January. And so committed to the secular power, he constantly Mary. suffered for the conscience of a true faith, with the other four women here following.

Agnes Snoth, Martyr.

A. D. 1556.

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Agnes Snoth, widow, of the parish of Smarden, likewise accused Jan. 31 and cited for the true profession of Christ's religion, was divers times examined before the Pharisaical fathers; who there, compelled to answer to such articles and interrogatories as should be ministered unto her, first denied to be confessed to a priest: notwithstanding, sion aurishe denied not to confess her offences as one to another, but not refused. auricularly to any priest. And as touching the sacrament of the The saaltar, she protested that if she or any other did receive the sacrament how to be so as Christ and his apostles after him did deliver it, then she and they did receive it to their comfort: but as it is now used in the church, she said that no man could otherwise receive it than to his damnation, as she thought. Afterward being examined again con- Penance cerning penance, whether it were a sacrament or no, she plainly denied be a sathe same, and that the popish manner of their absolution was not consonant to the word, nor necessary to be taken; with such other Agnes like, agreeing with the answers and confession of John Lomas before condemnmentioned. Whereupon the sentence being likewise read, she was ed and committed to the sheriffs of Canterbury, and so suffering martyrdom mitted to with the rest, declared herself a perfect and constant witness of Christ lar power. and of his truth the 31st day of January.

Anne Albright, alias Champnes, Martyr.

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Against Anne Albright, likewise appearing before the judge and his colleagues, it was also objected concerning the same matter of confession whereunto she answered in these words saying, "that she would not be confessed of a priest ;" and added moreover, speak- confesing unto the priests, "You priests," said she, are the children of The perdition, and can do no good by your confession." And likewise words of speaking unto the judge and his assistants, she told them that they bright." were subverters of Christ's truth.

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the altar.

And as touching the sacrament of the altar, she said it was a she deninaughty and abominable idol, and so utterly denied the same sacra- sacrament. Thus, persisting and persevering in her former sayings and ment of answers, she was condemned the said 18th day of the said month, Her conwith the others above mentioned; with whom also she suffered tion. quietly, and with great comfort, for the right of Christ's religion.

Joan Sole.

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In the like manner Joan Sole, of the parish of Horton, was con- Condemned of the same Pharisees and priests, for not allowing confession tion of auricular, and for denying the real presence and substance of Christ Joan to be in the sacrament of the altar who, after their Pharisaical sen- Jan. 18. tence being promulgated, was brought by the sheriffs to the stake with the other four, and sustained the like martyrdom with them, through the assistance of God's holy grace and Spirit mightily working in her, to the glory of his name, and confirmation of his truth.

Mary.

A. D. 1556.

Joan Catmer.

The fifth and last of this heavenly company of martyrs, was Joan Jan. 31. Catmer, of the parish of Hythe, wife (as it should seem) of George Catmer, burned before, who being asked what she said to confession made to a priest, denied to be confessed to any such priest. And moreover, the judge speaking of the sacrament of the altar, she said and affirmed, that she believed not in that sacrament, as it was then used; for that it was made, said she, a very idol. In this her confession she, remaining and persisting, was by the like sentence cruelly of them condemned; and so suffered with the foresaid Thomas Lomas, and the other three fellow-martyrs, ratifying and confessing with their blood the true knowledge and doctrine of the glorious gospel of Christ Jesus our Saviour.

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tors.

These five persons were burnt at two stakes and one fire together, at Canterbury, as is before said: who, when the fire was flaming about their ears, did sing psalms. Whereat the good knight, sir John Norton, being there present, wept bitterly at the sight thereof.

The judges and other assistants which sat upon her, and the other four above mentioned, were Richard Faucet, John Warren, John Mills, Robert Collins, and John Baker the notary.

APPENDIX TO VOL. VII.

Page 3, line 3 from bottom. "Of both parts, as well," &c.]-The Edition of 1563 says, "of both the parties, as wel of the bishop as of his adversaries." Page 4, note (1.)]-The following are the titles of the Articles in the Harleian MSS. No. 420, relative to Bishop Ferrar: they throw much light on Foxe's narrative:

Art. 17. Deposition of Doctor Rowlande Meyrycke, one of the Cannons of Sainct David's; sworne and examyned the 21 daye of Februarye 1551 upon certeyne Articles objected against the Bishop of St. David's. (fol. 80.)

Art. 18. Deposition of Gryffythe Goz of Blaienporth yn Cardigan-shyre, Clerke, upon the same, the 12th day of February 1551 [1552]. (fol. 85.)

Art. 19. Bishop Farrar's exceptions against the Testimonies of Roger Barloo yeoman, Griffith Donne gent., Thomas John Thomas ap Harrye gent., John Evans clerk the said bishop's chaplen. (fol. 89, b.)

Art. 20. Complaint to the Privy Council [by Rawlyns] of certain words spoken by Bp. Ferrar in the Pulpit, tending to the raising of strife and hatred between the Welsh and English; and to revive the singing of old Welsh Rhymes, and the belief in their vain Prophecies. (fol. 90.)

Art. 21. A prouf of Rawlins Information made by Thomas Williams, Vicar of Carmarthen, and Moris Gryffythe Clerke. (fol. 92.)

Art. 22. The effecte of the Bushope of Saincte Davids Answer to Rawlyns Information. (fol. 93.)

Art. 23. Deposition of George Constantine of the age of li. yeres, upon the Articles exhibited to the Kings Majesties Privy Council agaynst Robert Farrar Bishoppe of St. Davids. (fol. 95.)

Art. 24. Deposition of .

(fol. 100.)

upon the Articles aforesaid. [Imperfect.]

Art. 25. Interrogations minystered on behalfe of the reverende Father in God Robert, by the suffrance of God Bushop of Sanct Davydes, agaynst all and singuler suche Wittnes as shal be producted agaynst him on the behalffe of Thomas Lee and Hughe Raulins, or ether of theym; uppon the which Interrogatoris, and everie part of the same, the said Bishopp desierith that the said Wittnes and every of theym may be secretly apart, by virtu of their othes, diligently examined. (fol. 105.)

Art. 26. A brive note, how many Witnessis hath deposed to every Article objected against Bishop Farrar. (fol. 107.)

Art. 27. Depositions of 127 Witnesses producted on the behalfe of Hugh Rawlings Clerke, and Thomas Lee of Carmarthen, sworen and examyned the 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th dayes of May 6 Ed. VI [1552]. (fol. 111.)

Page 5, Art. XI. "Thomas Prichard."]-Meyrick in his Deposition on this Article, Harleian MS. No. 420, fol 81, calls this individual "Thomas Ap Richard."

Page 5, Art. XIII.] Throughout the Depositions in the Harleian MS. this individual is written "Phi." with a flourish over and one of the witnesses has it for his Christian name, so that it probably stands for " Philip."

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Page 7, Art. XXXI.]-Comorth or Gomorth, from the Brit. Cymmorth, q. d. subsidium, a contribution gathered at marriages, and on many other occasions it was professedly voluntary, but through custom and circumstances became practically compulsory, and proved a very inconvenient burden. Hence the statute 26 Hen. VIII. cap. 5, forbade any one "to require, procure, gather, or levy any Commorth, Bydale, Tenants Ale, or other Collection or Exaction of Goods, Chattels, Money, or any other thing, under Colour of Marrying, or suffering of their children saying or singing their first Masses or Gospels of any Priests or Clerks, or for Redemption of any murther, or any other Felony, or for any other manner of cause, by what name or names soever they shall be called." This was called the "Statute of Comortha."

George Constantine says (fol. 97 of the Harleian MS.), "To the xxxjst he cannot depose but by the fame and the relacion of Steven Grene chaplen to the def[endant] and also other of the def. householde shewed this deponent, that so many came with the plowes that they did eate all the bread in the house and iiij s. worth of bred bought in the towne and that they drank all the drink and eate all the provision: and forther the Vicar of aburgwillie shewed this deponent that he bad theym in the pulpit, which hath bene the maner of Bidding Comorthays."

At fol. 145 of the MS. we find the deposition of William ap Jem, vicar of Abergwylly, who states that he was ordered to bid plowes from the pulpit one Sunday, to come and plow a piece of the bishop's land, and that as many as came should have for their labour: and that xxi. plows came on the Monday morning in consequence.

At folio 151, Thomas David of Abergwillie states that he plowed one day and was offered 4d. by the bishop, which he refused because he had received other good turns at his hands; and that of 18 others who came, all were offered money, some took it, but others declined it for good turns they had received. At fol. 152 Thomas Lewys ap Rudd says that 30 plows came, bid in Church, and that all were offered money. At fol. 153 Rice Morgan says that 20 plows came, and that he was offered no money. At fol. 157 John ap Rice says 20 plows came: he was offered money, but took none. At fol. 148 Rice ap Rice says that 30 plows came, that the land was 8 acres, and that they were bid in Church, the bishop offering to requite his neighbours by like turns in their need; which he thought against the statute of Comortha. The above remarks will shew the meaning of the text.

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Page 7, Art. XXXII.]—"Sixty and twelve pounds" is an awkward way of expressing "lxxii." pounds: Thomas Huet (fol. 142 of the Harleian MS.) deposes, that the college at Brecknock was "endowed with the revenues of lij. lib. or thereabout, as far as this deponent remembreth and is and hath been seene of the Revenues of lxxij. lib. or thereabouts." Respecting the Establishment at Brecknock referred to, see the "Charta Henrici Octavi de transferendo Collegii de Abergwilli ad domum Fratrum Prædicatorum juxta oppidum Brecknock in Wallia," dated Westm. 19 Jan. 33 Hen. VIII., printed in Stephens's Appendix to Contin. of Dugd. Mon., and in Jones's History of Brecknock, vol. i. p. 320: it appears from that document that the endowment was then £53 sterling.

Page 12, line 1. "At eleven years."]-The first edition says, "at a. xi." This looks like a misprint for some other number. Sage Hughes appears as one among the 127 witnesses in May 1552, and declares herself then "xx. years old.' See Harleian MSS. No. 420, Art. 27, folio 65.

Page 12, Art. XV. "Without any covin or colour."]-All the Editions here read 66 covenant or colour:" but we are informed in the "Errata" to the Edition of 1563 that "covin " is the true reading. "Covin. . . . is the old English word, and is so written by Chaucer, from the old French covin, 'convention secret,' 906. (Lacombe.) A deceitful agreement between two or more, to the hurt of another." Todd's Johnson in voc.; see also Nares' Glossary. "Covin" is used infra, p. 545, line 5 from the bottom.

Page 14, line 24. "And so she standeth this day at the point of significavit."] -See the Decretall. Greg. IX., lib. i. tit. 31, § 6; and lib. iv. tit. 7, § 2, the heading of which latter is:-"Si vivente prima uxore et non cognita, quis

contraxit cum secunda scienter, et eam cognovit, etiam mortua prima, secundam habere non potest; secus, si prima erat non legitima uxor."

The word significavit is used sometimes to denote the Bishop's certificate of the excommunication into the court of Chancery, in order to obtain the writ De excommunicato capiendo; sometimes to denote that writ itself. In this latter sense it seemeth more properly to be applied, the writ having received its name from this same word at the beginning of it. (Burn's Ecclesiastical Law, under Excommunication, § 18.)

Page 17.]-On the important corrections made of the Proper Names in this Document, see the Addenda to this Appendix.

Page 20, line 11. "Six score and seven."]-The names and depositions of these witnesses are in the Harleian MSS. No. 420, Art. 27. (See the note above, on p. 4.) Their depositions were made the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th of May, 6 Ed. VI. i. e. 1552.

Page 21, line 7 from the bottom. "The 4th of February."]—There is some inaccuracy in Foxe's statements here, as it appears from vol. vi. p. 588, that Ferrar appeared before Gardiner January 30, together with Saunders and Bradford, who were condemned that day, Hooper and Rogers having been condemned the day before. It is true, however, that Hooper, Rogers, and Saunders were degraded February 4th, and on the same day Bonner had an interview with Bradford in Newgate.

Page 22, top.]-This is the "talk" mentioned by Foxe at p. 149 of this volume, as having taken place January 22d: Ferrar is threatened, next page, with condemnation" within this seven-night," which would bring us to January 29 or 30, when he did appear again: see the note preceding this.

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Page 24, line 14 from the bottom. Articles again ministered against Bishop Ferrar."]-These are given in a more complete and original form, in the first edition of the Acts and Monuments, p. 1099; whence they are printed in the Addenda to this Appendix.

Page 36, line 3.]-"Tutte le opere del Bernia, le terze rime de messer Giov. della Casa, di Bino, del Molza, &c." Venezia, 1542, 3 pts. "Il existe une edit. d'une partie de ces poésies formant le premier livre, impr. a Venise per Curzio Navo e fratelli, en 1538 pet. in 8. de 55 ff. chiffrés et un bl." (Brunet Manuel du Libraire, 4e edit.)

Page 37, line 6.]-This letter of Gardiner to Bonner is in the Bonner Register, folio 358, whence Foxe's text is slightly corrected.

Page 39, bottom.]-This was in A.D. 1554, in which year, according to Nicolas's Tables, Palm Sunday fell on March 18th.

Page 44, line 22. "Master More, after this, brought me a book of one Alphonsus.]-On this work see infra, note on p. 179, note (1). The old editions read "afore this," which is changed in 1596 into " after this."

Page 47, line 6.]-Cotes was consecrated bishop of Chester on Low Sunday, April 1st, 1554. (Richardson's Godwin.)

Page 48, line 9. "Within few days after."]-See the Addenda.

Page 68, note (1).]-See Mr. Way's note in Promptorium Parvulorum edit. 1843 under "Knoppe."

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Page 69, lines 16, 23. Stonyland... Bursley."]-These names are so spelt in the original text of Foxe; but "Donyland" and "Dursley," both in the neighbourhood of places immediately mentioned, seem to be the true readings.

Page 76, bottom. "May," &c.]-The ensuing notices, down to "one Benger" in next page, are taken, correctly for substance though not verbatim, from the Minutes of the Council Book, which is preserved at the Privy Council Office, Whitehall.

Page 77, line 10. "The Lords had done for Ross."]-The Council Book says:"A Lettre to the L. Treasurer signy fieng unto him thordre alredy taken for Rosse; and that ordre shalbe given according to his request, for lettres to the Bishopps. And as for Appes," &c. 3c2