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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.
An. 1414. §1414by Henry Chichley Archb. of Canterbury, much was the affliction and trouble of good men here in England: which cruelty, John Claydon 1currier of London, & Richard Turming 2first tasted of.
An. 1414. §1414by Henry Chichley Archb. of Cāterbury, much was the affliction and trouble of good men here in England: which cruelty, Iohn Claydon 1currier of London, & Richard Turming 2first tasted of.
- 1John Claydon.Iohn Claydon.
- 2Rich. Turming
The 17. day of August, an. 1415. John Claydon did personally appear, arrested by the mayor of London, for suspicion of heresy, before Henry Chichley Archbishop of Canterbury, in Pauls Church: who being demanded,1 denied it not, but frankly confessed that for 20. years space, he had bin suspected thereof: for which also he had suffered 2. years imprisonment at Convey, & three years in the Fleet: out of which prison, he (in the reign of king Henry the fourth, ⟨p. 340⟩