1583 Edition | Book 2 | Page 148 
Close(d. after 704) [ODNB]
King of the Mercians (c. 674 - 704)
Son of Penda; succeeded brother Wulfhere. Abdicated in favour of his nephew, then became abbot of Bardney.
His sisters were Cyneburh and Cyneswith, who are referred to as holy virgins. 1570, p. 150; 1576, p. 112; 1583, p. 111.
Æthelred was a patron of Bardney Abbey. 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.
Æthelred abdicated to become a monk, and then became abbot of Bardney. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Close(904x9 - 984) [ODNB]
In the royal household of King Æthelstan; studied at Glastonbury. Abbot of Abingdon; bishop of Winchester (963 - 84)
Archbishops Oda and Dunstan and Bishops Æthelwold of Winchester and Oswald of Worcester, being monks, were opposed to the marriage of priests. 1570, p. 1317; 1576, p. 1126; 1583, p. 1152.
During Æthelwold's term as bishop of Winchester, emphasis on the monastic profession of a celibate life and opposition to clerical marriage increased. 1570, p. 1349, 1576, p. 1142, 1583, p. 1171.
Æthelwold replaced the canons in Winchester cathedral with monks. 1570, p. 1350, 1576, p. 1152, 1583, p. 1181.
In Winchester, miracles were attributed to former bishops Æthelwold and Swithun. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 125; 1583, p. 125.
Close(d. 681) [Kelly]
b. Sicily; monk; pope (678 - 81)
Re-opened amicable relations with Constantinople; upheld the appeal of Wilfred, bishop of York, against the deposition by Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury.
Wilfrid went to Rome to Pope Agatho to complain about having been deprived of the bishopric of York by the archbishop of Canterbury, Theodore of Tarsus. But the friends at Rome of the archbishop and of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria ensured that Wilfrid was unsuccessful. 1570, p. 166; 1576, p. 125; 1583, p. 124.
[Back to Top]Agatho applied to the emperor at Constantinople and his caesars to have his election approved before being consecrated. 1563, p. 620; 1570, p. 1209; 1576, p. 1035; 1583, p. 1062.
Agatho presided over the sixth Council of Constantinople. 1570, p. 167; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Close(d. 709/10) [ODNB]
Scholar; abbot of Malmesbury; bishop of Sherborne 706; prolific writer; said to be founder of Malmesbury abbey
He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.
Close(c. 659 - 689) [ODNB]
King of the Gewisse (West Saxons) (685 - 88); invaded Sussex, killed king Æthelwalh and took control in 686; invaded Kent, Surrey and the Isle of Wight
Abdicated to travel to Rome to be baptised; buried in St Peter's
Ine succeeded Cædwalla. [Foxe calls Cædwalla the last king of the Britons, but Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, was the legendary last king of the Britons.] 1570, p. 167; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Close(r. 716 - 18) [ODNB sub Osred I]
Son of Cuthwine
King of Northumbria (716 - 18)
He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, pp. 150, 167; 1576, pp. 112, 126; 1583, pp. 111, 125.
Close(d. c. 700)[ODNB sub Balthere]
Northumbrian; had a terrifying vision of the afterlife after a near-death experience in 696; became a hermit monk at Melrose
Drythelm's vision became widely known, resulting in charitable gifts. He divided his goods into three parts before entering Melrose. 1570, p. 167; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Close(d. 717?) [ODNB]
Bishop of Worcester (c. 692 - 717)
Ecgwine founded the abbey of Evesham. 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.
Miracles were attributed to Ecgwine. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 127; 1583, p. 125.
Close(674 - 715) [ODNB]
Member of the Mercian royal dynasty; warrior (689 - 98)
Monk at Repton (698 - 700); hermit at Crowland (700 - 15)
Guthlac, leaving his monastery, lived as a hermit. 1570, pp. 150, 167; 1576, pp. 112, 126; 1583, pp. 111, 125.
After his death, miracles were attributed to Guthlac and an abbey was built at Crowland. 1570, p. 167; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Close(d. in or after 726) [ODNB]
Son of Coenred; king of the West Saxons (c. 694 - c. 726); codified law; abdicated in 726, died as a pilgrim in Rome
Ine succeeded Cædwalla, king of the West Saxons. [Foxe calls Cædwalla the last king of the Britons, but Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, was the legendary last king of the Britons.] 1570, p. 167; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Ine brought the Peter Pence into his realm. He introduced written laws. 1570, p. 169; 1576, p. 128; 1583, p. 127.
Queen Æthelburh, who wished to retire from the world into a convent, defiled and ruined the palace to illustrate to Ine the transience of worldly things. He was persuaded to abdicate. 1570, p. 169; 1576, p. 128; 1583, pp. 126-27.
Ine founded the abbey at Glastonbury. 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.
Ine went to Rome and became a monk. 1570, p. 149; 1576, p. 111; 1583, p. 110.
Close(d. 721) [ODNB]
Bishop of Hexham (c. 687 - 706); ordained Bede as deacon and priest
Bishop of York (706 - 714x18)
Miracles were attributed to John. He was buried in the porch of the minster at Beverley. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
CloseBishop of Portus; one of three papal legates presiding over the Council of Constantinople in 680
John performed the Latin mass before the patriarch and princes at Constantinople in the church of Hagia Sophia. 1570, p. 167; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Close(d. 729) [ODNB]
King of Northumbria (718 - 29)
He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, pp. 150, 167; 1576, pp. 112, 126; 1583, pp. 111, 125.
Close(d. 701) [Kelly]
Pope (687 - 701); baptized King Cædwalla of Wessex
According to William of Malmesbury, Sergius was suspected of fathering a child. Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury, miraculously made the nine-day-old child speak, clearing Sergius. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
Sergius sent a letter to Ceolfrith, abbot of Wearmouth, praising Bede's learning and asking that he be sent to Rome. 1570, p. 170; 1576, p. 128; 1583, p. 127.
Close(d. 863) [ODNB]
Bishop of Winchester (852/53 - 863)
In Winchester, miracles were attributed to former bishops Æthelwold and Swithun. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 125; 1583, p. 125.
Close(c. 1090 - in or after 1142) [ODNB]
Historian, man of letters and Benedictine monk; reformer of monastic life and learning
William of Malmesbury praised the learning of Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury and bishop of Sherborne, placing him second only to Bede in his time. He also attributed many miracles to Aldhelm. 1570, p. 168; 1576, p. 126; 1583, p. 125.
He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, pp. 148, 169, 176, 1301; 1576, pp. 110, 128, 133, 1113; 1583, pp. 132, 1138.
CloseLincolnshire
OS grid ref: TF 115 704
CloseA borough, market town and head of a liberty, having separate jurisdiction in the East Riding of the County of York. 9 miles north-east from Kingston upon Hull, Beverley comprises the parishes of St John, St Martin, St Mary and St Nicholas, all within the Archdeaconry of the East Riding and diocese of York. The living of St John is a perpetual curacy with that of St Martin united. The living of St Mary is a vicarage, with that of St Nicholas united.
[Back to Top]English information from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (S. Lewis & Co: London, 1831)
Welsh information taken from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales(Lewis & Co: London, 1840)
The reason for the use of these works of reference is that they present the jurisdictional and ecclesiastical position as it was before the major Victorian changes. The descriptions therefore approximate to those applying in the sixteenth century, after the major changes of 1535-42. Except for the physical locations, which have not changed, the reader should not therefore take these references as being accurate in the twenty-first century.
[Back to Top]
Close[Constaunce]
Freiburg, Germany
Coordinates: 47° 39' 48" N, 9° 10' 31" E
Close[Crouland]
South Holland, Lincolnshire
OS grid ref: TF 245 105
CloseOne of the Cinq Ports, a borough and a market town, having separate jurisdiction; locally in the Lathe of St Augustine, eastern division of the County of Kent. 16 miles south east by south from Canterbury. Dover formerly consisted of the parishes of St James the Apostle, St John, St Martin the Greater, St Martin the Less, St Mary the Virgin, St Nicholas and St Peter - all subsequently merged into St James and St Mary. The living of St Mary is a perpetual curacy in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and in the patronage of the parishioners. The living of St James is a discharged rectory in the jurisdiction and patronage of the Archbishop
[Back to Top]English information from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (S. Lewis & Co: London, 1831)
Scottish information from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland (S. Lewis & Co: London, 1846)
Welsh information taken from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales(Lewis & Co: London, 1840)
The reason for the use of these works of reference is that they present the jurisdictional and ecclesiastical position as it was before the major Victorian changes. The descriptions therefore approximate to those applying in the sixteenth century, after the major changes of 1535-42. Except for the physical locations, which have not changed, the reader should not therefore take these references as being accurate in the twenty-first century.
[Back to Top]
Close[Malmesbery]
Wiltshire
OS grid ref: ST 935 875
Close[Repindon; Repyngdon]
Derbyshire
OS grid ref: SK 305 265
CloseA borough possessing exclusive jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Shropham, county of Norfolk, but partly in the hundred of Lackford, county of Suffolk. 30 miles south-west from Norwich. The borough comprises the parishes of St Cuthbert, St Peter and St Mary the Less, all in the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Norwich. St Cuthbert's is a discharged rectory with Holy Trinity annexed; St Peters is a discharged rectory with St Nicholas annexed; St Mary the Less is a perpetual curacy.
[Back to Top]English information from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (S. Lewis & Co: London, 1831)
Welsh information taken from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales(Lewis & Co: London, 1840)
The reason for the use of these works of reference is that they present the jurisdictional and ecclesiastical position as it was before the major Victorian changes. The descriptions therefore approximate to those applying in the sixteenth century, after the major changes of 1535-42. Except for the physical locations, which have not changed, the reader should not therefore take these references as being accurate in the twenty-first century.
[Back to Top]
CloseHampshire
OS grid ref: SU 485 295
Historic capital of Wessex; former capital of England; county town of Hampshire; cathedral city
CloseA city and county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction; locally in the East Riding of the county of York, of which it is the capital. 198 miles north-north-west from London. The city is the seat of the Archbishop, and comprised originally 33 parishes, reduced by amalgamation to 22; of which 33, 17 were discharged rectories, 10 discharged vicarages, and 6 perpetual curacies; all within the diocese of York.
[Back to Top]English information from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (S. Lewis & Co: London, 1831)
Welsh information taken from Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales(Lewis & Co: London, 1840)
The reason for the use of these works of reference is that they present the jurisdictional and ecclesiastical position as it was before the major Victorian changes. The descriptions therefore approximate to those applying in the sixteenth century, after the major changes of 1535-42. Except for the physical locations, which have not changed, the reader should not therefore take these references as being accurate in the twenty-first century.
[Back to Top]rence of that man, and no lesse thought I it my duetie so to doe. The which man for that he hath beene dyrected by the authoritie of this sea Apostolicall, I wyll not nor dare not here accuse, &c. MarginaliaBede. lib. 4. cap. 22. Thus the cause of the sayd Wilfride, albeit it was sufficiently knowne in the Court of Rome, to be well allowed for iust and innocent, yet it was not then redressed. In such estimation was this Theodorus then among þe Romaines. Vpon this controuersie of these two Bishops I may wel here infer þe words of W. Malmesbury, not vnworthy in my minde, to be noted, whiche be these in his Latine story. MarginaliaGul. Malmesb. lib. de gestis pontifi. Anglorum. Lib. 1. Polichron. lib. 5. ca. 19. Vbi videri & doleri potest humana miseria, quod videlicet quantum libet, quis sanctitate pollear, non ad plenum peruicaces mores exuat, &c. That is: In the whiche Theodore, saith hee, the weake and miserable infirmitie of man, may be sene and also lamented, considering, that although a mā be neuer so holy, yet in the same man is some thing, whereby it may be perceaued, that hee hath not vtterly put of all his stubburne conditions, &c.
[Back to Top]In the time of this Theodorus, and by the meanes of hym, a prouincial Synode was holden at Thetford, mentioned in the storye of Bede: MarginaliaAn. 680. Bede. lib. 4. cap. 22. the principall contents wherof were these.
Marginalia1. First that Easter day shoulde bee vniformely kept and obserued through the whole Realme, vpon one certayne daye videlicet prima, 14 Luna mensis primi.
Marginalia2. Secondly, that no Byshop should entermedle within the Dioces of an other.
Marginalia3. Thirdly, that monasteries consecrated vnto GOD, should be exempt and free from the iurisdiction of the byshops.
Marginalia4. Fourthly that the Monkes should not stray from one place (that is) from one Monastery to another, without þe license of his Abbot: also to kepe the same obedience which they promised at their first entryng.
Marginalia5. Fiftly, that no Clergyman shoulde forsake his owne Byshop, and to be receaued in any other place, wyth out letters commendatory of his owne Byshop.
Marginalia6. Sixtly, that forraine Byshops & Clergimen cōming into the Realme, should be content onely with the benefite of such hospitality, as should be offered thē: neither should entermedle any further within the precinct of any bishop, without his speciall permission.
Marginalia7. Seuenthly, that Synodes prouinciall should be kept within the Realme at least once a yeare.
Marginalia8. Eightly, that no Bishop shoulde preferre himselfe before an other, but must obserue the time and order of hys consecration.
Marginalia9. Ninthly, that the number of Byshops should be augmented, as the number of the people encreaseth.
Marginalia10. Tenthly, that no mariage should be admitted, but that which was lawfull, No incest to be suffered: neyther any man to put away his wyfe for any cause, except onelye for fornication, after the rule of the Gospell. And these bee the principall chapters of that Synode. &c.
In the next yere following was the sixt general councell kept at Constaunce, whereat, this Theodore was also present vnder Pope Agatho, where Mariage was permitted to Greeke priests, and forbidden to the Latin. In this Councell the Latine Masse was first openly saide by Iohn Portuensis the Popes Legate, before the Patriarche and Princes at Constantinople, in the temple of S. Sophy.
[Back to Top]After the decease of Alfride king of Northumberlande (from whom he was digressed) succeeded his sonne Osredus, MarginaliaAn. 705. Osredus, Kenredus. Osricus, Kinges of Northumberland. raigning xj. yeares. After whom raigned Kenredus 2. yeares. And next Osricus after him. xj. yeares.
In the time and raigne of these 4. kings of Northumberland, king Iua reigned in westsaxe: who succeding after Cadwalder, the last king of the Britaines, began his reigne about the yeare of the Lorde. 689. and raigned with great valiauntnes ouer the Westsaxons, the tearme of xxxvij. yeares. MarginaliaThe kingdome of Brittaine ceaseth. Iua, or Iue, King of Westsaxōs. Polycron. lib. 5. cap. 21. Concerning whose actes and wars mayntayned against the Kentish saxons, and other kinges: because I haue not to entermedle withal, I referre the reader to other Chroniclers.
[Back to Top]About the sixt yeare of the raigne of this Iua or Iue, Polychronicon, & other make mentiō of one Cuthlacus, whō they call S. Cuthlake a confessour, who about the 24. of hys age, renouncing the pompe of the world, professed himself a Monke in the abby of Repindon, and the third yeare after went to Crowlande, where he led the life of an Anker. MarginaliaS. Cuthlake a popishe Sainct. In the which Ile and place of his buriyng was builded a faire Abbey, called afterward for the great resort and gentle entertainment of straungers, Crowlande the courteous: MarginaliaCrowland the curteous. but why this Cuthlake should be saincted for his doinges, I see no great cause, as neither doe I thinke the fabulous miracles reported of him to be true: MarginaliaLying miracles. as where the vulgare people are made to beleeue, that he enclosed the deuill in a boyling pot, and caused wicked spirits to erecte vp houses, with such other fables and lying miracles, &c. Among which lying miracles also maye be reckened that, which the stories mention in the xi. yeare of the raigne of Iua, to be done of one Brithwalde or Drithelmus: Marginaliawhat straunge sightes this Brithwalde, or Drithelm, did see after hys death, read the ix. booke of Henr. Huntington. King Etheldred made Abbot of Bardney. who being dead a long season, was restored to lyfe againe, & told many wonders of straunge things that he had seene, causing thereby great almes & deedes of charitie to bee done of the people. And so þe disposing of his goods giuen in iij. partes went to the Abbey of Mailroos, where he continued the rest of his life.
[Back to Top]Moreouer, about the xvj. yeare of the saide Iua Ethelred king of Mercia, after he had their raigned. 30. yeares, was made a Monke: and after an Abbot of Bardney.
MarginaliaAdelmus. Gu. Malmesb. lib. 5. de pontifi. And about the xviij. yeare of the raigne of Iue, died the worthy and learned bishop Aldelmus, first Abbot of Malmesbery, afterward bishop of Schirborn: of whō William Malmesbery, writeth plenteously, with great commendation, and that not vnworthelye as I suppose: especially for the notable praise of learning and vertue in him aboue the rest of that time (nexte after Bede) as the great number of bookes and Epistles and Poemes by him set forth, will declare. Although concerning the miracles which the sayd author ascribeth to him,MarginaliaLying miracles. as first in causing an infant of ix. daies old to speak at Rome, to cleare pope Sergius, which was then suspected the father of the said child. Also in hanging his camule[illegible text] vpō the sunne beames. Item, in making whole the altar stone of Marble, brought from Rome. Itē in drawing a length one of the timberpeces, which wente to the building of the temple in Malmesbery. Item, in sauing the Mariners at douer. &c. As concerning these and such other myracles, which William Malmesbery, to hym attributeth, I can not consent to him therein, but thynke rather the same to be Monkishe deuises, forged vpon their Patrons, to maintaine the dignitie of their Houses. MarginaliaMalmesbery commended for hys stile. And as the Authour was deceaued (no doubt) in beleuing such fables himselfe: so maye he likewise deceaue vs, through the dexteritie of his style, and fyne handling of the matter, but that father experience hath taught the worlde nowe a dayes more wisedome, in not beleuing such practises: MarginaliaLying miracles reproued. this Aldelmus was Byshoppe of Schyrborne, MarginaliaAdelme Byshop. which sea after was vnited to þe sea of Winton. In which Church of Winchester the like miracles also are to be read of Byshop Adelwod, and S. Swithune, MarginaliaSwithune, Bishop of Wine. whom they haue canonized likewise for a Saint.
[Back to Top]Moreuer neare about the xxv. yeare of Iue, by the report of Bede MarginaliaBede. lib. 5. cap. 23. Ex historia Iornalensi de regibus Northumb. S. Iohn of Beuerley, which was then Byshop of Yorke died, and was buried at the porche of the Minster of Deirwood or Beuerley. In the which portch it is recorded in some Chronicles, that as the said Iohn vpon a time was praying, being in the portch of S. Michaell in Yorke: þe holy Ghost in the similitude of a Doue sat before him vpon the altar, in brightnes shining aboue the sunne. MarginaliaS. Iohn of Beuerlay. Anno. 717. This brightnes being sene of other, first commeth one of his Deacons running vnto the portche: who beholding the Bishop their standing in his praiers, and all the place replenished with the holy ghost, was strokē with the light therof, hauing al his face burnt, as it were with hote burning fire. Notwithstanding the Bishop by and by cured the face of his Deacon againe, charging him as the storye saith, not to publishe what hee had seene duryng hys lyfe time. &c. which tale semeth as true, as that we read about the same time done of S. Egwyne, in Polychron Abbot of Eusham, and Byshop of Worcester (then calles Wyctes:) MarginaliaAnnother lying fable of Sainct Eguyne. Ranulphus in Polychro. lib. 5. cap. 23. who vpon a time when he had fettered both his feete in yrons fast locked, for certaine sinnes done in his youth, and had cast the key therof in the sea: afterward a fish brought the key againe into the ship, as he was sayling homeward from Rome.
[Back to Top]But to leaue these Monkishe phantasies, and returne into the right course againe of the story. In þe time of this foresaide Iue, began first the right obseruing of the Easter day to be kept of the Pictes, and of the Britaines. In the obseruation of which day (as it is largely set foorth in Bede, and Polychron, Lib. 5. cap, 17. and 22. MarginaliaBeda. lib. 5. de gestis. Angl. Polycron. lib. 5. cap. 17. ) three thinges are necessary to be obserued, the full Moone of the first Moneth, that is of the month of March: Secondly, the Dominical Letter: Thirdly, the Equinoctiall day, which Equinoctiall was wont to be counted in the East church, and especially among the Egiptians, to bee about the 17. daye of March. MarginaliaA generall rule seruing for the obseruation of Easter day. This rule of Easter seemeth to be taken out of the booke of Numer. And they going out of Ramesse the 15. day of the first moneth, the next day after held their Easter. &c. So that the full Moone either vppon the Equinoctiall day, or after the Equinoctiall day being obserued the next dominicall day following that full moone, is to be taken for Easter day. Wherin is diligētly to be noted two thinges. First the fulnes of the Moone, must be perfectly ful, so that it be the beginning of the third weke of þe moone which is the 14. or 15. day of the moone. Secondly, is to be
[Back to Top]