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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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26. ITEM, He keepeth no manner of hospitality, but hath his servants' table in one parlour with him, lest any strangers should approach his servants being at their meat.
27. ITEM, He is commonly talking not of godliness, but of worldly matters, as baking, brewing, inclosing, ploughing, mining of mill-stones, discharging of tenants, and such like, not only at his table, but also most commonly at other places.
28. ITEM, That he hath warned divers tenants out of their lands, which they and their ancestors have enjoyed for their rents, these hundred years and more, and occupied with tillage; which he said he would enclose, and being sued to by poor men, because of quietness, he answered, The crows shall eat the corn, rather than ye shall have any profit thereof.
28. ITEM, That he hath warned divers tenants out of their lands, which they and their ancestors have enjoyed for their rents, these hundred years and more, and occupied with tillage; which he said he would inclose, and being sued to by poor men, because of quietness, he answered, The crows shall eat the corn, rather than ye shall have any profit thereof.
29. ITEM, When the vicars choral of St. David's, for relief of their hospitality, had an island of his called the Bishop's-isle, for 40s. rent, which he let to a chaplain of his for 5l. by the year; and where, at the suit of the said vicars it was granted by the bishop in the whole chapter, that the vicars should have it for years at 40s. rent, and pay 20l. entry; he now covetously, and against his promise openly made, denieth the same, except the vicars would give 50l.
30. ITEM, He caused the curate of St. David's to warn the tenants out of their said lands in the pulpit, to the great offence of the people, who were wont to have God's word preached there; and so they said to the curate at that time.
31. ITEM, To the ploughing of a pasture not above ten days work, in lent, anno 1549, he had 32 ploughs in one day, and those ploughs the priest bade in the church, contrary to the statute of Gomorrah in that behalf provided, and to the evil example of gentlemen in that country.
31. ITEM, To the ploughing of a pasture not above ten days work, in lent, anno 1549, he had 32 ploughs in one day, and those ploughs the priest bade in the church, contrary to the statute of Gomortha in that behalf provided, and to the evil example of gentlemen in that country.
32. ITEM, Where the king's majesty, of godly remembrance, Henry VIII. appointed at Brecknock a school-master, usher, reader of divinity, a minister, and certain scholars, and for the maintenance thereof appointed 40l. and 12l. of the pensions and revenues of Brecknock: the bishop finding it so furnished, has neither reader nor minister there, covetously converting their stipends to his own use.
33. ITEM, The bishop was twice in one day presented in the great court, held in the court of Carmarthen, for inclosing and covetously encroaching on the king's high-way.
33. ITEM, The bishop was twice in one day presented in the great court, held in the court of Caermarthen, for inclosing and covetously incroaching on the king's high-way.
34. ITEM, He covetously continueth purchasing of lands, buying of cattle, merchandise, and other things, being indebted a notable sum to the king's majesty, as may appear by his accounts in the court of tenths and first fruits.
35. ITEM, Whereas one Lewis John Tho. Boll, putting from him his lawful wedded wife, upon Christmas-eve last, without banns, had marriage solemnized with a concubine of his in a church within three miles of the bishop's abode at that time: the bishop since knowing the premises, has not only of a covetous mind entered into a familiary with the said Lewis, and bought a piece of land of him, but also ⟨p. 515⟩ever since has (to have his lands cheap) left both the parties and priest unpunished, using him so familiarly, that whereas a sumner cited the parties to appear among other criminals for the same fact, the bishop commanded the said sumner to let him alone, and so they all remain unpunished.
35. ITEM, Whereas one Lewis John Tho. Bool, putting from him his lawful wedded wife, upon Christmas-eve last, without banns, had marriage solemnized with a concubine of his in a church within three miles of the bishop's abode at that time: the bishop since knowing the premises, has not only of a covetous mind entered into a familiary with the said Lewis, and bought a piece of land of him, but also ⟨p. 515⟩ever since has (to have his lands cheap) left both the parties and priest unpunished, using him so familiarly, that whereas a sumner cited the parties to appear among other criminals for the same fact, the bishop commanded the said sumner to let him alone, and so they all remain unpunished.
36. ITEM, Whereas the whole chapter of St. David's, (as it was thought) was in assured amity with the bishop, they all being his officers or chaplains, he procured them to be impleaded with a writ of quo warranto in the King's-bench, keeping the writ with him secretly, at least three months, not delivering it but only ten days before the day of their appearance, the parties being seven days journey from London.
37. ITEM, He is a wilful wrong doer, and troubler of men in their rights, entering upon their lawful possessions, stirring thereby much contention, and so notably known to the offence of the country.
38. ITEM, Whereas the bishop aforesaid was appointed in August, 1547, and consecrated in September following, he never came into the diocese himself, nor sent or appointed any officer there before the month of April, 1548, to the great disorder of the king's majesty's subjects, lack of reformation, and administration of justice.
39. ITEM, During his visitation, the said bishop did not endeavour himself to see reformation, but rode surveying of lands, appointing vain inclosures, and such other things. Which are no parts of the office to him committed, nor yet proper at that time.
40. ITEM, The visitation finished, he neither appointed his officers to examine the clergy of the places of scripture to them appointed to be studied in the same visitation, nor has hitherto effectually gone about any good reformation, according to the ordinances of this realm.
41. ITEM, The bishop since his coming to the diocese never administered the communion, saving only twice that he ordained certain deacons; but in every thing (save that he sometimes preaches) ordereth himself like no minister, nor man of his vocation.
