An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church

In the examination of John Ashton the archb. required, ⟨p. 280⟩that he would answer in the Latin tongue, because of the Lay people that stood about him, but Ashton refused so to do: and answered in his mother tongue: and so behaved himself that the Archbishop called him heretic and erroneous:¹ and at the same time the archbishop being desirous (as he pretē dead) to be informed by Thomas Hilman bachelor of divinity (there being present & somewhat favouring John Ashton) what his judgement was touching the said conclusions, assigned unto him also a deliberation, to appear with Nicholas Hereford, & Phillip Repingdon: at which time Thomas appeared, and pronounced the articles all heretical or erroneous: Nicholas, and Phillip, for not appearing were excommunicated for contumacy. Against which excommunication the parties excommunicated, exhibited an appeal unto the B. of Rome, which appeal the archb. utterly rejected, & sent a letter to M. Rigge commissary of Oxford, to make diligent search for Nicholas Hereford, & Phillip Repington, to apprehend them, & to send them up personally to appear at a certain day prescribed for the same: and solicited the King to join his sword to assist him, whereto he also yielded, and directeth his letters to that effect, both to the Archb. and to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, which was anno 1382.

In the examination of Iohn Ashton the archb. required, ⟨p. 280⟩that he would answere in the Latine tongue, because of the Lay people that stood about him, but Ashton refused so to do: and answered in his mother tongue: and so behaued himselfe that the Archbishop called him hereticke and erronious:¹ and at the same time the archbishop being desirous (as he pretē ded) to be informed by Thomas Hilman bacheler of diuinitie (there being present & somewhat fauouring Iohn Ashton) what his iudgement was touching the said conclusions, assigned vnto him also a deliberation, to appeare with Nicholas Herford, & Phillip Repingdon: at which time Thomas appeared, and pronounced the articles all hereticall or erronious: Nicholas, and Phillip, for not appéering were excommunicated for contumacie. Against which excommunication ye parties excōmunicated, exhibited an appeale vnto ye B. of Rome, which appeale the archb. vtterly reiected, & sent a letter to M. Rigge cōmissary of Oxford, to make diligent search for Nicholas Herford, & Phillip Repington, to apprehend them, & to send them vp personally to appéere at a certaine day prescribed for the same: and sollicited the King to ioyne his sword to assist him, whereto he also yéelded, and directeth his letters to that effect, both to the Archb. and to the Vicechancellor of Oxford, which was anno 1382.