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the seuen Sacraments, and other articles of the Catholike fayth.
3 Item, that it was not lawful for any man (especially a lay man) erroneously and obstinatly to hold, teach, or defend any opinion contrarye vnto the determinations of the sayde church and that the person so doing is an heretique.
MarginaliaAgainst the reall presence in the Sacrament. 4 Item that within one of the. xij. monethes of the yeare of our Lord. 1511. he had bene detected before the Bishop of Lincolne that then was, of diuers poyntes of heresie: as that he had affirmed that the very bodie and bloud of Christ was not in the sacrament of the altar, but materiall bread and wine, and that he had receyued it at Easter as holy bread, and likewise had affirmed that the Crucifixe & other Images in the church were not to be worshipped: and also that confession made vnto a priest, was of none effect, with diuers other like opinions and heresies.
[Back to Top]5 Item, that for these and suche like poyntes of heresie he had bene abiured in S. Mary church at Oxford before D. Wilcockes Chauncelour vnto the saide B. of Lincolne, in the moneth of October, in the yere last abouesaid, and there dyd renounce them and all other, promising no more to fall into the like.
[Back to Top]6 Item, that there also he had taken a solemne oth, to do such penaunce as should be enioyned hym by the authoritie of the said Bishop.
7 Item, that then he was enioyned to abide within the monasterie of Oseney by Oxford: and also there to beare a fagot before the first Crosse in the general Procession.
8 Item, that after a certaine time that he had ben within the monasterie of Oseney, the Bishop of Lincolne (for certaine causes) tooke him into his own house and seruice, respityng his penaunce for a tyme.
9 Item, that afterwardes, whiche was the. ix. daye of Octob. ann. 1512. the sayd Bishops Chauncelour iudicially sittyng in the Chapter house of the Priorie of S. Frideswyde in Oxford did enioyne hym that he should tary within the saide Priorie, and not to goe out of the gates thereof without licence of the Prior for the tyme being, vntyll he had other commaundement from the Bishop, vpon payne of relapse: and further that he shoulde from thenceforth (vppon the like payne) weare a signe of a fagot vnder his vppermost garment.
[Back to Top]10 Itē, that after his abiuration, and sithens the promises thus done, he was yet againe detected to þe B. of Lond. by open fame, and denounced by worshipfull and credible persons, that he had vsed like false errours and heresies, & had spoken and taught certayne conclusions of heresie, against the Christen fayth, and determinatiō of holy church: and that he had fallen into the like heresies, as before his abiuration, both against the Sacrament of the altar, agaynst pilgrimages and worshipping of Images:MarginaliaHe ment some Image or picture of the virgine, set vp in some blinde place to be worshipped. and had blasphemed our blessed Lady, calling her, Mably.
CloseNote that Foxe is careful, in a marginal note, to state that Man denigrated the veneration offered to an image of the Virgin Mary and not Mary herself.
11 Itē, that when he wrought with one Iohn Bates in Stratford Langthorne in Rogatiō weke, then three yeres past, and being bidden by the said Bates wife to go & heare the Gospel, he answered, and said vnto her, I wyl not come there, go you if ye list, ye shal haue as much meede for it, as to put your finger in the fire, and to burne it.
[Back to Top]12 Itē, that in tymes past for feare of abiuration, he had fled from Colchester to Newbery, and after that vnto Hamersham, and there had damnably accompanied with heretiques, and had taught heresies amōg them: & also since the tyme of his abiuratiō he had sayd, that he and his wyfe had turned sixe or seuen hundreth people vnto those opinions which he was abiured of, and others also, contrary to Christes fayth, and determinations of holy Church.
CloseEven if this number is a wild exaggeration, Man was clearly an influential Lollard with a sizeable following.
His answeare vnto these articles was, that as touching the first nyne, he graunted in part to be true, confessing to the seconde, that he was a true Christian, and dyd professe the true Christian fayth: but the contentes of the last three he vtterly denyed to be true, affirming for certain answeare vnto the. xi. article: that at the tyme mentioned in the same, he dyd not worke in the towne of Stratford.MarginaliaFalse witnes. Vpon which answeare the Chauncelour called forth two witnesses to be sworne and examined agaynst hym, willyng hym that if he had any iust matter against any of them, he should refuse them. But to what purpose this his fayre offer and trym shewe of vpright iustice serued, I can not see. For notwithstāding that he charged the one of the witnesses with theft and adulterie (for that hauyng a wife of his owne, he dyd yet runne awaye with an other mans wife and goodes) and also alleged that theMarginaliaFalse witnes receiued against Thomas Man. other was too young to be a sworne witnes in case of life and death: yet wer they both still retained and allowed by the Chauncelour, and sworne not to depart away or hide them selues, but to be alwayes ready to iustifie that which they had to say agaynst the said Thomas Man: and so for that tyme as wel they, as also al the rest were commaunded to depart, and the pri soner sent againe to his prison.
[Back to Top]And here in the order of the othe ministred vnto these witnesses, I finde one note (me thinketh) worthy present remembrance, both for that it is mentioned in this proces, and also because it somwhat openeth the foolish, ridiculous, and fayned figuratiue Ceremonies of the Papistes, who do attribute a spirituall signification almost vnto al their doinges.MarginaliaThe ceremoniall maner of the popish ministring of their othe. The Register discoursing at large the manner of their othe hath these wordes. Ad sancta Dei Euangelia iurari fecit, tribus medijs digitis erectis, & super librum positis in signum Trinitatis, & fidei Catholicæ: & duobus (videl police & auriculari) suppositis & suppressis, & sub libro positis, in signum damnationis corporis & animæ, si non deposuerint veritatem in hac parte. That is to saye, he caused them to sweare vpon the holy Euangelistes, with their three y fingers streatched out right, and layde vpon the booke, in signe of the Trinitie and Catholique fayth: and the other two (to wyt, the thombe and the litle finger) put downewardes vnder the booke, in token of damnation of bodye and soule, if they dyd not depose the truth in the matter. This Ceremoniall order and exposition of theirs as it is of their owne fonde inuention, without any ground or example of the Scriptures of God: so mynde I to leaue it still vnto them selues, with other their apishe toyes and ridicles, as thinges worthy to be laught at, and wyll nowe further procede with the rest of this proces, which I haue in hande.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaTho. Man againe called by D. Hed Chancelour. The. xv. day of February, D. Hed the Chauncelour, againe iudicially sitting in the consistorie at Paules, commaunded Thomas Man to be brought before hym, and there causing the articles obiected against hym by the Bishop of Lincolne, with his order of abiuratiō and penance, and also his owne articles last propounded to be first read, he called forth a thirde witnes to be sworne and examined vpon the same. But because he would seeme to do al thinges by order of Iustice, and nothing against lawe, he therefore appoynted vnto the sayd Thomas Man, certaine Doctours and aduocates of the Arches,
CloseI.e., members of the Court of Arches, the central ecclesiastical court in medieval England.
CloseBishop Bonner's summoner was also named Robert Cluney; either there was a single long-lived individual, or, more likely, they were father and son.