After which letter the said women were cōmaunded to come before the sayd Iustices againe, and there they present, were enquyred of their faith, in the ordinances of the popishe church: which before the Iustices and the assistance, made answer that they woulde obey & kepe the ordinances of the king and Quene, & the commaundements of the church, notwithstanding that they had sayde and done in the tyme of king Edward the syxt, in shewyng obedience to his ordinances and commaundementes. After which answer they were sent again to prisō, vntil they had an āswer of theyr letter from the Deane and his Iustice: MarginaliaRash information geuen before þ^e cause wer heard.during which time, the Deane & Curates did make an information and enquiry of the saide women, and did deliuer it to the Baylyf and Iurates, in condemning and reputing them for heretickes, the women neuer hearing of anye information, neither wer they euer examined at any tyme before of their faith and religion, in the presence of the Deane and Curates afore said. Whereupon when the sayd Bailyfe and Iurates did know that the said Dean and Curates had not examined the said women of their faith, would not syt in iudgemēt on that

day, but ordayned that the sayd women shuld come fyrst before the sayd Deane and Curats to be examined of theyr fayth, & so the officers at the commaundement of the sayd Iustices, did fetch & present them before the sayd Dean and Curates. The whiche thyng was accomplished and done, and they examined separatelye, and thē incontinentlye after were sent agayne to prison.

Then the. xiiii. day of the sayde moneth of Iuly, in the yeare afore sayde, after the examinacion aboue specified before Elyer Gosselin Baylyfe, in the presence of Thomas Deuick Piers Martine, Nicolas Cary, Iohn Blondel, Nicolas De lysle, Iohn Leuerchaūt, Iohn Le feuer, Piers Bonnamy, Nicolas Mertine, Ihon De la march Iurats,  

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Technically Foxe was incorrect: Martin, de Lisle, le Fevre and de la March were not jurats.

MarginaliaA blynd sentence of a blind deane cōdemning iiii. innacēt martyrs to the fyre.ANno domini millesimo, quingentesimo quinquagesimo sexto, die vero. xiii. mensis Iulij apud ecclesiam diui Petri in portu maris insula promotor. per nos dominū decanū inquisitio facta fuit de fide catholica, et super sacramēta ecclesiastica, videlicet super sacramentū Baptismi, cōfirmationis, pœnitentiæ, ordinis, Matrimonij, Eucharistiæ, et extremæ vnctionis, nec non super ceremonias ecclesiæ, ac de veneratione et honoratione beatæ Mariæ et sanctorum, de Missa et eius efficacia, et de ceremoniis ecclesiæ, videlicet Katherinæ Cawches eiusdemq̀ duarum filiarum Guilleminæ et Parotinæ nuncupatarum, et harum tam coniunctim quā separatim et via iuris. Et quamuis pluries ad veniam petendam, et ad delicta sua cognoscenda hortauimus et inuitamus, quæ quidem prædicta omnino negauerunt et negant, quod locutæ fuerunt aliquod verbum inane, inhonestum, ociosum, et vanum contra fidem catholicam, sacramenta ecclesiæ et alias ceremonias ecclesiæ. Quapropter auditis negationibus prædictarum, et attestationibus et depositionibus testium per nos visis, cōsideratis, et bene ponderatis, et per opiniones Curatorum et vicariorum ibidem aßistentium super easdem Katherinam et Parotinam, nec non et Guilleminam crimine hæreticas inuenimus et reputamus. Quapropter coram vobis domino Balliuo omnino remittimus vt antea remissimus. Thomas le Coll de mandato, Iohn Alles, Guilielmus Panquet, Petrus Tardise, et Iohannes Manatiel.

When this was done, commaundemente was geuen to the kinges officers, to go to the castel to fetche the sayd women, to heare sentences against them in the presence afore said And they appearing before them, said in the eares of all the auditorye, that they woulde see their acusers, and knowe them that had deposed againste them, because they mighte make answers to the saings and personages and to haue their libel accordinglye: for they knew not to haue offended the maiesties of the king and Quene, nor of the churche, but intierly would obey, obserue and kepe the ordinaunces of the King and Quene, and of the churche, as all good and true subiectes are bound to doo. And for any brech of the King and Quenes lawes that they had done, they required iustice: neuer the lesse all their reasōs and allegations, the said poore women were condemned, and adiudged to be burnt, vntill

they were consumed into ashes, according to a sentēce geuen by Elier Gosline bailif, of the which sentēce the tenour hereafter foloweth.

THe xvii. day of the moneth of Iuly 1556. Elier Gosline bailif in the presence of Thomas Deuick, Piers Martine, Nicholas Cary Iohn Bloundell, Nicholas Delishe, Ihon Le marchaunt, Ihon Le feauer, Piers Bonamy Nicholas Martine and Iohn Delamarch Iurates, Catherine Cawches, Paratine Massy, and Guyllemyne Guylbert, the saide Paratine & Guyllemyne daughters to the sayde Catherine, are all condemned & iudged thys day to be burned, vntill they be consumed to ashes in the place accustomed, which the confiscation of all their goods, mouables, and heritages, to be in the handes of the Kinge and Quenes maiesties, according and after the ef-