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nation of Rogers, January 22, shewing him, that the Par-

liament had received the Cardinal's blessing, not one, as he

said, resisting it, but one man that spake against it; and

that there were eightscore in one house, save one, that had

with one assent and consent received pardon of their offences

for the schism. But the influence of the Queen, and some

other great Papalins, swayed the house to this base com-

pliance, and to take this foreign yoke again. After this

work was done, it being now afternoon, the King and

Queen with the Cardinal repaired to the chapel, and there

Te Deum was sung for this day's joyful work.

Procession The same 28th day of November, the Council having

Que^s sent a letter to the B isno P of London, signifying that the

great belly. Q u

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should take order that Te Deum, in token of thanksgiving, t'HA P.

should be sung in Paul's, and in all churches throughout

his diocese, several bishops, to the number of ten or eleven, Anno 1554.

the mayor of London, and the aldermen, came to Paul's in

procession : and after that was Te Deum sung ; and after,

a sermon. And after this the bishops went to the chapter-

house, to give God thanks for this supposed mercy. For

this great belly, so boasted of, was a mistake or a deceit.
The 29th day, commandment was given forth from the

Bishop of London through his diocese, that all priests

should say the mass of the Holy Ghost, go in procession, 205

and sing Te Deum, and ring the bells, and to give God

thanks for the gracious Queen's quickening with child, and

to pray, that that good thing God, by his omnipotent power,

had begun, he would bring to good effect.
On the 30th day, Friday, being the festival of St. An- The King,

drew, the King and his lords ride to Westminster-abbey Attended Y

to hear mass, which was sung by Spaniards. There metg° e sto

him at the court gates an hundred Almains in hose and

doublets of white and red, and yellow velvet coats, and

linings with yellow sarcenet, and yellow velvet caps and

feathers; drums and flutes of the same colour, with gilt

halberds : and an hundred in yellow hose, doublets of vel-

vet, and jerkins of leather, garded with crimson velvet and

white, feathers yellow and red : and those were Spaniards.

And an hundred in yellow gowns of velvet. And the same

night the Lord Cardinal came to the court, and went to the

chapel with the King, where Te Deum was sung.

CHAP. XXVI.

Further memorials in the months of' December, January,

February, and March.

JL O continue our journal along the ensuing months.
December 2, Sunday, all priests and clerks, with their December -

copes and crosses, came to Paul's, and all the crafts in their and the

liveries, with the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, against the L- Cardinal
ax 1 1 ml s*
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326 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP. Lord Cardinal Pole's coming- The Lord Chancellor and

XXVI
.all the bishops tarried for him at the Bishop of London's

Anno i554.pi ace rpj^ Cardinal, landing at Barnard's Castle, came at

nine of the clock : there the Lord Mayor received him, and

brought him to Paul's. And so the Lord Chancellor, and

the Lord Cardinal, and all the bishops, went up into the

choir with their mitres on. And at ten of the clock the

King's Grace came to Paul's to hear mass, with four hun-

dred of his guard ; one hundred Englishmen, one hundred

Almains, one hundred Spaniards, and one hundred Switzers,

with many lords and knights. And so they heard mass ;

the Queen's chaplain officiating, and the King's and St.

Paul's choir sung. At this great and noble assembly did

the Lord Chancellor preach upon the text, Now it is time

for us to awake out of 'sleep ¦, &c, The contents of this ser-

p. 1344. mon may be found in Fox.
St. Nicolas. On the 5th of December, the which was St. Nicolas' eve,

at evensong time, came a commandment, that St. Nicolas

should not go abroad nor about. But notwithstanding, it

seems, so much were the citizens taken with the mock St.

Nicolas, that is, a boy-bishop, that there went about these

St. Nicolases in divers parishes, as in St. Andrew's Holborn,

and St. Nicolas Olave's in Bread-street. The reason the

procession of St. Nicolas was forbid was, because the Car-

dinal had this St. Nicolas' day sent for all the convocation,

bishops and inferior clergy, to come to him to Lambeth,

there to be absolved from all their perjuries, schisms, and

heresies.

206 But because this way of celebrating St. Nicolas' day is

His day ce- so Q ^ an{ j strange, let me add here a word or two explana-

a boy- tory of it. The memory of this saint and bishop Nicolas

bishop. was thjjg solemnized by a child, the better to remember the

holy man, even when he was a child, and his childlike vir-

tues, when he became a man. The Popish Festival tells us,

that while he lay in his cradle he fasted Wednesdays and

Fridays, sucking but once a day on those days. And his

meekness and simplicity, the proper virtues of children, he

maintained from his childhood as long as he lived : " and

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" therefore, 1 ' saith the Festival, " children done him worship CHAP.

" before all other saints." This boy-bishop, or St. Nico- XXVI -

las, was commonly one of the choristers, and therefore in Anno 1554.

the old offices was called, episcopus choristarum, bishop

of the choristers, and chosen by the rest to this honour.

But afterward there were many St. Nicolases ; and every

parish almost had his St. Nicolas. And from this St. Ni-

colas' day to Innocents' day at night, this boy bore the

name of a bishop, and the state and habit too, wearing the

mitre and the pastoral staff, and the rest of the pontifical

attire; nay, and reading the holy offices. While he went

his procession, he was much feasted and treated by the

people, as, it seems, much valuing his blessing : which made

the citizens so fond of keeping this holyday.

The 8th, being the day of the conception of our blessed Procession

Lady, was a goodly procession at the Savoy by the Spa- of t . he Con "

niards, the priest carrying the sacrament between his hands ;

and one deacon carrying a censer censing, and another the

holy water-stock, and a number of friars and priests sing-

ing ; and every man and woman, knights also and gentle-

men, bearing green tapers burning, and eight trumpets

blowing ; and when they ceased, then began the sackbuts

to play ; and when they had done, there was one who car-

ried two drums on his back, and one came after, beating

them. And so done, they went about the Savoy, now sing-

ing, and a while after playing again, and by and by came

singing into the church : and then after that they went to

mass.
On the 9th, Dr. Bourn, bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of

preached the Paul's Cross sermon, and prayed for the Pope 5* tl j and

of Rome, Julius III. and for all the souls in purgatory.

The same day, being Sunday, (for it seems these sports A bear-

and pastimes were commonly practised on these days,) was aitin ^ >

a bear-baiting on the Bankside ; when a sad accident hap-

pened : for the great blind bear brake loose, and running

away, he caught a serving-man by the calf of the leg, and

bit off a great piece of it, and after by the huckle-bone :

and within three days after, he died.
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328 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP. On the 14th, St. Dunstan's church in the East, which

" had been suspended on the day of our Lady's conception,

Anno 1554. by reason of a man of that parish, was now hallowed, toge-

rtanS" 1 " tner witn tne cnurcn y ar d, by a suffragan ; old Bird, I sup-

church pose, formerly bishop of Chester, now Bishop Boner's suf-

hallowed. />
fragan.

Bp. Cotes The 16th day, Dr. Cotes, bishop of West Chester, made

Cross" ' the Paul's Cross sermon. His subject was concerning the

blessed sacrament, and labouring to prove the corporal pre-

sence by many quotations out of the fathers and ecclesiasti-

cal authors.

A triumph The 18th was a great triumph at the court gate, by the

King and divers lords, both English and Spanish; who

were in goodly harness, and upon their arms goodly jerkins

207 of blue velvet, and hose embroidered with silver and blue

sarcenet. And so they ran on foot, with spears and swords,

at the tourney, drums and flutes in white velvet, drawn out

with blue sarcenet. Some also were habited in other co-

lours. There were ten against the King and his party, who

were eighteen.

Order Whereas it was common for the Parliament to adjourn

departing for the holydays in Christmas, or at least to take the liberty

from the G f absence, many of the lords and commons had their horses

in Christ- ana< servants come up for them ; but such weighty and hasty

mas. work was now upon the anvil, that on 22 Decemb. strict

order was issued out, that none of the Parliament-men

should depart that Christmas, nor till the Parliament were

ended : which proved much contrary to expectation. And

it is likely many of them were desirous to be absent, be-

cause of the Popish and Spanish work that was in doing.

For on new-year's-day passed the act for restoring the su-

premacy to the see apostolic, and repealing a great many of

King Henry's laws that had been made to the prejudice of

the see : and, soon after, the bill for investing the Spanish

King with the care of the kingdom, during the young age

of the prince to be born.

Prince of On the 26th (Fox writes the 28th) came the Prince of

Piemont by water from Gravesend, with the Lord Privy

Piemont
comes.

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Seal and the Lord Mountague, and shot the bridge, and chap.

so to court. XXVL

Decemb. ult. a Spanish lord was buried at St. Marga- Anno 1554.

ret's, Westminster, with banner, coat, target, helmet, man- ^ r j P ™[ sh

tie, escutcheons, and many torchlights. ried.

On new-year's-day, in Bow churchyard, at night, was an January,

assembly of men and women, to the number of thirty and fj^iy" 5

above, who had the English service and prayers used, and taken.

a lecture among them, Thomas Rosse being their minister.

They were taken by the sheriffs, and their minister, after

he had been brought before the Chancellor, sent to the

Tower, and the rest to the Counter and other places.
The same night happened a great uproar, occasioned by A disturb-

some insolent and debauched Spaniards, who had gotten ^J^^Jj,,

amoner them certain whores in the cloister of Westminster-

abbey. The passage through which cloister, for their more

secrecy, other Spaniards in their harness guarded, that none

might disturb their fellows' 1 sport. Notwithstanding, some

of the Dean's men happened now to come into the cloister, at

whom these Spaniards discharged their pistols, and wounded

some of them : whereat began a fray. A Spanish friar gets

presently into the church, and rings the bell for alarm.

This called all the street together, and much blood had

like to have been spilt. But the tumult at length ceased,

and no more harm done than the great fright and disturb-

ance which it occasioned.

Jan. 8, the Prince of Piemont went by water to the Prince of

Tower with Lord Clinton, lord admiral, and divers others. visits the

There he was shewed every place of remark, and enter- Tower -

tained with shooting off guns.

On the 9th, certain Spaniards killed an Englishman An Eng-

basely : two held him while one thrust him through ; and ki]led ^

SO he died. Spaniards.
The 14th, Dr. Chadsey, one of the disputants against Dr. Chadsey
_ fit, P&Ul'i!
Peter Martyr at Oxford in King Edward's reign, and ere Cross

long to dispute against Archbishop Cranmer there, now

made parson of Alhallows in Bread-street, preached the

Paul's Cross sermon.

330 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP. On the 18th, the Lord Chancellor went to the Tower,

' and divers other lords of the Council, and delivered a

Anno 1554. number of prisoners, viz. the three sons and the brothers

JOo f t j le ] ate Pu^e f Northumberland, Sir James a Croft,
doned. Sir George Harper, Sir George Carow, Sir Nicolas Throg-

morton, Sir Nicolas Arnold, Mr. Vaughan, Sir Edward

Warner, Mr. Gybbs, the Archbishop of York, Sir John

Rogers, and divers others, concerned in the Lady Jane's

or Wyat's business, after a year's imprisonment or more.

Then was great shooting off of guns.

Protestants On the 22d, arraigned at the Lord Chancellor's place,
arraigned. begide gt Mary Qvery's, Sir John Hoper, late bishop of

Worcester and Gloucester, Dr. Crome, an ancient pious di-

vine of London, the parson of Whittington college, Harold

Tomson, Rogers, vicar of St. Sepulchre's, and divers others,

to the number of eleven persons, besides two more that

were not then sent for. They were asked, whether they

would receive the Cardinal's blessing, and be united again

to the Catholic Church with the rest of the realm ? One,

who was a citizen, did submit : the other ten refused. But

one of them, by the means of the Lord William Howard,

having this favourable question put to him, whether he

would be an honest man, as his father was before him ?

and answering, Yea, was discharged. There were now pre-

sent, as the Queen's commissioners, beside the Lord Chan-

cellor, the Bishops of Durham, Ely, Worcester, Chichester,

Carlile, the Lord William Howard, Lord Paget, Sir Ri-

chard Southwel, Secretary Bourn.
Tilting. On the 24th was great running at the tilt at Westmin-
ster with spears, both English and Spaniards.
Procession On the 25th, being St. Paul's day, was a general proces-
on st. Paul s g j on Q £ g t p au j by everv parish, both priests and clerks, in

copes, to the number of an hundred and sixty, singing

Salve Jesta dies, with ninety crosses borne. The proces-

sion was through Cheap unto Leadenhall. And before

went two schools ; that is, first, all the children of the Gray

friars, and then those of St. Paul's school. There were

sight bishops, and the Bishop of London mitred, bearing

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the sacrament, with many torches burning, and a canopy CHAP,

borne over. And so about the churchyard, and in at the XXV1 -

west door, with the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and all Anno 1554.

the companies in their best liveries. And within a while

after, the King came, and the Lord Cardinal, and the

Prince of Piemont, and divers lords and knights. At the

foot of the steps to the choir, as the King went up, kneeled

the gentlemen lately pardoned, offering him their service.

After mass, they returned to the court to dinner. And at

night bonfires, and great ringing of bells in every church.

And all this joy was for the conversion of the realm.

On the 27th day was a goodly procession from West- Westmin-

minster unto Temple-bar, with crosses, and an hundred**^™"

children in surplices, and an hundred clerks and priests in

copes singing. The which copes were very rich of tissue

and cloth of gold. And after came Mr. Dean Weston, car-

rying the blessed sacrament, and a canopy borne over it,

and about it twenty torches burning: and after it a two

hundred men and women.

On the 28th, Hoper, Crome, Cardmaker, and others, Hoper and

were examined, at St. Mary Overy's, for their principles in ot !' ers ar ~

religion : where Cardmaker was said to recant ; or rather

to submit himself: but it was done by him only out of a20Q

design to prolong his life a little, for some good end he had,

as he shewed a friend.

The 29th, at the same church, Hoper and Rogers were

arraigned for heresy, and cast to be burnt : and thence car-

ried back to Newgate.
The 30th, Bradford, Taylor, and Saunders, were ar-

raigned in the same place, and cast to be burnt in divers

places.
February 1. was buried the Duchess of Northumberland, February.

at Chelsey, where she lived, with a goodly herse of wax TheDuch ~

and pensils, and escutcheons : two banners of arms, and thumber-

four banners of images, two heralds of arms, with many land buned '

mourners. There was a majesty and the vallans : and six

dozen of torches, and two white branches; and all the

332 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP, church hung in black and arms: and a canopy borne over

xxvi. her tQ cnurcn-

Anno 1554. On the 4th day, the Bishop of London went into New-

vinwde- 8 ate ' an< ^ otner doctors with him, to degrade Hoper and
graded and Rogers. The same day, between ten and eleven of the
clock, Rogers was carried into Smithfield and burnt, for
pretended erroneous opinions, with a great company of the
guard attending.
On the 5th, between five and six in the morning, Hoper

was carried towards Gloucester, and Saunders towards Co-

ventry, to be burnt there.
And on the 6th, Dr. Taylor was sent as early into Suf-

folk, to suffer the same punishment at Hadley, where he

had been rector.

Lord On the 7th, the Lord Strange, eldest son of the Earl of

marries. Darby, married the Earl of Cumberland's daughter : which

marriage was solemnized the same day with a great dinner,

just and tourney on horseback with swords : then a supper

with torchlights and cressetlights ; an hundred of the for-

mer, and sixty of the latter ; a mask and a banquet.

Heretics The 9th day, six heretics (as the gospellers were now

nine . ca |j ec j^ f j£ sseXj an( j Suffolk, and London, were arraigned

at St. Paul's, before the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, the Bi-

shop of London, and divers doctors, and some of the Coun-

cil, and condemned to be burnt in divers places. For now

the Lord Chancellor having broken the ice of burning he-

retics, and taken off the heads and captains, as it were, of

the Protestants, left the rest of this bloody work to Bishop

Boner ; and those six before mentioned he began with :

who, having been convented before him but the day before,

were condemned this very next day. Their names and

callings were as follow ; William Pigot, butcher ; Stephen

Knight, barber ; Thomas Tomkins of Shoreditch, weaver ;

Thomas Hawks of Essex, gentleman; John Lawrence,

priest ; and William Hunter, an apprentice to a silk-weaver

in Coleman-street.
February 10, being Sunday, Alphonsus, a Spanish Gray

UNDER QUEEN MARY I. 333

friar, preached before the King: and in his sermon in- CHAP,

veighed against the bishops for burning of men ; saying, XXV1,

that they learned it not in Scripture, to put any to death Anno 1554.

for conscience, but on the contrary rather to let them li V e^. s P anish

and be converted. But such discourses were seldom made preaches

at court, and this good counsel took little effect. burning for
February 14, Robert Ferrar, bishop of St. David's, was religion,

sent down towards his diocese, there to be condemned and pj^id'ssent

burnt. into Wales.
The same day, the image of the old abrogated saint, Thomas

Thomas Becket, martyr for the Pope, but traitor to the in ^ * s s et

King, was set up in stone over the gate of St. Thomas of up-

Acres, that is, Mercers chapel, by order of the Lord Chan- ^ 1

cellor and other bishops, in the habit of a bishop with his

mitre and crosier : but within two days after, in the night-

time, his two fingers, held up to bless, were broken off: and

the next night his neck too, and the top of his crosier. But

the shame done to St. Thomas was highly resented. And

many, that were looked upon as no friends to the present

proceedings, were suspected. And among the rest one

Barnes, a mercer, who lived over against the chapel ; who

therefore, with some of his servants, was committed. But

though nothing could be proved against him, yet he was

fain to enter into a recognisance of a great sum of money

both to watch it, and to make good the image, whensoever

it should be defaced. The 2d day of March it was set

up again at his charge. And again the 14th day, at night,

the head was broken off, and one of the arms. So that on

the 15th a proclamation went forth, that whosoever did

know, and would shew to the Mayor, who had done this

act, should not only have his pardon, but be rewarded with

an hundred crowns of gold. But the act still remained un-

discovered.

February the 18th, the Lord Viscount Mountague, and

Thirlby, bishop of Ely, with divers others in their company,

passed through London with sevenscore horse, being appoint-

ed ambassadors to the Pope ; to thank his Holiness, as was

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MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL

CHAP, pretended, for his great clemency to the realm, but, as was

. thought more truly, to treat about the restoration of abbeys.

March.

Procession

nol554, For, when they returned home, they reported from the

Pope, that as he was well pleased with other things here

done, so he shewed himself not contented that the Church's

lands and goods were not restored ; which, he said, was a

thing not to be suffered. And it was not long after, that

the Pope set forth a bull excommunicating all persons,

without exception, which kept any church or abbey lands,

and also all others (were they princes, bishops, nobles, jus-

tices of the peace, or other officers) that did not put this

bull in execution. But yet notwithstanding, it was not

thought convenient yet to take any notice of it, or move it

in this realm, any further than by the Queen's example,

who in the next month restored what was in her hands to

the Church.
March 8, was a general procession from St. Paul's,

through Cheap, down Bucklers Bury, and so through