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Marginalia1555. March.As touchyng the letters of M. Farrar, we do not find many that he did write. And peraduenture in Queene Maryes tyme his imprisonment was so strait, that at no tyme it was permitted to him to write. Albeit in his other troubles in kyng Edwardes tyme, certeine letters he wrote to the Archbyshop of Canterbury Tho. Cranmer, and to the Earle of Warwicke,
CloseIn 1563, Foxe identified Cranmer and the earl of Warwick (John Dudley, laterduke of Nothumberland) as the recipients of these letters. In 1570, he claimed that Thomas Goodrich, the lord chancellor, was the recipient. In fact, they were probably sent to Cranmer and were certainly not sent to Goodrich (see Brown, p. 166).
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CloseIn 1563, Foxe identified Cranmer and the earl of Warwick (John Dudley, laterduke of Nothumberland) as the recipients of these letters. In 1570, he claimed that Thomas Goodrich, the lord chancellor, was the recipient. In fact, they were probably sent to Cranmer and were certainly not sent to Goodrich (see Brown, p. 166).
[Back to Top]MarginaliaA letter of M. Farrar Byshop of Saint Dauies.MOst humbly sheweth vnto your honour,
CloseIn this letter Ferrar was asking for a commission to be established to examine the witnesses his opponents had produced to support their accusations against him. He was also requesting permission to return to his diocese despite the various bonds requiring him to stay in London. (Shrewdly, Ferrar was claiming that it was necessary for him to return to his diocese to collect the clerical taxes owed to the Crown).
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CloseThis was originally a series of statutes enacted in 1353, 1365 and 1393, limiting appeals to the papacy by English clerics and prescribing penalties for those promoting a papal bull or excommunication in England. By Ferrar?s day it had come to be used as a legal term for any clerical usurpation of royal power or authority.
[Back to Top]Besides this letter he wrote an other lykewise to the sayd Lorde (who was, as seemeth, D. Goodricke Lord Chauncellour
CloseIn 1563, Foxe identified Cranmer and the earl of Warwick (John Dudley, laterduke of Nothumberland) as the recipients of these letters. In 1570, he claimed that Thomas Goodrich, the lord chancellor, was the recipient. In fact, they were probably sent to Cranmer and were certainly not sent to Goodrich (see Brown, p. 166).
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CloseIn 1563, Foxe identified Cranmer and the earl of Warwick (John Dudley, laterduke of Nothumberland) as the recipients of these letters. In 1570, he claimed that Thomas Goodrich, the lord chancellor, was the recipient. In fact, they were probably sent to Cranmer and were certainly not sent to Goodrich (see Brown, p. 166).
[Back to Top]MarginaliaAn other letter of B. Farrar to the Lord Chauncellour.RYght honorable,
CloseIn this letter Ferrar was answering some of the charges brought against him in the complaint to the privy council.
fence to Godward, with no litle hindraunce of his holy word and disturbance of the Kings Godly procedings, and may be great occasion of much inobedience, and disorder of good life. Wherefore I am straitly bounden, for the true zeale that I ought to beare vnto the word of life, Christian religion, the Kinges maiesties honour, and the Godly quiet state of his people, not faintly to let fall the burthen of diligent redresse to be sought at his Maiesties handes by the Godly wisdome of his most honorable and vpright Counsaill, but with harty affection to beare it vp agaynst those highmynded, arrogant, stubborne, ambicious, couetous Canons, trusting in their biting tongues with crafty preuention and vtterly vntrue surmises, to stop þe light, that their vngodly misdoinges in darknes shall either not be seene, or at the least may haue a colorable appearaunce of right: In so much that I do not a litle maruell at these qualities in Maister Chauntour, the Canon, and the Deane of Worcetour, whose vngentle and vntrue behauour I haue not onely knowen, but expertly proued and sensibly felt in two of the first to my great losses, wherof I make no cōplaynt.
[Back to Top]But I wonder in my mynde and lament in my hart the straunge alteration and wilfull goyng backward of myne old faithfull brother George Constantyne, MarginaliaThe vnkind dealing of George Constantine, against Bish. Farrar.the which (knowing them all three to haue bene in tymes past, either obstinate enemies to the true bearers of the Crosse of Christ, or (at the least) priuy lurkers vnder pretence of fauour towards the Gospell, to sting the poore folowers thereof, seeking but their owne luker and pleasure in all their doinges) would so earnestly cleaue vnto them in their wrong deedes, as to betray me with his tong, become vntrue of his promise, and a bearer of filthy sinne for lukers sake, euē yet stifly persisting in the same, namely in thinges manifestly knowen vnto many although he would deny it, and that I might not be credited.
[Back to Top]And as for theyr Premunire, both George, and they at my first comming vngently detaining from MarginaliaThys Ferlee was Chauncellour to B. Farrar.M. Ferlee his commission of the Chaūcellorship, would haue faced me downe with the Premunire,
CloseThis was originally a series of statutes enacted in 1353, 1365 and 1393, limiting appeals to the papacy by English clerics and prescribing penalties for those promoting a papal bull or excommunication in England. By Ferrar?s day it had come to be used as a legal term for any clerical usurpation of royal power or authority.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaThe wronges which B. Farrar receaued by Tho. Yong, & D. Mericke.Also desiring to haue sight of the booke of Statutes of the church for the knowledge of my dutye and theirs, I could not obtaine. Desiring to haue a key of the Chapter house Seale, as my Lord of Bathe had, they would not deliuer it, but vpon conditions: yet was I content to be brideled, receauing it, as pleased thē to geue it. And furcher requiring the sight of necessary euidences for the declaration of diuers things in trauers of my right, they would in no wyse graunt it. And therupon considering their vngentlenes, I moued the quo warranto, knowing right well that if they should shew any substantiall graunt vnder the kinges Seale for their corporation, it must therein appeare the bishop to be the head, and euer hath bene vnder the king: for other they neither haue nor had, except they would returne to Rome agayne, as I trust they wyll not. And yet perceauing afterward that they had no speciall graunt to shew, or els such as they would not shew, I my self for the respect of vnity, wrote my letters to the kinges Attourney, by reason whereof the quo warranto
CloseUnder the royal injunctions, every church in the kingdom was required to have a copy of the English translation of Erasmus's Paraphrases of the Gospel.
But touching the Certificat, the kinges Subsidy being due at Michaelmas last, and forborne til after Christmas, and lawfully demaunded afore, they did vtterly refuse to pay, both to my Vicecollector and to my selfe, except I would take it of them in portions, not knowing where to aske the rest, and it is cōmitted vnto me in the Kinges Role a whole summe in grosse to be receaued of the Canons resideutiaries for their Diuident: who because they cā not agree in diuiding, would haue the kings Maiesty to tary for hys money, til they cā agree to make diuision: and I can not demaund it of any particular person, nor at any particular place.
[Back to Top]Wherfore I most humbly besech your fatherly goodnes for the Lords sake, to persist and continue my good