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An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
Volume 1 › Book 5: The fifth Book.Volume 1 › Book 5: The fifth Booke.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
King Richard the second, was by Boniface the 9. stirred up against the professors of the truth: which Boniface directed his Bull, both to the Bishop of Hereford against the professors, and also another unto the King, the sixth year of his dignity Episcopal: whereupon the King gave out straight commission against them that held of the side of Wycliffe, and specially against Walter Brute he wrote a letter the two and twentieth day of September, the seventeenth year of his reign. Albeit during the life of the King none are expressly found by name that suffered burning: notwithstanding some there were which by the Archb. William Courtney, and other Bishops had been condemned, and divers also abjured,1 and did penance, chiefly about the town of Leicester: the names of which persons detected are these:2 Roger Dexter, 3Nicholas Taylor, 4Nicholas Wagstaffe, Michael Scrivener, William Smith, John Henry, William Parchmenar, and Roger Goldsmith, inhabitants of the town of Leicester, who for holding against the Real presence, against worshipping of Images, and worshipping of the Cross, against the chanting of Mass, and matins, against pardons, Friars, oblations for the dead, auricular confession to the priest, &c. were of the Roman church condemned for Heretics: and because Roger and Nicholas appeared not, being cited, on Alhallow day, being the first of November, the archb. celebrating high mass, cursed them & their adherents,5 with hell, book, & candle, and did interdict the whole town of Leicester, and all the Churches in the same, so long as any of the foresaid excommunicate persons ⟨p. 291⟩should be there, and till all the Lollards of the town should turn from their heresy, obtaining at the Archb. hand, the benefit of absolution: at length it was declared, that there was a certain Anchors,6