1570 Edition | Book 7 | Page 995 
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1. Henry VIII's reign2. Dissension among mendicant orders3. Persecution of Lollards4. Richard Hun5. Lollard martyrs6. Persecution in diocese of Lincoln7. Colet, Chaucer and Gower8. Prophecies preceeding Luther9. Martin Luther10. Adrian VI11. Final years of Luther12. Swiss Reformation13. German martyrs14. French martyrs15. Spanish martyrs16. Italian martyrs17. Merindol and Cabriers18. Angrogne
K. Henry. 8. Persecution in the dioces of Lincolne.
MarginaliaAn. 1521
Ex Regist. Io. Longland. Lincol.
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
mans soule frō sinne, and so from payne: it is no- thing but blinding of the people, to haue their money. Also for these wordes, or such like: If a man do sow xx quarters of corne, as wheate or barley, or other corne, he ought to deduct his sede, and of the residue to tithe, or els he hath wrong. &c. |
Fraūces Funge & Alyce his wife were put to their othe to detect | Thomas Clerke. | For speaking against the reall pre sence of Christ in the Sacrament vnto Francis Fūge, as before. &c. |
Robert Raue, of Dorney. | For saying these workes: That the Sacramēt of the aultar is not that body which was borne of the bles sed virgine Mary. Item, for speaking such woordes xiiij. yeres past: That folkes were ill occupyed that worshipped any thinges grauen with mans hand: for that is grauen with mans hand, is neither God, nor our La- dy, but made for a remembraūce of Saintes. Nor we ought to wor- ship any thing, but God and our Lady, and not Jmages of saints, which are but stockes and stones. |
Henry Deyn for- ced by his othe to detecte | Edmund Hill of Penne. | |
Roberte Freman, Parishe prieste of Orton by Colobroke. | For hauyng and readyng vpon a suspected booke: which boke when he perceaued to be seene in his hand, he closed it and caried it to his chamber. |
Ioh. Hill was for- ced by his othe, did detect | Thomas Groue and his wife, of Amersham. Matild Philby wife of Edward Philby of Chaldwey. | |
Ioanne Gunne of Ches- sham. | Because shee instructed & taught the sayd Hill before his abiura- tion, in the Epistle of S. Iames, and other opinions. | |
William Atkyns of great Missenden. Richard Murden, of Chesham. Emme Murden, his wife. |
W. Gud- game for ced by his oth to detect | Ioanne Gud- game hys owne wife. | For beyng in the same opinion of the Sacrament that hee was of: who notwithstandyng did sweare the same not to bee true, that her husband sayd. |
| Alyce Nashe or Chapman, of Missenden. |
Matilde Symon- des, and Iohn Sy- mondes her hus- band, put to their othe de- tected | One Hag gar 
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]don. | MarginaliaA prophesie. For speaking in their house, an. 1520. these wordes: That there should be a battaile of Priestes, & all the Priestes should bee slayne, and that the Priestes shoulde a while rule: but they should all bee destroyed, because they holde a- gaynst the law of holy Church, & for making of false Gods, and af- |
ter that they should be ouerthrowen. Item, an other time, hee said, that men of the Church should be put downe, and the false Gods that they make: and after that he sayd they should know more, & then should be a me- ry worlde. |
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
Thomas Clarke forced by his othe, did detect | Christo- pher Tin ker of Wicombe. | The cause of this Tinkers trouble was fot that hee comming to this mans house, and complaynyng to him of the pouertie of the worlde, had these woordes: That there was neuer so misgouerned people, and that they bare them selues so bold vpon pardons and pilgrima- ges, that they cared not what soe- uer they did, and so he departed. And after that vij. dayes, thys Tinker comyng againe, asked him how his communication with him last did please him, and he said, well. Then the Tinker said |
he knew more, and that he could tell him more, and bad him that he should beleue in God in heauen: for here bee many Gods in earth, and there is but one God: and that hee was once here, and was yll dealt with, and would no more come here till the day of dome: and that the Sacrament of the altare was a holie thing, but not the flesh and bloud of Christ that was borne of the virgine, and charged him not to tell this to his wife, and especially to his wiues bro- ther a Priest. Afterwarde as the Priest was drying singing bread
CloseI.e., communion wafers. the foresaid Thomas Clerke said, that if euery one of these were a God, then were there many Gods. To whom the Priest aunswered, that till the holy wordes were spoken ouer it, it was of no power, and then it was very God, fleshe and bloud, saying moreouer that it was not mete for any lay man to speake of such thinges. These wordes of the Priest beyng after recited to the Tinker, by the said Clerke: then said hee, let euery man say what they will: but you shall finde it as I shewe you: and if you will take la- bour to come to my house, I will shew you a far- ther profe of it, if you will take hede. &c. |
Roberte Pope first of Amer- sham, af- ter of Westan- dred, cau- sed by his othe, dyd detecte these fo- lowyng | Thomas Africke, aliâs Litle page, and his wife. | To these was obiected for that they had communication and conference with this Rob. Pope in the Gospell of S. Mathew, be- fore the great abiuration, in the towne of Amersham. |
Tho. Scri uener fa- ther to Tho. Hol mes
CloseThomas Holmes informed against so many people that even Foxe is reluctant to credit him as a martyr; yet it was not enough to save him. Why he was treated with such unusual severity is unclear. | This Scriuener was detected for that the said Pope had of him a booke of the Epistles in English. | |
Benet Ward of Bekennes- field, and his father. | To Warde this was layd, that the foresaide Pope had receaued a booke of the x. Cōmaundementes. He had also the Gospels of Mat- thew and Marke. Of the same Ward he learned his Christ Crosse row: Fiue partes of the viij. beatitudes. | |
Edmund Dormer. | ||
Thomas Harding, and his wife.
CloseA Thomas Harding and his wife were listed among those who had abjured in 1511. In 1532, Thomas Harding will be burned for heresy. Iohn Scriuener, and his wife.
CloseJohn Scrivener will be burned in 1521; see TNA, C/85/115/13. | ||
Tho. Mā, and his wife.
CloseQuite possibly one or both of these Thomas Mans were the same person as the martyr. An other Tho. Mā, and his wife. | These were detected for this, be- cause they had communed and talked with the saide Roberte Pope oft times in bookes of Scrip- ture and other matters of Religi- on concernyng pilgremage, adora- tion of Jmages, and the Sacra- ment of the Lordes body. | |
| Thomas Bernard. |
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