MarginaliaAnno. 1555. October.red (as is before saied) a certaine thyng in Latine, the effecte thereof was: MarginaliaD. Ridley disgraded from preaching.We doe take from you the office of preaching the Gospel. &c. At whiche wordes D. Ridley gaue a great sigh, lookyng vp towarde heauen, saiyng: Oh Lorde God forgiue them this their wickednesse.

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And as they put vpon hym the Masse geare, so thei began with the vpermost garmēt, in takyng it away again, readyng a thyng in Latin, accordyng to the order contained in the saied booke of the Popes lawe. Now when all was taken from hym sauyng onely the Surples lefte on his backe, as they were readyng and takyng it awaie, Doctour Ridley said vnto them: Lorde God, what power be you of, that you can take from a man that whiche he neuer had? I was neuer singer  

in all my life: and yet you will take from me, that whiche I neuer had.

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MarginaliaAll the glittering of Antichristes kingdome consisteth in apish toyes.So when al this their abominable and ridiculous degradation was ended very solemnely, Doctor Ridley saied vnto Doctour Brokes: haue you doen? If you haue doen, then giue me leaue to talke with you alittle, concernyng these matters. Brokes aunswered and saied: Maister Ridley, we maie not talke with you, you be out of the Churche, and our Lawe is that wee maie not talke with any that bee out of the Churche. Then M. Ridley saied: seyng that you will not suffer me to talke, neither will vouchsafe to heare me, what remedy but pacience? I referre my cause to my heauēly Father, who will reforme thynges that bee amisse, when it shall please hym.

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At whiche wordes they would haue been gone, but that M. Ridley said: my lorde, I would wish that your Lordship would vouchsafe to read ouer & peruse a little booke of Bartrās doynges  

concerning the Sacrament, MarginaliaA prayse of Bertrams booke vpon the Sacrament.I promise you, you shall finde muche good learnyng therein, if you will read the same with an indifferent iudgement. D. Brokes made no aunswere to this, but would haue been gone awaie. Then M. Ridley said: Oh, I perceiue that you can not awaie with this maner of talke. Well it bootes not: I wil say no more. I will speake of worldly affaires. I praie you therfore (my lord) heare me, and be a meane to the Quenes maiestie, in the behalfe of a great many of poore men, and especially for my poore sister and her housband, which standeth there.   Thei had a poore liuyng graunted vnto them by me, whiles I was in the Sea of London, MarginaliaNote the charitie of the Papistes.and the same is taken away from thē, by hym that now occupieth the same rome, without all lawe or consciēce.   Here I haue a Supplication to the Quenes Maiestie in their behalues. You shal heare the same read: so shal you perceiue the matter the better. Then he reade the same, and when he came to the place in the Supplication, that touched his sister by name, then he wepte, so that for a little space he could not speake for weepyng.MarginaliaB. Ridleys sister put from her lease by B. Boner. After that he had lefte of wepyng, he saied: this is nature that moueth me. But I haue now doen, and with that reade out the reste, and deliuered the same to his brother,   commaundyng hym to put it vp to the Queenes Maiestie, and to sue, not onely for hym self, but also for suche as had any Leases or grauntes by hym and were put from the same by Doctour Boner, then Bishop of London, whereunto Brokes saied: in deede M. Ridley your request in this Supplication is very lawfull and honest: therefore I muste needes in conscience, speake to the Queenes Maiestie for them.

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Ridley. I praie you for Gods sake doe so.

Brokes. I thinke your request will be graunted, except one thyng let it, and that is (I feare) because you do not allowe the Quenes procedynges, but obstinatly withstande the same, that it wil hardly be graunted.

Ridley. What remedy, I cā do no more but speake and write: I truste I haue discharged my conscience therein, and Gods will be doen.

Brokes. I will doe what lieth in me.

The copie of this Supplication written to the Quene here followeth.

MarginaliaA supplication of B. Ridley to Queene Mary, in the behalfe of certain poore mens leases.JT may please your Maiestie for Christe our Sauiors sake, in a matter of conscience (and now not for my sefe, but for other poore men) to vouchsafe to heare & vnderstand this mine humble supplication. It is so (honourable princesse) that in the time whiles I was in the ministery of the Sea of London, diuers poore men tenauntes thereof, haue taken new Leases of their tenauntries and holdinges, and some haue renued and chaun-

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ged their old, and therefore haue payed fynes and summes of mony, both to me and also to the chapter of Paules, for the confirmation of the same.

Now, I heare say that the MarginaliaThis Bishop was D. Boner.Bishop which occupieth the same roome now, wil not allow the foresaid leases, which must redound to many poore mens vtter ruine and decay. Wherefore this is myne humble supplication vnto your honorable grace, that it maye please the same for Christes sake, to bee vnto the foresayd poore men their gracious patronesse and defendour, either that they may enioy their foresayd leases and yeares renued, as (I suppose) when their matter shalbe heard with conscience, both iustice, cōscience and equity shall requyre, for that their leases shalbe found (I trust) made without fraude or couen,  

eyther of their part, or of myne, and alwayes also the old rentes reserued to the sea without any kind of damage therof: or if this wil not be graunted, then that it may please your gracious hyghnes to commaund that the poore men may be restored to their former leases & yeares, and to haue rendred to them again such summes of money as they payd to me & to that chapter for their leases and yeares so now taken from them. Which thing concerning the fynes payed to me, may be easily done, if it shall please your Maiestie to commaund some porcion of those goodes which I left in my house when I fled in hope of pardon for my trespasse towardes your grace, which goodes (as I haue heard) be yet reserued in the same house. I suppose that halfe the value of my plate which I left in myne offices, & specially in an yron chest in my bed chamber, will go nigh to restore all such fynes receaued, the true summes and parcels whereof are not set in their leases: and therefore if that waye shall please your hyghnes, they must be known by such waies and meanes as your Maiestie by the aduyse of men of wisdome and conscience shall appoynt: but yet for Christes sake I craue and most humbly besech your Maiestie of your most gracious pity and mercy, that the former way may take place.

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I haue also a poore Sister that came to me out of the North, with three fatherles children for her reliefe, whom I married after to a seruant of myne owne house: MarginaliaIf to succour the widow and fatherles is pure and vndefiled religiō, as Saint Iames sayth: Then is Boner and his religion filthy & abominable whiche doth such wrong to the Widow and fatherles.she is put out of that I did prouyde for them.  

I besech your honourable grace, that her case may bee mercifully considered, & that the rather, in contemplation that I neuer had of him, which suffred indurance at my intrance to the sea of Londō, not one peny of his moueable goodes,   for it was almost halfe a yeare after his deposition afore I did enter into that place: yea, and also if any were left, knowen to bee his, hee had licence to cary it away, or there for his vse it did lye safe: as hys officers do know. I payed for the lead which I founde there, when I occupyed any of it to the behoofe   of the church or of the house. And moreouer I had not onely no part of hys moueable goodes, but also (as his olde receiuer and then mine, called M. Staunton can testify) I payed for him towardes his seruauntes common liueries and wages, after his deposition. 53. or 55. poundes, I can not tell whether. In all these matters I besech your honorable Maiestie to heare the aduise of men of cōscience and in especially the Archbyshop now of Yorke, which for that hee was continually in my house a yeare and more before myne imprisonment,   I suppose he is not altogether ignorant of some part of these things, and also his grace doth know my Sister, for whose succour and some reliefe now vnto your hyghnes I make most humble sute. MarginaliaNotwithstanding these godly and iust requestes, no iustice could bee had vntill that now of late some of these shamefull iniuries, by order of law haue beene redressed.

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The. xvj. day of October. An. 1555. N. R.

This degradation being past, and all thinges finished, Doct. Brokes called the Bailiffes, deliuering to them M. Ridley with this charge, to keepe him safely from any man speaking with him, and that he should be brought to the place of execution when they where cōmaunded. Then M. Ridley in praising God, brast  

out with these wordes and sayd: MarginaliaThe life of M. Ridley such as could not with any notorious crime be charged.God I thanke thee, and to thy prayse bee it spoken, there is none of you all able to lay to my charge any open or notorious crime: for if you could, it should surely be layd in my lap, I see very well. Whereunto Brokes sayd, he playd the part of a proud Pharisey, exalting and praysing himselfe.

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But M. Ridley sayd: No, no, no, as I haue said before, to Gods glory bee it spoken. I confesse my selfe to bee a miserable wretched sinner, and haue great neede of Gods helpe and mercy, and do dayly call and cry for the same: therefore I pray you haue no such opinion in me. Then they departed, and in going away, a certaine Warden of a Colledge, of whose name I am not

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