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cepted, returned to grace and the truth again.
also with Pelagianism and other heresies ; they were also baptist, very confident and disputatious. One of this sort was now crept into the Court, namely Robert Cooke. He was a/l person of a very courteous fair deportment, of some learn- ing, and particularly well skilled in music. When Park- hurst (he that afterwards was Bishop of Norwich) was preacher to Queen Katharin Par at the Court, he was keeper of the wine-cellar. Here he came acquainted with the said Parkhurst, and also with Coverdale and Dr. Tur- ner, and other learned men in their attendances at the Court. This man, besides that he was against the baptism His opini- of infants, denied original sin, and concerning the Lord's °"^* Supper he dispersed divers odd things. The said Dr. Tur- ner wrote a book against him, in which he confuted his opi- nion of original sin. He often created trouble to Parkhurst and Coverdale about these controversies, so that they were tired with him ; for he was a man full of words. When Jewel, and other learned men, his friends, came sometimes to Court to visit Parkhurst, Cooke would presently begin a dispute with them, and would never make an end. This man seems to have been among the exiles under Queen Mary, and became then known to the learned Rodulph Gualter at Zuric. Who afterwards in his correspondence with the said Parkhurst, then Bishop of Norwich, inquired after him; which was in the year 1573. He was then 112 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK alive, and still in the Court, being one of the gentlemen of the Queen's chapel. And for his opinions, which he still re- Anno i547.tained, had some time before been like to have been dis- charged of his place. But he made a recantation, and so continued still in his room at the chapel. Latimer's January 1, Dr. Latymer began to preach his first sermon mmi!" ^t ^t- PauFs Cross, and so continued for three Sundays Second. successively at the same place. And on March 7, being Wednesday, he preached his first sermon before the King, in a pulpit set up in the King's privy garden, for the con- venience of the auditors. Bishop Gar- Bishop Gardiner being now set at liberty, was ordered diner com- ^ ^^^ ^^ Winchester, to instruct his diocese : which plies with o- ... the King's he did ; himself receiving and obeying the book of service fngr^*^' ^^^^ orders for religion ; and all the proclamations, statutes, and injunctions that were then set forth by the King's au- thority, were observed duly, and quietly kept and obeyed by the saii Bishop and his ministers of the diocese ; as it was deposed afterwards by Seton. His servant Basset also testified, that when the Bishop came down to Win ton, (when Basset came also along with him,) he lived quietly, and did with all diligence execute all such laws, proclama- tions, and orders, as were set forth by the King ; as the little book of the Communion set forth before Easter. Which book the Bishop caused to be sent abroad within his dio- cese, with such diligence and haste as he possibly could. And lastly, when he came first down into his diocese, after his delivery out of the Fleet, he preached two sermons, one at Farnham and another at Winton, wherein he exhorted his audience to be obedient to the King's Majesty as their sovereign Lord and supreme Head; alleging divers texts of Scripture for the same. The vulgar There was now great care taken, that the vulgar sort might thfpatiT"^" arrive to some understanding of religion, which they were noster in for the most part most barbarously ignorant of before. And "^ '^ ** for this purpose provision was made, that the people might learn in English the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the Ave, that used always to be said before in Latin ; but especially
OF KING EDWARD VI. US the Lord's Prayer, commonly called the Pater noster. And CHAP. therefore the better to inculcate it into the memories of the people, Latimer used to say this prayer constantly both be- Anno 134: jfore and after sermon, in the country where he was. And 7^ when any poor people came to him to ask an alms, he would oppose them with the Lord''s Prayer, and bade them say it ; and cause his servants sometimes to require them to say it. Many would tell him, they could say the Latin Patei^ noster, and others, that they could say their old Pater noster, (as they termed the Lord's Prayer in Latin,) but not the new, meaning that in English.
Thomas Hancock, a preacher, who in the latter time of King^jjg preach Henry, and the reign of King Edward, did much good in ^r. Wiltshire and Hantshire, by his diligent preaching the Gospel, of whom somewhat was said in another book. In Cranmer's the beginning of King Edward's reign, for preaching against ^ ^74^ " the mass at Salisbury, Dr. Steward and Dr. Oking, Chan- cellors to Bishop Gardiner and Bishop Capon, being pre- sent, he was required of the Mayor to find sureties to an- swer for his sermon the next assizes ; because he pretended Hancock had spoke contemptuously of the Sacrament, con- trary to a late proclamation, (which we shall hear more of by and by,) viz. that no nicknames should be given to the Sa- crament ; though he said for himself, that that which he spake against was not the Sacrament, but an idol. But see- ing no way but to find sureties, or to go to gaol, six honest men were bound for his appearance. What followed upon this, 1 had rather you should have it from his own full rela- tion ; which was in these words :
" Lord Chief Justice, wylled me to have certayn to be ^^^^ ^^^^^ " bound for me, that I shold not be before the Kyng in his Foxii MSJ " proceedings. I making no haste to get my securities, " my Lord Chief Justice called upon me very earnestly, " that I should get some to be bound for me. The Bishop " sitting at the bench, I requested him, that forsomuch as " my trouble was for the word of God, that he and his VOL. II. I 114 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK '• Chaplain, one Mr. Reeve, wold be bound for me. My ^' " Lord Chief Justice rebuked me, bycause I chose my sure- Annoi547. " ties out of the bench, saying, that yf he wold be my " surety, he would not take hym. So I stode styl, not " seking any to be bound for me. Wherat my Lord was " not very well pleased, and said unto me. Why seke ye " not some to be bownd for you ? I aunsweryd, that I knew " not to whom to speak. There was present a woolen " draper, one Harry Dymoke, who asked my Lord, what " the band was ; who awnsweryd, one hundred pounds. He " sayd again, that an hundred of them wold be bownd in " an hundred pounds for me. Another sayd, that a thou- " sand of them wold be bownd in a thousand pounds for " me. Wherat my Lord rebuked me, saying, See what an " uproar you make among the people. I sayd unto him, " I pray you, my Lord, lay no such thing to my charge. " I stand before you, and stir not. It ys God that moveth " ther harts thus to speak : I prayse his name for yt. " Then did my Lord again enter talk with the abovenamed " Harry Dymoke, and asked hym, whether ten of them " wold be bownd in an hundred pounds, for yf one hun- " dred persons should be bownd in an hundred pounds, " the names then wold occupy more ink and paper than 73 " the obligation. Harry Dymoke answered, that I had no '' rule of my self in that place [i. e. the pulpit,] and that " they thought that I wold break the band. Which yf I " shold, that wold greve them to forfeit x pounds a piece. " But in that quarrel to forfeit xx pound a piece yt wold " never greve them. So was the first band discharged ; " and my Lord bownd ten of them in x pound, and I my " self was bownd in xc pound. " This don, I ryd from Salisbury unto my L. of Somerset " hys Grace, who lay at that tyme at Syon. I requested hys " Grace, that I mowght have his letter for the discharge " of them that were bownd for me. He cawsed my Lord a Sir w. " Treasurer hys Honor, that now is% (who than was Master L.BurWiiey. " ^^ ^^^^ Requests,) to write to my L. Chefe Justice for the " discharge of the band. Which letter, whilst I was with
OF KING EDWARD VI. 115 *' my Lord at Hampton ^^ to deliver, the bel rong to the CHAP. " sermon. My Lord asked me, whether I mynded to ________ " preach. I awnswered, Yea. My Lord said unto me, that Anno 1547. " Hampton was a haven-town, and that yf I shold teach ^^^p"*^' " such doctrin as I taught at Sarum, the town wold be Sarum. " divided ; and so shold that be a way or a gap for the '' enemy to enter in. And therfore he commaunded me " that I shold not preach. I awnswered, that I wold not " take that for a forbydding, but that forsomuch as the " people resorted to the church at the rynging of the bel, " to hear the word of God, they shold not return home " agayn voyd of God's word. My Lord sayd agayn unto " me, that I shold not preach ; and that there was one " in the Tower, (meaning Bishop Gardiner,) that he would " beleve before four hundred such as I was. I awnswered, " that he spake those words betwyxt him and me, but yf I " had record of them he wold not speak them. So my " Lord sent for the Maior and his brethren. Mr. Maior " asked me, whether I cold be content, that another shold " supply the room for me. I awnswered. Yea ; and that I " was as willing to hear the word, as to preach my self. So " did Mr. Maior send to one Mr. Gryffeth, who did preach: " and my Lord being present, he chalenged him, that he, " being Chief Justice of the land, did suffer images in the *' church, the idol hanging in a string over the altar, can- " dlesticks, and tapers on them, upon the altar, and the " people honouring the idol contrary to the law ; with much <* other good doctrin. I praysed God for yt. And thus " were my friends of Sarum, that were bound for me, dis- " charged their band. " This trouble being overcome, another foUoweth. For " after thys, I was called the same year (which was the first " year of King Edward) to be the Minister of God''s word " at the town of Pole, in comt. Dorcet. Which town was The town " at that tyme wealthy. For they embraced God's word ; ^ack^siWers. " they were in favour u^ith the rulers and governors of " the realm : they were the first that in that part of Eng- " land were called Protestants: they did love one another, I 2 116 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK " and every one glad of the company of the others : and so God powred his blessings plentifully upon them. But Anno 1547." now, I have sorow to set my pen to write yt, they are be- J^nffT " ^^^^^ P°^^' ^^^^y ^^^^^^ "^ ^^^^ ^^ God's word; they lack loving " the favour and friendship of the godly rulers and go- P^^^o*"- u vernors to defend them. They fell from their profession ; " they hate one another ; one cannot abyde the company of " another ; but they are divided amongst themselves. But, " O Lord God, heavenly Father, which wor'kest all things 74 "^or the best unto thine elect and chosen, and art a God " of mercy and long-sufferiyig, suffer not that town of Pole, " if it he thy good will, to come to desolation ; hut, merciful " God, who hast the harts of all men in thine hands, and " dost turn them whom thou wilt turn, give them harts to " repent, and powr thy blessings upon them, that they may " embrace thy word, that they may be not only hearers, but " obedient Jhllowers and doers of the same ; and that they " may love one another. And so pour upon them thy bless- " ings, that they may come, not to a worse, but to a better " state, for thy dear Son Christ Jesus sake, our only me- " diator and advocate. His sermon " \ being the Minister of God's word in Poole, preaching " the word upon some Sunday in the month of July, in- " veyed against idolatry and covetousness, taking my place " out of the sixth of the first of Timothy, Deus immortalis " est, et lucem habitat inaccessibilem, quern nemo hominum " videt, sed nee videre potest. The brightness of the God- " head is such, that yt passeth the brightness of the sun, of " angels, and all creatures ; so that yt cannot be seen with " our bodily eyes ; for no man hath seen God at any time " and liveth : the Priest at that time being at mass. Yf " that be so, that no man hath seen God, nor can see God " with these bodily eyes, then that which the Priest hfteth " over his head is not God ; for you do see yt with your " bodily eyes. Yf yt be not God, you may not honour yt " as God, nether for God. Wherat old Thomas Whight, " a gret rych merchant, and a ring-leader of the Papists, " rose out of his seat, and went out of the church, saying,
OF KING EDWARD VI. 117 '' Come from liym^ good people, he came from the Devil, CHAP. " and teacheth unto you devilish doctrin. John Nothrel, ^^' '' alias John Spicer, following hym, saying, It shall be God, ^""0 1547 '' •whe7i thou shalt be but a hnave.
" yt, after that I came from expounding some place of the Kf,7thl*^e *' Scripture at evening prayer, the abovenamed Thomas <^"^'i " Whight, John Nothrel, and William Haviland came to^"""^' ^^' " the Priest, commanding hym that he shold say dirige " for all sowls, I commanding hym the contrary ; they sayd " they wold make me to say dirige. I awnswered, not " whyle they lived. Than did all three with one mouth cal " me knave, and my wifF strompet : some of them threat- '* ning me, that they wold make me draw my gutts after " me. The Mayor being an honest good man, Morgan *' Reed by name, thrust me into the quire, and pulled the " quire dore fast to me, commanding them to keep the ^' King's peace. But they spared not to call the Mayor " knave. The Mayor had much work to stop this hurly " burly, untyl he had got the chefe of them out of the " church. So was I driven agam to be a sutor to my Lord " of Somerset his Grace. Who willed me to resort to Mr. " Cecyl, then Master of Requests, but now Lord Treasurer " of England. Of whom I had also another letter for my " quyetnes in preaching of God's word in the town of Pool. " From that tyme I contynued in Pool untyl the death of " good King Edward."
CHAP. X. 75 Lands, advowsons, and rectories settled upon certain churches and bishoprics, deans and chapters. Cheke and Latymer gratified. Treaties with foreign princes. The King''s gfts. The strangers'' church at Canter- bury. Orders to the Archbishop for taking axvay images.
ment of revenues upon divers churches and colleges ; from ^^^ ^'"^" which either his father had taken their lands, and had not
118 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK made them recompense by others equivalent, (which he yet ' by his last will required to be done,) or he himself to satisfy Anno 1547. his courtiers : that so he might maintain religion and learn- ing, by maintaining the estate of the church. Here follow then the manors and lands granted by the King, with the con- siderations why, as I took them from his Book of Sales : To the Dean May 2j2, To the Dean and Chapter of Wigorn, in consi- ^"^^j^j^P '^'^ deration of the lordships and rectories of Grimley and cester. Halowe, and the manor of Hymwyke and Woodhal, in the county of Wigorn, and others, and in performance of King Henry's will, was granted the rectory of Kemsey in the county of Wigorn, with the appurtenances, lately parcel of the possessions of Rafe Sadleyr, Kt. and granted to the said King Henry; and divers other manors, rectories, lands and tenements in the counties of Wigorn, Glocester, Lan- caster, Hereford, and Bedford. The yearly value whereof was 180/. 1^. Sob. certain rents reserved.
King Henry's last will, were granted the advowsons and rectories of the churches of Grimley and Halowe, late parcel of the possessions of the cathedral church of Wigorn, value Ul. Is.Uob.
of the exchange of the lordships of Stoke Episcopi and Hernbury in the salt marsh in the county of Glocester, and other possessions in Glocester, Middlesex, and London, and for the fulfilling of King Henry's will, were granted the manors of Grimley and Halowe, parcel of the possessions of the cathedral church of Wigorn, and divers other lands and tenements in Surrey and London. The yearly value 135/. 6s. 9ob. To the Bi- Aug. 20. To Richard Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, ventry and' ^" consideration of the manors of Longdon, Bewdesert, Litchfield. Rugelcy, Heywood, Barkeswich, and Cannok, and divers other lands and tenements in Staffordshire, and for fulfilling King Henry's will, were granted the advowson of the rec- tory of Wolstaunton in the county of Stafford, and the rectory of Belgrave in the county of Leicester, and of the OF KING EDWARD VI. 119 rectories of Pightesly, Buckby, and Towceter in North- CHAP, amptonshire ; and divers other advowsons and prebends in the county aforesaid, and within the bishopric of Bangor. Anno 1 547. The yearly vahie whereof was 183?. 8s. lobq. with consi-'" derable rent reserved. Aug. 21. To the Dean and Chapter of the Holy Trinity, To the Dean Winton, in consideration of the exchange of the manors of ^"^yj^j^^j^^^^ Overton, Alton, Stockton, and Patney, and of the rectories of the two former, in Wilts, were granted the advowson of the rectory of Gresford, within the bishopric of St. Asaph, and of the rectory of Crockhorn in the county of Somerset, and the advowson of the rectory of Laugherne in the county of Cardigan, and the rectories and churches of the same. Aug. 30. To the Provost and College of St. Mary, at Eaton, for 25Z. 6s. Sob. and in performance of King Henry ""s last will, and in consideration of the exchange of the manors of Milborn Beck, Lutton, and Ponyngton in the county of Dorset, and divers other lands and tenements, were granted the revenues of Great Compton in the county of Warwick, lately parcel of the possessions of Thomas Crumwel, Kl late Earl of Essex, attainted of high treason, and of Blox- ham in the county of Oxon, late parcel of the possessions of the late monastery of Godstow in the same county, and divers other lands and tenements in the counties of Oxford, Bedford, Lincoln, and Warwick. Aug. 31. To Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, in con- To ihe sideration of King Henry's promises, and in performance of ^/^l^'JI^^^^J* his last will, and for the exchange of the manor and park bury. of Mayfeld, &c. were granted the rectories of Whalley, Blackborn, and Rochdale, &c. as is more at large related Memorials
of the exchange of the manor of Dorchester, Cropredy, LincX? Wardington, Cotes, Newthorp, Cethorp, and Burton, in the county of Oxon, and divers other manors, lands, and tenements, in the counties of Rutland, Leicester, North- ampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Nottingham, and Lincoln ; were granted him the capital mansion and outward gate of
120 MEMORIALS ECCLESIASTICAL BOOK the college of Thornton in the county of Lincoln, and di- ' vers other manors, lands, and tenements in the counties of Anno 1547. Lincoln, Leicester, Sussex, Nottingham, Carmarden, with considerable rent reserved. To the Bi- About this time, to Robert Bishop of Oxon, for the ful- Oxon!'^ filling King Henry's last will, were granted the rectories of Welsford, Sibbertoft, and Overton, with the appurtenances in the counties of Northampton and Leicester, and the ma- nors of Medley, Hokenorton, and Watlington, in the county of Oxon, and divers other lands and tenements in Oxon, Bucks, London, and Berks, to the yearly value of 391^. 1^. Boh, Rent reserved, 37/. 14^. 9o6. To commence from the feast of the Annunciation, an. 38. Hen. VIII. To the Dean Sept. 27- To the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, Lon- of St^Paui'T ^^"' ^^ consideration of the manor of Roumwel in Essex, and of the manor of Drayton in Middlesex, and divers other lands, tenements, and rents, and in full execution of King Henry's last will, was granted the advowson of the rectory of Charing in Kent, and the chapel of Egerton in the same county, and the manor of Mockyng in Essex, lately parcel of the possessions of the late monastery of Berkyng in the said county, and divers other lands and tenements in Kent and Essex. Rent reserved, 12Z. 1*. 3o6. 77 Octob. 7. To the Dean and Canons of the King's free To the Dean chapel of St. Gcorgc within the castle of Windsor, as well and Chapter £^j, the fulfilling Kinff Henry's last will, as for exchange of
court, and divers other lands and tenements, to the said King Henry given and made over, and divers others sur- rendered by the said Dean and Chapter, were granted the rectories and churches of Bradnynch, Northam, Iplepen, Assington, and South Molton, in the county of Devon, and divers other manors, rectories, lands, and tenements in Devon, London, Wilts, Glocester, Kent, Surrey, Cornwall, Middlesex, Oxon, Bucks, South Wales, Brecon, Carmar- Yüklə 12,09 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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