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MarginaliaAnno. 1521.
Ex Regist. Io. Longland. Lincol.
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
there is betwene them Purgatorie. Againe, when Elizabeth came from the rode of rest, said Isabell, that if she knew so much as she hath heard, she would go no more on pilgry- mage while she lyued: for all saintes, sayd shee, be in heauen. Then asked Elizabeth wherfore pilgrimage was ordeyned of Doctoures and Priestes. Sayd the other, for gayne and profite. Who hath taught you this ф Elizab? man or woman? Your curate, I dare say, neuer learned you so. My curate sayd she, will neuer knowe so much: and moreouer sayd to Elizab. her sister, that if she would kepe counsaile, and not tell her husband, she would say more. And when Elisa. aunswered, that she would not tell: but saith the other, I will haue you to sweare: and be- cause she would not sweare, the other would not procede any further. |
Alyce Browne forced by her othe to detecte | Iohn Tracher of Ches- sham. | The cause why this Ioh. Tracher was denounced, was this, for that he taught her in the gospell thys saying of Iesus: blessed bee they that heare the worde of God and keepeth it. Also because he taught her the viij. beatitudes in Englishe. |
¶ Emme Tylseworth, 
CloseShe was the sister of William Tilsworth. tue of her othe, and denyed such matter as by witnes and by the Byshops actes were proued agaynst her, in paine of a relaps the B. enioyned her to make certayne fagots of cloth & to weare the same, both before her vpper gardement, and behynde, so long as she liued. Ex Regist. Longland. |
W. Phip- pes for- ced by his othe to detecte | Thomas Afryke. | For asking how his cosine Wyd- more Clerke, the elder, and Iohn Fippe
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 they kept the lawes of God as they were wont. |
| Roger Parker deceaßed. | ||
Iohn Phyppe.
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. | For saying that Jmages are not to bee worshipped, because they are made and carued with mans hande, and that suche ought not to be worshipped. | |
Iohn Gardi- ner. | For that the said William sayd to this Gardiner, that all whiche are burned for this secte, are true Martyrs. | |
| Iohn Stilman.
Close This may be John Stillman. The full record for Stillman's trial does not survive, but there are references to it in Archbishop Ussher's notes, taken from the London courtbook before it disappeared. These notes corroborate Stillman's claiming that Wiclif was a saint in heaven and that Wiclif's Wicket was a good and holy work (Trinity College, Dublin, MS 775, fos. 124r and 125r). Moreover, Stillman had indeed been tried for heresy by Bishop Edmund Audley of Salisbury (J. A. F. Thomson, The Later Lollards, 1414-1520 (Oxford. 1965), pp. 83-84). [Back to Top] |
Iohn But ler, by his othe was forced to detect | Th. Gef- fray firste of Vx- brige, thē of Ipswich Tailor. | For reading and teachyng him in the actes & preachings of the apo stles. Item, for hauing a Scripture booke in Englishe: whiche booke the sayd Geffray gaue to the Bish. of London when he was accused. Item, that the said Geffray sayd, that true pilgrimage was, bare- foote to goo and visite the poore, weake, and sicke, for they are the true Jmages of God. |
Richard Vulford. | This Vulford, and Thomas Gef- fray tolde the saide Iohn Butler, that the host consecrated was not the very true body of Christ. In profe whereof they said, that let a mouse be put in the pixe with the hoste, and the mouse would eate it vp. And for more profe, they decla- red vnto the said Ioh. Butler, that there were two Priestes in Essex. |
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
The fore said Iohn Butler dyd de- tecte. | whiche put a mouse in the pixe, toMarginaliaA storye of a mouse put into the pyxe. a consecrated host, and the mouse did eate it. Afterward the facte of these Priestes being knowen & brought to the Bishop, one of the Priestes was burned for the same. | |
Iohn Clerke of Den- ham. | Also the same Vulford and Gef- frey told him & Iohn Clerke, that holy bread, and holy water were but a vaine glory of the world: for God neuer made them, but were mens inuentiōs: and that God nei ther made Priestes: for in Christs time there were no Priestes. Moreouer that Thomas Geffrey caused this Iohn Butler diuerse Sondayes to go to London to here Doctour Colet.MarginaliaDoctour Colet cōmended. | |
Andrew Fuller of Vx- brydge. | Because this Iohn Butler had an olde booke of Richards Vulford. Also an other great booke of An drewe fuller, for whiche he payde vi. . iiij. đ,
CloseFoxe is interested in demonstrating the zeal of the Lollards in acquiring godly literature, but this is also an indication of the affluence of many of these Lollards. On the importance of books to the Lollards see Margaret Aston, 'Lollardy and Literacy' in Lollards and Reformers: Images and and literacy in late medieval England (London, 1984), pp. 1-47. [Back to Top]booke of Thomas Man,
CloseThis detailed account of Thomas Man appears to be based on two sources that are now lost: a court book of the diocese of London recording heresy trials under Bishops Fitzjames and Tunstall, and a court book of the diocese of Lincoln, recording heresy trials under Bishops Smith and Longland. (The Lincoln courtbook probably also contained the now lost records of Longland's persecution in the Chilterns in 1521). Foxe may also have had an unnamed informant for Thomas Man's execution. Foxe's account of Man is very convincing in its circumstantial detail. There is also one piece of corroboration for it: the signification of Man's excommunication and transfer to secular authority for execution and it is dated 1 March 1518 (TNA C 85/126/28). [Back to Top]brought to the Bishop. | |
Thomas Man. | Moreouer this Thomas Man was appeached, because he redde to this deponent x. yeares agoe, how Adam & Eue were expel- led out of Paradyse: and for speaking agaynst pilgrimage, and worshipping of Images, and a- gainst the singing seruice vsed then in churches. This Thomas Man was burnt & died a mar- tyr, of whom mention is made be- fore.
CloseThis detailed account of Thomas Man appears to be based on two sources that are now lost: a court book of the diocese of London recording heresy trials under Bishops Fitzjames and Tunstall, and a court book of the diocese of Lincoln, recording heresy trials under Bishops Smith and Longland. (The Lincoln courtbook probably also contained the now lost records of Longland's persecution in the Chilterns in 1521). Foxe may also have had an unnamed informant for Thomas Man's execution. Foxe's account of Man is very convincing in its circumstantial detail. There is also one piece of corroboration for it: the signification of Man's excommunication and transfer to secular authority for execution and it is dated 1 March 1518 (TNA C 85/126/28). [Back to Top] | |
| W. King | This W. Kyng was appeached because he lodged Thomas Man
CloseThis detailed account of Thomas Man appears to be based on two sources that are now lost: a court book of the diocese of London recording heresy trials under Bishops Fitzjames and Tunstall, and a court book of the diocese of Lincoln, recording heresy trials under Bishops Smith and Longland. (The Lincoln courtbook probably also contained the now lost records of Longland's persecution in the Chilterns in 1521). Foxe may also have had an unnamed informant for Thomas Man's execution. Foxe's account of Man is very convincing in its circumstantial detail. There is also one piece of corroboration for it: the signification of Man's excommunication and transfer to secular authority for execution and it is dated 1 March 1518 (TNA C 85/126/28). [Back to Top]in his house vppon a certaine holy day at diuine seruice: vnto whom resorted Richard Wulford, and Iohn Clerke, and this Iohn But- ler: to whom the sayd Tho. Man
CloseThis detailed account of Thomas Man appears to be based on two sources that are now lost: a court book of the diocese of London recording heresy trials under Bishops Fitzjames and Tunstall, and a court book of the diocese of Lincoln, recording heresy trials under Bishops Smith and Longland. (The Lincoln courtbook probably also contained the now lost records of Longland's persecution in the Chilterns in 1521). Foxe may also have had an unnamed informant for Thomas Man's execution. Foxe's account of Man is very convincing in its circumstantial detail. There is also one piece of corroboration for it: the signification of Man's excommunication and transfer to secular authority for execution and it is dated 1 March 1518 (TNA C 85/126/28). [Back to Top]declared, that pilgrimage was nought, and that Images were not to be worshipped. | |
Robert Carder. Durdāt. Richard Butler. his owne brother. VVilliam Kyng. | To these was layd that Tho- mas Carder brought this Iohn Butler to Durdantes house at I- uencourt by Stanys, where was Richard Butler his brother, and W. Kyng reading in a certayue Englishe booke: At which tyme Durdant desired them not to tell, that he had any such Englishe booke in his house, lest he shoulde be burned for the same. | |
Richard Nasshe or Asheford | Also an other tyme, that this Iohn Butler, with Richard But- ler his brother, and Robert Car- der went to the house of Richard Ashforde or Nashe, to here the same Asheford read in a cer teine litle booke, but whiche con- teined many good thinges. |