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well hys Vicegerent, with the ij. Dukes of Northfolke and Suffolke, with all the Lordes of the Parlament to Lambeth to dyne with the Archbyshop (who mightely had disputed and alleaged in the Parlament agaynst the sayd Articles) to cheare and comforte hys daunted spirites agayne.
MarginaliaThe talke betweene the L. Cromwell and certen of the Lordes at Lambeth.There the
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MarginaliaAn. 1541
A Parlament.After this the next yeare folowyng, whiche was 1541. in the moneth of April, was holden a Parlamēt, which after diuers prorogations was continued till the moneth of Iuly the sayd yeare. MarginaliaThe Lord Cromwell apprehended.In the whiche moneth of Iuly, the Lord Cromwell beyng in the Counsayle chamber, was sodenly apprehended, and committed to the tower of Londō. Wherat, as many good mē which knewe nothyng but truth by him did lamēt, and prayed hartely for him: so moe there were on the cōtrary side that reioysed, especially of the religious sort, and of the Clergie, such as had ben in some dignitie before in the Church, and now by his meanes were put frō it. For in deede such was hys nature, that in all his doynges he could not abyde any kind of Popery, nor of false Religion creepyng vnder hypocrisie: and lesse could abyde the ambitious pryde of Popishe Prelacie, whiche professing all humilitie, was so elated in pride, that kynges could not rule in their owne Realmes for them. These snuffing Prelates as hee could neuer abyde: so they agayne hated hym as much, whiche was the cause of shortenyng his dayes, and to bryng him to his end: So that the xix. day of the moneth aforesayd he was attainted by Parlament.
MarginaliaCrimes and accusations brought against the L. Cromwell.In the whiche Atteinder diuers and sondry crimes surmises, obiections and accusations were brought against him, but chieflye & aboue all other, he was charged & accused of heresie, for that he was a supporter of them (whom they recoūted for heretickes) as Barnes
I.e., Robert Barnes. Roger Clark. Foxe related that a layman of Norfolk (not Suffolk) named Roger was burned for sacramentarian heresy (Rerum, p. 144). By the time the 1563 edition was printed, Foxe had learned a great deal more about the burnings of John Kerby and Roger Clarke; most of his detailed account of their trials and executions first appeared in this edition. This material was contributed by unnamed eyewitnesses. In the 1570 edition, Foxe added details to the account of the martyrdoms of Kerby and Clarke, which were also obtained from informants, probably including the Ipswich gaoler John Bird (Richard Bird, also an Ipswich gaoler, would be denounced by Catholics in Mary’s reign for encouraging prisoners in their heresy (1576, p. 1981 and 1583, p. 2089). Were the Birds a family of evangelical gaolers? In any case, John Bird was probably the source the interview between Kerby and Robert Wingfield.). In the 1570 edition, Foxe also added an account of Henry VIII’s oration to Parliament on Christmas Eve 1545. Foxe printed this speech from Edward Hall, The union of the two noble and illuste famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (London, 1560), STC 12734a, fos.260r-262r. His purpose in including the speech was to criticize appeal for compromise for the sake of concord and religious unity. In ‘notes’ upon the speech, Foxe argued instead - in passages clearly intend to goad Elizabeth and her magistrates into further reformation of the Church - that correct doctrine and religious purity were more important than peace or unity.
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Ouer and besides all this, they brought in certaine witnesses (what they were, þe Atteinder expresseth not) which most especially pressed (or rather oppressed) hym with heynous wordes spoken agaynst the kyng in the Church of S. Peter the poore, in the moneth of March, in the xxx. yeare of the kinges reigne. Which wordes if they be true, as the Atteinder doth purport, iij. thinges I haue here much to maruell at. MarginaliaWitnesses agaynst Cromwell suspected.Fyrst, if hys aduersaryes had so sure holde and matter agaynst hym, then what shoulde moue them to make such hastie speede in all poste haste, to haue hym dispatched and ridde out of the way, and in no case could abyde hym to come to his purgatiō? Which if he might haue done, it is not otherwyse to be thought, but he would easilye haue cleared hym self therof.
[Back to Top]Secondly, thys I maruell, that if the wordes had bene so heynous agaynst the king, as hys enemyes did pretende, why then dyd those witnesses, which heard those wordes in S. Peters Church, in the xxx. yeare of the kinges reigne, conceale þe sayd wordes of such treason so long, the space almost of ij. yeares, and now vttered þe same in the xxxij. yeare of the kinges reigne, in the moneth of Iulie.
[Back to Top]Thirdly, here is agayne to be merueled, if the kyng had knowē or beleued these wordes to bee true, & that Cromwell had ben in deede such a traitour to his person, why then did the kyng so shortly after lament hys death, wishyng to haue his Cromwell alyue agayne? What Prince will wish the life of him whom he suspecteth vndoubtedly to bee a traitour to his life and person? wherby it may appeare what iudgement the kyng had of Cromwell, in him selfe, howsoeuer the Parlament by sinister information was otherwise incensed to iudge vpon him.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaWhat mischiefe malicious makebates make in a cōmon wealth.Such malicious makebates
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CloseSee 1570, p. 197; 1576, p. 150 and 1583, pp. 148-9.
CloseSee 1570, p. 845; 1576, p. 680 and 1583, pp. 705-6.
CloseSee 1570, p. 861; 1576, pp. 701-2 and 1583, p. 727.
CloseThis is one of a number of occasions in which Foxe hints that the earl of Surrey was urgently condemned and executed. It should be remembered that Foxe's former pupil and patron, the fourth duke of Norfolk, was Surrey's son.
CloseFoxe's sources for the complicated, intertwined, narratives which follow were varied. The story of William Callaway and Dr. London first appeared in the Rerum, as did the account of the execution of Germain Gardiner (Rerum, pp. 143-4). The first came from Edward Hall, The union of two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (London, 1550) STC 12734a, fo. 257r, the second probably was related to Foxe by John Bale. Both of these stories were repeated in all editions of the A&M. In the 1563 edition, Foxe added accounts of Adam Damplip (from unknown informants), Thomas Broke’s speech against the Six Articles, accounts of the 1539 persecution of heresy in Calais, which came from informants, and accounts of the 1540 persecution of heresy in Calais, also obtained from informants, almost certainly including Thomas Broke’s wife, who supplied the detailed narrative of her husband’s ordeals. The 1563 edition also contained an account of an earlier heretic, William Button, who was forced to do penance in Calais sometime before 1532; Foxe states that this account was derived from informants in the town. And Foxe also added the recantations of John Athee and John Heywood, which he obtained from Bishop Bonner’s register (Guildhall MS 9531/12, fos. 61r and 254v).
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CloseGeorge Eagles was an itinerant lay preacher who led a secret conventicle near Colchester during Mary's reign. He was executed in the summer in the summer of 1556 for sedition.