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

Anno 1428. §1428King Henry the sixth sent down most cruel letters of Commission unto John Exeter, and Jacolet German, keeper of the castle of Colchester, for the apprehending of sir William White, Priest,¹ and others, suspected of heresy. By virtue of which commission, it is found in old Monuments, that within short space after, John Exeter, who was appointed one of the Commissioners, attached six persons, in the town of Bongay, in the Diocese of Norwich, & committed them to William Day, and William Row, constables of Bongay, to be sent within ten days following, under safe conduct, to the castle of Norwich: where by reason of the antiquity of the record, these names remain only to be read: John Wadden of Tenderden, in the County of Kent, Bartholomew Monk of Ersham, in the County of Norfolk, Cornleader, a married man, William Skuttes. These three were in the custody of the Duke of Norfolk, in his Castle of Fremingham.

Anno 1428. §1428King Henrie the sixt sent downe most cruel letters of Commission vnto Iohn Exetor, and Iacolet Germain, kéeper of the castle of Colchester, for the apprehending of sir William White, Priest,¹ and others, suspected of heresie. By vertue of which commission, it is found in olde Monuments, that within short space after, Iohn Exetor, who was appointed one of the Commissioners, attached sixe persons, in the towne of Bongay, in the Dioces of Norwich, & committed them to William Day, and William Row, constables of Bongay, to be sent within tenne dayes following, vnder safeconduct, to the castle of Norwich: where by reason of the antiquitie of the record, these names remaine only to be read: Iohn Wadden of Tenderden, in the Countie of Kent, Bartholmew Monke of Ersham, in the Countie of Norfolk, Cornleader, a married man, William Skuttes. These thrée were in the custodie of the Duke of Norfolke, in his Castle of Fremingham.

1. 1W. White, Priest.