Signatory of the letter of 8 May 1554 concerning the proposed disputation at Cambridge (1563, p. 1003; 1570, p. 1641; 1576, p. 1400; 1583, p. 1471.)

(d. 559/60) [ODNB]

King of Bernicia (Northumbria) C6

He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, p. 150; 1576, p. 111; 1583, p. 110.

Summoner of Bishop Robert Ferrar

Bedo testified that Ferrar commanded that he should not summon Lewis Boole for immorality. 1563, pp. 1087 and 1091; 1583, pp. 1545-46 and 1549.

[NB: Foxe does not give Ievan's name, it is taken from Ievan's testimony which survives in Foxe's papers: BL, Harley 425, fols. 156v-157r].

(d. c. 107x117) [Gams]

Patriarch of Antioch (c. 67 - c. 107x117); martyr

Ignatius wrote letters to several congregations of Christians, warning them against heresy. He was thrown to wild beasts. 1570, p. 58, 1576, p. 40; 1583, p. 40.

In one of his letters, written on his way to his martyrdom, Ignatius assigned the government of his church at Antioch to Polycarp of Smyrna and praised the truth of his teaching. 1570, pp. 61-62; 1576, p. 44; 1583, p. 44.

Chief officer at Nicomedia early C4

Illyricus was said to have presided over the execution of martyrs in Nicomedia. 1570, p. 111; 1576, p. 79; 1583, p. 78.

(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.

Brother of King Ine of West Saxons and of Cuthburh; founder of Wimborne Abbey [ODNB sub Ine]

He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, p. 177; 1576, p. 134; 1583, p. 133.

(c. 1045 - 1109) [ODNB]

Abbot of Crowland (1086 - 1109); a C15 pseudo-chronicle of the abbey was attributed to him

Ingulf's chronicle is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, p. 1349; 1576, p. 1151; 1583, p. 1180.

(d. 1539) [Gams; ODNB sub Eustache Chapuys and Richard Pace]

Bishop of Burgos (1529 - 39); cardinal

Emperor Charles V's ambassador to England 1527; in 1529 Mendoza suggested a new ambassador (a canonist with good Latin) was needed to advise Queen Katherine on the proposed divorce; he briefed Chapuys, his successor

Because of Wolsey's reports to the king that the English ambassadors in Spain had been imprisoned, Mendoza was imprisoned and his goods seized. 1563, p. 440; 1570, p. 1123; 1576, p. 962; 1583, p. 988.

(d. 417) [Kelly]

Pope (401 - 17) Son of Anastasius I; asserted the primacy of the Roman see

He is mentioned by Foxe: 1570, p. 15; 1576, p. 12; 1583, p. 12.

(1160/61 - 1216) [Kelly]

Theologian, jurist; cardinal-deacon of SS Sergio and Bacco; pope (1198 - 1216)

Chose Otto IV HRE, then excommunicated and deposed him when he invaded Italy; excommunicated King John; made several kingdoms papal fiefs; acted against heresy; promoted crusade.

Innocent III appointed Stephen Langton archbishop of Canterbury against the will of King John. 1563, p. 446; 1570, p. 1154; 1576, p. 988; 1583, p. 1015.

Transubstantiation was made a point of doctrine at the fourth Lateran council under Innocent III or earlier in the time of Lanfranc. 1570, pp. 1298, 1299; 1576, p. 1111; 1583, pp. 1136, 1137.

Confession to a priest was made a point of doctrine at the fourth Lateran council under Innocent III. 1570, p. 1340; 1576, p. 1144, 1583, p. 1172.

(1432 - 1492) [Kelly]

b. Genoa; studied at Padua and Rome; bishop of Savona 1467; bishop of Molfetta 1472; cardinal 1473

Pope (1484 - 92)

The indulgences granted by Pope Leo X to the guild of Our Lady at Boston had been granted previously by Innocent VIII and Julius II and were later renewed by Clement VII. 1570, p. 1347; 1576, p. 1150; 1583, p. 1178.

Legate from the Council of Carthage in 419 to the patriarchs of Constantinople and Alexandria

He is mentioned by Foxe: 1563, p. 9; 1570, p. 13; 1576, p. 10; 1583, p. 10.

Martyrs at Rome under Decius, according to Bede.

[There was a Nemesius, deacon at Rome, martryed there with Sixtus II in 258.]

They are mentioned by Foxe: 1570, p. 92; 1576, p. 64; 1583, p. 64.

(d. 201/2) [Gams]

Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (Lyons) (c. 177-201/2) Theologian, church father

Irenæus was a pupil of Polycarp of Smyrna, who sent him to Gaul. 1570, p. 80; 1576, p. 55; 1583, p. 55.

Shortly after Irenæus was made minister, he was commended by the martyrs in Lyons to Pope Eleutherius. 1570, p. 75; 1576, p. 50; 1583, p. 50.

Irenæus became bishop of Lyons. He worked to settle controversies and schisms in the church at large. He opposed the excommunications of Pope Victor I. 1570, p. 80; 1576, p. 55; 1583, p. 55.

Irenæus supported the position of Victor I in celebrating Easter on a Sunday. 1570, pp. 5, 80; 1576, pp. 4, 55; 1583, pp. 4, 55.

Victor I excommunicated the eastern churches for failing to comply with the Roman observation of Easter, but was persuaded to reinstate them by Irenæus. 1570, pp. 5, 80-82; 1576, pp. 4, 55-56; 1583, pp. 4, 55-53.

Irenæus wrote a letter to Florinus in which he related his memory of Polycarp of Smyrna. 1576, p. 56; 1583, p. 44.

C2 head of police in Smyrna said to have arrested Polycarp

He tried to persuade Polycarp to sacrifice to the gods; he molested Polycarp when he refused. 1570, p. 60; 1576, p. 42; 1583, p. 42.

(750x755 - 803) [L. Garland www.roman-emperors.org]

Married Emperor Leo IV in 769; empress (775 - 80); regent (780 - 90)

Restored icon veneration in 787; encouraged monasticism; co-ruler with her son (792 - 97); had her son blinded

Sole empress (797 - 802); deposed and exiled to a convent

Empress Irene had Pope Adrian exhume the body of Constantine Copronymus and burn it. She had the ashes thrown into the sea because Constantine had opposed the adoration of images. 1570, p. 176; 1576, p. 133; 1583, p. 132.

Nicephorus I deposed Irene and expelled her from the empire. She ended her life in poverty. 1570, p. 176; 1576, p. 133; 1583, p. 132.

Irene and the decrees of the Council of Nicea advocating the adoration of images were condemned at the Council of Frankfurt, presided over by Charlemagne. 1570, p. 175; 1576, p. 132; 1583, p. 131.

Widow of Birbrook, Essex. She, her 4 sons, daughter and maid were troubled c. 1533 [Fines]

Isabel Choote, her sons and daughter, along with others of Birbrook, abjured. 1570, p. 1190; 1576, p. 1019; 1583, p. 1047.

(1501? - 1556)

Martyr. Born in Grafestocke, Carlisle. Wife of John Foster, of the parish of St Brides, Fleet Street.

Isabel Foster was examined and condemned by Bonner on 15 January 1556. 1570, p. 2030, 1576, p. 1750.

Foxe records Bonner's charges and Foster's answers to the charges. 1563, pp. 1451-53, 1570, p. 2030, 1576, p. 1750, 1583, p. 1857.

She was burned at Smithfield on 27 January 1556. 1563, p. 1451, 1570, p. 2030, 1576, p. 1750, 1583, p. 1857.

[Foxe also refers to her as Elizabeth Foster.]

of Steeple Bumpstead, Essex; wife of Nicholas; charged in 1528 [Fines]

Isabel Holden, along with many others of Steeple Bumpstead, abjured. 1570, p. 1190; 1576, p. 1019; 1583, p. 1047.

Of Horn Alley, Aldersgate, London

Isabel Malt claimed that Lord North and another nobleman had approached her in 1555 and offered her money if they could take her infant son and pass it off as queen Mary's son. 1570, p. 1772; 1576, p. 1513; 1583, p. 1597

Isabel Parker was examined by Draycot and Bayne and later dismissed. 1563, p. 1548, 1570, p. 2141, 1576, p. 1861, 1583, p. 1955.

(1501 - 1526) Daughter of Philip I and Joanna of Castile; archduchess of Austria; married Christian II of Denmark; queen of Denmark (1514 - 23); sister of Emperor Charles V

Isabella's daughter Dorothea was being conducted to her wedding at the time that William Tyndale was arrested. 1563, p. 516; 1570, p. 1228; 1576, p. 1051; 1583, p. 1078.

(1503 - 1539)

Daughter of Emanuel I and Maria of Aragon, princess of Spain

Married Emperor Charles V in 1526; mother of Philip II of Spain

Charles V had promised to marry Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII, but bowed to objections in Spain that the marriage of her parents had been irregular. He married Isabella of Portugal instead. 1570, p. 1192; 1576, p. 1021; 1583, p. 1049.

C3 servant killed by his master for refusing to sacrifice

Ischirion's master ran him through with a stake. 1570, p. 90; 1576, p. 62; 1583, p. 62.

(c. 560 - 636) [Catholic Encyclopedia; Gams]

b. Cartagena, Spain; Archbishop of Seville (599 - 636); scholar and historian

He is mentioned by Foxe: 1563, p. 4; 1570, pp. 56, 96, 143, 1319; 1576, pp. 36, 67, 106, 1128; 1583, pp. 36, 67, 105, 1154.