Thomas Brooke his seruaunt be called for.

Marginalia7. Seuenthly, let it be openly cryed at the quere doore, that if there be any which will defende the Articles, opinions, bookes, or the memory of the said Richard Hunne, let them come and appeare, and they shall be heard, as the lawe in that behalfe shall require,

Marginalia8.Eightly, let it bee openly cryed, as in maner before, for such as be receauers, fauourers, defendours, or beleuers of the sayd Richard Hunne, that all such do appeare and submitte them selues to the bishop, or els he intendeth to procede to the excōmunicatiō of them in generall, according to the exigēce of the law in that behalfe.

Marginalia9.Ninthly, then the Bishop speaking to the standers by, and to them which satte with hym vppon the bench, of the clergie, demaundyng of them, what their iudgemēt and opinion is touchyng the premisses, and whether they thinke it conuenient and agreable for him to procede to the sentēce against the said Richard Hunne, in this part to be awarded.

Marginalia10.Tenthly, after their consent and counsaile geuen, let the Bishop read out the sentence.

Marginalia11.Finally, after the sentence read, let the Bishop appointe the publication and denunciation of the foresaid sentence, to bee read at Paules Crosse or els where, as to him shall seme expedient, with a citation likewise generally, agaynst all them that be receauers, fauourers, & beleuers of the said Hun, to geue to vnderstād why he ought not farther to procede against thē. &c.

MarginaliaA solemne processe of Fitziames B. of London against Rychard Hun being dead.Now, accordyng to the tenure of these prescriptes and rules, the Byshop of London accompanyed with the Byshops of Durham, and Lyncolne, satte in iudgement the xvi. daye of December, then nexte folowyng, within the place by the same apponted: adioynyng also vnto them as witnesses of their procedynges, vi. publicke notaryes, his owne Register, and about xxv. Doctours, Abbottes, Priours, and Priestes of name, with a great rable of other common annoynted catholiques. Where, after a solemne proclamation made, that if there were anye that would defend the opinions and bookes of Rich. Hunne, they should presently appeare, and bee hard accordyng to lawe, he commaunded all the Articles and obiections agaynst Hunne openly to be read before the assembly: and then perceiuyng that none durst appeare in his defence, by the aduise of his assistauntes, MarginaliaThe corps of Rychard Hunne burned after hys death.he pronounced the sentence definitiue agaynst the dead carcase, condempnyng it of heresie, and therewith committed the same vnto the secular power to be by them burned accordyngly. Which ridiculous decree was as fondly accomplished in Smithfielde, the xx. day of the same moneth of December (being full xvi. dayes after they had thus horribly murthered hym) to the greate grief and disdayne of all the people. And because the Byshop in this sentence definitiue vseth a more formall and ample order of wordes, then accustomably is vsed in others: and also pretendeth full hypocriticallye in the beginnyng (as it were by waye of induction) diuerse causes that moued hym to procede agaynst the dead carcasse: I thought therefore good, here to inserte the same, as a finall conclusion of their craftye colered tragedy: the tenure wherof is this.

MarginaliaThe sentence definitiue against Rich Hunne after his dethIN Dei Nomine, Amen. Cum nuper (pendente sacra synodo & generali prelatorum & cleri prouinciæ Cantnariensis conuocatione, in ecclesia nostra Cathedrali sancti Pauli London, per prelatos & clerum prouinciæ Cantuariensis actualiter ibidem exercita) contigisset quod quidam Richardus Hune de parochia sanctæ Margaretæ in Brigestrete Lōdon. de & super crimine hereticæ prauitatis notatus & diffamatus extitisset: Reuerendißimus in Christo Pater & Dominus, Dominus Willielmus miseratione diuina Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus, totius Angliæ primat, & Apostolicæ sedis legatus, ipsius venerabilis cætus & conuocationis Caput & præsidens, ex vehementibus & violentis (quas contra eūdem Richardum Hune super heretica prauitate tunc habebat præsumptionibus) contra eundem Richardum, debitam facere inquisitionem cupiens, vt (si ratione heresis huiusmodi membrum fuisset a corpore Christi mistico precisum) ipsum ad caput & corpus (id est Christum, sanctæq̀ matris ecclesiæ vnitatem) per salutaria monita & condignam penitentiam reuocaret & reduceret: ne idem Richardus inter simplicet & deuotas Christi fideliū & catholicorum ani-mas coerrando & Zizania heretica seminando, fidelium mentes macularet & inficeret, & sinistris ac peruersis assertionibus & opinibus, a veritatis semita & vera fide Christiana aberrare faceret: al effectum citandi eum ad comparendum coram dicto Reuerendißimo Patre & Domino Archiepiscopo, suisq; coepiscopis & suffraganeis ceterisq̀ illius concionis siue sacræ Synodi prælatis super præmissis responsurum perquiri fecit, & mandauit. Verum idem Richardus apprehendi non potuit. Vnde dictus Reuerendissimus Pater suum tam pium, tani sanctum & laudabile propositum ad effectum perducere non potuit. Quod cum nos Richardus permissione diuina Londoniensis Episcopus, dicti Richardi ordinarius (cui etiam tāquam de heresi suspectus idem Richardus a multis retroactis temporibus delatus & detectus extiterat) intellexerimus, non volentes nec audentes prædicta facinora silentio & conniuentibus oculis pertransire & pretermittere, ne ob nostram negligentiam & torporem sanguis eius in districto examine, siue dei iudicio, de manibus nostris requiratur) volentes certiorari & informari an ea quæ de ipso & cōtra eum nobis delata & dicta fuerant, veritate aliqua fulcirentur, & an in luce vel in tenebris ambularet, ne fortasse ouis morbida existens, innocuas animas gregis dominici pestifera heresi corrumperet & inficeret, ad informandum animum nostrum, ipsum coram nobis vocandum, & super præmissis diligenter interrogandum & examinandū, omniaq̀ faciendum quæ secundum canonicas sanctiones erant facienda (eius animam pio & paterno zelantes affectu) descendimus & properauimus: contra quem, obiectis iudicialiter, & propositis publice in iudicio articulis, de & super quibus nobis (vt præfertur) delatus, detectus & notatus fuerat. Quod per venerabilem virum magistrum Iohannem Downam hic publice iam lectos, pro hic lectis & insertis habemus & haberi volumus: habitisq̀ & receptis ad eosdem articulos responsionibus & cōfessionibus suis. Deinde testes fide dignos de & super eisdem articulis & alijs contra dictū Richardum in debita iuris forma recepimus, admisimus, & diligenter examinari fecimus: propositoq̀ nuper per nos verbo dei ad crucem diui Pauli, eius detestabiles hereses & errores, in articulis & libris suis, quibus vsus est, comprehēsas, in eius & ipsorum detestationem & damnationem publicantes, atq̀ publite recitantes, populo in magna multitude ibidē tunc congregato, notificauimus & intimauimus. Quod isto die contra eūdem Richardum, tanq̃ contra hæreticum, ad ipsiusq̀ condemnationem & excommunicationē in specie, ad aliaq̀ in hac parte requisita, necnon ad excommunicationem receptatorum, defensorum, fautorum & credentium ipsius in genere, iuxta canonicas sanctiones, sanctorum in patrum decreta, & omnem iuris vigorem & dispositionē, deo duce, procedere intendebamus: monitionemq̀ siue denunciationem quandam generalem dedimus & fecimus tunc ibidem, videl. quod si qui fuerint eius receptatores, defensores, fautores, & credentes, quod citra hunc diem ad nos & sanctæ matris ecclesiæ gremiū redirent, & se submitterent: quod si facerent (de misericordia omnipotētis dei confisi) policiti sumus quod ipsos de erroribus & reatibus suis huiusmodi pœnitentes cum gratia, benignitate misericordia, & fauore, ad animarum suarum solatium & salutem reciperemus, quodq̀ honestatem eorum pro posse seruaremus in hac parte. Alioquin, si sic sponte ventre non curarent, sed iuris ordinarium processum expectarent: scirent nos hoc ad missum aduersus eos seuerius executuros, in quantum iura permitterent. Adueniente itaq; iam die isto, ad premissa & infrascripta facienda (sic vt prefertur) per nos prefixo, nos Richardus Episcopus antedictus, in negotio inquisitionis hereticæ prauitatis predictæ legitime procedentes, volentesq̀ huiusmodi negotium fine debito terminare, solemne consilium tam in sacra theologica facultate, quam iure canonico & Ciuili doctorū, & hunc venerabilem cœtum cleri & populi coram nobis fecimus congregari: et visis, auditis, intellectis rimatis, ac diligenter & matura deliberatione discußis meritis & circumstantijs negocij memorati, actisq̀ & actitatis in eodem productis & deductis prædictorum, digesto & maturo consilio (cum nullus appareat contradictor seu defensor, qui dicti Richardi opiniones, articulos, & memoriam defendere velit) solum deum oculis nostris proponentes, ad sententiam nostram contra eum, eius opiniones & libros, receptatoresq̀, fautores, defensores & credētes, se nobis iuxta tenorem & formam monitionis & denūciatinis nostrarū prædictarum minime submittentes, nec ad gremiū sanctæ matris ecclesiæ redire curantes, licet quidā saluationis