1570 Edition | Book 7 | Page 990 
MarginaliaAnno. 1521.
Ex Regist. Io. Longland. Lincol.
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
Robert Carder of Iuer, Weyuer, detected | Rich. Vulford, of Ryselyp. Hackar. 
CloseJohn Hacker was an extraordinarily influential Lollard with a long career; see J. A. F. Thomson, The Later Lollards, 1414-1520 for details. Hacker will be arrested in London in 1527 and in 1528, he would abjure and give the names of over 40 other Lollards to the authorities (1563, p. 418 and BL, Harley 421, fos. 11r-14r). [Back to Top]Thomas Kyng. | |
Ioanne Cocks. The wife of Rob. Wy- wod, hus- bandman. | For desiring of Durdant her maister, that he being a Knowen mā, would teach her some know- ledge of Gods lawe, and desiring the same also of the Butlers. | |
Nic. Dur dant of Stanys. Dauy Durdant of An- kerwike. The wyfe of olde Durdāt. The wife of Nic. Durdāt. | These were detected for that olde Durdant of Euyncourt, at dyn- ner sitting with his childrē and their wiues, bydding a boye there standing, to departe out of the house, that hee should not heare and tell, did recite certaine places vnto them, out of the Epistles of S. Paule, and of the Gospels. | |
Richard VVhyte father in law to Be net ward of Bekins field | He was detected to bee a knowen man, because, after the death of Bishop Smith, hee was heard to say these wordes: My Lord that dead is, was a good man, and di- uers knowen men were called be- fore him, and he sent them home againe, biddyng them that they should liue amōge their neighbors as good Christen men should doe. And now (said he) there is a new Bishop whiche is called a blessed man, and if he bee as he is na- med, hee will not trouble the ser- uauntes of God, but will let them be in quyet. |
Marian Morden was forced vpon her othe to vtter | Iames Morden her own brother, which taught her the Pater noster, Aue, and Creede in Eng- lishe, & that she should not goe on pilgrimage: nor should worshippe sainctes of Images, which she had not done by the space of vj. yeares past, following and beleuing her brother. |
Iames Morden was for- ced vpon his othe to vtter. | Iohn Littlepage. Henry Littlepage. VVilliam Littlepage. Ioanne Littlepage. Rich. Morden his brother of Cheßham. Emme his wife. Alyce Browne of Cheßham. Radul. Morden his brother of Cheßham. Hys wyfe. Iohn Phyppes. Elyzab. Hamon. A Chanon of Missenden. |
Thomas Couplād forced by hys othe, detected | Thomas Groue, of London. Isabell Morwyn. The wife of Norman of Amersham. | |
Thomas Couper of Woodrowe. Roger Hardyng. | Because these ij. coulde not saye their Crede in Latine. | |
W. Grynder. The wife of Rob. Stampe of Woodrowe. |
Th. Rowland T. Coupland. Rich. Steuens. Rog. Benet, forced by their othe to accuse. | Tho. Har- dyng
CloseA Thomas Harding and his wife were listed among those who had abjured in 1511. In 1532, Thomas Harding will be burned for heresy. mersham. Alyce Har- dyng his wife. | Because, after their ab- iuration in B. Smythes tyme, diuers Knowen men (as they then ter- med thē) which were ab iured before, had much resorte to their house. |
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
Agnes Squyre. | For speaking these wordes: Men do say I was abiured for heresie, it maye well bee a napkin for my nose, but J will neuer be ashamed of it. |
Ioh. Saw- cote vpō hys othe dyd ap- peache | The Vicar of litle Missendē. | He was detected for that hee did geue to D. VVilkockes xx.li. to excuse him that hee might not be brought to open penaunce.
CloseThis is interesting evidence of the wealth of some of these Lollards and their ability to use it to subvert the authorities. |
Tho. Groue and his wife. | ||
Thom. Hol- mes.
CloseOne scholar has declared that 'Longland took almost a sportsman's delight in apprehending preachers or intellectuals who were propagating heresy' (Margaret Bowker, The Henrician Reformation: The diocese of Lincoln under John Longland 1521-1547 [Cambridge, 1981], p. 61). It is also worth noting that abjuration and even informing on others were not necessarily sufficient to save a heretic. Longland burned his chief witness, Thomas Holmes. [Back to Top] | For that he was heard to say these woordes after the great abiuration, when he had ab- iured: that the greatest cobbes were yet behind. | |
Richard San ders
CloseRichard Saunders's property was assessed at £300 and he was by far the wealthiest person in Amersham (Andrew Hope, 'Lollardy: The stone the builders rejected?' in Protestantism and the National Church, ed. Peter Lake and Maria Dowling [Beckenham, Kent, 1987], p. 10). sham | Because hee euer defended them whiche were suspected to bee Knowen men. Also because hee bought out his penaunce, and caryed his badge in his purse. |
| MarginaliaIoh. Phyppe. ¶ Byshop Longland sekyng how to conuicte Iohn Phippe
CloseRichard Saunders's property was assessed at £300 and he was by far the wealthiest person in Amersham (Andrew Hope, 'Lollardy: The stone the builders rejected?' in Protestantism and the National Church, ed. Peter Lake and Maria Dowling [Beckenham, Kent, 1987], p. 10). of periury, who beyng charged with an othe did not aunswere affirmatiuely to such suspicions as were layd vnto hym by Tho. Holmes
CloseOne scholar has declared that 'Longland took almost a sportsman's delight in apprehending preachers or intellectuals who were propagating heresy' (Margaret Bowker, The Henrician Reformation: The diocese of Lincoln under John Longland 1521-1547 [Cambridge, 1981], p. 61). It is also worth noting that abjuration and even informing on others were not necessarily sufficient to save a heretic. Longland burned his chief witness, Thomas Holmes. [Back to Top]his owne sister vpon her othe, to detecte Iohn Phippe
CloseA John Phipp appeared on the list of those in the Amersham area who abjured in 1511. It probably was not the same person, since Phipp was not executed for relapse in 1521, but it could well have been a close relative. ther of relapse: but she so aunswered, that the Byshop could take by her no great hold of relapse agaynst him. Wherin is to be no- ted the singular iniquitie and abuse in the Church of Rome, whiche by vertue of othe, setteth the sister to procure the bro- thers bloud.
CloseFoxe is genuinely shocked by Bishop Longland's methods of investigation, which undermined the integrity of both family and community. sisters husband, but they had by hym no vantage. |
Ienkyn Butler dyd ap- peach | Iohn Butler his own bro ther | For reading to him in a cer- tayne booke of the Scripture, and perswading him to har- ken to the same. |
Robert Carder. Richard Butler hys brother. Henry Vulman of Vxbridge. Rich. Asheforde of Walton, otherwise called Richarde Nashe, or Rich. Tredway. VV. King of Vxbridge. |
VV. A- meryden did detect | Isabell Tracher wife of Iohn Tracher. | Because she came not to the church ofter on the worke dayes, being admonished both by the church wardens, by the gradu- ates of the church, & by Doctor Cockes commissarye, but followed her busines at home. Also because she purposed to set her daughter to Alyce Har- dyng,
CloseA Thomas Harding and his wife were listed among those who had abjured in 1511. In 1532, Thomas Harding will be burned for heresy. instructe her then many other. Also because she cursed the priest after he was gone, whiche had geuen to her the Eucharist, saying, that he had geuen to her bitter gall. |
Alyce Holting. | For that she being greate with childe, did dyne before she went to church to take her rites, saying, that Isabell Tracher did so tell her, that she myghte dyne before she receaued the sacrament. | |
VV. Tre- cher of Amer- sham. | For keping Thomas Groue in hys house on easter and christenmas daye, because he would not come to the church. |