was expel●ed and driuen back In fine aboute the Idus of October by the manhode wyse●dome and pollicy of Philip Erle Palatine of Rhine and the Duke of Bauary whiche were there as soueraygne capitain●s the Turkes were faine to retourn into their countrey with the losse of .60 thousande souldiours A synode holden at Marsburge where communicacion was had betwene Luther Melancton O●●olampadius Zuinglius for an agreement concerning the sacramentes whiche controuersye had caused great varyaunce amonge the preachers of Germanye at whiche tyme the mattier was not concluded because the sweatyng sickenesse that raged sore in that citie dissolued the counsaile A great famine and derth in Uenice and the countrey ther about wherof a gret noumbre dyed for lacke of sustinaunce Geane in the tyme of a great pestilence was recouered from the Frenchemen by the emperours souldiours Wylliam Tindale fyrst translated the new Testament into Englyshe The sweatyng sickenesse vexed Brabante and a great part of Germiane wherof very many dyed and especially in Antwarpe wher in thre dayes space it consumed .v hundred persons A peace was agreed vpon betwene king Henry of England the emperour the Frenche kinge the king of Boheme and Hungary and Clement the byshop of Rome ▪ for the conclusion wherof and the deliuerance of his children the Frenche kinge was bounde to pay to Charles the emperour .20 hundred thousande crownes besyde dyuers other condicions Fraunces Sfortia was restored to his Duchye of Millaine paied therfore to the emperour .900000 crownes The cardynal was cast in a premunire forfayted all his landes and goodes to the kyng● A parliament begon at Westmynster wherin a reformacion was taken for dyuers enormitees vsed of the spiritualtie as probates of testamētes mortuaries pluralitie of benefices none residence bying sellyng and taking of benefices by spyrituall persones c. also the loan of money borowed in the .xv. yeere of the kinge was releases The emperoure Charles with great solemnitye Anni regum Angli 22 was crowned with the imp●riall Diademe by Clement the .7 byshop of Rome The yere of the worlde 5461 The yere of Christ at Bonony after whiche time he went to Augusta in Germanie ▪ wher was holden a counsaile for preparacion of Warre against the Turke and for agrement of mattiers in Almaine Iustus Ionas Breucins Urbanus Rhegyus Mart Bucere and dyuers other with their ●rechyng and writyng sowed the sedes of heresy in Germany Ripa Shlamonius Stella famous
A proclamation sette foorth by the kynge for the abrogation of superfluous holydayes and the vayne ceremonies of the Nicolas bysh●● with the absteynynge frome fleshe on sainct Markes daie The lorde Leonarde Graie whyche before was deputie generall of Ireland was beheaded at Tower hill for certayne treason whiche he had there commytted A proclamation was published that the Englishe Bible shoulde be had in euery paryshe churche ready for all sortes of men to resorte vnto at tymes conuenient About this tyme a new trade of dancyng of galiardes vpon fiue paces and vauntyng o● horses was brought in to the realme by Italians whiche shortly was exercysed commonly of all yonge men and the olde facion left Doctour Pates whom king Henry had sent in ambassade to the emperour at the commyng of the bys●oppe of Winchester into Almayne secretly fledde awaye to the byshop of Rome most lyke a traitour beyng put in trust by his prince The emperour at the breakyng vp of the councel in Almayne departed from thens into Italy where he prepared an a●my to go to the citie o● Argiers in Afrike in whiche v●age fortune was contrary to hym For his nauy liyng in the rode of Argiers by a tempest contrary wind were driuen parforce vpon the toune where thei were destroied and many of the galeys also were drowned with ordinaunce and other abilimentes of warre The emperour beyng on lande with part of his army was in great distresse what for lacke of vitayle through great weate whiche fell on them In this voyage sir Henry Kneuet ambassadour for kynge Henry hardely e●caped the daunger of the sea And so the emperour was fo●ced to returne into Spayne without obteynyng his purpose A welsheman was hanged drawen and quartered for prophecyeng of kyng Henries deathe Kynge Henry toke his progresse to the citie of Yorke where he looked for the comyng of his neuew the kynge of Scottes who had promysed to come vnto hym and came not but in stede therof made an inuasion vpon England and after in the Christmasse sent ambassadours to dissimule his vnfaith●ull and vnnaturall herte whom neuerthelesse the kyng honourablye intertayned A parliament holden in Irelande where by the cōmon consent of that realme they desyred the kynges highnes to take on hym the name of kyng of Irelande for auoydyng of continuall warre amongest theym Whervpon the kyng by proclamation altered his style and receaued the name of kyng of Irelande A parliament was begunne the .xvi. day of Ianuarye in whiche witchcraftes coniurations inchauntmentes with declaration of armes names and badges in prophecies sent thither came home againe A litle before Christmas the Uiceroy of Sicil came frō the emperour to kynge Henrie in ambassade of whom he was honorablie enterteined and shortly returned againe At that time a shyp was drowned in Goodwynes sand wherin many gentilmen of Spaine goyng toward theyr countrey were loste In the Christmas tyme the flete goyng toward Flaunders by tempest were sore tossed and in great daunger at whyche tyme a vessell laded with corne was taken by the Frenchmen and certaine ships of theirs laded with fisshe was taken by the Englisshemen In this yere beyng the leape yere chaunsed foure eclipses one of the sonne the .24 of Ianuarye and three of the moone In Ianuarie all the Scottes whiche were taken and sworne to be true to kynge Henrie settyng a side both the feare of God and all humanytee trayterouslye fell from him nothyng regarding his exceding gentlenesse shewed to them in deliueryng them free taken in the inualyon of his realme nor yet the honorable interteinmēt here more lyke princes than prysoners In Februarye Germin Gardiner Ihon Heiwod with other for deniyng the kynges supremitee were arrayned and condemned to die The same time fiue priestes for an insurrection that they entended were adiudged to dye The lone whiche was lente in the .34 yeare of the kynges reigne by auctoritee of parliament was forgeuen A licence graunted to vse the feate of shootyng in handgunnes Whiche before men were prohibited to dooe In the beginning of Lent lord Edward Seimour Erle of Hereforde was made lieutenant of the Northe partes and sente thyther with an armye for the defence of that countrey Germin Gardyner and Larke person of Chelsei beside London The yere of Christ 1544 were executed at Tyburne for deniyng the king to be supreme head of the churche The yere of the worlde 5505 The .xxii. daye of Marche the lorde admyrall with a great nauie departed from the port of London towardes Scotlande All this lent season a counsaile was holden at Spires in Almayne at which the emperour with the princis of Almayn and the byshop of Romes legate were p●●sent The .29 of Marche the parliament begunne in the ●3 yeare was cleane dissolued wherin was e●tabl sh●● t●e succession of the kynges highnes and also an act ●or preseruation of wooddes and the rigour of the acte of ●ixe articles was somewhat qualified Upon Maie euen died the lord Thomas Audeley high chauncellour of Englande after whom succeded lor●e Thomas Writhosel●y Upon Maie day the nauie sente by the lorde admyrall whiche vntil this tyme had no good wynde tooke theyr viage into Scotlande from Tynmouthe with whome was lorde Edwarde Seimour Earle of Hertforde the kynges lieutenant and generall capitayne of the a●my whiche the fourth daye of May arriued by Lith the hauen of Edenbourgh and tooke the towne of ●ith and spoyled it After whyche they made towardes Edenborough where at a certayne bridge the Scottes hadde layde their ordinaunce but by the policie and manhode of our capitains and souldiours the Scottes ordinance was wonne and discharged agaynst theim selues and therby were put to flyght After this the town of Edenbourgh sent vnto the army pretendynge to deliuer the towne vpon certayn conditions to the behoufe of oure kyng but whan the armye entred they were inuaded by theym for whyche cause the towne was destroyed and cleane wasted Kyng Henry and the Emperour agreed ioyntly to inuade the realme of Fraunce with two great powers A proclamation made enhauncyng the value of gold to the rate of .xlviii. s and siluer to .iiii. s. the ounce The .xv. daye of May all frenchemen not beyng denisens were commaunded to depart the realme within xx days vpon payne to be sent vnto the galeyes Kynge Henry made great prouision for a viage into Fraunce Irisshemen to the number of .700 with dartes and handegunnes after theyr maner mustered before the kyng in S. Iames parke Bonfyres we●e made in London for the good speede and safe returne of the kynges armie ou● of Scotlande and the lorde Maxwell was agay●e taken prisoner After the whitson holy days the duke of Norfolk and the lorde priuie seale with a great armye toke their vyage into Fraunce and besieged Mountrell wher● they lay vntill the kyng had wonne the towne of Bulleyne Not longe after the duke of Suffolke with many other noble me● passed the seas and encamped before Bulleyne on
whole multitude And after this they wente to the chappell where thankes were geuen to god with pypynge and syngyng after the maner Suche as knewe Pole before and had had acquayntance with hym meruailed muche at these doynges For they looked for farre other thynges at his hande Nowe was the kyng the quene and all the commons at a good poynt and in case mete to procede to the aduācyng of Antichriste and treadynge Christe vnder fote in his members as thei dyd in that they renued thre statutes for the punisshement of Christes people ●whome they call heretikes and in repealynge statutes made agaynst the apostolike sea of Rome as they terme it And som men thought that Philip shuld haue had the c●oun at that parliament but it came not so to passe In this meane while many were kept in prison that had bene apprehended some for preachyng after queene Mary was procl●ymed a●d some had actions of debte 〈…〉 their charge th●t they might ●e had in holde vnder colour of lawe tyll the lawe was establysshed that myght make an ende of them if they wolde not submyt themselues to the churche of Rome Soone after the begynnynge of Ianuary the parlyament was dissolued And immediately after there were fyue men of god and singularly learned in the scriptures brought forth of the prisone aboute London where they hadde bene holden as is sayde before And bycause they woulde not submytte theimselues to the popes authoritie they were all condemned of heresie Theyr names were Iohn Hopper bysshoppe of Worcester and Gloucester Iohn Bradforde Laurence Saunders Roulande Taylour doctour of the lawe Iohn Rogers reader of diuinitie at Paules And shortely after was condemned Robert Farrer byshop of sainct Dauids in Wales All this whyle doctour Martyn was in greate authoritie with the bysshoppe of Winchester so that libertie and bandes were in his handes and welle was he that coulde obtayne his fauour But nowe it was ne●d●full to haue men more bloudy for nede mad● Martyn myl● There were therfore appoynted in cōmission for the ●xamination of heretikes syr Roger Cholmel●y knyght mayster Willyam Roper and Doc●our S●ory An●●o brynge theym in were appoynted Bea●d● Iohn 〈◊〉 and Robert Caley two taylours and a prynter And besydes t●ese there were in euery parys●e certayn sworne to m●rke and present all such as shewed not themselues popyshe About this time it was determined that ambassadors shuld go to Rome to render thankes to the holy father for the great clemency that he hadde vsed towardes this realme makyng faithfull promyse of obedience frome thenseforthe for euer These ambassadours tooke theyr iourney the lent folowyng one of theim was Thirleby byshop of Ely and the other the lorde Montacute In February the fourth day was bou●ned in Smithfielde Iohn Rogers aboue named The eyght daye of th● 〈…〉 parson of Al● halowe● in 〈…〉 at Couentrie The .ix. day the aboue n●●ed ●ouland T●ylour was burned at ●adley in Suffol●e where he 〈…〉 The .xxij. of the same was burned 〈◊〉 ●locester the aboue named Iohn Hopper byshop there Iohn Bradforde was a man of suche integritie of life that the cruell papistes coulde not for shame put hym to deathe as yet but reserued hym in prison trustyng that tyme woulde weare out the memory of his godly lyfe but he so behaued hym selfe in prison that the fame of his vertue grewe euen to the hower of his deathe In this meane whyle the Emperour Charles laboured by his brother Ferdinandus kynge of Boheme to brynge the Germaines to a generall councell ▪ fyrste at Ulmes and after at Auguste to whiche the Cardinall Moronus shulde haue comen to trye whyther he coulde haue done as muche in Germany as Pole had doone in Englande For the good successe that Pole had in Englande encouraged the Pope so that he thoughte god was with hym and that his churche coulde by no meanes be conuinced of errour The .v. of Marche Thomas Tomkyn a weauer who dwelled in Shorditche without Bishoppes gate at London was burned in Smithfielde This man hadde bene l●nge reserued in prison and had bene often before the byshop of London who on a tyme caused his hande to be holden whiles he bourned it with a candell to proue howe he coulde away with burnyng The .xx. of the same moneth was burned at Burndewodde one William Hunter an apprentise The .xxv. of the same moneth was burned at Hornedon on the hylle Thomas Higby gentilman and bierebruer And at Rayley was bourned Thomas Causon gentylman the same daye The .27 was burned at Braintry williā Pygat weuer The .xxviij. daye was bourned at Malden Stephen Knyghte boucher At Danbury Wyllyam Digell At Colchester Iohn Laurence preacher At Cardiffe Raulyn Whyte The seconde of Aprile Iohn Aucocke died in prison in Newgate at London The .xxiiii. of the same month willyam Flower other wise called Branche was burned at Westminster And fyrst his hand was striken of at the stake because he had on Caster daie before wounded a priest in sainct Margarets churche in tyme of the mynistration of their housell as they call it The same day was bourned at Westchester George Marche preacher In this meane while many learned and worshipfull and some noble personages besides honest commoners a great numbre conueyed them selues beyonde the seas some vnder licence and some secretly emongest whom the duchesse of Suffolke wyfe to Charles duke of Suffolke was one with her hus band Barthew syr Fraunces Knolles and diuers other chosyng rather to aduenture affliction in a straunge countreye than to submytte themselues to the Romyshe superstitious orders and to commit that grosse ydolatrie that the papists mainteyn Aboute this tyme greate preparation was made for the queenes chyldbedde Mydwiues rocke●s and other sortes of women in great numbre taken into the quenes lodgyng at Hampton Courte and not suffered to come home to their hus bandes Besydes that great preparation of al thyng pertaynyng to nursery ●or it was plainly affirmed out of the mouths of the queenes 〈◊〉 that she was greate with a man chylde and some sayde with two But in conclusion there was ●orne neyther manchild nor woman that could be knowe● Al●hough the priestes in euery churche through the ●ealm● ▪ 〈◊〉 diligently and earnestly moued the people from tyme to tyme after they were about the beginnyng● of Nouember by testimonie of the counsell certified that she was conceyued to pray that she myght bryng forth a prince that shulde by iuste title reigne ouer the greatest parte of the christen worlde The laste daye of Aprile in the mornynge ●efore the gat●s of London were opened ther came a merie f●low to the gate at the bridge foote affirminge that he mus●e ride in post thorough the Citie for the Quene was that mornyng delyuered of a prince This shift he vsed to get the gate opened But this worde flewe so faste thorowe London and was so pleasaunt in the ●ares of priestes and parishe clarkes that before .vii. of the clocke all the belles in the
Streter and Antonie Burwarde The x. daye Iohn Lyfe dyed at Newgate in London The xiii da●e were burned at Lytchefielde Thomas Haywarde and Thomas Gorwaye Aboute this tyme one Tingle dyed in Newgate at London and certen other in the Lowlers towre As Rycharde Smith George Kyng and William Andrewes Wherof some were at the commissioners commaund ement layd out vpon the donghilles with●ute Moregate but Tobias scholers buried them in the night The xix day at Couentrie were burned Robert Glouer gentleman And Corneli●s Bunge The iiij of October were burned at Elye Willyam Walley Weuer and Robert Pygat paynter The xvi daye were burned at Oxforde Nicholas Ridley Bishoppe of London and Hugh Latimer sometime Bisshoppe of Worcester The xxi of October was holden a parliament at westminster and continued to the dissolution thereof whiche was the nynthe of December In this parliamente wer giuen from the kynges of Englande the firste fruites and tenthes which in the tyme of kynge Henry the eyghte were geuen and by parlyamente annex●d to the crowne of Englande The laste of this moneth were burned at Canterbury Iohn webbe gentleman George Roper and Gregory Painter Aboute the tenthe daye of Nouember dyed Stephane Gardiner Bisshoppe of winchester and Lord Chauncellour of Englande chiefe trauai●er in the bringing in of the pope and foren power into this Realme The vii day of December Iames Gore dyed in Colchester pryson The xiiij daye wyllyam wyseman dyed in Lowlers tower and was ca●te into the fieldes vnburied The xviii daye Iohn Philpot Archedeacon of wynchester was bourned in Smithfielde He was one of the chiefe that disputed in the co●u●tation house against the Papistes and putte the same disputation in writinge He wrate also his owne examinations and gathered manye authorities against the abuse of the Lordes supper and the vsurped power of the bishoppe of Rome He wrate also an Inu●●tyue againste Arrians and Anabaptistes Anni regum Angli 4 The xxvii of Ianuarye were burned in Smithfielde The yere of Christ 1556 Thomas Whitwel minister The yere of the worlde 5517 Bertelet Gre●● gentlemā of the temple in in Lōdon Thomas Brown Iohn Tutson Iohn Went Agnes Foster Ione L●shford● The .xxxi. of the same moneth were burned at Canterbury Iohn Lowmas Anne Albright Ione Soale Ione Paynter and Agnes Snode The .xix. of Februarye were bourned at Ipswitche two women The .x. day of Marche there appeared a notable blasyng s●arre in the Southeast The .xxj. of Marche Thomas Cranmer archebyshop of Canterbury was burned at Oxforde He wrate dyuers worthy bokes bothe in the tyme of kyng Edwar● and in the tyme of his imprisonment The .xxiiii. of the same moneth were burned at Salisbury three men one named Spiser one Maudrell and an other Liouerley About this tyme Cardinall Poole was made archebyshop of Canterbury The seconde daye of Aprille Iohn Hulliarde minister was bourned at Cambridge And Hartpole and Beches wydowe at Rochester The .x. of the same moneth were bourned in Smithfielde Willyam Tyms and Robert Drakes ministers George Ambrose Iohn Caruill Thomas Spurge and Rycharde Spurge The .xviii. day of the same month wer brent at Colchester Christopher Lyster minister Iohn Mace Rychard Nicoll Iohn Spenser Iohn Hamond Symon Gyen The .v. of Maye were burned at Glocester one Thomes a blynde boy and one other named Croker The .xiii. day of this moneth Margaret Elyot a mayden beynge condenmed to be burned died in Newgate at London and was buried in the fieldes The .xv. day were burned at Stratford the bow Iohn Aprice a clotheworker and blind and Heugh Leueroke a lame man The xvi daye were burned in Smithfielde Katarin● Hut-widow Ioan Horne Maidē And Elizabeth Thakn●ll mayden The .xxi. daye were bourned at Bekelles in Suffolke two men and a woman The xxxi daye william fleche died in the Kings bench and was buried in the backsyde About this tyme sir Iohn Cheke schole master to king Edwarde and sir Peter Carewe were trayterously taken in Flaunders and from thense shipped and brought to the tower of London and there kept till they submitted them selues to the Pope and then set at libertie But sir Iohn Cheke lyued not long after The .vi. day of Iune were burned at Lewes in Sussex Thomas Harlande Milwright Iohn Oswarde carpenter Thomas Reade and Thomas Auington And the .xx. day were burned there Thomas Hoode minister and Thomas Milles. The .xxiii. day Willyam Adhirall dyed in the kynges benche and the .xxv. day Iohn Clement wheelewright died there also and were bothe buried in the backesyde The .xxvi. day of this moneth there was bourned at Leycester a marchantes seruant The .xxvii. day of the same moneth there were burned at Stratforde the bowe in one fyre .xiii. persons whose names were Henry Adlyngton Kafe Iaxson William Holywell Thomas Bowyer Laurence Parmene Lyon Acoex Henry Wye Iohn Dorefall Iohn Rothe Edmunde Hurste George Searles Elizabeth Peper and Agnes George The same daye Thomas Paret dyed in the kynges benche and ii daies after Marten Hunt and were both buried in the backsyde The xxx daye there were .iii. burned at s. Edmundes burye The first of Iulye Iohn Carelesse weauer died in the Kinges benche was buried in the backsyde The xvi day of the same moneth were burned at Newbery Iohn Gwine shoemaker Askin Iulius palmer The xviii day wer burned at Grinsted Thomas dun-gate Iohn Forman and mother Tree Whiles the fire was thus raginge amōg the poore christians there were certen as busy aboute a conspiracye whose purpose was to haue robbed the Quene of her treasure in the Escheker and thereby to haue bene able to wage battell againste her whiche purpose as it was fond so fondly it was vttered by one of th●ir owne conspiracie And c●rten of th●m were appr●hended and executed As Udall ▪ Frogmorton ▪ Peecham Staunton and other And dyuers other fledde the Realme for the same The firste of August there was burned at Exceter an olde woman The .xxiiii. of S●ptember were burned at Mayefielde Iohn Hart Thomas Rau●s●all Nicholas holden and two other ▪ A●d the morowe after was bourned at Bristowe a yonge man a glouer About this time ther was burned one Iohn Hor●e at Newen● and a woman at wotton vnder edge in Glocester shiere And at Canterburye in the Castell Iohn Clearke Dunstan Chetterden Archer Pot●ins wy●e and Willi●m Fo●ter died of famine In Oc●ober one was bu●ned at North●mpton and it● died in Canterbury cast●ll and wer buried in the fields The yere of the worlde 5518 The yere of Christ 1557 The xx●i daye of Ianuary were burned a● Cante● b●in one tyre vi persons Anni regum Angli 5 The xxv of the same moneth wer burned at Asheforde two and at Wye othe● two The xxvii of February ther came to London an Embassadour sent from the kynge of 〈…〉 wher one of the thre ships that vent●ed towardes the caste by the north seas fortuned to arriue About this tyme D. Scot bishop of Chester D. Watson bisshop of Lyncolne and