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THE CHUECH HISTOEIANS
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FFR 1 1915
REFORMATION PERIOD.
THE ACTS AND MONUMENTS OF
JOHN FOXE.
CAREFULLY REVISED, WITH NOTES
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VOL. VI.— PART II.
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VOL. V^L
CONTINUATION OF BOOK IX.
CONTAINING THE ACTS AND THINGS DONE IN THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD
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THE SIXTH.
A.D. ^ ^ PAGE
1549. The reign of Edward VI. continued.
Books in the Latin Service abolished ; with the King's Decree. 3
J 550. Taking down of Altars and setting up the Table instead thereof. 4
The King's Letter to Bishop Ridley ; together with certain
Reasons why the Lord's Board should rather be after the
Form of a Table than an Altar 5
L549 A Letter of the Lady Mary to the Council 7
to A Remembrance of certain Matters appointed by the Council
1550. in Answer, etc 8
Letters between the Lady Mary, and the King and Council . 10
A Copy of the King's Instructions, given to the Lord Chan-
cellor, etc 22
1547 The History of the Doings and Attempts of Stephen Gardiner :
to with the Examples of certain Letters, written by him, con-
1550. taining divers Matters not unworthy to be known in this
â– present History 24
Certain Additions after these Letters above specified, with
Notes and Solutions answering to the same 55
The Sum and Conclusion of all Winchester's Drift, in his
Epistles before 56
A Letter of Gardiner, containing Objections made to a Sermon
of Master Ridley's, made at the Court 58
1550. Nineteen Articles and Positions, objected, severally, to the
Bishop of Winchester 64
A Copy of a Writ," touching the order and manner of the Mis-
demeanour of Winchester, copied from the Public Records . 77
A Copy of a Letter to the above, signed by the King and sub-
scribed by the Council : also Six Articles delivered to him. SO
The Copy of the Last Articles sent to the Bishop of Winchester. 82
The Words of the Sequestration, with the Intimation to tbe
Bishop of Winchester 85
A Letter to Stephen Gardiner, from the Duke of Somerset and
the rest of the Commissioners, touching such Points as tlie
Bishop should entreat of in his Sermon SG
VOL. VI. b
n CONTENTS.
A.D. ' PAGE
1550. A Sermon of Stephen Gardiner, preached before the King . 87
The First Session or Action against Stephen Gardiner ... 93
The Second Session 97
Letters Missive to Drs. Standish and Jeffrey 99
The Third Session 100
Answer of the Bishop to a Request for more full Answers to
certain Articles 101
1.J51. The Fourth Session 104
A Long Matter Justificatory, proposed by Gardiner . . .105
Tlie Fifth Session 119
A Letter froxn the Judges to Gardiner's Witnesses . . . .120
The Sixth and Seventh Sessions 121
The Eighth Session; with Interrogatcries aiinistered by the
Office 123
The Ninth Session ; with Articles additional exliibited by
Gardiner _ 125
The Tenor of the Matter exhibited by Gardiner, etc. . . . 127
The Tenth Session 130
The Eleventh and Twelfth Sessions 131
The Thirteenth Session : Allegations of Winchester, etc. . . 133
The Fourteenth Session 134
The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Sessions 135
The Seventeenth Session 136
The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Sessions . . .137
Copy of a Letter of King Henry to Stephen Gardiner . . . 138
Part of a Letter of Francis Driander 139
A Letter of Gardiner to the Lord Protector, out of the Fleet . 140
The Attestations of all such Witnesses as were produced,
sworn, and examined, upon the Articles ministered by the
Office, against Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester . 143
The Depositions of certain Witnesses, produced and examined
upon the Positions additional, laid in by the Bishop in his
First Matter, specified before in the Ninth Session . . . 240
Notes for the Reader : containing Specialties, whereunto Ste-
phen Gardiner did agree and grant ; concerning Reformation
of Religion 255
Notes and Points, concerning Reformation of Religion, where-
unto he would not grant 257
The Twenty-first Session against Gardiner ; with his Exceptions
against the Witnesses 258
The Twenty-second Session 261
The Appeal of the Bishop before the Sentence Definitive . . 262
The Sentence Definitive 264
A Note of the Communication of Master Wilkes, had with
Dr. Redman 267
Another Communication of the same, to Master Nowel, etc. . 269
A Letter of Master Young to Master Cheke, concerning Dr.
Redman 271
1552. The History, no less lamentable than notable, of William
Gardiner, an Englishman, suffering most constantly in Por-
tugal, for the testimony of God's truth 274
1549 The Tragical History of the worthy Lord Edward, Duke of
to Somerset, Lord Protector ; with the whole Cause of his
1552. Troubles and Handling 282
A Letter of the Lord Protector to the Lord Russel, Lord Privy
Seal ; also the substance of the Reply 284
Contents of another Letter of the Lord Russel ; also a Letter
of the Lord Protector, to the Council assembled in London . 285
A Letter of the King to the Lord Mayor, in behalf of the Lord
Protector 287
A Letter of certain of the Council to the same, against the
Lord Protector 289
CONTENTS. Ill
A.D. J-AGB
Articles objected against the Lord Protector 290
1552. An Account of the Execution of Edward Duke of Somerset,
furnished by a noble Personage who witnessed it ... . 293
1549 Peter Martyr's Disputation holden at Oxford, about the Sacra-
to ment of the Lord's Supper 297
1552. The First Disputation, holden at Cambridge the 20th of June,
A.D. 1549, before the King's Majesty's Commissioners; by
Dr. Madew, respondent 305
The Second Disputation, holden at Cambridge the 24th day of
June, 1549 319
The Third Disputation, holden at Cambridge 327
Disputations of Martin Bucer, at Cambridge 335
A Fruitful Dialogue, declaring those words of Christ, " This is
my Body;" between " Custom " and " Verity " .... 336
1553. Epistles of the yoiuig Prince Edward to the Archbishop of
Canterbury; with the Answer 351
Commendation from the Prince's Scholmaster ibid.
The Prayer of King Edward before his Death 352
A Letter of the Lady Mary to King Henry VIIL ; also her
Protestation to certain Lords sent to her by him . . . .^353
BOOK X.
BEGINNING WITH THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY.
The Preface to the Reader 356
The Whole Canon of the Mass, with the Rubric thereof, as it
standeth in the Mass-Book, after Salisbury Use, translated
word by word out of Latin into English 362
The Form and Words of conjuring Salt, Water, Flowers, and
Branches 381
Queen Mary.
The First Entering of Queen Mary to the Crown, with the
Alteration of Religion, and other Perturbations happening
the same time in the Realm of England 383
A Letter of the Lady Mary to the Lords of the Council, with
their Answer 385
An Inhibition from the Queen, for Preaching and Printing, etc. 390
Master Bourn preaching at Paul's Cross 391
The Tnie Report of a Disputation, had and begun in the Con-
vocation-house at London, the 18th of October, 1553 . . 395
The Precept of the Queen to Bishop Bonner, for dissolving
the Convocation 411
1554, The Oration of Queen Mary in the Guildhall, on the First of
February, 1554 414
The Communication had between the Lady Jane and Fecknam. 415
A Letter of the Lady Jane to her Father; followed by one to
Master Harding 417
A Letter written by the Lady Jane in the end of the New
Testament in Greek, which she sent to her Sister, the Lady
Katherine, the night before she suffered 422
A Prayer of the Lady Jane 423
The Words and Behaviour of the Lady Jane upon the Scaffold, ibid.
Certain Verses written by the Lady Jane ; Epitaphs, etc. . . 424
A Monition of Bonner to his Clergy, for the certifying of the
Names of such as would not come in Lent to Confession,
and Receiving at Easter 42()
Articles sent from the Queen to Bonner, etc., to be put in
speedy Execution ibid.
IV CONTENTS.
A.D. PASE
1554. Articles sent from the Queen, unto the Ordinary, and b}- him
and his Officers, by her Commandment, to be put in Exe-
cution in the whole Diocese 427
A Prescript of the Lord Mayor to the Aldermen 429
A Copy of the Queen's Proclamation for driving Strangers and
Foreigners out of the realm ibid.
The Style of Queen Mary altered, writing to Bonner for the
summoning of a Convocation 433
The Dignity of Priests extolled by Bonner, in a Fragment of
an Exhortation to them of tlie Convocation-house ; copied
out by them that stood by and heard him ibid.
The Sum and Effect of tlie Communication between Dr. Ridley
and Secretary Bourne, with others, at the Lieutenant's Table
in the Tower 434
l{ow Thomas Cranmer Archbishop, Bishop Ridley, and Master
Latimer, were sent down to Oxford to dispute; with the
Order and Manner and all other Circumstances unto the
said Disputation, and also to theirCondemnation, appertaining 439
The Arguments, Reasons, and Allegations, used in the Dis-
putation , 444
Disputation at Oxford, between Dr. Smith, with his other Col-
leagues and Doctors, and Bishop Ridley 469
The Disputation had at Oxford, the 18th day of April, 1554,
between Master Hugh Latimer, answerer, and Master
Smith and others, opposers 500
Address to the Reader; together with the Disputation of
Master Harpsfield, Bachelor of Divinity, answering for his
Form, to be made Doctor 511
Certain Observations or Censures given to the Reader, upon
the Disputations of the Bishops and Doctors above men-
tioned : declaring what Judgment is to be given, as well
touching the Arguments of the Adversaries, as also to the
Answers of the Martyi's 520
A Table declaring divers and sundry Respects how the Holy
Real Body of Christ our Saviour, both in the Sacrament and
beside the Sacrament, is present, eaten, and united to us . 523
A Table of the principal Arg^aments brought against Doctor
Cranmer 525
The same against Doctor Ridley 526
The same against Master Latimer 527
Tlie Answers and Resolutions to the Arguments above men-
tioned, by Number and Order of the same 528
The Report and Narration of Master Ridley, concerning the
misordered Disputation had against him and his Fellow-
prisoners at Oxford 532
A Letter of Bishop Ridley to the Prolocutor ; also a second . 534
The Copy of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Letter to the
Council, sent by Dr. Weston, who refused to deliver it . . 535
i'ishop Ridley to Archbishop Cranmer 53(1
Otlier Things which happened in this Realm, in this tumul-
tuous Time ibid.
A Purgation of Thomas Cranmer, against certain Slanders
and Rumours falsely raised upon him 53S
The godly End and Death of the Duke of Suffolk, beheaded
on Tower-hill 544
The Apology of Master Mantel the Elder 546
A Copy of a certain Declaration drawn and sent abroad out of
Prison by Master Bradford, Master Saunders, and divers
other godly Preachers, concerning their Disputation and
Doctrine of their Religion 55o
Verses of John White, Bishop of Lincoln, and of others, con-
cernhig Philip and Mary ; both Latin and English . . . 555
CONTKNTS.
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PAGE
1554. A Story of a Rood set up in Lancashire ....... 564
A Mandate of Bishop Bonner, to abolish the Scriptures and
Writings painted upon Church Walls 565
Copy of a Letter sent from the Council to Bonner, concerning
Queen Mary's conceiving with Child 567
The Tenor of Cardinal Pole's Oration made in the Parliament
House 568
Copy of the Supplication and Submission, exhibited to the
King and Queen's Majesties, by the Lords and Commons
of the Parliament 570
An Absolution pronounced by Cardinal Pole to the whole
Parliament of England, in the presence of the King and
Queen 572
Copy of King Philip's Letter to Pope Julius, touching the
Restoring of the Realm of England: translated out of Spanish
into English; followed by the Cardinal's Letter on the
same Matter ibid,
A lamentable Example of Cruelty, sliowed upon John Bolton,
a Man of Reading, imprisoned for the true Testimony of a
Christian Conscience 575
Notes of a Sermon of the Bishop of Winchester, preached at
Paul's Cross 577
1555. Master Rose, with Thirty Persons, taken at a Communion in
Bow Church-yard 579
Extract of an Act for the Government of Queen Mary's Issue. 580
A Prayer made by Dr. Weston, Dean of Westminster, daily
to be said for the Queen's Deliverance; followed by another
Prayer that the Child may be well-favoured and witty, etc. ;
also another Prayer for the same Object 581
A Letter sent to Master Hooper, concerning the Taking of a
godly Company in Bow Church-yard, at their Prayer;
with the Answer unto it 585
A Letter of Consolation sent from Master Hooper, to the
godly Brethren taken in Bow Church-yard in Prayer, and
laid in the Compter in Bread-street 586
A Supplication of the Persecuted Preachers to the King and
Queen JSO
BOOK XL
WHEREIN IS DISCOURSED THE BLOODY MURDERINGS OF GOd's SAINTS, WITH
THE PARTICULAR PROCESSES AND NAMES OF SUCH GODLY MARTYRS, BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN, AS, IN THIS TIME OF QUEEN MARY, WERE PUT TO
DEATH.
1555. The Story, Life, and Martyrdom of Master John Rogers . .591
The Examination and Answer of John Rogers, made to the
Lord Chancellor and to the rest of the Council, the 22d of
January 593
The Second Confession of John Rogers, made, and that sliould
have been made (if it might have been heard), the 2Sth
and 29th day of January 597
The Sentence Condemnatory against Master Rogers . . .601
Other godly Matter, penned by Master Rogers, including his
Admonitions, Sayings, and Prophesyings ...... 603
The History and Martyrdom of Laurence Saunders, burned
for the Defence of the Gospel, at Coventry G12
A Parcel of a Letter of Laurence Saunders, sent to the Bishop
of Winchester, as an Answer to certain Things wlierewitli
he iiad before cliarged him 017
Letters of Laurence Saunders, to his VMfc and lo a Frii'iul, etc. 618
VI CONTENTS.
A.D. PAGE
1555. The same to Archbishop Cranmer, to his Fellow-prisoners in
the Marshalsea, to his Wife; witli two others, on the Com-
munion of Saints, and the true Taste of God's Love by
Faith, with the Fruits thereof 620
The First Examination of Laurence Saunders 62o
A certain Communication between Laurence Saunders and
Dr. Pendleton, in the beginning of Queen Mary's Time . 628
A Letter to Master Ferrar Bishop of St. David's, Dr. Taylor,
Master Bradford, and Master Pliilpot 630
A Letter which Laurence Saunders did write to his Wife, and
others of the faithful Flock, after his Condemnation to the
Fire ; written the last of February, 1555, out of the Compter
in Bread-street 631
Other Letters of Laurence Saunders, to Mrs. Lucy Harring-
ton ; to his Wife, with a Remembrance to Masters Harrington
and Hurland ; also to the same and other Friends, etc. . .632
Letters to his Wife, a little before his Burning ; also a Letter
to Masters Robert and John Glover, written the same
Morning that he was burnt 635
A Letter of Justice Saunders ; and another wherein he seeketh
to win Laurence Saunders to Popery 636
The Story, Life, and Martyrdom of Master John Hooper, Bishop
of Worcester and Gloucester ; burnt for the Defence of the
Gospel at Gloucester, Feb. 9 ibid.
The King's Letter or Grant for the Dispensation of John
Hooper, elected Bishop of Gloucester, written to the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and other Bishops 640
A Letter of the Earl of Warwick to the Archbishop, in the
behalf of Master Hooper .641
A Letter of Ridley to the said Bishop of Gloucester .... 642
A Letter or Report of a certain godly Man, declaring the
Order of Master Hooper's Deprivation from his Bishoprics,
March 19, a.d. 1554 645
Master Hooper examined before the Commissioners . . . 646
The true Report of Master Hooper's Entertainment in the
Fleet; written with his own hand, the 7th of January, 1555. 647
Another Examination of Master Hooper 648
Another Examination, followed by the third and last , . . 649
A Letter of Master Hooper, for the Stopping of certain false
Rumours, spread abroad, of his Recantation 650
Degradatio Hooperi 651
The Form and Manner used in the Degrading of Bishop
Hooper 652
Master Hooper's Prayer 657
Verses on Hooper ; also a Letter which he wrote out of Prison
to certain of his Friends 659
Comparison between Hooper and Polycarp 6G1
A Letter of Hooper to certain godly Professors and Lovers of
the Truth, instructing them how to behave themselves in
that woeful Alteration and Change of Religion .... 662
To Master Ferrar, Dr. Taylor, Masters Bradford and Philpot,
prisoners in the King's Bench in Southwark 664
An Exhortation to Patience, sent to his godly Wife, Anne
Hooper; whereby all true Members of Clu-ist may take
Comfort and Courage to suffer Trouble and Affliction for the
Profession of his Holy Gospel 665
To a certain godly Woman, instructing her how she should
behave herself in the time of her Widowhood; also another
Letter to Hooper's dear Brethren, his receivers and lielpers
in London 670
CONTENTS. VU
V.D. PAGE
555. To a Merchant in London, by whose means he had received
much Comfort in the Fleet; also to Mistress Wilkinson, a
Woman hearty in God's Cause, and comfortable to His afflicted
Members ; afterwards dying in exile at Frankfort . . . 672
To bis dear Friends in God, Master John Hall and his Wife,
exhorting them to stand fast in the Truth ; also to his beloved
Sister in the Lord, Mistress Anne Warcop 673
A Letter of Master Bullinger to the most reverend Father,
Master John Hooper, Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester,
and now Prisoner for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, my Fellow-
elder and most dear Brother in England 675
The History of Doctor Rowland Taylor, who suffered for the
Truth of God's Word, the 9th of February 076
The Examination of Dr. Taylor 681
Dr. Taylor's Deprivation • 684
Dr. Taylor before the Bishop of Winchester and others . . 685
A Letter of Dr. Taylor, containing the Report and Talk be-
tween him and the Lord Chancellor and other Commission-
ers, January 22d ibid.
The Copy of another Letter to his Friend, touching his Asser-
tion of the Marriage of Priests, etc 687
The Places of the Doctors alleged before, in Dr. Taylor's
Letter 689
A brief Recapitulation out of Dr. Taylor's Causes afore
touched, for the Reader more evidently to see how the
Papists do against their own knowledge, in forbidding
Priests' Marriage ibid.
Dr. Taylor, the fourth Time, with Masters Bradford and
Saunders, brought before Winchester and other Bishops. . 690
The last Will and Testament of Dr. Rowland Taylor, written
in the Book which he gave to his Son 693
A Letter of Dr. Taylor to his Wife 701
Certain Letters of the King of Denmark to Queen Mary,
respecting Miles Coverdale 705
Queen Mary's Answer 707
The Declaration of the Bishop of London, to be published to
the Lay-people of his Diocese, concerning their Recon-
♦ ciliation 708
The Form of Absolution to be kept by the Pastors and Curates
in private Confessions, concerning this Reconciliation, etc.. 710
The lamentable and pitiful History of Master James Hales,
Judge ibid.
â– The Communication between the Lord Chancellor and Judge
Hales 712
The History of Thomas Tomkins, Martyr ; who, having first
his hand burned, after was burned himself by Bishop
Bonner, for the constant Testimony of Christ's true Pro-
fession . tl7
The First Examination of Tomkins, with his Confession of
Faith .- ' l^^
Articles objected against him ; also his Second Examination . 720
His Confession repeated by Bonner; also his last Appearance
and Condemnation '21
The notable History of William Hunter, a young man, an
Apprentice, of nineteen years, pursued to death by Justice
Brown, for the Gospel's sake; worthy of all young men and
parents to be read '^2
The History of Master Causton and Master Higbed, two wor-
thy Gentlemen of Essex, who, for theii* sincere Confession
of their Faith under Bonner Bishop of London, were mar-
tyred and burned '29
nil CONTEXTS.
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1555. Tlieir Examinations, and Articles ministered by Bonner . . 730
Other Examinations, and their Answers to the Articles, etc. . 731
The Confession of their Faith, delivered to the Bishop of Lon-
don, etc., and for which they were condemned 734
William Pygot, Stephen Knight, and John Laurence, with
their Examinations and Articles or Interrogatories objected
by Bishop Bonner 737
Their Answers to the Articles 738
The last Appearance of the aforesaid Prisoners 739
The Prayer that Stephen Knight said at his Death, upon his
knees, being at the Stake, at Maiden 740
The Death and Martyrdom of John Laurence, Priest . . . ibid.
Appendix to Vol. VI y^
ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. VL
The Cruel Handling of William Gardiner in Portugal .... 281
611
628
658
700
The Burning of Master John Rogers, Vicar of St. Sepulchre's
The Burning of Master Laurence Saunders, at Coventry
The Burning of Master Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester . ,
The Martyrdom of Dr. Rowland Taylor, at Hadley . .
ABOUT THE HEAL PRESENCE. 401
No more was said in this ; but afterward tlie prolocutor demanded of Philpot, Mar,,.
whether he would argue against the natural presence, or no? To whom he —
answered, Yea, if he would hear his argument without interruption, and assign A. D.
one to answer him, and not many ; which is a confusion to the opponent, and ISo.'J.
especially for him that was of an ill memory. ^7 '
By this time the night was come on ; wherefore the prolocutor brake up the vocation
disputation for that time, and appointed Philpot to be the first that sliould ^"»'inu*^tl
begin the disputation the next day after, concerning the presence of Christ in next"day.
the sacrament.
The Act of the Fourth Day.
On Wednesday, the 25th of October, John Philpot, as it was before appointed, Philpot
was ready to have entered the disputation, minding first to have made a certain '?°' '^"'"
oration, and a true declaration in Latin of the matter of Christ's presence, m'ake'his
which was then in question. Which thing the prolocutor perceiving, by and declara-
by he forbade Philpot to make any oration or declaration of any matter; com- ''""â–
manding him, also, that he should make no argument in Latin, but to conclude
on his arguments in English.
Then said Philpot, •' This is contrary to your order taken at the beginning of Philpot.
this disputation. For then yovi appointed that all the arguments should be
made in Latin, and thereupon I have drawn and devised all my arguments in
Latin. And because you, master prolocutor, have said heretofore openly in
this house that I had no learning, I had thought to have showed such learning
as I have in a brief oration and a short declaration of the questions now in
controversy ; thinking it so most convenient also, that in case I should speak
otherwise in my declaration than should stand with learning, or than I were
able to warrant and justify by God's word, it might the better be reformed by
such as were learned of the house, so that the unlearned sort, being present,
might take the less offence thereat."
But this allegation prevailed nothing with the prolocutor, who bade him still
form an argmnent iir English, or else to hold his peace. Then said Philpot,
" You have sore disappointed me, thus suddenly to go from your former order:
but I will accomplish yoiu' commandment, leaving mine oration apart ; and
I will come to my arguments, the which as well as so sudden a warning will
serve I will make in English. But before I bring forth any argmnent, I will. The pre-
in one word, declare what manner of presence I disallow in the sacrament, to cTr^st*in
the intent the hearers may the better understand to what end and effect mine the sacra-
arguments shall tend; not to deny utterly the presence of Chri.st in his sacra- m'^"t.''is-
ments, truly ministered according to his institution : but only to deny that gross ed Hi's'
and carnal presence, which you of this house have akeady suijscribed unto, to tiue pie-
be in the sacrament of the altar, contrary to the truth and manifest meaning of jj^'^^g^""'
the Scriptures: That by transiibstantiation of the sacramental bread and wine, The gross
Christ's natural body should, by the virtue of the words pronounced by the presf^nce
priest, be contained and included mider the forms or accidents of bread and papists
wine. This kind of presence, imagined by men, I do deny," quoth Philpot, denied.
" and against this I will reason."