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

Anno 1556. there was a complaint against such as favoured the Gospel in Ipswich, exhibited to Queen Mary's Counsel, sitting in commission at Beckles in Suffolk, the 18. of May, An. 1556. by Phillip Williams, alias Foteman, John Steward and Matthew Butler sworn for that purpose.

Anno 1556. there was a complaint against such as fauoured the Gospel in Ipswich, exhibited to Quéene Maries Counsel, sitting in commission at Beckles in Suffolke, the 18. of May, An. 1556. by Phillip Williams, aliâs Foteman, Iohn Steward and Mathew Butler sworne for that purpose.

The names of such as fled out of the town,¹ and lurked in secret places, were these: Of S. Mary tower, Robber Partridge, Rose Nothingam, daughter of William Notingam the elder. Of L. Laurence: Anne Fen servant to Robert Notingam, Andrew Ingforby, his wife and daughter,² Thomas Tomson, Shoemaker, supposed to have received but twice those 17. years, Martin Locksmith his wife. Of Saint Margarets: William Pickesse Tanner, John Woodles Coverlet weaver, and his wife, William Harset Bricklayer, Thomas Fowler Shoemaker, W. Wright's wife at the Windmill, Laurence Waterward, late Curate, borne in Chorley in Lancashire. Of Saint Nicholas, widow Swan, Matthew Bird, and his wife, Stephen Greenwich, and his wife, William Coleman servant to the said Stephen, Robert Coleman and his wife, Roger Laurence, alias Sparrow, John Carleton Sadler, William Colemam, James Hearst his wife. Of Saint Peters: Richard Hover, apprentice with Nicholas Nottingham, Richard Hedley a seller of heretical Books. Of Saint Stephens: James Booking Shoemaker, his wife, ⟨p. 266⟩John Raw late servant to James Ashley, William Palmer, Richard Richman Shoemaker his wife, daughter to mother Fenkell midwife. Of Saint Clements, mistress Tooley, who departed to Darsham in Suffolk, Agnes Wardall the elder Widow, Robert Wardall her son. Of Saint Mathews: John Shoemaker and his wife.