MarginaliaAn. 1556. Iune.tiuely: but William Hallywell denyed that euer hee called the Masse idolatry and abomination. And Henry Wye affirming the article to be true: yet he confessed his infirmity, that he went to his parish church and receyued before he was put in prison.

MarginaliaTo the 8. article their aunsweres.To the eight article Edmund Hurst, Rafe Iackson, and George Searles aunswered affirmatyuely. Henry Wye sayd he was brought before certayne Iustices of peace in Essex, concerning one Higbed, hys late Master, and thereupon he was committed to Colchester Castell, and from thence sent to London to the Byshop, to be further examined. William Hallywell affirmed the like confession, as Henry Wye did, onely Higbed excepted, Iohn Derifall said he was called before the Lord Rich, and M. Mildmay of Chelmisford and was by them sent to Boner Byshop of London, to be further by hym examined. Thomas Bowyer sayd he was brought before one M. Wyseman of Felsed, And by hym was sent to Colchester Castell, and from thence was caryed to Boner Byshop of London, to be by hym further examined. Lion Cawch sayd that hee was sent to come before the King and Queenes maiesties Commissioners, and there before them appearing three tymes, was sent to Boner Bishop of Londō, to be by him further examined. Henry Adlington said, that he cōming to Newgate to speake with one Gratwicke, there being prisoner for the testimony of IESU

CHRIST, was apprehended and brought before Doct. Story, and by hym sent to Boner Byshop of London, to be by hym further examined. Iohn Routh said, that he was conuented before the Erle of Oxford and by hym sent to the Castell of Colchester: and from thence conueyed to Boner Byshop of London to be by hym further examined. Laurence Parnam sayd, that he was committed to Harford prison, bicause he would not go to church, and from thence sent to Boner Byshop of London, to be by hym further examined. Agnes George sayd, that she was committed to pryson in Colchester, at the commaundement of one M. Maynarde an Alderman of the towne, because she would not go to church, and from thence was sent to Boner B. of Londō to be by him further examined. Elizabeth Peper sayd, she was apprehended by two Constables & an Alderman, for that she would not come to church, and by them was sent to Boner Bishop of London, to be by him further examined.

MarginaliaTo the 9. article their aunsweres.9 To the ninth article, they all beleued the premisses to be true, aboue by them cōfessed, and that they were of the Dioces and iurisdiction of London. But Elizabeth Peper added that shee was of the Towne of Colchester. And Agnes George added that she was of the parish of Barefolde.  

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Berechurch, Colchester.

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The largest multiple burning to be depicted was of a group of individuals nearly all of whom came from Essex, the county preeminent for its godliness in Foxe's estimation. The thirteen are accurately represented, with the men in groups of four and three bound to the three stakes, and the two women shown unattached as described. It is an unusually animated scene, which the tree and embanked enclosure indicate as taking place in a rural setting. At the back and sides people peer over the surrounding bank and two men on the right seem about to throw themselves towards the outstretched hands of those already chained to the stake, surrounded by the towering pile of faggots. In front the two women joining the men are saying last farewells in the face of the pikeman. There is a sense of hubbub, with the onlookers of both sexes praying and reaching towards the unlit pyre. The two married women, aged 26 and about 30 (the latter reportedly pregnant) are shown making their way into the pile of faggots, seemingly an extrapolation from the statement that when the men were bound to the stakes they were 'loose in the midst without any stake'. The illustrator seems to have tried to show something of the age differential of the group (three of whom were 50 and the rest in their twenties or thirties): the face of the man praying (front right, above attendant putting on fuel) is distinctly lined and careworn as compared with those behind him.

MarginaliaHenr. Wye.Henry Wye Bruer, was of the Parish of Stanford le hore, and of. xxxij. yeares of age.

MarginaliaW. Halliwell.William Hallywell was a Smith, of the Parishe of of Waltham Holle Crosse, & of the age of xxiij. yeares, or thereaboutes.

MarginaliaRafe Iackson.Rafe Iackson was a Seruingman of Sheppyng Onger, and of the age of xxxiiij. yeares.

MarginaliaLaur. Pernā.Laurēce Pernam was a Smith of Hoddesdon, within the Parish of Amwell, in the County of Hartford, and of the age of xxij. yeares.

MarginaliaIoh. Derifall.Iohn Derifall was a Labourer, of the Parishe of Kettington in Essex, and of the age of l. yeares.

MarginaliaEdm. Hurst.Edmund Hurst was a Labourer, of the Parish of S. Iames in Colchester, and of the age of L. yeares

and aboue.

MarginaliaThomas Bowyer.Thomas Bowyer was a Weauer of Much Dunmow, and of the age of. xxvj. yeares.

MarginaliaGeorge Searles.George Searles was a Tailour, betwene xx. and xxj. yeares of age, of the Parish of White Nottle, where he was taken and caried to the L. Rich, who sent hym to Colchester Castle, with a commaundement that no frend he had should speake with him. There he lay sixe weekes, and was sent vp to London, where he was sometyme in the Byshops Colehouse, sometyme in Lollards Tower, & last of all in Newgate. He was apprehended in Lent about a fortnight before Easter, in the place aforesayd.

MarginaliaLion Cauch.Lyon Cauch was a Broker, borne in Flaunders,