1 R.O. Coram Rege Roll, 36 Henry VIII. Mich, n, 143, rot. ii.
JJ
546 BB.JOHN LARKE AND GERMAN GARDINER
duties of their allegiances, nor keeping God Almighty
before their eyes, but seduced by the instigation of
the devil, falsely, maliciously, and traitorously, like
false and wicked traitors against the most serene
and christian Prince, our Lord Henry VIII. — by
the grace of God King of England, France, and
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and upon earth
Supreme Head of the English and Irish Church —
choosing, wishing, and desiring, and cunningly
machinating, inventing, practising, and attempting
— that is each of them by himself falsely, maliciously?
&c., choosing, wishing, &c., and attempting —
together with many other false traitors unknown
in confederacy with them — to deprive our said King
Henry VIII. of his royal dignity, title, and state,
that is to say of his dignity, title, and name of
'Supreme Head of the English and Irish Church,'
which has been united and annexed to his imperial
crown by the laws and proclamations of this his
realm of England. [This they have attempted]
falsely and traitorously by words, writings, and
deeds, which are notorious and public. Moreover,
that falsely and traitorously, and contrary to the
duty of their allegiances, [they attempted] to depose
and deprive the same Lord our King of his majesty,
state, power, and royal dignity, and also falsely
and traitorously with all their force and power
[endeavoured] to subvert, frustrate, and annihilate
the good and praiseworthy statutes and ordinances
of our aforesaid Lord the King made and provided
for the estate, properties, government, and rule of
this his said realm of England."
BB. JOHN LARKE AND GERMAN GARDINER 547
The conviction was easily obtained, and the
martyrdom was consummated at Tyburn on the
7th of March, 1545. John Ireland suffered with
Larke and Gardiner, and his name is included
among the " Venerables." But Heywood, after
having been laid upon the hurdle, recanted and
was pardoned. Thus we see that our martyrs
too might, presumably, have saved their lives at the
cost of denying their faith.
Burnet remarks that this was the last instance
of what he calls the King's severity on the professors
of the Catholic faith. This is not literally true, as
there still remained a few who were to suffer ; never-
theless it was the beginning of a change in the
temper or policy of Henry, who from that time
turned his thoughts to the extirpation of some of
the Protestant sects, which, through his own
rebellion against the Church, had taken root in
the land.
R. S.
Authorities.— Besides those already quoted in the text,
the reader may consult for Larke, Faulkner's History of
Chelsea, and for Gardiner, Maitland, The Reformation, pp. 311,
312, who quotes Foxe and Strype on the martyr's relations
with his kinsman the Bishop of Winchester, whom they
erroneously allege to have lost the King's favour after his
secretary's martyrdom.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MARTYRS WHOSE
NAMES ARE CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME.
Abel, Thomas ; Secular Priest
Beche, John (or Thomas Marshall); Abbot O.S.B
Bere, Richard ; Curtliiisian .
Cook, Hugh (or Faringdon) ; Abbot O.S.B
Davy, John; Carthusian
Exmew, William ; Carthusian
Eynon, John; Benedictine .
Faringdon, Hugh (or Cook) ; Abbot O.S.B
Fetherston, Richard ; Secular Priest
Fisher, John ; Cardinal
Forest, John; Franciscan .
Fortescue, Sir Adrian ; Knight of St. John
Gardiner, German ; Layman
Green, Thomas ; Carthusian
Greenwood, William ; Carthusian
Haile, John; Secular Priest .
Home, William; Carthusian
Houghton, John ; Carthusian
James, Roger; Benedictine .
Johnson, Thomas; Carthusian
Larke, John; Secular Priest
Lawrence, Robert ; Carthusian
Marshall, Thomas (or John Beche) ; Abbo
Middlemore, Humphrey ; Carthusian
More, Sir Thomas ; Layman
Newdigate, Sebastian ; Carthusian
Pierson, Walter ; Carthusian
Pole, Margaret ; Countess of Salisbury
Powell, Edward ; Secular Priest
Redyng, Thomas ; Carthusian
Reynolds, Richard ; Bridgettine
Rochester, John ; Carthusian
Rugge, John ; Benedictine
Salt, Robert ; Carthusian
Scryven, Thomas ; Carthusian
Stone, John ; Augustinian Friar
Thorne, John; Benedictine
Walworth, James ; Carthusian
Webster, Augustine ; Carthusian
Whiting, Richsird; Abbot O.S.B. .
t O.S.B
259
369
260
260
462
387
& 266
358
259
37
&384
358
496
47
274
413
543
259
& 267
17
& 264
I
357
259
541
9
387
37 &44
123
37 &42
260
502
484
260
27
249
384
260
260
269
357
249
9
327
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