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cerning the sacrament.
and others appointed to reform ecclesiastical laws.
method they observed. Scory, Coverdale, consecrated.

Dr. Redman dies. The Archbishop

CHAP. XXVII.

The Articles of Religion.

The

The Articles of Religion framed and published. The Arch- Anno 1552. bishop's diligence in them. The Archbishop retires to Ford.

CHAP. XXVIII.

Persons nominated for Irish Bishopricks.

Consulted with for fit persons to fill the Irish sees. Some Anno 1552. account of the four divines nominated by him for the archbishoprick of Armagh. Mr. Whithead; Mr. Turner; Thomas Rosse, or Rose; Robert Wisdome. The character the Archbishop gave of the two former. Turner designed for Armagh but declines it. Goodacre made Archbishop of Armagh. Letters from the council to Ireland, recommending the Irish bishops.

CHAP. XXIX.

The Archbishop charged with covetousness.

A rumour given out of the Archbishop's covetousness and Anno 1552. wealth which Cecyl sends him word of. The Archbishop's answer for himself and the other bishops. This very slander raised upon him to King Henry. King Henry promised him lands. This promise performed by King Edward. His purchases. The Archbishoprick fleeced by King Henry. Lands passed away to the crown by exchange. Lands made over to the Archbishop. The Archbishop parted also with Knol and Otford to the King. What moved him to make these exchanges. His cares and fears for the King.

CHAP. XXX.

His Care for the Vacancies. Falls sick.

Laboured Anno 1552.

His care for filling the vacancies of the church.
under an ague this autumn. The great mortality of agues
about this time. That which most concerned him in his
sickness. The Secretary sends the Archbishop the copy of
the Emperor's pacification.

CHAP. XXXI.

His kindness for Germany.

Anno 1552. His kindness for Germany. His correspondence with Germany; and with Herman Archbishop of Colen. The suitableness of both these Archbishops' dispositions. Their diligence in

reforming.

CHAP. XXXII.

Troubles of Bishop Tonstal.

Anno 1552. The troubles of Bishop Tonstal. The causes of this Bishop's punishment. A bill in parliament to attaint Tonstal. The care of the diocese committed to the Dean.

CHAP. XXXIII.

The new Common Prayer. The Archbishop in Kent. This book put into French for the King's French subjects. The age still vicious. A new sect in Kent. The Archbishop's business in Kent. A letter for installing Bishop Hoper. The vicar of Beden. Sampson and Knox. The council favour Knox. John Taylor consecrated.

Anno 1552. The new Common Prayer began to be used.

CHAP. XXXIV.

A Catechism. The Archbishop
opposeth the exclusion of the
Lady Mary.

Anno 1553. Great use made of the Archbishop at council. The Articles of Religion enjoined by the King's authority. The Catechism for schools. A Catechism set forth by the synod. The Archbishop opposeth the new settlement of the crown. Denieth before the council to subscribe to the exclusion of the Lady Mary. Sets his hand. The Archbishop ungratefully dealt with. The council subscribe and swear to the limited succession.

CHAP. XXXV.
The King dies.

Anno 1553. The King dies. His character. The Archbishop delights in this Prince's proficiency. King Edward's writings. The King's memorial for religion. The Archbishop frequent at

council. His presence in the council in the year 1550. In the year 1551. In the year 1552. And 1553. John Harley consecrated Bishop.

BOOK III.

CHAP. I.

Queen Mary soon recognised. The Archbishop slandered and

imprisoned.

The Archbishop's and counsellors' concern with the Lady Jane. They declare for Queen Mary: and write to Northumberland to lay down his arms. The Queen owned by the ambassadors. The Archbishop misreported to have said mass at Canterbury. Which he makes a public declaration against. The declaration. Appears before the commissioners at Paul's: and before the council. The Archbishop of York committed to the Tower; and his goods seized: 'at Battersea, at Cawood. Gardiner's passage of the two Archbishops.

CHAP. II.

Anno 1553.

Protestant Bishops and Clergy cast into Prisons, and deprived. This reign begins with rigour. The protestant bishops deprived. Anno 1553. The hard usage of the inferior clergy. Professors cast into the Marshalsea. Winchester's alms. Peter Martyr writes of this to Calvin. The state of the church now. The Queen leaves all matters to Winchester. The Queen crowned. The service still said. The Queen's proclamation of her religion. Signs of a change of religion.

CHAP. III.

The Archbishop adviseth Professors to fly.

The Archbishop adviseth to flight.

Cranmer will not fly. Anno 1553. Whither the professors fly: and who. Duke of Northumberland put to death. His speech. Sir John Gates his speech; and Palmer's. The Duke labours to get his life. Whether he was always a Papist.

CHAP. IV.

Peter Martyr departs. A Parliament.

Anno 1553. Peter Martyr departs. Malice towards him. A scandal of the Queen. A parliament. The parliament repeal Queen Katherine's divorce; and Cranmer taxed for it.

CHAP. V.

The Archbishop attainted.

Anno 1553. The Archbishop attainted of treason. The Dean of Canterbury acts in the vacancy. The Archbishop sues for pardon of treason. Obtains it. He desires to open his mind to the Queen concerning religion.

CHAP. VI.

A Convocation.

Auno 1553. A convocation. How it opened. The Archbishop and three more crowded together in the Tower.

CHAP. VII.

The Queen sends to Cardinal Pole.

Anno 1553. The Queen sends to Pole. cerning the supremacy. advice to the Queen.

The contents of her letters. ConConcerning the new bishops. Pole's Instructions to Goldwel. Disgusts

his stop. Sends to Rome about this his stop: and to the Emperor. His judgment of two late acts of Parliament.

CHAP. VIII.

The Dealings with the married Clergy.

Anno 1553. The married clergy deprived and divorced. Married priests in London cited to appear. Interrogatories for the married

clergy. Turnor's confession.

clergy in London without order. Married prebendaries in

Boner deprives the married

Edmund Cranmer deprived proceedings. Martin's book

Canterbury proceeded against.
of all. The injustice of these
against priests' marriage. Wherein Winchester had the
greatest hand. Answered by Poynet. The confessions of
the married priests. Married priests that did their penance,
hardly dealt with.

CHAP. IX.

Evils in this Change. A Parliament.

A twofold evil upon this turn of religion. The dissimulation Anno 1553. of the priests. A parliament restore the Pope. A design to revive the six Articles.

CHAP. X.

Archbishop Cranmer disputes at Oxon.

A convocation appoint a dispute with Cranmer at Oxford. The Anno 1554. questions. Sent to Cambridge. The disputants of Oxford and Cambridge. Cranmer brought before them. His behaviour. Ridley brought: and Latimer. Cranmer brought to his disputation. His notaries. Cranmer's demands. Cranmer disputes again. The Papists' indecent management of the disputation. The Protestants glad of this disputation. Dr. Taylor to the three fathers after their disputations. Ridley pens the relation of his disputation. The University sends the disputations up to the Convocation. Various copies of these disputations.

CHAP. XI.

Cranmer condemned for an Heretick.

Cranmer condemned for heresy. Cranmer writes to the council. Anno 1554.
Disputation intended at Cambridge. Their condition after
condemnation. Their employment in prison. Other works of
Ridley in prison.

CHAP. XII.

A Parliament. Pole reconciles the Realm.

The Queen's letters, directing the elections of parliament-men. Anno 1554. Pole comes over. The Cardinal absolves parliament and convocation. The clergy again wait upon the Legate. A commission granted by him against hereticks. His commissions to all the bishops to reconcile their dioceses. The commission to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. The Legate's instructions to the bishops. Pole a severe persecutor.

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