goods, but the same to be common, whych he expressely denyed that euer he so sayd or affirmed. Whereby we haue to obserue, how the crafty malice of these aduersaries vseth falsely to collect and surmise of mē, what they neuer speake, whereby to oppresse them wrongfullye, whom by playne truth they cannot expugne.

Moreouer, they obiected agaynst hym, that he shuld keepe company with maister Clarke aforesayd, and also that hee dispersed in the Citye of London, MarginaliaTrialogus.
The Gospels trāslated by Ioh. Wicklieffe.certayne bookes of Iohn Wyckleffe and of Peter Clark, namely the booke Trialogus, and the Gospels of Iohn Wickleffe. &c. He was charged moreouer to haue spoken agaynst the Popes indulgences, for that the Pope had no more power to geue indulgences, then he had.

Vpon these and other such articles obiected, the sayde Mungyn being asked if he wold reuoke, answered that it seemed to hym not iust nor meete so to do, which dyd not know him selfe gilty of any heresie. Thus he being respited for that tyme, was committed to prison tyll the next sytting, who then being called diuers and sundrye tymes afterward before the bishops, after long inquisition and strayte examination made, also depositions brought in agaynst hym, somuch as they coulde search out, he notwithstanding styll denied as before, to recant. MarginaliaRadulfe Mumgyn cōdemned to perpetuall prison.Wherfore the foresayd Henry the archbishop, proceedyng to hys sentence definitiue, condemned hym to perpetuall pryson.

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Richard Monke.After whose condemnation, þ^e sonday next following, the recantation of Tho. Granter, & of Richard Monke priestes aboue mencioned, were openlye red at Paules crosse, the bishop of Rochester the same time preaching at the sayd crosse. The tenour of whose recātation, wyth his articles in the same expressed, here vnder foloweth.

MarginaliaThe recantation of Thomas Granter.JN the name of God. Before you my Lord of Canterbury and all you my lordes here beyng present, and afore you all here gathered at thys tyme: I Thomas Granter priest vnworthye, dwellyng in this citye of London, feelyng and vnderstanding, that afore this tyme I affirmed open errours and heresies, saying, beleuing, and affirming within thys citye, that he that Christian men callen pope, is not veray pope, ner gods vicary in earth, but I said he was Antichrist. MarginaliaNote the doctrine & opinions in those dayes, where the Gospell toke place.Also I sayd, beleued, and affirmed, that after the sacramental wordes sayd by a priest in the Masse, there remayneth materiall bread and wyne, and is not turned into Christes body and his bloud. Also I sayd and affirmed, that it was not for to do in no wyse, to go on pilgrimage, but it was better I sayde to abide at home and beat the stooles with their heeles, for it was, I sayd, but tree and stone that they soughten. Also I sayd and affirmed that I held no scripture catholike ner holy, but onely that is contained in the Bible. For the Legendes and lyues of saintes, I helde hem nought, and the miracles written of hem I held vntrue. Because of which errours and heresies I was tofore maister Dauy Price, Vicary generall of my lord of London, & sinse tofore you my lord of Canterbury and your brethren in your councel prouinciall, & by you fully enformed, which so said, mine affirmyng, beleuing, and teaching bene open errours and heresies, and contrarious to the determination of the chirch of Rome. Wherfore I willing to follow and sewe the doctrine of holy chirch, and depart fro all maner errours and heresie, and turne with good will and hart to the one head of the chirch,MarginaliaOne head that is, the vnitie of the church. considering that holy chirch shuteth ner closeth not her bosome to hym that wyll turne again, ne God wyll not þ^e death of a synner, but rather he be turned & lyue: With a pure hart I confesse, detest, and despise my sayd errours & heresies, & the sayd opinions I confesse as heresies and errours, to the fayth of the chirch of Rome, and to all vniuersall holye chirch repugnant. And therefore these sayd opinions in speciall, and all other errours and heresies, doctrines and opinions, ayen the fayth of the chirch and the determination of the chirch of Rome, MarginaliaMen tyed to the church of Rome.I abiure, and forsweare, here tofore you all, and sweare by these holy Gospels, by me bodely touched, that from henceforth I shall neuer hold teache ne preach errour ne errours, heresie ne heresies, ner false doctrine agaynst the fayth of holy chirch, and determination of the chirch of Rome, ner none such thing I shall obstinatly defend, ne any man holding or teaching such maner thinges by me or any other person, openly or priuely I shall defend. I shal neuer after this time be receitour, fautour, coūcelour, or defendour of heretickes, or of anye person suspect of heresie, ner I shall trowe to hym, ner wittingly fellaship with him, ner yeue him counsell, fauour, yiftes, ne cōfort. And if I know any heretikes or of heresye, or of such false opinions, any person suspect, or any man or woman making or holding priuy conuenticles, or assemblies, or any diuers or singuler opinions from the common doctrine of the Churche of Rome, or if I may know any of their fautours, comforters, councelours, or defensers, or any that haue suspect bookes or quiers of such errours and heresies: I shall let you my lord of Canterbury, or your officers in your absence, or the Diocesans and Ordinariesof such men, haue soone and ready knowing, so helpe me God and holydeme, and these holy Euangelies by me bodely touched.

After this recantation at the Crosse thus published, and his submission made, the said Granter then was by the aduise of the prelates, put to. vij. yeares prisonment vnder the custody and charge of the bishop of London.

After thys followed in like maner the recantation of Richard Monke. Also of Edmund Frith, which was before Butler to syr Iohn Oldcastell.

MarginaliaThe affliction and trouble in Kent vnder Chichesley.Beside these aboue remembred, many & diuers there be in the sayd register recorded, who lykewise for their faith & religion were greatly vexed & troubled, especially in the dioces of Kent, in the townes of Romney Tenterden, Wodcherche, Cranbroke, Stapulherst, Beninden, Halden, Rolueynden and others, where as whole housholdes, both mā & wife, were driuē to forsake their houses & townes for daūger of persecutiō, as sufficiently appeareth in þ^e processe of þ^e Archb. Chichesly agaynst the sayd personnes, and in the certificat of Burbath his officiall, wherin are named these persons folowyng.

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These being cited vp together by þ^e bishop, would not appeare. Wherupon great inquisition beyng made for them by his officers, they were constrained to flye their houses and townes, and shift for thē selues as couertely as they might. Whē Burbath and other officers had sent woorde to the Archbyshop that they could not bee founde, then he directed downe order that Citations should be set vp for them on euery church doore through all townes where they did inhabite: appointyng them a day and terme when to appeare. But notwithstanding, when as they yet could not be taken, neither would appeare, the Archbishop sittyng in his tribunall seat, procedeth to the sentence of excommunication against thē. What afterwarde happened to them, in the register doth not appeare: but lyke it is, at length they were forced to submit them selues.

MarginaliaThe second apprehension of the Lord Cobham.Concerning syr Iohn Oldcastle the Lord Cobham, and of hys fyrst apprehension, with his whole story and life, sufficiētly hath bene expressed before, pag. 664. how he being committed to the tower, and condemned falsely of heresie, escaped afterwarde out of the tower, and was in Wales about the space of. iiij. yeares. In the which meane tyme, a great summe of money was proclaymed by the king, to him that could take the said syr Iohn Oldcastell, either quicke or dead. About the end of which. iiij. yeares being expired, MarginaliaThe L Powes playeth Iudas.the lord Powes, whether for loue and gredines of the money, or whether for hatred of true and sincere doctrine of Christ, seeking all maner of way how to play the part of Iudas, at length obtayned his bloudy purpose, and brought the lord Cobham bound, vp to London: which was about the yeare of our Lord. 1417. and about the moneth of December. At which time there was a parliament assembled at Lōdon, for the releife of money the same time to be sent to the king, whom the bishops had sent out (as ye heard before) to fight in Fraunce. The recordes of which parlament do thus say: that on tuesday the. xiiij. day of December, and the. xxix. day of the sayd parlamēt, sir Iohn Oldcastell of Cowlyng, in the countie of Kent, knight, being outlawed (as is afore mynded) in the Kynges bench, & excommunicated before by the Archb. of Canterbury for heresy, was brought before the Lordes, and