The vice-chancellor the same time was Robert Rigs, the proctors John Huntman, and Walter Dish, who then (as far as they durst) favoured the cause of John Wycliffe, & that side: in so much that the same time & year 1382. when certain sermons public should be customably appointed, at the feast of the Ascension, and of Corpus Christi, to be preached in the cloister of S. Frisewide, now called Christ church, before the people, by the Vice-Chancellor, & the Proctors: the doing thereof was committed to Phillip Repington, 1& Nicholas Hereford, so that Nicholas should preach on the Ascē sion day, & Repington on the Corpus Christi day. In which sermon on Corpus Christi day, Phillip preached, (among other matters) that the Pope and Bishops ought not to be ⟨p. 281⟩recommended above temporal Lords, and that in all moral matters, he would defend Wycliffe, as a true Catholic Doctor. And finally, his sermon concluded, he dismissed the people with this sentence, saying: I will in the speculative doctrine, as pertaining to the matter of the Sacrament of the altar, keep silence till such time as GOD otherwise shall instruct and illuminate the hearts of the Clergy. Against this Philip, Peter Stokes a Carmelite,2 was a great adversary. And a while after, the Vice-Chancellor and Brightwell went up to London, to purge themselves, and their adherents of the accusations of this Friar, and being examined upon the articles of John Wycliffe, they did consent, that they were worthily condemned: and so were with somewhat ado, discharged, and commanded seek out the favourers of John Wycliffe: whereof Nicholas Hereford and Philip Repington, having privy warning by the Vice-Chancellor, conveyed themselves away, and fled to the Duke of Lancaster,3 who yet forsook them for fear, or somewhat else, not expressed. So soon as they were fled, the Archbishop directeth letters to the Vice-Chancellor, and to the Bishop of London, named Robert Braisbrocke, to excommunicate them, and to lay for them both in Oxford, and in London, that they might be apprehended. This was the fourteenth of July, Anno 1382 after which Repington in the same year, the three and twē tieth of October, was reconciled to the Archb. and so was John Ashton.
The vicechancellor the same time was Robert Rigges, the proctors Iohn Huntman, and Walter Dish, who then (as far as they durst) fauoured ye cause of Iohn Wickliffe, & that side: in so much that the same time & yéere 1382. when certaine sermons publike should be customably appointed, at the feast of the Ascension, and of Corpus Christi, to be preached in ye cloister of S. Frisewide, now called Christ church, before the people, by the Vicechancellor, & the Proctors: the doing thereof was committed to Phillip Repington, 1& Nicholas Herford, so that Nicholas should preach on the Ascē sion day, & Repington on the Corpus Christi day. In which sermon on Corpus Christi day, Phillip preached, (among other matters) that the Pope and Bishops ought not to be ⟨p. 281⟩recommended aboue temporall Lords, and that in all moral matters, he would defende Wickliffe, as a true Catholike Doctor. And finally, his sermon concluded, hee dismissed the people with this sentence, saying: I will in the speculatiue doctrine, as pertaining to the matter of the Sacrament of the altar, kéepe silence till such time as GOD otherwise shall instruct and illuminate the heartes of the Cleargy. Against this Philip, Peter Stokes a Carmelite,2 was a great aduersarie. And a while after, the Vicechauncelor and Brightwell went vp to London, to purge themselues, and their adherentes of the accusations of this Frier, and béeing examined vppon the articles of Iohn Wickliffe, they did consent, that they were woorthely condemned: and so were with somewhat adoe, discharged, and commaunded séeke out the fauourers of Iohn Wickliffe: whereof Nicholas Herford and Philip Repington, hauing priuy warning by the Vicechauncellour, conueyed themselues away, and fledde to the Duke of Lancaster,3 who yet forsooke them for feare, or somewhat else, not expressed. So soone as they were fledde, the Archbishoppe directeth letters to the Vicechancellour, and to the Bishop of London, named Robert Braisbrocke, to excommunicate them, and to lay for them both in Oxford, and in London, that they might bée apprehended. This was the fourtéenth of Iuly, Anno 1382 after which Repington in the same yéere, the thrée and twē tieth of October, was reconciled to the Archb. and so was Iohn Ashton.
- 1The favourers of Wycliffe appointed to preach.The fauourers of Wickliffe appointed to preach.
- 2Stokes an enemy to Wycliffe.Stokes an enimy to Wickliff.
- 3Duke of Lancaster forsook the scholars of Wycliffe.Duke of Lancaster forsaked the scholers of Wickliffe.
