1576 Edition | Book 7 | Page 832 
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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.
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
| Iohn Ed- mundes, o- therwise called Iohn Ogyns of Burford did detect. | The shep- heardes kalender was also ac- cused and detected. | MarginaliaAgaynst the bodely presence. Because the same Edmunds sayd, that he was persuaded by this booke, readyng these woordes: that the Sacrament was made in the remem- braunce of Christ. |
| The booke of William Thorpe likewise was much complay- ned of both by this Iohn Ed- mundes, and diuers other. | ||
| Richard Colyns of Gynges. | This Richard Co- lyns, as hee was a great doer amonge these good mē: so was he much complayned vpon by diuers, & al- so by this Edmūds, for bringyng wt hym aMarginaliaThe booke called the King of Beeme. booke called þe kyng of Beeme, into their cōpany, and did read thereof a greate part vnto them, in this Edmundes house of Burford. | |
| Alyce Co- lyns, wife of Richard Colyns. | This Alyce likewise was a famous wo- man amōg them, and had a good memory, & could recite much of the Scriptures, and other good bookes: And therfore when any cōuēticle of these mē did meete at Bur ford, cōmōly she was sent for, to recite vnto them the declaration of the x. Commaūde- ments, and the Epi- stles of Peter, and Iames. | |
| Ioanne Co- lyns daugh- ter of Rich. and of A- lyce Co- lyns. | MarginaliaFor hauyng the x. Commaundementes in Englishe. This Ioan also fol- lowyng her fathers and mothers steppes, was noted, for that she had learned with her father & mother, the x. Commaunde- mentes, the vij. dead- ly sinnes, the seuen workes of mercy, the v. wittes bodely and ghostly, the viij. blessynges, & v. chap- ters of saint Iames Epistle. | |
| Agnes Ed- mundes his owne daugh ter. | This Agnes Ed- mundes was also de- tected by her father, that hee brought her to the house of Rich. Colyns, to seruice, to the intent she might be instructed there in Gods lawe, where she had learned like- wise the x. Cōmaun- dementes, the v. wits bodely and ghostly, & the vij. deadly sinnes. | |
| Alyce Gunne. W. Russell, 
CloseWilliam Russell, a tailor of Coleman Street, London, hosted Lollardconventicles in his house during the 1520s (Susan Brigden, London and the Reformation [Oxford, 1989], p. 103). One mother Ioanne. Father Iohn of Hungerford. Ioanne Taylor, seruaunt of Iohn Harrys, of Burford. Thomas Quicke, Wcauer, of Redyng. Philippe Brabant, Weauer. Iohn Barbar, Clerke of Amersham. Iohn Edynge, of Hungerford. |
| Accusers. | Parties accused. | Crimes obiected. |
| One Brabant, brother to Philippe Brabant, of Stanlake. | ||
| Thomas Whyte, and Thomas Clerke did appeache. | Robert Butterfield. | |
| William Dorset. | The wordes of Wil- liam Dorsette were these: þt pilgrimage was of none effect, & offeryng candels or o- ther things to saints, stode in no stede, and was butMarginaliaCost lost. cost lost. MarginaliaFor saying: Our Ladye is not at Wilsedon, but in heauē. Also when his wife was going on pilgri- mage, and hee asked whether? & she sayd to our Lady of Wil- sedon: our Lady, sayd he is in heauen. |
| Iohn Baker being vr- ged vpon his othe, did diclose. | Iohn Ed- mundes | Thys Iohn Edmu- ndes was detected be- cause that he, talking with the sayd Ba- ker, of pilgrimage, bad him go offer hys money to the Image of God. And whē the other asked, what thatMarginaliaThe Image of God. was, hee sayd, that the Image of God was the poore people, blynde, and lame: and sayd that he offended almighty God in goyng on pil- grimage. |
| William Phyppe ab- iured by his othe did ac- cuse. | Henry Phyppe his own sonne. | For cōmunyng with Roger Dods against pilgrimage and ado- ration of Images. |
| Henry Phyppe be- yng exami- ned, and ab- iured by the Bishop was compelled to disclose. | his owne workes spoken to Roger Dods, saying to him, that he must light a candle before his BLOCKE ALMIGHTIE, being thē roode man.MarginaliaBLOCKE ALMIGHTIE. | |
| Roger Par- ker. William Phyppe his own father. | For talkyng toge-ther agaynst pilgri- mage and Idolatry. |
| Iohn Bra- bant, the el- der sonne of Iohn Bra- bant, dyd nominate | Iohn Hac- ker. Robert Pope. | For readyng the ho- ly Scripcure in hys fathers house, and for saying these wordes: Christ made his maū dy and sayd, take this bread, eate it, this is my body: Take this wyne, drinke it, this is my bloude: And Priestes say by these wordes, that the Sa crament of the aulter is the body of Christ. | |
| Iohn Bra- bant his fa- ther, and his mother. | For beyng present, when Hacker was readyng the Scrip- ture in their house. | ||
| Philip Bra- bant his vn- cle. | The words of Phi- lippe Brabant, were these: that it was deadly sinne to go on pilgrimage. |
MarginaliaEx Regist. Io. Longland. fol. 85. ¶ Concernyng this Iohn Brabant, here is to be noted the forme and effect of the Byshops examination, asking and de- maundyng thus of the sayd Brabant: An vnquam audiuit Ioannem Hakker legētem sacram Scripturam cōtra determinationem Ecclesiæ. That is, Whether he euer heard Iohn Hacker
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).
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