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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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9 Item, whether he, or they were ever in any secret communication or conventicle with them: Whom, or which of them he knew to be named and reputed for a Known man, or holding against the sacrament of the altar, or other Sacraments and articles of faith? And if they knew any such to declare where, and when, and what they were, and who were present the same time?
9 Item, whether he, or they were euer in any secret cō munication or conuenticle with them: Whom, or which of them he knew to be named and reputed for a Knowen man, or holding against the sacrament of the altar, or other Sacramentes and articles of faith? And if they knew any such to declare where, and when, and what they were, and who were present the same time?
These articles and interrogatories thus declared, now followeth to be showed, a certain brief sum compendiously collected out of the Registers of John Longland bishop of Lincoln, declaring in order of a table the names first of them which by oath were constrained against their wills to detect and and accuse other. Secondly the persons that were accused. Thirdly, the crimes to them objected, as in the process of this table shall follow to be seen.
These articles and interrogatories thus declared, now followeth to be shewed, a certayne briefe summe compendiously collected out of the Registers of Iohn Longland bishop of Lincolne, declaring in order of a table the names first of them which by othe were constrayned against theyr willes to detect and and accuse other. Secondly the persōs that were accused. Thirdly, the crimes to them obiected, as in the proces of this table shall follow to be seene.
And first, forasmuch as the Bishop perceived that Roger Bennet, William Chedwell, Edmund Dormer, Thomas Harding, Robert Andrew, with such other were men especially noted to be of that side, therefore to work his purpose the better, he began with them producing the same as witnesses, to detect first Robert Bartlet of Amersham, & Richard his brother: understanding that these forenamed witnesses, because they had been abjured before, durst now do no other, upon pain of relapse, but needs confess what soever was put unto them. And therefore because Rob. Bartlet & Richard his brother being called before the bishop and sworn upon their oath, would confess nothing against themselves, the Bishop to convict them by witnesses, went first to William Chedwell, lying sore sick in his bed, causing him upon the Evangelists to swear, whether he knew the foresaid Robert and Richard Bartlet to be known men. Which being done, the Bishop then called before him Robert Andrew Roger Bennet, John Hill, Edmund Dormer. John Milsent, Thomas Bernard, Thomas Littlepage, John Dosset, all Amersham men: who being abjured before, as is said, durst no otherwise do, but confess upon their oath, that Robert and Richard Bartlet were known men. And yet the Bishop not contented with this, caused also their two wives to wit, Margaret the wife of Robert Bartlet, & Isabel the wife of Richard Bartlet, to depose & give witness against their own natural husbands. Albeit Isabel Bartlet being somewhat more temperate of her tongue, refused utterly to confess any thing of her husband, & denied her husbands words to be true, till at last she being convict of perjury, was constrained to utter the truth, as in the process of this table following more particularly followeth to be seen.