to Queen Elizabeth for a pension. His second suit to the Queen to confirm certain lands descended to him from his father. He was Register to the commissioners in King Edward's visitation. Suffered under Queen Mary. Morice supplied Fox with many material notices in his book. Morice a cordial friend to Latimer.

CHAP. XXX.

A Prospect of the Archbishop's Qualities.

His tem

Morice's declaration concerning the Archbishop. perance of nature. His carriage towards his enemies. Severe in his behaviour towards offending Protestants. Stout in God's or the King's cause. The King sides with Cranmer against all the bishops. His great ability in answering the King's doubts. Cranmer studied three parts of the day. Would speak to the King when none else durst. Lady Mary. Queen Katharine Howard. His hospitality. Falsely accused of ill housekeeping.

CHAP. XXXI.

Archbishop Cranmer preserved the Revenues of his See. The preserving the bishops' revenues owing to the Archbishop. The Archbishop vindicated about his leases. By long leases he saved the revenues. Justified from diminishing the rents of the see. Otford and Knol. Curleswood and Chislet-Park. Pasture and meadow. Woods. Corn. The best master towards his servants. An infamy that he was an hostler.

CHAP. XXXII.

Some Observations upon Archbishop Cranmer. Observations upon the Archbishop. His learning very profound. His library. An excellent bishop. His care of his own diocese. At the great towns he preached often. Affected not his high styles. His diligence in reforming religion. Puts King Henry upon a purpose of reforming many things. The King again purposeth a reformation. His influence upon

King Edward.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Archbishop Cranmer procures the Use of the Scriptures. A great scripturist. Procures the publishing the English Bible. The bishops oppose it. The first edition of the Bible. The Preface to the Bible made by the Archbishop. The contents thereof. The frontispiece of Cranmer's edition of the Bible.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Archbishop Cranmer compassionate towards sufferers for Religion.

His affection and compassion towards professors of the Gospel. Particularly for Sir John Cheke, a prisoner; and the Lord Russel. A patron to such as preached the Gospel in King Henry's days. His succour of afflicted strangers in King Edward's days. England harbourous of strangers. The Archbishop's favour to foreigners. Unjustly charged with covetousness. His words to Cecyl upon this charge. Reduced, as he feared, to stark beggary before his death.

CHAP. XXXV.

Some Account of Archbishop Cranmer's Housekeeping. Some account of his housekeeping. Retrenches the clergy's superfluous housekeeping. His pious design therein. Others charged him with prodigality.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Archbishop Cranmer humble; peaceable; bold in a good

cause.

His speech

Humble and condescending. Peaceable and mild. upon the news of wars abroad. Unacquainted with the arts of court-flattery. Would never crouch to Northumberland. He and Ridley fall under that Duke's displeasure. Bold and undaunted in God's cause. Falsely charged with cowardice, and too much flexibility. Of ardent affections. Cranmer compared with Cardinal Wolsey.

CHAP. XXXVII.

Osiander's and Peter Martyr's Character of the Archbishop. Osiander's character of the Archbishop. And Peter Martyr's. Bale's character of the Archbishop. The difficult times

wherein Cranmer lived.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

The Archbishop vindicated from Slanders of Papists. A lying character of this Archbishop by a late French author. Allen's calumny of the Archbishop. Wiped off. Cleared from his charge of apostasy. Saunders's falsehoods of the Archbishop. Parsons his compliments to the Archbishop. Fox in behalf of Cranmer. The conclusion.

MEMORIALS

OF

ARCHBISHOP CRANMER.

BOOK I.

CHAP. I.

Cranmer's Birth, Education, and Rise.

work to revive his

THE name of this most reverend prelate deserves to stand A worthy upon eternal record; having been the first protestant Archbishop of this kingdom, and the greatest instrument, under memory. God, of the happy Reformation of this Church of England: in whose piety, learning, wisdom, conduct, and blood, the foundation of it was laid. And therefore it will be no unworthy work to revive his memory now, though after an hundred and thirty years and upwards. I pretend not to write a complete narrative of his life and death, that being scarce possible at such a distance of time, and in the want of full intelligence and information of the various matters that passed through his hands, and the events that befel him. All that I attempt by this present undertaking is, to retrieve and bring to light as many historical passages as I can, concerning this holy prelate; by a careful and long search, not only into printed books of history, but the best archives, and many most precious and inestimable manuscripts that have fallen into my hands.

I shall pass over, in a few words, his earlier days, because I His family. have so much to say of him in his riper years. Aslacton, a town in the county of Nottingham, was the place of his birth; and the second day of July, in the year 1489, was the day