Marginalia1556. Ianuary.Articles there ministred vnto them, with their aunsweres also vnto the same, accordyng as they all agreed after one maner and sorte together, as here by the wordes both of the Articles and their aunsweres vnder written may appeare.

¶ The forme and wordes of Boners Articles ministred to the seuen persons aboue mentioned in his Consistory.  

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ANd first to behold þ^e maner of speech in these Byshops, sittyng in there Maiestie to terrifie þ^e eares of the simple withall, let vs heare the pontificall phrase of this Byshops begynnyng in this sorte.

The within written Articles, and euery of them and euery part and parcell of them, we Edmund by the permißion of God Bishop of London, doe obiect & minister to thee Tho. Whittle &c. of our mere office, for thy soule health and reformation of thine offenses and misdemeanors, monishyng thee in the vertue of obedience, and vnder the paynes both of the censures of the Church,and also of other paynes of the law, to aunswere fully, playnly, and truly to all the same.

1. FIrst, that thou N. hast firmely, stedfastly, and constantly beleued in times past and so doest now beleue at this present that there is here in earth a Catholicke Church, in the which Catholicke Church, the faith and Religion of CHRIST is truly professed, allowed, receiued, kept, and reteined of all faithfull & true Christen people.

2. Item, that thou the sayd N. in times past, hast also beleued, and so doest beleue at this present, that there are in the sayd Catholicke Church Marginalia7. Sacramentes.seuen Sacraments, instituted and ordeined by God, and by the consent of the holy Church allowed, approued, receiued, kept, and reteined.

3 Item, that thou the sayd N. wast in times past baptised in the faith of the said catholicke church, MarginaliaThe godfathers fayth.professing by thy Godfathers and Godmothers the faith and religion of CHRIST, and the obseruation thereof, renouncing there the deuill and al his pompes and works, and wast by the said sacrament of Baptisme incorporate to the catholicke church, and made a faithfull member thereof.

4 Item, that thou the said N. comming to the age of. 14 yeates, and so to the age of discretion, dyddest not depart from thy said professiō, and faith, nor diddest mislike any part of the same faith or doings, but diddest like a faythfull christian person abide and continue in al the same by the space of certaine yeares, ratifying and confirming all the same.

5 Item that thou the said N. notwithstanding the premisses, hast of late, that is to say, within these two yeres last past, within the City and Dioces of London, swarued at the least way from some part of the said catholicke faith and religion: MarginaliaSacrifice of þ^e masse.and among other thinges, thou hast misliked and earnestly spoken against the sacrifice of the Masse, the sacrament of the aultar, and the vnitie of the church, railing and maligning on the authority of the sea of Rome, and the faith obserued in the same.

6 Item, that thou the said N. hast heretofore refused, and doest refuse at this present to be reconciled againe to the vnitie of the church, knowledging and confessing the authoritie of the said MarginaliaSea of Rome.sea of Rome to be lawfull.

7 Item, that thou the sayd N. misliking the sacrifice of the Masse, and the sacrament of the aultar, hast refused to come to thy parish church to heare Masse, and to receiue the sayd Sacrament, and hast also expressely sayd that in the said MarginaliaSacramēt of the altar.Sacrament of the altar, there is not the very body and bloud of our Sauiour CHRIST, really, substantially, and truly, but hast affirmed expressely that the masse is idolatry and abomination, and that in the sacrament of the aultar there is none other substance, but only materiall bread, and materiall wyne, which are tokens of CHRISTES body and bloud onely, and that the substaunce of CHRISTES body and bloud, is in no wyse in the sayd Sacrament of the aultar.

8 Item, that thou the sayd N. beyng conuented before certain Iudges or Commissioners, for thy disorder herein, and being found obstinate, wilfull, and heady, wast by their commaundement sent vnto me and my prison, to be examined by me, and processe to be made against thee for thy offence herein.

9 Item, that all and singular the premisses haue bene, and be true and manifest, and thy selfe not onely infamed and suspected thereof, but also culpable therein: and by

reason of the same thou wast and art of the iurisdiction of me Edmond Bishop of London, and before me accordingly to the order of the Ecclesiasticall lawes, art to bee conuented, and also by me to be punished and reformed.

¶ Here follow likewise their aunswers in a generall, made to the articles aboue rehearsed.  

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¶ And first concerning the first article in beleuing there is a Catholicke church.

MarginaliaAnswere to the first Article.TO þ^e first article they all together agreeing, affyrmed the same to be true: Iohn Tudson and Thomas Browne farther adding, that the Church of England as it was at that present vsed, was no part of the true Catholicke Church.

¶ Concerning the second article, that there be in þ^e church seuen Sacramentes.

MarginaliaTo the 2. Article.To þ^e second article they answered, that they acknowledged but onely two Sacramentes in CHRISTES catholicke church, that is to say, baptisme and the Supper of the Lord: Iohn Went and Tudson affirming that the Sacrament of the aultar, as it is vsed, is an Idoll and no Sacrament at all.

¶ Concerning the third article, that they were first baptised in the fayth of the Catholicke church, professing by their godfathers the profession of the same. &c.

MarginaliaTo the 3. Article.To the third article they agreed and confessed all to be true, that they were baptised in the fayth of CHRIST and of the Church, then taught: and afterward during the tyme of K. Edward the sixt, they hearing the Gospell preached, and the truth opened, followed the order of Religion and Doctrine then vsed and set forth in the reigne of the sayd King Edward the sixt.

¶ Concerning the fourth article, that they for the space of certayne yeares did ratify or allow, & not depart from any part of the profession of the same Church.

MarginaliaTo the 4. Article.To this fourth article they graūted also & agreed: Iohn Went adding moreouer that about seuen yeares past, he then being about twenty yeares of age, began to mislike certayne thinges vsed in the Church of England as the ministration of the Sacrament of the altar: likewyse all the ceremonies of the sayd Church, and dyd likewise at that present tyme mislyke the same, as they were vsed, although his Godfathers and Godmothers promised for him the contrary.MarginaliaThe fayth which they were Baptised in, was in the name of the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghost, beleuing the Articles of the Crede, with promise made to abrenounce the Deuill, the flesh, and the world: of the which fayth their godfathers and godmothers were suerties for them, and in this fayth they continue still. As for other ceremonies & abuses of the church, they neuer made any promise in their Baptisme.

Iohn Tudson added also in much like sort and sayd, that when hee came to the yeares of discretion, that is, about. ix. yeares past, being about. xviij. yeares of age, hee did mislyke the doctrine and religion then taught and sette forth in the church of England, sauing in King Edwatdes tyme, in whose time the Gospel was truely set foorth: and farther sayd that the doctrin set forth in the Quenes reigne was not agreeable to Gods word, nor yet to the true catholicke Church that CHRIST speaketh of. &c.

Isabell Foster with other graunted, adding likewise and saying to the said foure articles, that she continued in the same fayth and religion which she was baptised in, after she came to the yeares of discreation, as other cōmon people did, howbeit blyndly & without knowledge, till the reigne of king Edward the sixt: at which tyme she hearing the Gospell truely preached and opened to the people, receiued thereupon the faith and religion then taught and set forth. &c.

¶ Concerning the fift article, that they of late yeares haue swarued and gone away, mislyked, and spoken against the profession of the same church, at least some part thereof, especially the sacrifice of the Masse, the sacrament of the aultar, and the authority of þ^e Church of Rome.

To the fift article they aunswered the same to bee true according to the contentes thereof: Thomas Whittell adding moreouer, that hee had swarued