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1. Persecution in Coventry2. Patrick Hamilton3. Patrick's Places4. Lincolnshire martyrs5. Thomas Wolsey6. Humphrey Monmouth and Thomas Hitten7. Thomas Bilney8. Defence of Bilney9. George Stratford and Simon Fish10. Supplication of Beggers11. Tunstall's anti-heresy edicts12. London evangelical martyrs13. Wiltshire martyrs14. Dovercourt rood15. John Frith16. Thomas Benet17. Bishop Stokesley's persecution18. Henry VIII's divorce19. Royal Supremacy20. William Tyndale21. Events of 1536-822. Edmund Bonner's career23. Royal articles and injunctions24. Bishop Longland's sermon25. John Forrest26. John Lambert27. Murders and martyrdoms28. Henry VIII's letter to Charles V29. Destruction of Becket's shrine30. Act of Six Articles31. Allegations against Six Articles32. Thomas Cromwell33. Great Bible34. Barnes, Garrett and Jerome35. Persecution for Six Articles36. Fire in Oxford37. Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr38. Testwood, Filmer, Marbeck and Person39. Persecution in Calais40. Persecution in 154541. Anne Askew42. Katherine Parr and George Blage43. Proclamation of 154644. Heresies charged against Protestants45. Scottish martyrs46. Archbishop Warham's persecution47. London martyrs in 153948. Papal sentence on Henry VIII's divorce49. Exsurge Domini50. Death of Henry VIII51. Persecution in Orleans in 153452. John Browne
K. Henry. 8. Persecution of simple men within the dioces of Lincolne.
| Persecuters. | Persecuted. | The Causes. |
MarginaliaRobert West, accused.Doctour Wharton Chaunce- lour to Tonstall, Byshop of Londõ | Rob. West Priest of S. Andrewe vndershaft At Londõ. an. 1529. | Agaynst this Robert West Priest it was obiected 
CloseFoxe's source for this account is almost certainly a now lost court-book of Bishop Cuthbert Tunstal of London. Robert West was also - according to a record not consulted by Foxe - charged with eating meat on Friday and having committed adultery (London Metropolitan Archive, DL/C/330, fo. 175v). had commēded Martin Luther, and thought that hee had done well in many thynges, as in ha uyng wife and children. &c. Item, for saying that, where as the Doctours of the church haue commaunded Priestes to say Mattens and Euensong, they had no authoritie so to do: For the whiche hee was abiu- red, & was enioyned penaūce. Ex Regist. Lincol. |
MarginaliaIohn Ryburne, accused.Doctour Morgan. | Iohn Ryburne. At Rysse- browe. an. 1530. | It was testified
CloseThere is no corroboration of Foxe's account of John Ryburn. Iohn Ryburne, by hys sister Eli- sabeth Ryburne beyng put to her othe, that she commyng to him vpon the Assumptiõ euen, found him at supper with but- ter and egges: and beyng byd to sit down and eate with him, she aunswered, that it was no conuenient tyme then to eate. To whom he sayd agayn, that God neuer made such fastyng dayes, but you (quod he) are so farre in Limbo Patrū, that you can neuer turne agayne. And in further comunication, when she said, þt she would go on pil- grimage to the holy Crosse at Wendouer, he sayd agayn, that she did nought: For there is ne uer a steppe (sayd he) þt you set, in going on pilgrimage, but you go to þe deuill: and you go to the Church to worshyp that |
the Priest doth hold aboue his head, whiche is but bread, and if you cast it to the mouse, he will eate it: and sayd that he would neuer beleue, that the priest hath power to make his Lorde. Item, it was testified by an other sister named Alyce Ryburne, that she being with her brother in a closse, called MarginaliaA prophesie.Brymmers Closse, heard him say these wordes: That a tyme shall come that no eleuation shall bee made. Wher- unto she aunsweryng agayne, asked: and what seruice shall we haue then? He sayd: that seruice, that we haue now. Furthermore the sayd Iohn Ryburne was accused vpon these wordes, saying: that the seruice of the Church was nought, because it was not in Englishe: For, sayd he, if we had our Pater noster in English, we would say it ix. tymes, agaynst once now. &c. Ex Regist. Lincol. fol. 300. | ||
MarginaliaSister agaynst brother: wife agaynst husband.¶ Note here out of the recordes of the register, that in this examination of Iohn Ryburne, first his ij. si- sters, then his owne wife, and at last his owne father were called before Iohn Longlãd, bishop of Lincolne, and compelled by othe to depose agaynst him.
CloseNote Foxe's concern to underscore how Bishop Longland's investigations of heresy subverted family ties and values. He also does this in Book 7. |
MarginaliaIohn Eton & Cecilie hys wife.Iohn Long land By- shop of Lincolne. Richard Ryburne. | Iohn Eton Cecilie his wife. At Roshe- borogh. an. 1530. | Iohn Eton, and Cecylie hys wife of the parishe of Spyne, were detected
CloseThere is no corroboration for Foxe's account of the Eatons; although the identity of Thomas Lound, who is mentioned in it, can be verified. burne that they were marked of certeine in the parishe on the Sonday then last past, in the sacryng tyme, to holde downe their heades, and would not looke vpon the Sacrament. Item, in the feast of exalta- tion of the holy Crosse, when the belles did ring solemly, be- twene Mattens & high Masse, for saying in a butchers house, what a clamperyng of belles is here? Item, the sayd Iohn Riburne was detected of Richard his fa- ther for saying these woordes: The Priestes do naught, for they should say their seruice in Englishe, that euery man may know it. |
| Persecuters | Persecuted. | The Causes. |
Item, for these wordes speaking to one of his sisters: The Sacramēt of the aultar, is not, as they take it to be. MarginaliaA prophesie.But if it be, as I trust, we shall see none of them holden vp, one of these dayes, ouer the priestes head. &c. Item, for saying, þt the bloud of our Lord Iesus Christ hath made satisfaction for all ill dedes, that were done, or should be done, and therfore it was no nede, to go on pil grimage. It was also layd to his charge, and cõfessed by hym selfe, that he had Iesus Gospels in Englishe, and that he was present in the house of Iohn Taylor, when one Iohn Symondes read to them a lecture out of the Gos- pel, of the Passion of Christ, the space of ij. houres. Item, for saying, that Images were but Idoles, and it was Idolatrie to pray to them. For saying moreouer, that at sacryng tyme, he kneled downe, but he had no deuotion, nor beleued in the Sacra ment. Item, that the Popes authoritie and pardon can not helpe mans soule, and it was but cast away money, that is giuen for pardon: For if we aske pardon of our Lord Iesus Christ, he will giue vs pardon euery day. Thomas Lound Priest
CloseThomas Lound attended the conventicle held in John Taylor's house and Bishop Longland ordered his arrest on 11 November 1530 (Lincolnshire Archives Office, Register 26, fo. 180v). yeares, beyng afterwarde cast in the Flete at London, was a great instructor of this Iohn Ryburne. |
MarginaliaIohn Simondes, accused.Iohn Lõg- land By- shop of Lincolne. | Iohn Sy- mondes. | It was layd agaynst
CloseBishop John Longland ordered the arrest of John Simonds for his participation in the conventicle held at John Taylor's house (This is copied into Bishop Longland's register; Lincolnshire Archives Office, Register 26, fo. 180v). Symondes, for saying, that men do walke all day in Purgatory in this world, and when they depart out of this world, there is but ij. wayes, either to hell or to heauen. Item, he sayd that Priestes should haue wyues. It was reported by the con fession of þe sayd Iohn Symõdes: MarginaliaEx eod. regist. fol. 323.that hee conuerted to hys doc- trine viij. Priestes, and had holpen ij. or iij. Friers out of their orders. |
MarginaliaDiuers accused for hearing the Scriptures red in Englishe.Iohn Lõg- land By- shop of Lincolne. | William Wingraue Thomas Hawkes of Hichendē. Robert Hawes of Westwi- come. Iohn Tay- lor. Iohn Hawkes. Thomas Herme of Cobshill. Nicholas fielde.
CloseA writ ordering the arrest of 'Richard Field' for leading a conventicle in John Taylor's house in Speen, Hertfordshire on 11 November 1530 is copied into Bishop Longland's register (Lincolnshire Archives Office, Register 26, fo. 180v). Whether Foxe's version of Field's name - Nicholas instead of Richard - and his version of the place where the conventicle was held - Hitchenden instead of Speen - was due to these variants appearing in his source or simple mistranscription will never be known. There is no evidence that this is the same 'Field' as the individual who was Barnes' disciple. [Back to Top]Richard Deane. Thomas Clerke the younger. William Hawkes of Chesham. an. 1530. | These persons
CloseOrders for the arrest of Thomas Hawkes, John Taylor, John Hawkyns (not Hawks as in Foxe), Richard Field, Thomas Clerk and William Hawkes on charges of attending a conventicle at John Taylor's house on 11 November 1530 are copied into Bishop Longland's register (Lincolnshire Archives Office, Register 26, fo. 180v). The names of William Wingrave, Thomas Hearn and Richard Dean do not appear on these orders; they were probably arrested later. [Back to Top]were examined, excommunca ted, and abiured, for beyng to- gether in Iohn Taylors house at Hichenden, and there hearyng Nicolas Field of Londõ to read a parcell of Scripture in Eng- lish to them, who there expoū- ded to them many thynges: MarginaliaEx Regist. Longland. fol. 311.That they whiche went on pil grimage, were accursed: That it booted not to pray to Images, for they were but stockes made of woode, and could not helpe a man: That God almightie byd- deth vs worke as wel one day, as an other, sauyng the Son- day: for sixe dayes he wrought, and the seuenth day he rested: That they neded not to fast so many fastyng dayes, except the Imbring daies: for he was be- yond the Sea in Almanie, and there they vsed not so to fast, nor to make such holydayes. Item, þt offeryngs do no good, for they haue them, that haue no nede thereof. And when it was aunswered againe by one that they mainteyned Gods seruice: nay, sayd Nicolas, it mainteineth great houses, as Abbeys and other. Item, that men should say their Pater noster, and Aue Ma- ria, in English, with the Crede, and declared the same in Eng- lishe. Item, that the Sacrament of the aultar was not, as it was pretended, the fleshe, bloud, and bone of Christ: but a Sacrament, that is, a Typicall signification of hys holy body. |
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