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

Anno 1424. John Florence ¹a Turner, appeared before William Bernam, Chancellor to William, B. of Norwich, for these articles. 1. That the Pope, & Cardinals,² have no power to constitute laws. 2. That only the Sunday is to be kept holy. 3. That men ought only to fast ⟨p. 356⟩the quatuor temporum. 4. That Images are not to be worshipped. 5. That Curates ought not to exact tithes. 6. That all they that swear by their life and power, shall be damned, except they repent.³ But being threatened, he submitted himself,⁴ and abjured, and was enjoined this penance.: three Sundays in a solemn procession in the cathedral Church of Norwich he should be displayed before all the people, The like also should be done about his parish Church, of Shelton, three other several Sundays, he being bareheaded, barefoot, and barenecked, after the manner of a public penitentiary, his body being covered with a canvas shirt, and breeches, carrying in his hand a taper of a pound weight.

Anno 1424. Iohn Florence ¹a Turner, appeared before William Bernam, Chancellour to William, B. of Norwich, for these articles. 1. That the Pope, & Cardinals,² haue no power to constitute lawes. 2. That onely the Sunday is to bee kept holie. 3. That men ought onely to fast ⟨p. 356⟩the quatuor temporum. 4. That Images are not to be worshipped. 5. That Curats ought not to exact tithes. 6. That al they that sweare by their life and power, shalbe damned, except they repent.³ But béeing threatned, he submitted himselfe,