MarginaliaAnno. 1558. May. 26. MarginaliaIune.maiestie: in whose habitation they haue now theyr euerlasting tabernacles: his name therefore be praysed for euermore. Amen.

The sayd Christian Georges husbād, had an other wife burnt before thys Christian, whose name was Agnes George, which suffered (as you haue heard) with the thirten at Stratford the Bow.  

And after the death of the said Christian, he maried an honest Godly woman agayne: and so they both (I meane the sayd Richard George, and his last wyfe) in the ende were taken also, and layd in prison, where they remayned till the death of Quene Mary,MarginaliaRich. George and his wife prisoners, deliuered by Quen Elizabeth.and at the last were deliuered by our most gracious soueraigne Lady Quene Elizabeth, whom the Lord graunt long to raigne among vs, for his mercyes sake, Amen.

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¶ In the moneth of Iune came out a certaine Proclamation, short but sharpe, from the King and the Queene agaynst wholesome and godly bookes, which vnder the false title of heresie and sedition, here in the sayd Proclamation were wrongfully condemned.

MarginaliaA Proclamatiō by the Kyng & Queene.WHereas diuers bookes, filled both with heresie, sedition, and treason, haue of late, and be dayly brought into this Realme, out of forreine countreyes and places beyond the seas, & some also couertly printed within this Realme, and cast abroad in sundry partes therof, wherby not only God is dishonoured, but also an encouragemēt geuen to disobey lawfull princes and gouernours: The King and Queenes maiesties, for redresse hereof, doth by this their present Proclamation, declare and publishe to all their subiectes, that whosoeuer shall after the proclaming herof, be found to haue any of the sayd wicked & seditious bookes, or finding thē, do not forthwith burne the same, without shewing or reading the same to any other person, shall in that case be reputed and taken for a rebell, and shall without delay be executed for that offence according to the order of Martiall law.

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Geuen at our Manor of Saint Iameses, the sixt day of Iune.

Iohn Cawood Printer.

MarginaliaIune 27.MarginaliaXXii. mē taken.
Xiii. Martyrs burned.SEcretly in a backe close in the fielde by the Towne of Islington were collected and assembled together a certaine companie of Godly and innocent persons, to the number of fourty, men and women. Who there sitting together at prayer, and vertuously occupyed in the meditation of Gods holy word, first commeth a certaine man to them vnknowen: who looking ouer vnto them, so stayed and saluted them, saying that they looked like men that ment no hurte. Then one of the sayd companie asked the man, if he could tel whose close that was, and whether they might be so bolde there to sitte. Yea, sayd he, for that ye seme vnto me such persons as entende no harme, and so departed. Within a quarter of an houre after, cōmeth the Constable of Islingtō, named King,MarginaliaKing Constable of Islingtō. warded with sixe or seuen other, accompanying him in the same busines, one with a bowe, an other with a bil, and other with theyr weapons likewise. The whiche sixe or seuen persons the sayd Constable left a litle behynd hym in a close place, there to bee ready if neede should be while he with one with him should go & vieu them before. Who so doing, came through them, looking & veiwing what they were doing, & what bookes they had: and so going a litle forward, and returning backe againe, bad thē deliuer theyr bookes. They vnderstāding that he was Cōstable, refused not so to do. With that commeth forth the residue of his fellowes aboue touched, who bad them stand and not to depart. They answered againe, they would be obedient & ready to goe whether soeuer they would haue them: and so were they first caried to a bruehouse but a litle way of, while that some of the said souldiours ran to þ^e Iustice next at hād. But the Iustice was not at home: Wherupō they were had to sir Roger Cholmley. In þ^e mean time some of the women being of the same number of the aforesaid xl. persons, escaped away frō them, some

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in the close, some before they came to the bruehouse. For so they were caryed. x. with one man, 8. with an other, and with some moe, with some lesse, in such sort that it was not hard for them to escape that would. In fine, they that were caryed to Syr Roger Cholmley, were. 27. which MarginaliaSyr Roger Cholmley, and Recorder of London, persecutors.Syr Roger Cholmley & the Recorder taking theyr names in a bill, and calling them one by one, so many as aunswered to theyr names, they sent to Newgate. In the which number of them that aunswered, Marginalia22. sent to Newgate.and that were sent to Newgate, were. 22.

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These 22. were in the sayd prison of Newgate 7. weekes before they were examined, to whom word was sent by Alexander the keeper, that if they would heare a masse, they should all be deliuered. Of these fore said 22. were burned 13. in Smithfield 7. at Brayneford. vi.

MarginaliaConfessors.JN prison 2. dyed in Whitson weeke, the names of whom were Mathew Wythers, T. Tylar.

Seuen of them which remained, escaped with theyr liues hardly, although not without much trouble, yet (as God would) without burning. Whose names were these.MarginaliaPersecuted Christians.

Iohn Milles.   Commentary     Close See 1563, pp. 1690-92; 1570, pp. 2243-44; 1576, pp. 1937-38 and 1583, pp. 2044-45. Thomas Hinshaw.   Commentary     Close See 1563, pp. 1691-92; 1570, pp. 2242-43; 1576, pp. 1937-38 and 1583, pp.2043-44. R. Baily, wolpacker. Robert Willeys.

Hudleys. T. Coast, haberdash. Roger Sandey.

The first 7. were brought forth to examination before Boner, and so hauing theyr condemnation, were burnt (as is said( in Smithfield. The other 6. followed not long after, and suffred at Brayneford, wherof specially here followeth now in order of story to be seene.

MarginaliaIune. 27.MarginaliaVii. Martyrs burned in Smithfield.COncerning the examination and condēnation of these aboue sayd, which were apprehended and taken at Islington, 7. first were produced before Boner the 14. of Iune, to make aunswere to such articles and interrogatories, as by þ^e sayd Byshop should bee ministred vnto them. The names of these seuen were:MarginaliaMartyrs.

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Henry Ponde. Rainold Eastlande. Robert Southam. Mathew Ricarbye.

Iohn Floyd. Iohn Holyday. Roger Holland.

To these 7. constant and godly Martyrs produced before Boner, certaine articles were ministred in this effect as followeth.

Marginalia1.MarginaliaArticles by B. Boner ministred to the vii. Martyrs aforesayd.FIrst that ye being within the citie and dioces of London, haue not (according to the common custome of the catholicke church of this realme of Englād) come to your owne parish churche, not yet to the Cathedrall church of this citie and dioces of London, to heare deuoutly and christianly the Matins, the Masse, the Euensong, song or said there in the latin toung, after the common vsage and maner of the church of this realme.

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Marginalia2.Second, that ye haue not come to any of the sayd churches to pray, to go in procession, or to exercise your selues there in godly and laudable exercises.

Marginalia3.Third, ye haue not cōformed your selues duely to all the laudable customes, rytes, and ceremonyes of any the sayd churches.

Marginalia4.Fourth, ye haue not bene confessed at due times and places to your owne curate, of your sinnes.

Marginalia5.Fifth, ye haue not receaued at your said Curates hāds (as of the minister of Christ) absolution of your sinnes.

Marginalia6.Sixt, ye haue not at due tymes and places, of your Curate receaued reuerently and duely the sacrament of the altar.

Marginalia7.Seuenth, ye haue not faythfully and truely beleued that in the sayd sacrament of the altar there is really and truely the very body and bloud of Christ.

Marginalia8.Eight, ye haue not by your mouth, nor otherwise by your dede expressed or declared in any wise, that ye with out wauering or doubting do thinke and beleue, that the fayth and religion now obserued in the church of England, is a true fayth and religion in all pointes.

Marginalia9.Ninth, ye haue not made any signification, that ye doe in deede approue, or allow in any wise, the commō seruice in latine, here obserued and kept in the church of this realme of England.