A01115:1666
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
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.
1Anno one thousand, five hundred, and fifty and nine. The 25. day of May, in the town of Validoly, where commonly the council of the Inquisition is wont to be kept, there were eight and twenty godly Christians (saving one Jew) that did suffer for the testimony of the truth, whereof 14. were burned, and the rest had their goods confiscate, and a note of dishonour laid upon them, for the name of Jesus. They which were burnt, and their goods confiscate, were D. Cacalla, 2sometime an Augustine friar, priest of the town of Validoly, and sometime preacher to Charles the fifth, a man of great learning,3 John de Bivero priest of Validoly, and brother to Cacalla, Dame Blanch, sister unto them, ⟨p. 473⟩Frauncis de Bivero, brother unto the Dame, Constance de Bivero, an other Sister, Dame Leoner de Bivero, her cousin: being already dead long before at Validoly, the mother to the five aforesaid, above her coffin, was her picture laid, which was condemned with her dead corps, to be burned for an heretic. Moreover, her goods being confiscate, her house, was adjudged utterly to be razed, and cast down to the ground: and for memorial thereof, a marble stone to be set up in the place: wherein the cause of her burning should be engraved. After these, were condemned M. Alfonz Perez, priest of Valence, Christoph. Del citizen of Samora, Christopher de Padilla, Anthony de Huizuelo, Katherine Roman, Francis Erreni, Katherin Ortega, Isabel Strada, Jane Valesques, and a certain Smith. They were all first strangled, saving Anthony Huizuelo: who was burned alive, because he did with more vehemency, detest the Pope, then the rest. They which had their goods confiscate, were these: Don Petro Sarmiento, knight of the order of Alcantara, dwelling at Valence, & son of the marques de Poza, was judged to bear a Sanbenita4 all his life, and condemned to perpetual prison, with loss of his order, & all his goods: to whom it was moreover enjoined, never to wear any more gold, silver, precious stones, &c. Dame Mencia his wife was adjudged to the same punishment. Don Lovis de Ropas, sonne and heir of the the marquess of Poza, through great suit made for him, was condemned only to wear a Sanbenita unto the town-house, and his goods to be confiscate.