being subiecte vnto you, if there be whych haue strayed from the Catholique faith by such errours, may be brought home againe, to the laud and honour of his name that was crucified, and preseruation of the true faith. And further our will is, that whatsoeuer you shal do, in the premisses in maner & forme of our processe in this behalfe, to be had and done: that you for your parte, when you shalbe required thereunto, plainly & distinctly do certifie vs by your letters patents, hauing the tenour hereof.

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The conclusions and articles here mentioned in thys letter, are aboue prefixed. Of which some were cōdemned for hereticall, some for erroneous.

After this, within fewe daies the foresayd Archbyshop W. Courtney, directed down his letter of admonition to Robert Rigge commissary of Oxford, for the repressing of thys doctrine. Which yet notwithstanding both then, and yet to this day (God be praised) doth remaine. The copie of his monition to the Commissary here out of hys owne Register, foloweth.

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MarginaliaAn other letter of the Archb. to the commissary of Oxford. IN Dei nomine Amen.  

Where as we William by the permission of God Archbyshop of Canterbury Lorde Primate of England and Legate of the Apostolicall sea, by the consent of our suffraganes and regular of the vniuersitie of Oxford, wythin our prouince of Canterbury and other Catholicke persons to informe vs of, and vpon certaine conclusions heretical and erroneous generally and commonly preached and published in diuers places of the sayd prouince of Canterbury to the subuersion of the whole state of the Church, and our sayd prouince: And also mature deliberation had vpon the same: by the common counsaile of the said our suffraganes & their conuocates, it was declared, that certain of the sayde conclusions, to haue bene and be condemned, some for heretical, and some for erroneous, and notoriously repugnāt to the determinatiō of the church, which we also our selues haue declared to be damnable: And haue vnderstode by credible information, and partly by experience that thou Robert Rigge, Chancelor of the vniuersity aforesaid, hast & doest incline partly to the foresaid damnable conclusions, whome also we in thys part haue partly suspected, doest intend to molest these our Clerkes aboue specified, & others adhering vnto vs in this behalf, as they ought to do: through thy subtill and sophisticall imaginations, sondry & manifold wayes, therfore we admonish thee M. Robert Chauncelour aforesaid, the first, second, and third time, and peremptorily: that thou doest not greue, let, or molest, iudicially or extraiudicially, apertly or priuely, or cause to be greued, let and molested, or procure directly or indirectly, by they selfe, or any other, as much as in thee lieth to be greued, the foresayd Clerks secular or regular, or such as fauor them in the premisses, in the scholastical acts, or in any other condition whatsoeuer. And that thou suffer none hereafter to teach, maintaine, preach, or defend any such heresies, or errours in the sayde Vniuersitie, either within or wythout the scholes; Neither that thou do admit I. Wickliffe, Nicholas Herford, Philip Repindon, Iohn Ayshton, or Laurēce Redman, which are vehemently and notoriously suspected of heresie, or any other so suspected or defamed, vnto that office of preaching. But that thou denounce the sayd persons to be suspended, whom we haue suspended from all scholastical act, whilest they cleare their innocencie in this part before vs, vnder the paine of the greater curse, which we here in these wrytings denounce against thy person if thou shalt not obey those our admonitions, with effecte, as they crime, sub[illegible text]teltie and offence in this behalfe shal require according to this our admonition premised, which we repute in thys parte for canonicall, as well then as now, and now as wel as then, reseruing the absolution of this sentence excommunicatorie, if it happen to light vpon theee, as (God forbid) specially vnto our selues. Testified with the handes of the Iurers, aboue in the page 410. before specified.

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THe 18. day  

of the month and yere aforesaid   in the chamber of the preaching Friers afore mentioned, before the foresayde Archb. in the presence of diuers Doctours and Bachelers of Diuinitie, and many Lawyers both Canon and Ciuil, whose names are vnder written: appeared M. Nich. Hereford, Philip Kepingdon, & Iohn Ayshton Bacherlers of diuinity. Who after a corporal oth taken to shew their iudgements, vpon the cōclusions aforesayd, were examined seuerally eache one by himselfe, before the Archb. Who there required day and place to deliberate vpon the conclusions aforesayd, and to geue their answere vnto the same in wryting. And also required to haue a copie of thesayde conclusions to be deliuered vnto them. The which copy, the sayd Nicholas & Philip (being openly ready vnto them) receiued. MarginaliaM. Iohn Asheton examined.Also the foresayd M. Iohn Ayshton lykewise was examined, and iudicially admonished by the said Archbishop by vertue of his othe, that hee setting aside all sophisticall words & suttelties, he fully and plainly would say his minde vpon the conclusions aforesayd. And being asked moreouer by the said Archbishop whether he would haue a further day to deliberate vpon his answers, as the foresaid Nicholas and Philip had before: said expresly that he would not, but would answer presently to those cōclusions. MarginaliaThe answere of Iohn Asheton.And so for finall aunswere sayde, as concerning all these conclusions (containing them all together) that hys iudgement was in this behalf to hold his peace. Wherfore the foresaid Archbishop reputing the saide Iohn herein to be suspected, admonished him in form of words as followeth: We admonish thee Iohn Ayshton, whome we repute to be defamed, & notoriously suspected of heresie, the first, the second, and third time: that in our prouince of Canterbury hereafter, thou do not preach publickely or priuately w^tout our speciall licence, vnder paine of the greater curse, which we denoūce here by these presents against thy person, if thou obey not our monitions, for nowe as for then. And consequently, for as much as the sayd Iohn being asked of the Archb. confessed that hee had heard before of the publication of the Archbyshops Mandate, wherein was inhibited þ^t no person prohibited or not sent, should preach hereafter: MarginaliaM. Asheton monished again to appeare.the foresayd Archb. assigned to him Friday next folowing, which was the 20. day of the same moueth, after dinner to appeare before hym, either at Lambeth, or in the same place: to say for himselfe, wherefore he myght not be pronounced for an heretick, & for such a one to be denounced through hys whole prouince. Also the said Archbishop assigned to the foresaid Nicholas and Philip, the saide day & place to answer peremptorily, and to say fully & plainly to the conclusions aforesayde, all sophistication of woordes and disputation set a part.

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Thom. Barnwel, William Swynherd, William Picworth, Tho. Whatley, Laurence Grenham, Iohn Leigh, Iohn Haker.

Walter Dish, Iohn Kinningham, Iohn Louey.

Thomas Ashborne Doctour.

Marginaliaxx. of Iune. In the 20. day aforesaid of the said month of Iune, the yere and place aboue prefixed, before the foresayd Archbyshop, sitting in his tribunall seat, in the presence of diuers Doctours of Diuinitie, and lawyers, both Ciuil and Canon: MarginaliaHertford & Repington appear.personally appeared M. Nicholas Herford, & Phillip Kepindon, Bachelers of Diuinity, and Iohn Ayshton maister of Arte. Where, the foresaid Nicholas and Philip, being reqired by the sayd Archb. to answer and say fully and plainly their iudgements vppon the conclusions prefixed. whereunto the sayde Archbyshop had assigned to the sayd Nicholas and Philip the same terme: did exhibite to the sayd Archbyshop there iudicially sitting, certaine aunsweres in wryting contained, after the maner of indēture, the tenour whereof here vnder is contained, and after the same forme answered to the sayd conclusions. The tenour of which Indenture containing the foresaide conclusions vnto them moued as afore, followeth in these wordes.

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MarginaliaThe protestation of Hereford, and Asheton exhibited to the Archb. WE protest here as before, publikely in these presēts: that we intend to be humble and faithful children to the church and holy scripture, and to obey in all things the determinations of the Church. And if it shall chaunce vs at any time which god forbid, to swarue from this our intention, we submit our selues humbly to the correction of our reuerend father Lorde Archbishop of Cant. and primate of all England: and of all other, which haue interest to correct such swaruers. This protestatiō premised, thus we answere to the conclusions aforesayd.

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That the substance of material bread and wine, remaineth in the Sacrament of the aulter, after consecration.

After the sense contrary to the Decretall, beginning Firmiter, credimus, we graunt that it is heresie.