MarginaliaIune. 14.IN þ^e dioces of Lichfield, about þ^e 14. of Iune, in þ^e same yere, Ioh. Colstoke,  

who was lately come frō London before, & now dwellyng at Welyngtō, though he suffered no Martyrdome, yet susteined some trouble, being attached & examined by the Byshop, named MarginaliaRafe Bane B. of Couentry and Lichfield, a cruell persecutor.Rafe Bane, for his Religion, especially for ij. pointes, in holdyng agaynst þ^e realtie of CHRIST in the Sacrament, and agaynst Auricular confession to be made to þ^e Priest. For þ^e which cause beyng cōpelled to recant, he was enioyned in þ^e Church of S. Cedde to beare a Fagot before þ^e Crosse, bareheaded, hauyng in þ^e one hand a Taper, & in þ^e other a payre of beades. &c.

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Amongest diuers other which in the same Dioces and the same tyme were suspected and troubled for the lyke, was Tho. Flyer Vttoxater Shomaker, Nicholas Ball of Vttoxater Capper, Thomas Pyot of Chedull. MarginaliaMarying in Lent punished.Item Henry Crimes, for marying hys wife on Palmesonday euen. &c. Some other also there were which had the like penance enioyned thē, MarginaliaIune. 26. Thomas Iohnson for swearing by the holy Masse, dyd penance.as Thomas Iohnson, about þ^e xxvj. day of this moneth of Iune, because he sware by the holy Masse before the Byshop sittyng in iudgement: who for the same was driuen to go before the crosse with his Taper and beades &c.

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the which Thomas Flyer aboue named, beyng a godly and a zelous mā, this furthermore is to be noted, and not vnworthy of gratefull memory, that where as in þ^e towne of Vttoxater, cōmaundemēt was directed vnto hym amōgest others, from the Ordinary, for pullyng down Monumentes of superstitiō, and namely the roode loft: he beyng one of the Church Wardens, or side men, on a tyme had talke vpon the same with certaine of his neighbours: where one wished thē ill to chieue, þ^t should go about such an acte. What wordes passed els amōgest thē, ministring matter of further prouocatiō, it is not perfectly knowē. In fine the sayd Flyer beyng offended, and afterward metyng with him that had vsed such wordes before, began to common with him of the matter: but in the end the man so litle repented him of those sayinges, that he added yet more fierce wordes, and at length strokes also, in such wise, that at that conflict, the sayd MarginaliaTho. Flyer slaine in Gods quarrell.Thomas Flyer was slayne: and yet so was the matter handled, and such amendes was made with money by the murtherer, and his frendes, to the sayd Flyers wife, that he suffered litle or nothyng for the same, saue onely that he was banished that towne, & sworne & bound, neuer to come in it so long as þ^e said Flyers wife should liue.

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MarginaliaIune. 27. Thomas Parret.AFter the burnyng of these in Stratford, the same moneth dyed in the prison of the Kynges Bench in Southwarke one Tho. Parret,  

and was buryed in the backside, the xxvij. day of the moneth aboue said. MarginaliaIune. 29. Martyn Hunt. Ioh. Norice, Confessors.Also Martin Hunt (as is reported) in the same prisō was famished the xxix. day. At which time likewise dyed in þ^e same prison, as I find recorded, one Iohn Norice, and after the same sort as þ^e other, was buried on the backside of the sayd prison, the day aboue mentioned.

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MarginaliaIune. 30. MarginaliaRoger Bernard, Martyr.AFter the death of the aforesayd Tho. Parret, Martin Hunt, and Ioh. Norice, were three Martyred at S. Edmondes Bury in Suffolke in one fire, whose names are here vnder specified:

Roger Bernard.
Adam Foster.
Robert Lawson.

VVHen Roger Bernard came before the Byshop, first he was asked whether he had bene with the Priest at Easter to be shriuen, and whether he had receiued the blessed Sacrament of the aultar or no. Vn-

to whom Roger Bernard aunswered no: MarginaliaRoger Bernard refuseth auricular confession.I haue not bene with the Priest, nor confessed my selfe vnto hym, but I haue cōfessed my sinnes vnto almighty God, and I trust he hath forgeuen me: wherfore I shall not neede to go to the Priest for such matters, who can not helpe him selfe.

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Byshop. Surely Bernard thou must nedes go and confesse thy selfe vnto hym.

Roger. That shall I not do (by Gods grace) while I lyue.

Bysh. What a stoute boyly hereticke is this? how malipertly he aunswereth.

Ro. My Lord, it greeueth me not one whit (I thāke God) to be called hereticke at your handes: for so your forefathers called the Prophetes and Confessors of CHRIST, long before this time.

At these wordes the Bishop rose vp in a great heate, and bad Bernard folow him. Then þ^e Byshop wēt and kneeled before that they call the Sacrament of the aultar, and as he was in his prayers kneelyng, he looked backe, and asked Bernard why he came not, and did as he did. Vnto whom Bernard aunswered: I cā not tell why I should so do. Why (quoth the Byshop) thou lewde felow, whom seest thou yonder, poyntyng to the pyx ouer the aultar?

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Roger. I see no body there: do you my Lord?

Bish. Why naughty man, doest þ^u not see thy maker?

Roger. My maker? No, I see nothyng but a fewe cloutes hangyng together on a heape. With that the Byshop rose vp sore displeased, MarginaliaNote the catholicke charitie of this prelate.and commaunded the Gailor to take him away, and to lay yrons enough on him: For (quoth he) I wil tame him or he go from me, I trow so: and so he was caried away.

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MarginaliaAn other examination of Roger Bernard.THe next day Bernard was brought agayne before the bishop, who asked him if he dyd not remember hym selfe since the day before that he was before hym.

Roger. Yes my Lord, I haue remembred my selfe very well, for the same man I was yesterdaye, I am this day, and I hope I shall bee all the dayes of my lyfe, concerning the matter you talked with me of.

MarginaliaOne of the Garde taketh Bernard to schole.Then one of the Garde standing by, said: my Lord I pray you trouble not your selfe any more with hym, but let me haue the examining of hym: I shall handle him after another sort, I trow, and make him a fayre childe or he go, you shall see. So was he committed to hym, and brought by him to an Inne, MarginaliaA wholesome company of Caterpillers.where were a great many of Priestes assembled together, and there they fell all in flattering him, and perswading him with gay intising wordes what they could: but when therein they might not preuayle, for that the Lord assisted the good poore man, then began they to threaten him with whipping, stocking,burning, and such lyke, that it was wonderfull the do they made with hym. Vnto whom Bernard sayd: frendes, I am not better then my Master CHRIST, and the Prophetes, which your fathers serued after such sort, and I for his names sake am content to suffer the lyke at your hands if God shall so permit, trusting that he will strengthen me in the same according to his promise, in spite of þ^e deuill & all his ministers. So when they could not make him to relent or yeld, they sayd: behold a right scholer of Ioh. Fortune: whom they had then in prison. MarginaliaRoger Bernard condemned by þ^e B. of Norwich.Then caryed they him to the B. who immediately condemned him as an hereticke, and deliuered him to the secular power.

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This Roger Bernard was a single man, and by hys vocatiō a labourer, dwelling in Fransden in Suffolke, MarginaliaBernard taken by Master Tamages men.Who was taken in the night by master Tamages men because he would not go to church to heare their vnsauery seruice, and so by them caryed to pryson.

MarginaliaIune. 30. MarginaliaAdam Foster, Martyr.ADam Foster of the age of. xxvj. yeares, husbandman, being maried, dwelling in Mendlesam in the county of Suffolke, was taken at home in his house a