MarginaliaMichael Cesenas. Petrus de Corbaris. condemned of the pope Ioannes de PoliacoYet I haue made no mention of Michael Cesenas, prouinciall of the Gray Friars, nor Petrus de Corbaris, of whom writeth Antoninus, in quarta parte summæ and saith, they were condemned in the Extrauagant of pope Iohn, with one Ioannes de Poliaco. Their opinions saith Antoninus wer these: That Peter the apostle was no more the head of the churche, then the other Apostles: And that Christ left no vicare behynd him or head in his churche: And that the Pope hath no such autoritie to correcte and punnishe, to institute or depose the Emperour. Item, that all priestes of what degree so euer, are of equall autoritie, power, and iurisdiction by the institution of Christe: but by the institution of the Emperour, the pope to be superiour, which by the same Emperour also may be reuoked agayne: Item, that neither the pope nor yet the churche may punishe any man, punitione coactiua, That is, by externe coaction: vnles they receaue licēce of themperor. MarginaliaThe opinion of Michael against the pope.This foresayd Michael, generall of the gray friers, wrote agaynst the tyranny, pride, and primacie of the pope, accusing hym to be Antichrist: and the churche of Rome, to be the whore of Babylon, dronke with the bloud of saintes. He said there were two churches, one of the wicked, florishyng, wherin reigned the Pope: the other of the godly afflicted. Item, that the veritie was almost vtterly extincte: MarginaliaMichael Celenas depriued and condemned of the popeAnd for this cause he was depriued of his dignitie and condemned of the pope. Notwithstandyng, he stoode constant in hys assertions. This Michael was about the yeare of our Lord. 1322. And left behynd him many fautores and folowers of his doctrine, of whom a great part were slayne by the pope: MarginaliaMartyrs. Ioannes de Castilione Franciscus de Arcatara burned.Some were condēned, as William Ockam, some were burned as Ioannes de Castilione, and Franciscus de Arcatara. In Eztrauag Ioan. 23.

With him also was condemned in the sayd Extrauagant Ioannes de Poliaco, aboue touched, whose assertions, were these: That the pope could not geue licēce to heare confessions to whom he would, but that euery pastour in his owne churche ought to suffice. Item, that pastours and bishops had their autoritie, immediatly from Christ and his Apostles, & not from the pope. Item, that þ^e constitutiō of pope Benedict the xi. wherin he graūteth larger priuilegies to the friers aboue other pastoures, was no declaration of the law, but a subuersion. And for this he was by the said friers oppressed, about the yeare of our Lord. 1322.

MarginaliaIohn Stretford archb. of Cant. Iohn Offorde archb. of Cant. Thomas archbish. of Cant. Simon Iselip archb. of Cant. Canterbury colledge in Oxford builded.After Symon Mepham Archbishop of Canterburie before mentioned, who liued not long: succeeded Iohn Stretford. After whom came Iohn Offord, who lyued but. x. monethes. In whose roume succeeded Thomas, and remayned but one yeare. an. 1350. And after hym Simon Iselyp was made Archbishop of Canterburye, by pope Clement the. vj. who sat. xvij. yeares, and buylded Canterbury Colledge in Oxford. MarginaliaSimō Langhā b. of Ely made Archb. of Cant and after made cardinal William Wittlesey arch. of Cant. William Wykham, bishop of Wint. New colledge in Oxford founded. an. 1366.Whych Symon Islyp succeeded the bishop of Ely named Symon Langham, who within two yeares was made Cardinall. In whose steede pope Vrbane the fyft ordeyned Wyllyam Wyttlesey bishop of Worceter to be archbishop of Canterbury. an. 1366. In which yeare, William bishop of Wintchester elected and founded the newe Colledge in Oxforde.

MarginaliaPope Innocent vi. Two Franciscanes burned at Auinion. Ioan. Rochetaylada martyr.Againe in the order of the popes, next vnto pope Clement the. vj. before mencioned, about the same time. an. 1353. succeeded pope Innocent the. vi. In the first yere of which pope ij. friars Minors or Franciscans wer burned at Auinion, pro opinionibus (as myne autor sayth) erroneis, prout D. papæ et eius Cardinalibus videbatur. i. for certaine opinions, as seemed to the pope and his cardinals, erroneous. Ex chron. Auesb. Of the whych twoo friers, I fynde in the Chronicles De actis Rom. pontificum, and in the history of Præmonstratensis, that the one was Ioannes Rochetaylada. Or rather as I fynde in Catal. testium cited out of the Chronicle of Henricus deErphordia, his name to be Hayabalus. MarginaliaEx chron. Hērici de Erphordia.Who beyng (as he recordeth) a friar Minorite, began fyrst in the tyme of pope Clement the. vj. an. 1345. to preach and affirme openly that he was by Gods reuelation charged & commaunded to preache: MarginaliaThe church of Rome declared to be the whore of Babylon by Gods reuelatiō.that the churche of Rome was the whoore of Babilon, and the pope wyth hys Cardinals to be verye Antichriste. And that pope Benedict and the other before him his predecessours were damned, wyth other such like wordes, tending much against the popes tyrannicall maiesty. And that the foresayde Hayabalus being brought before the popes face, constantly did stād in the same, saying, that he was commaunded by Gods reuelation so to say, and also that he woulde preach the same, if he might. MarginaliaRochetaylada with an other friar. Martyrs.To whom it was then obiected that he had some hereticall bookes, and so was committed to prison in Auinion. In the time of his accusation it happened, that a certaine priest comming before the pope, cast the popes Bull downe before his feete, saying: Lo here, take your Bull vnto you, for it doth me no good at all. I haue laboured now these three yeares wythall, & yet notwithstanding for all this your Bull I cannot be restored to my right. MarginaliaA priest for casting the popes bul before the popes feete scourged cast in prison and after burned at Auinion.The pope hearing this, commaūded the poore priest to be scourged, and after to bee layde in prison with the foresaid friar. What became of them afterward, the foresayd writer Henricus de Erphordia maketh no mention. But I may probablye coniecture thys priest, and this friar Rochetayladus, or rather Hayabalus were the two, whom mine autor Rober. de Auesber. writeth to be burned at this time in Auinion, MarginaliaAn. 1354about the first beginning of this pope Innocentius the. vj. Of this Rochtaylada, I thought good here to inferre the testimony and mention of Iohn Froysard, written of hym in hys fyrst volume, cap. 211. in these wordes.

MarginaliaEx Ioan. Frosiardo volu. 1. cap. 211.Ther was (saith Frosiard) a Frier minor ful of great clergie in þ^e city of Auignō, called Frier Iohn of Rochetayllad, the which Frier Pope Innocent the vi. helde in prison in the castell of Baignour for shewing of manye meruayles after to come, principally he shewed manye thinges to fall on the prelates of the churche for þ^e great superfluity and pride, that was as then vsed amōg them. And also he spake many thinges to fall of the realme of Fraunce and of the great Lordes of Christendome, for the oppressions that they did to the poore common people. This Frier sayd he would proue all his sayings by the autority of the Apocalips and by other bookes of holy sayntes and prophetes, the which were opened to hym by the grace of the holy ghost: he shewed many thynges hard to beleue, and many thinges fell after as he sayde. He sayd them not as a Prophete but he shewed them by autority of auncient Scriptures and by the grace of the holy ghost, who gaue him vnderstanding to declare the auncient prophesies and to shew to all christē people the yeares and times when such things should fal, he made diuerse bookes founded on greate sciences and clergie, whereof one was made the yeare of our Lorde. 1346. wherin was written such meruayls that it were hard to beleue them howbeit many things according therto fel after. And when he was demaunded of the warres of Fraunce he sayd that all that had ben sene was not like that should be sene after. For he sayd that the warres in Fraunce should not be ended till the realme were vtter wasted and exiled in euery part. The which saying was well sene after, for the noble realm of France was sore wasted and exiled: & specially in the terme that the sayd Frier had set. The whiche was in the yeares of our Lorde. 1356. 57. 58. and 59. He sayde in those yeares the the princes and gentlemen of the realme should not for feare shew them selfe againste the people of low estate, assembled of all countries without head or captain, and they should do as they list in the realme of Fraunce the which fell after as ye haue heard, how the companions assembled them to gether, and by reasō of theyr robbery