Marginalia1557. March.ked absolution, promised to do her solemne penaunce in her parish Church at Sainct Peters on Sonday next, and to continue a Catholique and a faithfull woman, as lōg as God should sēd her life. And for these couenantes, her husband stādeth bound in fiue pound. Which Alice is one of the nine women of this your Indenture: and that she is bigge with childe.MarginaliaAlice Wallice bigge with child, one of the ix. women pomiseth to recant. Wherefore she remayneth at home, and this done in the presence of the Baylifes, Aldermen, and townclarke. And for that matter Browne was certified, there was no Curate at Lexdon, he inquired who was the Farmer. The aunswere was made: sir Frances Iobson. Who is the Parson? They of the Questmen aunswered, Syr Roger Gostlow. When was he with you? Not these fourtene yeares. How is your cure serued? MarginaliaA cure well servedNow and then. Who is the patron? My Lord of Arundel. And within short time after Sir Frances Iobson came with great curtesy vnto my Lorde Darcies place. And of al Gentlemen about vs I saw no more come in. Syr R. Smith Priest,  

sometime Chanon of Bridlington, now Curate of Appledore, in the wilde   of Kent, came to Colchester the 28. day of August with his wife big wyth childe, of late diuorced, taken on suspition, examined of the Lords, and maister Brown told me that they haue receiued letters from the counsell, for the attachment of certayne persons, MarginaliaM. Pullen layde for.& especially of one Priest, whose name is Pullen (but his right name is Smith) doubting this priest to be he the sayd Pullen, although neither he nor his wife would confesse the same. Wherefore he lyeth still in prison, but surely this is not Pullen. If it please your Lordship to haue in remembraunce, that the householders might be compelled to bring euery man his owne wife to her owne seat in the church in time of diuine seruice, it would profit much. And also there be yet standing hospitals and other of like foundation about Colchester, which I haue not knowen to appeare at any visitation, as the maister and Lazars of Mary Magdalene in Colchester, the Proctor of Sainct Katherins Chappell in Colchester, the Hospitall or beadhouse of the foundation of Lord H. Marney, in Laremarney, the Hospitall and beadmē of litle Horksley. Thus presuming of your lordships goodnes, I am more then bolde euer to trouble you, with this worldly busines, beseching almighty god to send your honorable Lordship a condigne reward.

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From Eastthorp this present xxx. of August.

We found a letter touching the mariage of Priestes in the handes of the aforesayd Syr Robert Smith. MarginaliaMaister Browne doer of all thinges.Also I desired maister Browne the doer of all things, to require the audience to bring in theyr vnlawfull writinges and bokes. Who asked me if I had proclamed the proclamation. And I sayd, yea. Then hee sayd openly on the Bench, that they should be proclaimed euery quarter once. And then take the constables and officers, and they alone take and punish the offenders, accordingly.

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¶ By your poore Beadman,
Iohn Kingston, Priest.

MarginaliaIndēture betwen the Iustices & Boners Commissary, for receauing of prisoners.THys Indenture made the. xxix. day of August, in the third & fourth yeares of the raignes of our soueraigne Lord and Lady Phillip and Mary by the grace of God King and Queene of Englād, Spaine, Fraunce, both Cicils, Ierusalē, & Ireland, defēders of þ^e faith, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundye, Millayn, & Brabant, Coūties of Haspurgh, Flaunders, and Tiroll, betwene the ryght honourable Lord, Iohn de Veere, Erle of Oxenford, Lorde hygh Chamberlaine of Englande, Thomas Lord Darcy of Chiche, Henry Tirell Knight, Anthony Browne, the King and Queenes maiesties Sergeaunt at Law, William Bendelowes, Sergeaunt at Law, Edmund Tirell, Richard Weston, Roger Appleton, Esquiers, Iustices of Ooyer and determiner, and of the peace, with the sayd Countye of Essex, to be kept of the one party, & Iohn Kyngston clerke Bacheler at law, Commissary to the Bishop of London of the other party, witnesseth þ^t Robert Colman of Walton in the Coun-

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ty of Essex labourer, MarginaliaThe names of Christes prisoners persecuted.Iohn Winseley of Horsley Magna in the sayd County, Spinster, Steuen Glouer of Raylye, in the County aforesayd, Glouer, Richard Clerke of much Holland in the sayd County Mariner, William Munt of much Bently, in the sayd County, husbandmā, Tho. Winseley of much Horseley in the sayd County, Sawyer, Margaret Field of Ramesey, in the sayd County Spinster, Agnes Whitlocke of Douercorte in the sayd County, Spinster, Alice Munt  

of much Bentley in the sayd County, Spinster, Rose Allin of the same towne and County, Spinster, Richard Bongeor of Colchester in the sayde County, Corier, Richard Atkin of Halsted in the sayd County, Weauer, Robert Barcocke of Wiston, in þ^e County of Suffolke, Carpēter, Richard George of Westbarhoult, in the Countie of Essex, laborer, Kich. Iolley of Colchester in the sayd County, Mariner, Thomas Feersanne   of the same towne and County, Mercer, Robert Debnam late of Dedham in the sayd County, Weauer, Cicely Warren of Cocksal in þ^e said County, Spinster, Christian Peper widow, of þ^e same towne & County, Allin Simpson, Elene Ewring,   Alice the wife of William Wallies of Colchester, Spinster, and William Bongeor of Colchester in the sayd County, Glasier, being indited of Heresy, are deliuered to the sayd Iohn Kingston clerke, Ordinary to the Byshop of Lōdon, according to the statute in that case prouided.

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In witnes whereof to the one part of this Indenture, remayning with the sayd Erle, Lord, and other the Iustices, þ^e sayd Ordinary hath set to hys hand and seale, and to the other part remayning with the sayd Ordinary, the sayd Erle, Lord, and other the Iustices haue set to theyr seuerall handes & seales, the day and yeares aboue written.MarginaliaThe names of the persecutors.

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Oxenford. Thomas Darcy. Henry Tyrell. Antony Browne.

William Bendelowes. Edmund Tyrell. Richard Weston. Roger Appleton.

These xxij. aforesayd prisoners thus sent from Colchester to London, were brought at length to Byshop Boner. As touchyng the order and maner of their commyng and bryngyng, the sayd Boner hym selfe writeth to Cardinal Poole, as you shall heare.

MarginaliaB. Boners Letter to Card. Poole, concerning the xxij. prisoners aforesayd.MAy it please your good grace with my most humble obedience, reuerence, and duetie, to vnderstand that going to London vpon Thursday last, and thinking to be trobled with Master Germaynes matter only, & such other common matters as are accustomed, enough to wery a right strong body, I had the day folowing to cōfort my stomake with all, letters from Colchester, that eyther that day, or the day following I should haue sent thence xxij. heretickes, indited before the Cōmissioners, and in dede so had and compelled to beare theyr charges as I did of the other, which both stoode me aboue xx. nobles, a summe of money that I thought full euil bestowed. And these heretickes, notwithstanding they had honest catholicke keepers to conduct and bring them vp to me, and in all the way from Colchester to Stratforde of the Bow, did go quietly and obediently, yet comming to Stratforde, they began to take hart of grace and to do as pleased them selues, for there they began to haue their garde, which generally encreased till they came to Algate, where they were lodged Friday night. And albeit I tooke order that the sayd heretickes should be with me very early on Saterday mornyng, to the entent they might quietly come and be examined by me, yet it was betwene x. and xj. of the clocke before they would come, and no way would they take but through Cheape syde, so that they were brought to my house with about a thousand persons. Which thyng I tooke very straunge & spake to Syr Iohn Gressam then beyng with me, to tell the Maior and the Shrieffes that this thyng was not well suffred in þ^e Citite. These naughty heretickes, all the way they came through Cheapsyde both exhorted þ^e people to their part, & had much cōfort à promiscua plebe,  

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