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be_v publish_v in_o england_n which_o bull_n be_v not_o dispatch_v till_o the_o 21_o of_o june_n 1555._o pag._n 275._o lin_v 28._o on_o or_o before_o the_o 18_o of_o march_n this_o year_n 1554_o be_v those_o other_o see_v st._n david_n chester_n bristol_n lincoln_n gloucester_n hereford_n declare_v vacant_a the_o register_n of_o canterbury_n in_o which_o all_o these_o deprivation_n be_v record_v testify_v that_o on_o the_o 20_o of_o march_n 1554._o the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n london_n chichester_n and_o durham_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o queen_n commission_n direct_v to_o they_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o deprivation_n upon_o john_n taylor_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n ob_fw-la nullitatem_fw-la consecrationis_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o defectum_fw-la tituli_fw-la svi_fw-la quem_fw-la habuit_fw-la à _fw-la rege_fw-la edwardo_n sexto_fw-la per_fw-la literas_fw-la patentes_fw-la cum_fw-la hâc_fw-la clausulâ_fw-la dum_fw-la bene_fw-la se_fw-la gesserit_fw-la upon_o john_n hooper_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n and_o gloucester_n propter_fw-la conjugium_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la mala_fw-la merita_fw-la &_o vitiosum_fw-la titulum_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la upon_o john_n harlowe_n bishop_n of_o hereford_n propter_fw-la conjugium_fw-la &_o hoeresin_n
&_o ut_fw-la supra_fw-la upon_o robert_n ferrar_n bishop_n of_o st._n david_n propter_fw-la causas_fw-la supradictas_fw-la upon_o john_n bird_n bishop_n of_o chester_n propter_fw-la conjugium_fw-la no_o sentence_n of_o deprivation_n be_v pronounce_v at_o that_o time_n upon_o bush_n bishop_n of_o bristol_n whether_o he_o evade_v it_o by_o renounce_v his_o marriage_n or_o by_o any_o other_o submission_n be_v uncertain_a but_o he_o be_v never_o deprive_v however_o willing_o or_o unwilling_o he_o resign_v his_o bishopric_n in_o june_n follow_v for_o in_o the_o same_o register_n the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o canterbury_n assume_v the_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o see_v of_o bristol_n void_a per_fw-la spontaneam_fw-la resignationem_fw-la pauli_n bushe_n 1554._o junii_fw-la 21._o pag._n 275._o lin_v 32._o gooderick_n bishop_n of_o ely_n die_v in_o april_n this_o year_n 1554._o he_o die_v in_o may_n either_o on_o the_o 9th_o or_o 10_o day_n of_o the_o month._n pag._n 275._o lin_v 41._o hopton_n be_v make_v bishop_n of_o norwich_n but_o story_n that_o have_v be_v bishop_n of_o chichester_n though_o upon_o day_n be_v being_n restore_v he_o be_v turn_v out_o of_o his_o bishopric_n do_v comply_v mere_o he_o come_v before_o bonner_n and_o renounce_v his_o wife_n and_o do_v penance_n for_o it_o and_o have_v his_o absolution_n under_o his_o seal_n the_o 14_o of_o july_n this_o year_n 1554._o day_n be_v restore_v to_o the_o bishopric_n of_o chichester_n before_o the_o 16_o of_o march_n 1554_o when_o the_o queen_n commission_n be_v direct_v to_o he_o and_o other_o in_o virtue_n of_o which_o he_o with_o his_o colleague_n deprive_v several_a bishop_n on_o the_o 20_o of_o march_n whereas_o hopton_n of_o norwich_n be_v not_o consecrate_v till_o the_o 25_o of_o octob._n follow_v beside_o it_o be_v not_o certain_a that_o story_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o his_o bishopric_n the_o word_n of_o the_o register_n be_v somewhat_o ambiguous_a but_o seem_v to_o insinuate_v as_o if_o he_o voluntary_o restore_v to_o day_n the_o bishopric_n of_o chichester_n from_o which_o he_o have_v be_v eject_v i_o will_v not_o omit_v here_o to_o add_v that_o his_o penance_n if_o he_o perform_v any_o be_v not_o impose_v so_o much_o for_o his_o marriage_n contract_v after_o priest_n order_n as_o for_o the_o violation_n of_o his_o vow_n for_o although_o it_o be_v not_o know_v of_o what_o order_n he_o be_v we_o be_v assure_v from_o archbishop_n parker_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o his_o time_n prefix_v to_o his_o history_n of_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n that_o he_o be_v a_o regular_a pag._n 276_o lin_v 1._o the_o bishop_n of_o bath_n and_o wells_n barlow_n be_v also_o make_v to_o resign_v as_o appear_v etc._n etc._n though_o elsewhere_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o see_v be_v vacant_a by_o his_o deprivation_n but_o i_o incline_v it_o true_a that_o he_o do_v resign_v it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o barlow_n do_v resign_v for_o in_o the_o aforesaid_a register_n be_v a_o commission_n grant_v to_o certain_a person_n by_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n of_o canterbury_n to_o act_n during_o the_o vacancy_n of_o the_o see_v of_o bath_n and_o wells_n which_o be_v there_o say_v to_o be_v void_a per_fw-la liberam_fw-la &_o spontaneam_fw-la resignationem_fw-la domini_fw-la willielmi_n barlowe_n ultimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la &_o pastoris_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la this_o commission_n be_v give_v between_o 20_o december_n 1553_o and_o 25_o march_n 1554_o pag._n 276._o lin_v 16._o barlow_n never_o marry_v a_o more_o unhappy_a mistake_n can_v not_o possible_o have_v be_v make_v for_o so_o remarkable_a a_o marriage_n never_o happen_v to_o any_o clergyman_n of_o england_n as_o to_o barlow_n he_o he_o have_v five_o daughter_n afterward_o marry_v to_o five_o bishop_n the_o first_o frances_n be_v marry_v to_o matthew_n parker_n son_n to_o archbishop_n parker_n after_o his_o death_n which_o be_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o year_n 1574._o she_o be_v marry_v to_o 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all_o be_v not_o summary_o deprive_v pag._n 277._o lin_v 2._o nor_o be_v this_o all_o but_o after_o they_o be_v deprive_v they_o be_v also_o force_v to_o leave_v their_o wife_n which_o piece_n of_o severity_n be_v ground_v on_o the_o vow_n that_o as_o be_v pretend_v they_o have_v make_v though_o the_o falsehood_n of_o this_o charge_n be_v former_o demonstrate_v it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o secular_a clergyman_n have_v make_v no_o vow_n but_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o as_o many_o of_o the_o clergy_n as_o have_v former_o be_v regulars_n have_v make_v solemn_a and_o express_a vow_n now_o the_o number_n of_o these_o be_v very_o considerable_a among_o the_o benefice_a clergy_n of_o that_o time_n by_o reason_n that_o all_o priest_n who_o have_v be_v eject_v out_o of_o religious_a house_n be_v enable_v to_o hold_v benefice_n and_o that_o the_o king_n also_o and_o other_o patron_n do_v more_o ready_o give_v benefice_n to_o they_o that_o so_o by_o that_o mean_v they_o may_v discharge_v 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of_o enquiry_n or_o interrogatories_n to_o be_v administer_v to_o every_o marry_a clergyman_n form_v in_o march_n 1554._o when_o the_o persecution_n of_o the_o marry_a clergy_n begin_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o canterbury_n the_o first_o be_v whether_o he_o have_v be_v a_o religious_a and_o of_o what_o order_n and_o in_o what_o monastery_n or_o house_n a_o copy_n of_o these_o article_n i_o have_v give_v in_o the_o follow_a collection_n 8._o pag._n 292._o lin_v 6._o what_o cardinal_n pole_n instruction_n be_v i_o do_v not_o know_v nor_o be_v it_o false_o understand_v by_o learned_a man_n what_o be_v the_o power_n of_o a_o legate_n a_o latere_fw-la in_o those_o day_n but_o i_o find_v the_o original_a bull_n of_o cardinal_n beacon_n legatine_n power_n in_o scotland_n and_o have_v give_v it_o a_o room_n in_o the_o collection_n though_o it_o be_v large_a since_o no_o doubt_n cardinal_n pool_n bull_n be_v in_o the_o same_o form_n we_o have_v no_o such_o necessity_n of_o borrow_a light_n 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