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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
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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Volume 1 › Book 2 › Chapter 11 › The Confession of JOHN LAUNDER, before BONNER, Bishop of London.
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The Confession of JOHN LAUNDER, before BONNER, Bishop of London.
JOHN LAUNDER, of the parish of Godstone, in the county of Surrey, husbandman, aged 25 […], born at Godstone aforesaid, being examined, doth confess and say, That about two days before last Alhallow-tide, this examinate and one Dirick Carve•, Thomas Iveson, William Vesi•, with divers ⟨p. 726⟩other persons, to the number of twelve, (being all together at their prayers, saying the service in English, set forth in the time of king Edward the Sixth, in the house of the said Dirick Carver, situated […] Brighthelmstone in Sussex) were apprehended by one Mr▪ Gage, and by him sent up to London to the king and queen's council▪ and by then (upon his examination) committed to Newgate, where he and his said fellows have ever since remained.
JOHN LAUNDER, of the parish of Godstone, in the county of Surry, husbandman, aged 25 〈…〉, born at Godstone aforesaid, being examined, doth confess and say, That about two days before last Alhallow-tide, this examinate and one Dirick Carve•, Thomas Iveson, William Vesi•, with divers ⟨p. 726⟩other persons, to the number of twelve, (being all together at their prayers, saying the service in English, set forth in the time of king Edward the Sixth, in the house of the said Dirick Carver, situated Brighthelmstone in Sussex) were apprehended by one Mr Gage, and by him sent up to London to the king and queen's council and by then (upon his examination) committed to Newgate, where he and his said fellows have ever since remained.