MarginaliaAn. 1549.
The Archbyshop.Well, sayd the Archbishop, I haue read ouer all the lawes aswell as you, but to an other end and purpose then you did, and yet I can find no such priuiledge in this matter.

MarginaliaSecretary Smyth.Then M. Secretary Smith did very sore burthen and charge him, how disobediently and rebelliously hee had alwayes behaued him selfe towardes the kynges Maiestie and his authoritie.

MarginaliaBoner.Whereupon the Byshop vnder his protestation aunswered agayne that hee was the kynges Maiesties lawfull and true subiect, and did acknowledge his highnes to bee his gracious soueraigne Lord, or els hee would not haue appealed vnto him, as he had, yea and would gladly lay his handes and his necke also vnder his graces feete, and therfore he desired that his hyghnes lawes and Iustice mought be ministred vnto him.

MarginaliaSecretary Smyth.Yea (quoth M. Secretary) you say wel my Lord, but I pray you, what others haue all these rebels both in Northfolk, Deuonshyre, and Cornewal and other places done? haue they not sayd thus? MarginaliaBoner compared to the rebels of Deuonshyre.We be the kinges true subiectes, we acknowledge hym for our king, and we will obey his lawes, with such like, and yet when either commaundemēt, letter, or pardon was brought vnto them from his Maiestie, they beleued it not, but sayd it was forged and made vnder a hedge, and was Gentlemens doynges, so that in deede they would not nor did obey any thyng.

MarginaliaBoner.Ah Syr, sayd the Bishop, I perceaue your meaning: as who should say that the Byshop of London is a rebell like them. Yea by my trouth (quoth the Secretary.) MarginaliaThe people laughing at Boner.Wherat the people laughed.

MarginaliaDoct. May.Then the Deane of Paules sayd vnto him, that hee marueiled much and was very sory to see him so vntractable, that he would not suffer the Iudges to speake.

MarginaliaBoner with hys tauntes.To whom the Bishop disdaynfully aūswered: well, M. Deane, you must say somewhat. And likewise at an other tyme as the Deane was speakyng, he interrupted him, and sayd, you may speake when your turne cometh.

MarginaliaSecretary Smyth.Then said Secretary Smith, I woulde you knew your duety.

MarginaliaBoner.
The contemptuous talke of Boner.I would (quoth hee agayne) you knew it as well as I, with an infinite more of other such stubborne and cōtemptuous talke and behauiour towardes thē, which the Commissioners waighyng, & perceauing no likelyhode of any tractable reason in him, determined that the Archbishop with their whole consent, should at that present there openly read and publishe their finall decree or sentence definitiue against him. Which hee did, pronounsing him therby to be cleane depriued from the Bishopricke of London, and farther, as in the same appeareth. Which begynneth thus: In Dei nomine, Amen. Nos Thomas permissione Diuina Cant. Archiepiscopus, totius Angliæ primas & Metropolitanus, Nicolaus eadem miseratione Roffensis Episcopus, Tho. Smith miles. &c. MarginaliaRead more hereof in the Boke of Actes and Monumentes of the former edition. pag. 720.and so forth as more at full may appeare in the booke of Actes and Monumentes of the former edition, pag. 720. Which ended, the Bishop immediatly did therefrom appeale by woorde of mouth, alledgyng that the same sentence there geuen agaynst him was Lex nulla. The tenour of whose woordes I thought here to expresse accordyng as they were by hym vttered, in this wise as foloweth.

MarginaliaThe wordes of Boner appealing frō the sentence definatiue.IEdmund Byshop of London brought in and kept here as a prisoner agaynst my consent and will, do vnder my former protestations heretofore made, and to the intent it may also appeare that I haue not beyng so here in this place, cōsented nor agreed to any thyng done against me, and in my preiudice, alledge and say that this sentence geuen here agaynst me is Lex nulla, and so farre forth as it shall appeare to be aliqua, I do say it is iniqua, and iniusta, and that therefore I doe from it, as iniqua, and iniusta, appeale to the most excellent and noble kyng, Edward the sixt by the grace of God kyng of England, Fraunce, and Ireland defendour of the faith and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland next and immediatly vnder God here in earth supreme head, and vntohis Court of Chauncery or Parliament, as the lawes, statutes, and ordinaunces of this Realme will suffer and beare in this behalfe, desiryng instantly first, second, and thyrd, accordyng to the lawes, MarginaliaLetters reuerenciall or demissories.letters reuerenciall or demissories to bee geuen and deliuered vnto me in this behalfe, with all thinges expedient, requisite, or necessary in any wise: and therupon also the sayd Byshop required the publicke Notary or Actuary William Say to make an instrument, and the witnes aforesayd and other present to recorde the same. To whom so appealyng and requiryng as afore, the sayd Iudges delegate sayd, that they will declare and signifie to the kynges Maiesty, what is done in this matter, and therupon will deferre or not deferre to his said appellatiō, according as his graces pleasure and commaundemēt to them shalbe in that behalfe: and after all this, the sayd Byshop of London sayd to thē: Iam functi estis officio. What will your grace do with me now touchyng my imprisonment? will ye keepe me still in prison? shall I not now bee at liberty to prosecute myne appeale? To whom the Archbyshop aunsweryng, sayd that they perceaued now more in that matter then they did at the first, and that this matter is more greater rebellion then he is ware of, and therfore said, that as yet they would not discharge him, and therupon they committed him agayne to his keeper to prison.

MarginaliaThe Archbyshop declareth the effecte of Boners sentence in Englyshe.This talke finished, the Archbishop considering that most of the audience there present dyd not vnderstand the meaning of the sentence being read in the Latine tounge, sayd vnto them: Because there bee many of you here that vnderstand not the lattin tounge, and so cannot tell what iudgement hath bene here geuen, I shall therefore shewe you the effect therof: and therewith did declare in English the causes expressed in the sentence, adding then thereunto these wordes:

MarginaliaBoner depriued and vnbyshopped.Because my Lord of London is found gilty in these matters, therefore we haue here by our sentence depriued hym of the bishopricke of London: and thys wee shew vnto you to the entent that from henceforth ye shall not esteme hym any more as bishop of London.

MarginaliaBoners disdainfull wordes to the Cōmissioners.Then Boner desired the Archbishop to declare likewise what he had done, and how he had appealed. But the other seing hys froward contempt, refused it, saying, ye may do it your selfe. Whereupon very disdainfully agayne he sayd, iam functi estis officio. What wyll your Grace do wyth me touching my imprisonment? wyll you keepe me styll in prison?

To whom the Commissioners aunswered that they perceaued now more in the matter then they did before, and that hys behauiour was more greater rebellion then he was ware of: MarginaliaBoner agayne cōmitted to hys keper.and therefore they would not discharge hym, but committed him agayne to hys keeper to be kept in prison. Where he most iustly remayned vntyll the death of that most woorthy and godlye prince king Edward the sixt. After which tyme hee wrought most horrible mischiefe and cruelties agaynst the Saintes of God, as appeareth hereafter throughout the whole raygne of Quene Mary. From the executing of the which lyke tyranny, the Lord of his great mercy keepe hym and all other such. Amen.

MarginaliaA Supplication of Boner to the Lord Chauncellour and the rest of the kinges Counsell.Now immediately after hys depriuation, hee wryteth out of the Marshalesey an other letter supplicatory vnto the Lord Chauncelour and the rest of the kynges Counsell. Wherin he thus complayneth, that by reason of the great enemitie that the Duke of Somerset and Syr Thomas Smith bare vnto hym, his often and earnest sutes vnto the king and his Counsell could not be heard. He therfore most humbly desireth their Lordships for the causes aforesayd, to consider him, and to let hym haue libertie to prosecute hys matter before them, and he would dayly pray for the good preseruation of their honors: MarginaliaRead more hereof in the boke of Actes and Monumentes of the former edition. pag. 723. and 724.as appeareth at large in the Actes and Monumentes, page. 723. and 724.

Thus after the Commissioners had finished wyth Boner, he being now prisoner in the Marshalsey, leauing no shifte of the lawe vnsought how to worke for hym selfe as well as he might, drew out a certain supplication, conceaued and directed to the kinges Maie-