MarginaliaAn. 1555. Iune.Thus the sayd prisoners beyng sent vp the first day of May, were brought before the sayd Byshop the xvij. of the sayd moneth to be examined, vpon diuers & sundry Articles ministred & obiected agaynst thē:MarginaliaOsmund, Chāberlaine, and their fellowes, brought before B. Boner. wherunto they were compelled to aunswere and to put their handes to the same: the copy of which theyr Articles and aunsweres, beyng all one in forme and effect (if the Register say true) here foloweth.

¶ The copy of the Articles obiected agaynst Thomas Osmund, William Bamford, and Nicholas Chamberlayne of Coxehall.  

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The letter from Oxford to Bonner, the articles objected against the martyrs and their answers were all taken from Bonner's official records, probably from a court book which is now missing.

MarginaliaArticles ministred vnto them by the Bishop.1. FIrst that thou Tho. Osmund Fuller, wast and art of the Parish of Coxehall, within the Dioces of London, and thou hast not beleued nor doest beleue that there is here in the earth one Catholicke and vniuersall whole Church, which doth hold and beleue all the fayth and Religiō of Christ, and all the necessary Articles and Sacramentes of the same.

2 Item, that thou hast not beleued nor doest beleue that thou art necessarily boundē vnder the payne of damnatiō of thy soule, to geue full fayth and credence vnto the sayd Catholicke and MarginaliaThe Popes Church falsly termed by the name of the vniuersall Church.vniuersall Church,and to the fayth and Religion of the same in all necessary pointes of the sayd fayth and Religiō, without doubtyng or wauering in the sayd fayth and Religion, or in any part therof.

3 Item, that thou hast not beleued that the fayth and religion, which both the church of Rome, Italy, Spayn, England, Fraunce, Ireland, Scotland, & all other churches in Europe, being true members and partes of the sayd catholick and vniuersal church do beleue and teach, is both agreing wyth the sayd catholicke and vniuersall church, & with the fayth and religion of Christ, & also is the very true fayth and religion, which all Christen people ought to beleue, obserue, follow, and keepe: MarginaliaThe fayth of the Romish Church not to be beleued.but contrarywyse thou hast beleued and doest beleue, that that fayth and religion which the sayd church of Rome, and all the other churches aforesayd haue heretofore beleued, and do beleue is false, erroneous, and naught, and in no wyse ought to be beleued, obserued, kept, and folowed of any Christian person.

4 Item, that albeit it be true that in the Sacrament of the aulter, there is in substance the very body and bloud of our sauiour Christ vnder the formes of bread & wyne: and albeit that it be so beleued, taught and preached vndoubtedly in the sayd church of Rome and all other churches aforesaid, yet thou hast not so beleued, nor doest so beleue, but contrariwise thou hast beleued, and doest beleue firmely and stedfastly, that there is not in the sayd sacrament of the aultar, vnder the sayd formes of bread and wyne, the very substance of Christes body and bloud, MarginaliaNote how this geare is penned to the worst.but that there is onely the substaunce of materiall and common bread and wyne with the formes thereof, and that the sayd materiall and common bread and wine are onely the signes and tokens of Christes body and bloud, and are by fayth to be receiued onely for a remembraunce of Christes passion and death, without any such substance of Christes body and bloud at all.

MarginaliaThis Article not so put downe as they ment it.5 Item  

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As Foxe's marginal notes reveal, he was clearly concerned that this article might be interpreted by readers as too strong a rejection of the sacrament.

6 Item, that thou hast likewyse beleued, thought, and spoken that the Masse now vsed in thys Realme of England and other the churches aforesayd, is abominable and nought, and full of idolatry, and is of the ordinaunce of the Pope and MarginaliaThe Masse not of Christes institutiō.not of the institution of Christ, and hath no goodnes in it, sauing the Gloria in excelsis, the Epistle and Gospell, and therefore thou hast not, nor wylt not come and be present at Masse, nor receaue the sacrament of the aulter nor any other sacrament of the church, as they are now vsed in this realme of England. &c.

7 Itē, that thou hast in tymes past beleued and yet doest now beleue, that MarginaliaAgaynst auricular confessiō and church seruice.auricular confession is not necessary to be made vnto the Priest: but is a thing superfluous, voide and nought, only to be made to God, and to none other person. And lykewyse thou hast condemned as superfluous, vayne, and vnprofitable all the ceremonies of the church, and the seruice of the same, and hast sayd that no seruice in the church ought to be sayd, but in the

English toung, and if it bee otherwyse, it is vnlawfull and nought.

8 Item, that thou being notoriously and openly suspected for an hereticke, and a person culpable in the premisses, wast of late called and conuented before the Earle of Oxford, and Maister Philip Paris, and there wast charged wyth the sayd heresies, especially agaynst the sacrament of the aultar. And because thou dyddest mayntayne and stand to thy sayd heresies, and wouldest not come to the church, and be confessed, and receiue the sayd sacrament, as other Christian people dyd, but vtterly dyddest refuse to do the same, thou wast by the sayd MarginaliaThe Earle of Oxford. Maister Phillip Paris.Earle of Oxford and Maister Philip Paris, sent vp by a Constable vnto me bishop of London, and wast by them denounced, detected, and put vp to me as an hereticke and mysbeleuyng person,

9 Item, that thou hast knowen and beleued, thou doest knowe and beleue, or at the least thou hast crediblye heard reported, spoken and sayd, that all and all maner persons, which do teach, preach, or holde any thyng concernyng the sacraments of the church, or any the articles of the fayth, otherwyse then is found already discussed & determined by þ^e mother the holy church, or doth call into doubt or question that thing which is already decided or determined by the church, or that wyllynglye and wyttyngly doe vtter openly or pryuely any sclaunderous or blasphemous wordes concernyng the sayd sacramentes or any of them, or that do preach, teach, or keepe anye sect or kynde of heresy agaynst the wholsome doctrine of the church, and do wyttingly, wyllingly, or obstinatelye defend the sayd sect or kynde of heresye, are by the Canons of the whole and vniuersall catholicke Church, and also by the ecclesiasticall lawes of thys church of England by theyr so doyng, accursed wyth that curse, whych doth seperate them from the entry into the church, from the receyuing of the sacramentes, and from the companye of faythfull people, and are (in continuyng in thys said sect and heresy) to be pronounced, declared, and taken for heretickes, and to be delyuered to the secular power, and by the lawes temporall of thys realme of England, and the custome of the same, to be by the sayde secular power put to death, and brent for thys sayd sect and heresy.

10 Item, that thou by reason of the premisses wast and art to be pronounced, taken, had, reputed, and iudged for a manifest and open, wilfull and obstinate hereticke, for a wycked and cursed person, & to be punished accordingly for the same, accordyng to the sayd Canon lawes, vsages, and customes.

¶ The aunswers which the said Thomas Osmond, William Bamford, and Nicholas Chamberlain seuerally made vnto these Articles.  

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The letter from Oxford to Bonner, the articles objected against the martyrs and their answers were all taken from Bonner's official records, probably from a court book which is now missing.

MarginaliaThe answeres of the three prisoners to the Articles, agreing all in one.TO the first they aunswered and confessed the same to be true, except that they doe beleue that there is here in earth one catholicke & whole Church, and that the same church doth hold and beleue as is contayned in thys article.

To the second they aunswer, and beleue the said article not to be true: for they say that they haue and doe beleue, that they are necessarily bounden vnder payne of damnation of their soule, to geue full fayth and credence vnto the sayd catholicke church, and to the fayth and religion of the same, in all necessary poyntes of the same fayth and religiō, without wauering or doubting in any part thereof.

To the third they answer, that the church of Rome, and other Churches mencioned in this article, be not true members and partes (as they be vsed in faith and religion) of the catholicke church of Christ, MarginaliaThe Church of Rome not to be beleued.and that the fayth and religion vsed in the sayd Churches, is not agreable with the church of Christ, but are false and erroneous.

To the fourth they aunswer and say, that how so euer the sayd churches of Rome and others of Christendome haue and do beleue touching the sacrament of the aultar, yet they do beleue, that in the sacrament vnder the formes of bread and wyne, there is not the very substance of Christes body and bloud, but that there is onely the substance of materiall bread and wyne , and that the same materiall bread and wyne bee onely the signes and tokens of Christes body and bloud, and are