these with other mo were persecuted and sent vp to Boner specially by sir I. Mordāt Edmund Tyrrell Esquire and were condemned by him the third of Aprill and burned the sixtéenth of Maye The 5. day of May was Thomas Drewry Tho. Drewry a blinde boy and Thomas Croker Tho. Croker Bricklayer martyred in the fire at Glocester being condemned by D. Williams then Chaunceller Who when he said that the Chaunceller taught him that which he called Heresie in the pulpit and the Chaunceller bad him doe as he had done No said the boy to him though you can so easily dispense with your selfe and mocke with God the world and your conscience yet I will not so do Then God haue mercie vpon thée said the Chaunceller for I will reade sentence against thée and so did and committed him to the secular power to be burned with Thomas Croker The 21. of May Anno 1556. Thrée men Thomas Spicer Tho. Spicer of Winstone laborer Iohn Denny Ioh. Denny and Edmond Poole Edm. Poole were burned at Beckles for witnes bearing to the trueth They were persecuted by Syr Iohn Tyrrel Knight of Gipping hall in Suffolke and were condemned by Dunning Chauncelour of Norwich and maister Monges the register sitting at the towne of Beckles Where the Chancellour himselfe burst out in teares exhorting them to returne to the papistical Church Which when they refused he read the sentence against them euen with teares and deliuered them to the Secular power Sir Iohn Sylliard being then high Sheriffe of Norfolke and Suffolke notwithstanding that the writ de comburendo was not yet come downe After they had prayed they making confession of their Faith came to I beléeue the Catholike Church That is well saide quoth Sir Iohn Sylliard I am glad to heare that It is the best word I heard of you yet To the which wordes Edmunde Poole answered that though they beleue the Catholike Church yet doe they not beléeue in their Popishe Church and therefore no parte of their beléefe They being all at the stake and the fire burning about them praised God in such an audible voice The Martyrs praise God in the flames of fire as it was wonderfull to all those that stood by By the procurement of sir Iohn Tyrrel knight and other his fellow colleagues there were persecuted out of the towne of Winson in Suffolke these persons here following Anno 1556. Mistris Ales Twaites gentlewoman of the age of 60. yeares and more and two of her seruauntes Humfrey Smith and his wife William Catchpoole and his wife Iohn Mawlin and his wife Nicholas Burlingham and his wife and one Rought and his wife There were also driuen out of the Towne of Mendlesame in Suffolke Simon Harlestone and Catherin his wife with his fiue Children William Whitting and Catherin his wife Thomas Dobson and his wife Iohn Deacon his wife and his maide William Deacon Thomas Woodward the elder one Reynoldes wife a pore widowe one mother Symons maide besydes those that were constrained to do against their consciences The cause of their persecution was the they denyed the Popes supremacie held the Quéene to bée supreme the ministers might marry c. Many of these persōs were of great substance had possessions of their owne The last day of the moneth of May Iohn Slech being imprisoned in the kinges bench for the doctrine of the Gospell there died was buried on the backsyde of the same prison About the 6. day of Iune next following Thomas Harland Tho. Harland of Woodmancote Carpenter Iohn Oswald Iohn Oswalde ibid. husbandman Thomas Auington Th. Auington of Ardinglye Turner Thomas Read Tho. Read suffered at Lewis together for the testimony of the Gospel In the same towne of Lewis and the same moneth suffered Thomas Wood Tho. Wood. and Thomas Milles the 20. day of the same moneth for the testimonie of Iesus Iohn Milles. In the which moneth William Adheral minister dyed in the kinges bench the 24. day of the same moneth and was buried on the backe side And so also Clement whéelwright dying there was buryed vpon a dunghill the 25. of Iune A merchants seruant at Lecester Thirtene at one fire The xxvj of Iune suffered a merchants seruant at Leycester for the testimonie of the gospell The xxvij ot Iune xj men and two womē were burned in one fire at Stratford the Bow by London whose dwellings were in sundry places in Essex Their names were Henry Adlington H. Adlington Laurence Pernam L. Pernam Henry Wye Henry Wye William Halliwell W. Hallywell Thomas Bowyer Th. Bowyer Georges Searles G. Searles Edmund Hurst Edm. Hurst Lion Couch Lyon Couch Rafe Iackson Rafe Iackson Iohn Deryfall Iohn Derifall Iohn Routh Iohn Routh Elizabeth Pepper Eliz. Pepper Agnes George Agnes George vnto whom the sixt of Iune Anno 1556. Doctor Darbyshire Boners Chancellor in forme of law ministred articles of Poperie to which they made their answeres in simplicitie of good conscience When they were condemned and the day appointed that they should suffer which was the xxvij of Iune they were carried to Stratford bowe and deuided in two partes into seuerall chambers Afterward the Shiriffe came to each part and told them that the other parte had recanted and should not therefore suffer death The subtiltie of the diuell counsailyng them to doo the like c. To whom they answered as their brethren had doone before that their faith was not builded on Man but on Christ and his sure worde So the Shiriffe séeing no hope to preuaile had them to the stake which they kissed and embraced very hartely The two womē were loose and not tied to any stake Two women stood loose at the stake and so they all gladly suffered for the gospels sake the extremitie of the fire In the company of those before said were thrée more condemned to die whose names were Thomas Freeman William Stannard William Adams These being in the hands of the secular power Cardinall Poole Cardinall Poole pardoneth certaine condemned for the gospell sent dispensation for their liues by meanes whereof they escaped The Sunday after the condemnation of the sixtéene aforesaid Fecknam Deane of Paules preached at the crosse that they had as many sundry opinions as they were persons wherevpon they set foorth a confession of their fayth and set to their handes After the burning of these in Stratford the same moneth died in the prison of the kings bench in Southwarke one Tho. Parret and was buried in the backeside the 27. day of Iune Also Martine Hunt as is reported in the same prison was famished the 20. day At which time likewise died in the same prison Iohn Norice and was buried on the backside After the death of the thrée aforesaid Roger Bernard Roger Bernard a labouring man dwelling in Fransden in Suffolke was
came thither with the Popes pardons Anno 1530. the Doctors and Friers of Louane and Colen condemned the bookes of Luther as hereticall against whom also Luther effectually defendeth himselfe and sheweth to the nobilitie of Germanie in another booke The yeerely mony that wēt out of Germany to Rome that the mony that goeth yéerely out of Germanie to Rome amounteth to 3000000. Florens Now a while after the coronation of the Emperour the Pope sendeth againe to Duke Fredericke requiring him to cause Luthers bookes to be burned and that hée would eyther sée Luther executed himselfe or send him fast bound to Rome To the Embassadours the Duke answered that before the matter were disputed and the cause made manifest hée might not with any equitie or honour procéede in such sort Two Cardinals notwithstanding tooke and burned Luthers bookes whereof he hearing Luther burneth the popes Decrees burned also as many of the Popes Decrées as he could get and the late Bull also set out against him openly and solemnly with a great number of people following him This was doone the 10. of December On Maunday thursday the Pope curseth Luther Pope curseth Luther and shortly after he hauing the Emperours pasport Luther appeereth at Wormes and beyng sent for also by him appéereth at an assembly at Wormes Anno one thousand fiue hundred and one and twentie about seuentéene dayes after Easter his friendes greatly dissuaded him to whom he answered as touching himself since he was sent for he was resolued to enter Worms in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ although he knew that there were as many Diuels Luthers courage as there are tiles to couer the houses at Wormes The fourth day after his repaire to Wormes at foure of the clocke in the afternoone he appéered before the imperiall maiestie Princes Dukes c. where Eckius aboue mentioned who was then B. of Triers generall officiall with a loud voice propounded vnto him in the name of the assembly two questions Eckius questions to Luther 1. Whether the bookes that went abroad in his name were his 2. Whether hée would recant them if they were his To the demaundes Luther answered that the bookes whose titles they had read vnto him hée did acknowledge and as for the second poynt hée craued respite of deliberation that hée might without preiudice of the woord of God and perill of his owne soule answere the interrogatorie which was graunted vnto him till the next day the same houre and then his opinion should not be in writing but pronounced by word of mouth Luthers books of three sortes The next day hée appéered and answered his Bookes were of thrée sortes The first in whiche hée simply declared the religion of Christian faith and good works which the popes Bull it self iustifieth and is not to be reuoked The second sort wherein he had inueighed against the papacie the crueltie exhortiō of the same which if he should reuoke it should adde more force to their tyrannie and open wide gates to their impietie The third sort which he had written was against priuate persons which laboured to mainteine the Romane tyranny and to withstand the true doctrine which hée had professed In which hée confessed hée might haue dealt not with such vehemencie of spirit yet that he could cal nothing of the same backe without preiudice of the cause Albeit he offred himself both to be shewed wherin he erred and to hearken to those that could giue reason and out of the scriptures to the contrary c. These wordes thus pronounced Eckius the Emperours prolocutor with a sterne countenance refused his answere as not direct and plaine Then Luther considering saith hée your soueraigne maiestie and your Honours require a plaine answere this I say and professe as resolutely as I may without doubting or sophistication that if I bee not conuicted by testimonie of the Scriptures and by probable reasons for I beléeue not the Pope nor generall Councels which haue erred many times and haue béen contrary to themselues my conscience is so bound and captiued in these Scriptures and worde of God which I haue alleadged that I may not Luthern answereth directly nor will not reuoke anie manner of thing considering it is not lawfull nor godlie to doe any thing against conscience Herevppon I stand and rest I haue not what els to answere God haue mercie vpon me To this answere Eckius replied againe as insufficient and indirect and fled to the councels but Luther replied and declared how they haue erred and were not méete to determine matters of faith The officiall againe answered that could not be prooued that the councels haue erred but Luther promised to proue it and now night approching the Lordes arose and departed Vpon Friday following the Emperour signified to the States of Germany by his letters that he minded to extirpate Martine Luther and his doctrine The munday following before supper The Emperor purposeth to roote out the Gospell the Archb. of Triers aduiseth Luther that on Wednesday next he shoulde appeare before him at nine of the cloake before dinner and assigned him the place Luther appeares where in the presence of the Archbishop Marques of Brandēburg Duke of Saxonie and other States Doct. Vocus the marques of Bades chaplaine exhorted Luther with a rhetorical oration to recant and spake in defence of the Councels To whom Luther replied that he spake not against al councels but that they might erre it appeared by the councell of Constance which condemned this article of Wickliffe the Church is the communion of the predestinate with other words more which being finished he was bid to stand aside and in the mean while the princes conferred sent for him againe and exhorted him To whom he answered except he were ouerthrown by the scriptures he might not yéeld with a safe conscience Afterward the Archbishop himselfe with gentle and courteous wordes exhorted Luther to submitte which would not be So that within a while after the Archb. officiall declared vnto Luther from the Emperour that hée should within 20. daies return home vnder his safeconduct from whence he came And the sixe twentith of April hee returned Luther returneth the Emperors Herald Gasper Sturm safely conducting him Afte this the Doctours and Schoole-men of Paris wrote against Luther and condemned his bookes and not long after The Emp. outlaweth Luther c. Charles the Emp. directeth a writte of outlawrie against Luther and all them that tooke his part commanding wheresoeuer he might bée gotten to apprehend him and his bookes to bee burned Vppon this Duke Fredericke conueyeth Luther away secretly by certaine faithfull Noble men in which time hee wrote among other Bookes one intituled De abroganda Missa De abroganda Missa dedicated to his companie of Augustine Friers who vppon that beganne to laye downe their priuate Masses This doctrine Wittemberg fauoureth Luther the Vniuersitie of Wittemberg
at hand then in that assembly to be handled notwithstanding Zuinglius vrged that if he or any had ought to say against his doctrine they would then declare it but when no man would appéere to dispute the assembly was discharged Wherevpon the Senate of Zuricke caused to be proclaimed thorough their dominion that the traditions of men should be abandoned Traditions of men abādoned in Zuricke 1523 Decree at Lucerna and the Gospell of Christ purely taught out of the old and new Testament Anno 1523. Sleid. lib. 3. The next yéere after there was an other decrée made at Lucerna of the contrarie part to the maintenaunce of Popish religion and against Luthers doctrine After this cōclusiō at Lucerna the Cantons of Heluetia directed their letters to the men of Zuricke lamenting their estate and blaming the new doctrine of Zuinglius and Leo Iuda Leo Iuda Cantons deuided and shewing to them the daunger that might follow Wherevnto the Tigurins and men of Zuricke made their answere againe the same yéere the one twentith of March purging themselues and iustifying the doctrine of the Gospell preached by Luther Zuinglius c. and offered themselues to be reformed if they were in errour by the Scriptures and that they would attend therefore till toward the end of May next ensuing as also from the Bishop of Constance and vniuersitie of Basill The moneth of May being come the B. of Constance answereth to the mē of Zuricke in a booke wherin he defendeth images and popish masse This booke they answered proued his doctrine by the scriptures to be false before they sent their answere pulled downe all the images in their dominion about the 13. of Iune And a few moneths after Images pulled downe an order was taken in the citie of Zuricke betweene the Canons of the church and citie for disposing the lands and possessions of the Colledge This profession of the Tigurins of the 13. pages The Cantons that misliked Zuinglius sixe did chiefly mislike to witte Lucernates Vrani Suicenses Vnterualdii Tugiani Fiburgenses These in no case would bee reconciled but layde diuers slaunderous matters to their charge whereof the Tigurins diligently purged themselues Anno 1525. in the moneth of Aprill next following the citie of Zuricke banished the masse in all their dominion Masse banished and placed in stéede thereof the supper of the Lorde the reading of the Scriptures praying Also a Law was made against whoredome adulterie and Iudges ordained to heare the causes of matrimony an 1525. Sleid. lib. 4. The other seuen pages appointed among themselues cōcerning a méeting disputation to be had at Baden where were present among other Diuines Iohannes Faber Eckius and Murnerus The Bishops also of Lucerna Basill Suriake and Lawsanna sent thither their Legats the conclusions propounded were that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Sacrament That the masse is a sacrifice for quicke dead That the blessed virgin and other saintes are to be inuocated as mediators intercessors That images ought not to be abolished That there is a Purgatorie Which conclusions Eckius took vpon him stoutly to defend Against him reasoned Oecolāpadius who was then chiefe preacher at Basill with other mo Zwinglius was not permitted of the Senate to be heard The conclusion of the disputation was that al should remaine as it was This was done in the moneth of Iune 1527 A disputation at Berne Anno 1527. in the moneth of December the people of Bern appointed a disputation at Bern and sending forth writings thereof called all the Bishops about them thither as of Constance Seduno Lansanna warning them both to come themselues and to bring their Diuines with them or els to loose such possessions as they had lying within the precinct of their territorie After this they appointed ecclesiasticall persons of their owne iurisdiction to dispute Scriptures only to decide controuersies determining the whole disputation to be decided onely by the authoritie of the olde and new Testament And to the intent men might come thither better prepared they propoūded in writing ten conclusions Ten conclusions to bée defended of their ministers by the scriptures which ministers were Franciscus Colbus and Berthaldus Hallerus The themes were these 1. The true church heareth only the word of God 2 It maketh no laws without it 3. That traditions ordained by the Church onely bind as they agrée with the word of God 4. That Christ only hath made satisfaction for our sins 5. That Christes body is not really in the sacrament 6. That the sacrifice of the masse is cōtumelious to Christ his sacrifice 7. That Christ is only to be inuocated as mediator 8. That there is no purgatory 9. Against images 10. Against single life of priests To these letters articles the Lucernats Vranites Scinthians Vnterualdians Tugians Glareans Soliturnians they of Freiburg answered again by cōtrary letters exhorting them of Bern to desist from their purpose concluding that they would neither send nor suffer any learned man to come thither nor graunt safeconduct for any to passe through their countrey The Bishops refuse disputation Al this notwithstanding the Lords of Bern the 7. of Ianuary procéeded in their disputatiō Of the bishops before assigned nor one came neuertheles the city of Basil Zuricke and Schafuse and Abbecelle Sangallium Mallusia with the neighbours of Rhetia also they of Strasborough Vlmes Ausburgh Lyndane Constance and Isne sent thether their Embassadours The Doctors of Berne began their disputation there were present Zuinglius Oecolampadius Bucerus Capito Blaurerus with other mo which defended the affirmatiue On the contrary part the chiefe was Conradus Tregerius a frier Augustine who shifting from the Scriptures to the Doctors not being permitted so to doo by the moderators of the disputatiō would dispute no more This disputation endured 19. daies The dispute lasted 19. daies and in the end it was agréed that the conclusions were agréeable to the word of God and should be ratified not only in Berne but also in certaine other cities néere adioyning Furthermore that masses altars and images should be in al places abolished At the city of Constance certain things begā to be altred before in which citie the preacher Ambrosius Blanreus was a notable man had bin a monke before in the monastery of Alperspacke in the Duchy of Wittemberg After this disputation thus concluded at Berne Berne reformed the Images and altars with ceremonies and masses were abolished at Constance Geneua reformed they likewise of Geneua followed the example of Bern by reason whereof the Bishops and Cleargy departed the citie The Bernates after they had redressed with them the state of religion The Bernates refuse the league of the french K they renounced the league made before with the French king refusing the warly stipend folowing the example of the Tigurins which before had done the like
commaunding them to returne to the masse and aboue the rest two specially Charles Truchet and Boniface his brother who the 2. of Aprill before day with a number of Ruffians spoyled a village of their Subiects called Reuclaret and certaine of the retinue tooke a Minister of the same valley prisoner which was come out of Calabria and was going to visite the poore people of Reuclaret and led him prisoner to the Abbey where not long after he was burnt with another of the Valley of S. Martin The 3. night after they of Pragella sent about 400 to discomfite the companie of the Trouchettes to restore those that were fled to their houses which they did putting them to flight with the only losse of one man This Charles Trouchet and his brother did so incense the Duke against the poore people with false reportes that they perswaded the Duke to builde fortresses in the Mountains and to place garisons The people withstood the Commissioners and sent certaine to the Duke and immediatlie after the Commissioners sent also to the D. Court being at Nice to inflame his anger more against them But God otherwise ordeyned for the Trouchets being at Nice went to sea with diuers noble men and immediatly were taken prisoners by the Turkes put into the gallies sore beaten with ropes long time after denying their nobilitie were sent home hauing paid 400. crowns for their ransom Some say that the D. himself was almost taken but sure it is that hée fel sick soone after In April next following by meanes of the L. of Raconis who was present at a sermon néer Angroign they put vp 3 supplications one to the D. another to the duches the 3. to D. councel wherin were debated the points of their religiō they offering to reforme what was the wed by Gods word to bee amisse After this the persecution séemed to be staied for a litle while In Iune next following the L. Raconis the L. of Trinity came to Angroign to perswade the people to put away their preachers to receaue the masse which if they would doe they promised to pacifie the D. and to be a meanes to stay the persecution but the people refused so to do Wherupon exclamations were made persecutiō began to be more furious on euery side amongst others the monks of Pigneroll were most cruell Cruel Monks who sent out a company of hired Ruffians that spoiled all they could lay hold on led away men women and children captiues to the Abbey where they were most pittifully tormented At the same time also they sent a band of the fame Ruffians by night to the ministers house of S. Germaine in the valley of Perouse where they tooke him and sore wounded him and pricked him behind with their halbards to make him hasten his pace at that time also many they slue many they hurt and many they brought to the Abbey and there kept them in prison cruelly handled them The minister after long imprisonment they rosted at a small fire The minister rosted when half his body was burnt he confessed and cried on the Lord Iesus with a loude voice Now forasmuch as the misery was great and these ruffians to the number of 300. had made great spoyle that no man coulde dwell there in safetie it was demāded of the ministers whether it were lawful for men to defend thēselues against these ruffians or no the ministers answered it was lawful warning thē in any case to take héed of bloodshedding This question being once dissolued they of the valley of Luserne and Angroign sent certaine men to them of S Germane to ayd them against the supports of these monkes In the moneth of Iuly they of Angroign being in a morning at haruest vpon the hill side of S. Germain perceiued a company of souldiers spoyling them of S. Germain and doubting they would goe to Angroign made an outcry The people of Angroign assembled themselues vpon the hill and some ran to S. Germain ouer the hill some by the valley They that went by the valley met the ruffians comming from S. Germ. laden with the spoile which they had gotten being but 50. set vpon 20. wel appointed gaue thē the ouerthrow Then passing ouer the bridge being stopped the enemies were faine to take the riuer of Cluzon where diuers were slaine many drowned and some escaped very hardly and such a slaughter was made of them that the riuer was died with the bloud of them that were wounded and slaine but none of the Angrognians were once hurt if the riuer had béen as great as it was woont commonly to be there had not one man escaped aliue The next day following the commaunder of S. Anthony de Fosseaw came to Angroigne accōpanied with diuers gentlemen saying he was sent by the duke commanding them to put away their ministers which they refused to doo From thence he went to the abbay of Pignorell where hée and Iaconiell caused a number of the poore inhabitants of Campillon and of Feuill which be of the valley of Lusern to be takē prisoners spoyling them of their goods driuing away their cattle and forcing them to sweare c. Therevppon they wrote vnto the Lord of Ranconis declaring vnto him the procéedings of the commander After this there were many commandements iniunctions giuen to banish the poore Valdois with the doctrine of the Gospell and in the end of October next following a rumor went that an army was leuied to destroy them And there were indéede certaine handes leuied ready to march at an houres warning and those malefactors which heeretofore were fled or banished for any offence were now again called home and pardoned so that they would take thē to their weapons and goe to destroy the Waldois They in the meane time by the councell of their Ministers fell to fasting and prayer and carried all that they could of their substance vp to the mountaines praysing God and singing Psalmes vnto him The first day of Nouember Angroign by proclamations and writings set vp in euery place was exposed to fire and sword The second of Nouember the armie approched to the borders of the Valley of Lusern and certaine horsemē came to a place called S. Iohn a litle beneath Angroign then the people returned into the mountaines certaine of S. Iohns perceiuing that the horsemen not onely spoyled their goods but also caried their fellowes away prisoners set vpon them so they retired to Bubian where their campe then was and not one of them of S. Iohns slaine or hurt It happened at the same time that two of the foresaid horsmen being sore amazed galloped before the rest towards the army being ready to march towards Angroign crying The wicked fly where none persecuteth they come they come at whose cry the whole army was so astonished that euery man fled his way they were all so scattered that the captaines that day were not able to
Hales of Kent a man who both fauoured religion and was an vpright iudge would in no case subscribe to the Lady Iane. When king Edwarde was dead the xvj yere of his age Iane was established in the kingdome by the Nobles consent and so published in London and in other cities In the meane time while these things were a working at Londō Marie who had knowledge of her brothers death wryteth to the Lordes of the Counsell Queen Marie writeth to the Counsel a letter of challenge for their doing and claime to the Crowne To whom the Counsell writeth againe as to a Subiect requiring her to holde her so contented Wherby she perceiuing the nobles mindes bent against her flieth into the partes of Suffolke and kéepeth her close for a time within Fremingham castle where first of all resorted the Suffolke men for her aid promising her aid if that shée would not attempt the alteration of religion which king Edward before had established Q. Mary promiseth to maintaine religion Vnto which condition shée eftsoones agréed promising no innouation should be made in religion So beyng garded with the power of the Gospellers she did vanquish the Duke and all that came against her Ridley who before by the Counsels commaundement had preached at Paules crosse against her after shée was proclaimed Quéene sped him to Fremingham to salute her Quéene and being dispoiled of all his dignities Ridley sent to the Tower was sent backe againe on a lame horse to the Tower Now being Quéene she released Stephen Gardiner Q. Mary breaketh her promisse Popish bishops restored and the other put downe and made him lord Chancellour of England and B. of Winchester Doctor Poynet being put out She restored Boner to his Bishopricke and displaced Doctor Ridley Doctor Day to the Bishop of Chichester Iohn Scorie beyng put out Tunstall to Duresme Doctor Heath to Worcester and Iohn Hooper committed to the Fléete Hooper committed to the Fleete Doctor Vesey to Exceter and Myles Couerdall put out And moreouer summoneth a parliament against the x. day of October next ensuing and in the meane time directeth foorth an inhibition by proclamation Proclamation against the word of God that no man should preach or read in the Churches openly the word of God c. About this time Boner being restored he appointeth one Bourne a Canon in Paules to preach at the Crosse where hée so behaued himselfe in his preaching against King Edward that one hurled a dagger at the preacher A dagger hurled at the preacher who it was it could not bée knowne and such was the stirre that maister Bradford at the request of the preachers brother was faine to appease the tumult and himselfe with M. Rogers to conduct the preacher betwixt them to the Grammer schoole dore By reason of the tumult it was ordained that euery housholder should kéepe his seruants and children at their owne parishe Churches and that euery Alderman in his warde should foorthwith send for the Curates of euery Parish to warne them both to forbeare preaching themselues and also not to suffer any other to preach or make any solemne reading in the Church vnlesse they were seuerally licensed by the Quéene The next day at the sermon the Quéenes garde was present to garde the preacher and when men withdrew themselues from the sermon order was takē by the Mayor that the auncients of all companies should be present least the preacher should be discouraged by his small audience Anno 1553. The x. of August was one William Ruther committed to the Marshalsea for vttering certaine wordes against M. Bourne preacher for his sermō made at Paules crosse on Sunday last before The xvj of August was Humfrey Pelden committed to the counter for wordes against the said Bournes sermon at Paules crosse and a letter was sent to the Shiriffes of Buckingham and Bedford for the apprehending of one Fisher parson of Amersham a preacher and another was sent to the B. of Norwich not to suffer any preacher or other to preach or expound openly the Scriptures without speciall licence from the Quéene The same day was M. Bradford Bradford to the Tower M. Vernon and M. Beacon preachers committed to the charge of the Lieftenant of the Tower The same day also was M. Iohn Rogers M. Iohn Rogers prisoner preacher commaunded to kéepe himselfe prisoner in his owne house at Paules without hauing conference with any others but those of his owne house The xxij of August there were two letters directed one to M. Couerdall B. of Exceter and the other to M. Hooper B. of Glocester for their repaire to the Court and there to attend the Counsels pleasure The same day Fisher parson of Amersham made his appearance before the counsell according to the letter the xvj of August and was appointed the next day to bring in a note of his Sermon The 24. of August one Iohn Meluin a Scot and a preacher was sent to Newgate by the Counsel The 26. of Aug. there was a letter sent to the Maior of Couentrie his brethren for the apprehension of one Simons of Worcester and the Vicar of S. Michaels in Couentrie with a commission to them to punishe all such as had by meanes of his preaching vsed any talke against the Quéens procéedings The 29. of August Maister Hooper Hooper appeareth B. of Worcester made his personal appearance before the Counsel according to their letters the 22. of August The 31. of August M. Couerdale Couerdale appeareth B. of Exceter made his appearance before the Counsell according to their letters made the 22. of August Anno 1553. the first of September maister Hooper and M. Couerdale appeared againe before the Counsel whence maister Hooper was committed to the Fléete Hooper to the Fleet. and maistsr Couerdale to attend the Lords pleasures The 2. of Sept. Hugh Sanders Vicar of S. Michaels in Couentry was before the Counsel for a sermon commanded to appeare againe vpon munday next following The 4. of Sept. a letter was directed for maister Hugh Latimer to appeare before them About the fift day of Sept. the same yeere Peter Martyr came to London from Oxford where for a time he had béen commanded to kéepe his house and found there the Archb. of Canterbury Who offered to defende the doctrine of the booke of common prayer both by the scriptures and doctors assisted by Peter Martyr and a few other But whilest they were in hope to come to disputations the Archb. and others were imprisoned but Peter Martyr was suffered to return whence he came Peter Martyr returneth home whence he came The same day there was a letter sent to the Maior of Couentry to set Hugh Simons at libertie if he would recant his sermon or els to stay him and to signifie so much to the Counsel The 13. of September M. Hugh Latimer appeared Latimer appeareth before the Counsell according to their letter the 4.
13 Bil. his grieuous anguish after recantation ead Bilney repenteth ead Bil. smileth at the stake 14 Supplication of beggars 15 Fish hath the kings protection ead Poore seelie soules of purgatorie 16 Commission against English bookes ead Testament of Tindals translation ead Richard Bayfield ead Bayfield condemned 17 Crueltie ead Booke of wicked Mammon 18 Iohn Tewksburie recanteth ead Iohn Tewksburie repenteth Iohn Tewksburie burned eadem Edward Freese 19 Bread of sawdust ead Crueltie ead Valentine Freese his wife 20 Frier Royce burned ead Bishops commanded to trāslate the bible ead Iames Baynam ead Baynam submitteth 21 Baynam repenteth ead Baynam burned 22 Courage of a martir ead Iohn Benet ead Idol of Douercourt ead Images cast down ead Christes colledge in Oxford 23 Iohn Frith burned ead Sir Th. More pursueth Frith ead Friths treatise 24 Friths answere gotten ead Frith condemned ead Andrew Hewet ead Thomas Bennet Martir 26 William Tracy ead During Qu. Anne no great persecution 27 Commons against Clergy 28 Nothing from Rome ead Supreme head eadem Popes vsurping put downe eadem No conuocations without the kings writ eadem Oth of Cleargie to Pope abolished 29 More resigneth chancellorship ead King renounceth the Pope eadem Lady Elizabeth borne ead The Holy mayde of Kent 30 Gods iudgement ead Thomas Cranmer Archb. of Canterbury ead Preaching against Popes supremacie 31 Popes pardōs abolished ead Gard. booke De Obediētia with Boners notes ead Ruine of religious houses 32 Iewels reliques from abbeys eadem W. Tindall burned eadem Tindall translated the Testament 33 Tindals protesting agaynst transubstantiation 35 Q. Anne put to death ead The K. refuseth the generall councell at Mantua ead Some religious houses giuē to the king ead Articles of religion taught 36 Rebellion suppressed ead Prince Edward borne ead Queene Iane dieth ead Ruffelings against the king calmed eadem The kings articles ead Many holidais abrogated 37 Scripture in English ead Register Booke in euerie church eadem Religious houses rooted vp eadem 45. articles against Lābert 38 A wicked perswasion 39 Lambert disputeth eadem The king condemneth Lambert ead Cromwell readeth sentence against Lambert ead Cromwell craueth pardō of Lambert eadem Lābert a worthy martyr 40 Lamberts treatise of the Sacrament eadem Robert Packingtō going to praier is slaine ead Collins his dog burned ea Cowbridge eadem Putdew eadem William Lerton eadem Nicholas Peke 41 Notable courage of martyr eadem The king refuseth the councell eadem The kings farewell ead Search iniunctions 42 The king nusled by Winchester eadem Six articles a whippe of six strings eadem Treason felonie ead Cranmer against six articles eadem Against adultery c. of priests 43 Death for adulterie repealed eadem Cromwel maule of the pope eadem Life of Cromwell 44 Cromwell learnd the text of the new testamēt by hart 45 Cromwell serueth the Cardinall eadem English bible printed at Paris 47 Gardiner enemy to the Gospell ead Th. Mathewes bible ead Bible in English presented to the king 48 Bible of large volume ead Bishops promise to amend the bible but performe not 49 Doctor Barnes ead Duns Darbell put out of Cambridge ead Disputations of faith rare in Cambridge eadem Doctor Barnes cōuerted by Bilney 50 The white horse in Cambridge called Germany eadem D. Barnes arrested ead D. Barnes submitteth ead D. Barne escapeth out of prison 51 Acta Romanorum Pontificum eadem Doctor Barnes to the Tower 52 Barnes Garret Hierome burned 53 Vniust proceeding ead D. Barnes his foure requests to the king 54 Foure papistes executed about the supremacy ead Fauourers of truth ead Patrons of Popery eadem All prisons in London too litle for the persecuted ea Boner turneth and becommeth a persecutor 55 Six Bibles set vp in Paules eadem The Diuell in the necke ead Iohn Porter killed in pryson eadem Thomas Somers dieth in the Tower 56 Thomas Barnard Iames Morton martyrs ead A popish feare eadem Bartrams boy the Diuell in the monks cowle 57 Lady Anne of Cleue diuorced eadem Six put to death for supremacie 58 The K. misseth Crōwell ead White meates permitted in Lent eadem Marbeck pardoned 60 Filmer Parson Testwood burned eadem Notable martyrs ead The king pardoneth 61 Winchester out of fauour eadem False iudges accusers punished eadem Adam Damlip 62 Persecution in Calice ead Gods iudgement deliuerance of his people 63 The Lord Lisle dieth in the Tower eadem Gods iudgement vppon a false accuser 64 Lord Awdley friend to the afflicted eadem Rockwood a persecutor dispaireth 65 Gods iudgement ead Adam Damlip eadem Adam Damlip executed ea Gods iudgement 66 The rigour of six Articles 67 Noblemen and Gentlemen permitted to read the scripture eadem Six articles qualified ead Saxie hanged 68 Henry burned eadem Kerbie eadem Roper eadem A notable speach of the constant seruaunt of Christ eadem Doctor Crome recāteth ea Anne Askew 69 Anne Askew answereth parabolically boldly 70 Anne Askew condemned eadem Anne Askew sore racked 71 The King displeased with the racking of Anne Askew eadem Martyrs pardoned at the stake eadem Winchesters practise against the Queene 72 The King much altered 73 The Queene deliuered from danger ead Kings of England France agree for a perfect reformation 74 Sir George Blage condemned eadem The king dieth eadem Persecution in Scotland 75 Tenne articles against Iohn Brothwicke ead Thomas Ferrar ead Saint Frauncis homely vsed 76 Helene Stirke a notable martyr ead George Wiseheart 77 The meeke death of George Wiseheart eadem Gods iudgement eadem Adam Wallace learned the psalter without book ead Controuersie in Scotland whether the Lordes prayer should be sayd to sayntes or no. 78 The Frier biddeth to say the pater noster to the diuel eadem Walter Myll eadem A notable speech of the martyr 79 Style burned with the Apocalips about his neck 81 K. Edward raigneth 83 The K. would not at the emperours suit let the Lady Mary haue masse ead Sixe articles abolished ead Religion restored ead Peter Martyr at Oxford eadem Bucer and P. Phagius at Cābridge ead Thomas Dobbe 84 Commissioners ead A parlement eadem Rebellion 85 Muskleborow field 86 Boner shifteth and cauilleth 87 Boner exhibiteth against Latimer 89 Boner pronounced contumax 90 Boner depryued eadem L. protector eadem Altars taken downe 91 Ladie Maries popish practises restrained eadem Gardiners seditious behauiour 92 Gardiner sent to the tower ead Winchester depriued pag. 93 Doctor Redman a fauourer of the gospell ead W. Gardiner eadem Pendegrace 94 W. Gardiners cruell execution eadem Maruellous constancy of W. Gardiner 95 Protector put to death for fellony ead Lord Gilford Lady Iane maried 96 Iustice Hales eadem Queene Mary to the Councell eadem Q. Maries promise to mainteine religion 97 Ridley sent to the Tower ead Q. Mary breaketh promise eadem Popish bishops restored and other put downe ead Hooper committed to the Fleete ead Proclamation agaynst the word of God ead
A dagger hurled at the preacher ead Bradford to the tower 98 M. Iohn Rogers eadem Hooper appeareth 99 Couerdale appeareth ead Hooper to the Fleete ead Pet. Martyr returneth home eadem Latimer appeareth 100 Cranmer to the Tower ead French protestāts suffered to passe hence eadem Mary crowned eadem A parlement eadem Statutes repealed 101 Sir Iames Hales apprehended ead Sir Iohn Hales lamentable end eadem Disputation of sixe dayes eadem Disputation confuted 103 The Prolocutor interrupteth Philpot ead M. Elmer 104 Romish Church against reason ead Maister Philpot a harty man eadem Maister Philpots argument 105 Conuocation breaketh vp eadem Communicatiō of mariage betwixt Q. Mary and K. Philip 106 Doctor Crome to the fleete eadem Wiat beheaded ead Lady Iane and Lord Gilford beheaded eadem Gods iudgement vpō Morgan eadem Articles 107 About 800. flie beyond the seas eadem Lady Elizabeth and Lord Courtney sēt to the Tower ead Popes supremacie not obteined 108 Boners commendation of priesthood eadem Doctor Cranmer Doctor Ridley and M. Latimer sent to prison vnto Oxford 109 Disputers at Oxford ead Questions to be disputed of eadem Thirtie and three Commissioners ead Cranmer before the Commissioners eadem Vnitie with veritie ead Ridley appeereth ead Maister Latimer appeereth 110 Neither Masse nor the marybones nor the sinewes founde in the Scripture eadem A disorderly disputation 111 D. Ridley disputeth eadem D. Smith a turner and returner eadem Weston triumpheth before the victory ead Mayster Latimer disputeth eadem Weston crieth Vrge hoc 112 The martirs bid read on the sentence 113 Latimer would not beholde the procession ead The Prolocutor breaketh promise with M. Philpot. eadem The Prolocutor openeth Crāmer his letters to the Councell eadem Maister Bradford Thomas Beacon Neron to the to the Tower 114 A false rumor of the archbishop 115 In Kings Colledge Papistes very forward ead Lady Ellzabeth to the tower 116 Lady Elizabeth to Woodstocke 117 Barlow and Cardmaker to the fleete eadem Against writing Scriptures on Churchwalles ead Twenty foure places voyd together in S. Iohns colledge in Cambridge ead Cardinall Poole lādeth ead Absolutiō giuē to the Lords and commons 118 Purchases of abbey lands to be cōfirmed by the pope eadem M. Rose sent to the Tower eadem The act of popes supremacy eadem Qu. Mary with child ead Certaine euill praiers to bee treason 119 Iames George ead Cardmaker submitteth ead Sentēce against Tayler Saunders Bradford 120 M. Iohn Rogers martyr 121 M. Rogers diuinitie reader in Paules eadem Rogers condemned 122 Cruel Gardiner eadem Boner would not suffer maister Rogers to talke with his wife before his death eadem Maister Rogers first martyr of Queene Maries dayes eadem A prophecy of the ruine of the pope in England 123 Laurence Saunders ead Laurence Saunders constancy and his letters 124 Sweete saying of Laurence Saunders eadem Hooper burned at Glocester 125 Hooper preached once or twise a day eadem Hooper depriued 126 Hooper hardly vsed in pryson 127 Hooper and Rogers to the Counter eadem False rumors of Hoopers recanting 128 Hooper goeth cherefullie to death 129 Hooper refuseth his pardon ead Hooper a woorthie Martir ead D. Taylor martir ead All the prisons in Englande Christian schooles churches 130 Taylor Bradford Saūders condemned ead Master Tailor pleasant at the antichristian attire 131 D. Taylor maketh Boner afraid ead Doctor Taylor masked that he may not be knowen eadem Wormes deceiued by Doct. Taylor 132 Marueylous courage of Doctor Taylor 133 Doctor Taylors braines smit out at the fire ead Gardiner referreth to Boner the butchering of Gods Saints ead Miles Couerdale graūted to the King of Denmarke 134 Thomas Tomkins Martir eadem Tomkins his hande burned with a taper ead Tomk burnt in Smithfielde 135 Father compelled against the sonne ead Hunters mother encourageth him to constancie 136 Hunter encouraged by his brother 137 William Sarton ead M. Higbed and M. Causton burned 139 Pigot and Knight Martirs ead Iohn Laurence ead Robert Farrar B. of S. Dauids burnt 140 Farrars words to a gentlemā at his death 141 Rawlins White ead Rawlins God the Bishops God 142 Rawlins wedding garments 143 Rawlins a worthy martir eadem Rawlins perswasion 144 Pope excōmunicateth those that held abbey lands ead P. Iulius the monster dieth ead P. misseth his peacock 145 A blasphemous pope ead Gods iudgement ead Branch blamed for carrying Deū time vitiū fuge about his neck ead George Marsh 146 G. Marsh his great patience 148 Wil. Flower woūdeth a priest at masse 149 Ioy at Q. Maries deliuery of child 151 Cardmaker Warne Martirs 152 People encourage Cardm at his death 153 Iohn Ardley a valeant Martir ead Iohn Symson martir ead Iohn Tooly ead Haukes at his death geueth a signe to his frends 155 Diuers comfortable epistles written by Haukes ead Thomas Wats martyr 156 Queene Mary proued not with child eadem T. Mault should haue bin Q. Maries child 157 A Caueat for England ead Nicholas Chāberlain Tho. Sommer Wil. Bāford ead Bradford reioyceth at the newes of his martirdō 158 M. Bradfords word at the stake eadem I. Leafe of 19. yeeres of age burned with Bradford 159 Iohn Leafe a notable yoong martyr eadem Gods iudgement eadem Bradfords letters eadem A dead bodie summoned to appeere and answere 160 4. martirs in Canterbury ea Nicholas Hall Christopher Wade martyrs 161 Margery Polley comforteth Wade eadem Wades prayer eadem Dyrick Caruer burned 162 Iohn Lander eadem Thomas Iueson 163 Iohn Aleworth eadem Iohn Denley Iohn Newmā Patrick Packingam ead The martyr singeth in the fire 164 Richard Hooke eadem 6. godly martirs at Cant. ea George Tankerfield 165 A prety saying of the martyr 166 For patience of the martirs the people said that they had the Diuell ead Robert Smith ead Martyr giueth a signe 167 St. Harwood Thomas Fust William Hayle eadem Robert Samuell 168 Samuell hath a vision ead Rose Notingham eadem W. Allen eadem Roger Coo eadem Thomas Cobbe eadem Thomas Haywood Iohn Gateway 169 M. Iohn Glouer ead God send his spirit of comfort 170 Robert Glouer eadem Cornelius Bungey ead Olyuer Richardine 171 W. Wolsey Ro. Pigot ead M. Ridley 172 Sundry letters tractations M. Latimer eadem M. Latimer sometimes an earnest papist conuerted by Bilney eadem Doctor Buttes a fauourer of good men 173 Verses of Latimer at the giuing of holy bread holy water 174 Smithfield had long groned for M. Latimer 175 Latimer almost starued for cold in the tower ead Latimers sundrie letters eadem Sermō of piping and daunsing ead Master Latimer to the King for restoring of the Scriptures 176 Latimers new yeres gifte to to the king eod Ridley couereth his head at the name of the Pope eadem Ridley not suffered to aunswere 177 Ridley Latimer condemned 178 Ridley refuseth his pardon ead The behauiour of Ridley Latimer at the place of execution 179 Latimer prophecieth at the