sentence he pronounced hym as an hereticke excommunicate, and to be giuen vp forthwith to the secular power, namely to the shiriffe of the citye of Carmarthen, Maister Leyson. 

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Notice that in 1563, this is followed by a comment of Ferrar's denouncing vestments. It was probably lost when Foxe replaced the account of Ferrar's execution in 1570.

And also after that done, denounced against hym the sentence of degradation, fyrste, putting vpō him al their priestly vestures (which

Maister Ferrar at the same tyme, openlye and publyckly called in englyshe ragges, and relickes of Rome, as the register recordeth) and after depriued hym of the same: The copye of whyche sentence, as well of hys condempnation, as of hys degradation, here foloweth.

¶ The sentence of condemnation agaynste Byshop Farrar. 

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The accounts of Ferrar's examinations in Carmarthen and the copies of his condemnation and degradation were taken from official records which are now lost. They may well have been sent to Foxe by the person or persons who sent him the records of Ferrar's troubles in Edward VI's reign.

IN dei nomine. Amen. Nos Henricus permißione diuina Meneuen. episcopus iudicialiter, et pro tribunali sedentes, in quodam inquisitionis et hæreticæ prauitatis negotio, contra te Robertum Ferrar præsbiterum, coram nobis in iudicio personaliter comparentem, et nobis super hæretica prauitate traditum, ac fama, et notorietate facti delatum, ac in ea parte legitime procedendo auditis, visis, et intellectis, rimatis, ac matura deliberatione discussis, et ponderatis dicti negotij meritis et circumstanciis, seruatisque in omnibus et per omnia in eodem negotio de iure seruandis, ac quomodolibet requisitis, Christi nomine inuocato, ac ipsum solum deum præ oculis nostris habentes: Qui per acta inactitata, deducta, confessata et ex parte tua coram nobis in eodem negotio sæpius recognita, asserta, et confirmata, conperimus te, tum per confeßiones tuas varias, tum per recognitiones tuas iudiciales, coram nobis iudicialiter factas, errores, hæreses, & falsas opiniones subscriptas, iure diuino, ac Catholicæ vniuersalis & Apostolicæ ecclesiæ determinationi obuiantes, contrarias, & repugnantes tenuisse, credidisse, affirmasse, prædicasse, & dogmatizasse infra diœcesem nostram Meneuen. Viz: Quod licet cuicumque religioso etiam expresse professo et præsbitero post susceptam professionem, et post susceptum præsbiteratus ordinem, ducere vxorem, ac cum eadem tanquam cum vxore legitima conuersari. Item sacras religiones ab ecclesia catholica institutas cum scandalo damnasse, et reprobasse, Item, quod in Eucharistia, siue altaris sacramento vna cum corpore et sanguine Christi remanet substantia panis et vini. Item, quod Missa non est sacrificium noui testamenti, propitiatorium pro viuis atque defunctis. Et Sacramentum altaris non esse in altari ministrandū, eleuandū, vel aliquo modo adorandum. Item, quod homo sola fide iustificatur. Quos quidem errores, hæreses, et falsas opiniones iure diuino ac Catholicæ vniuersalis et Apostolicæ ecclesiæ determinationi obuiantes. &c.

¶ Here foloweth the copye of hys degradation. 

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The accounts of Ferrar's examinations in Carmarthen and the copies of his condemnation and degradation were taken from official records which are now lost. They may well have been sent to Foxe by the person or persons who sent him the records of Ferrar's troubles in Edward VI's reign.

MarginaliaThe sentence of degradation agaynst Byshop Ferrar.JN nomine patris, ✗ et filij, ✗ et spiritus sancti ✗. Amen. Quia nos Henricus permißione diuina Meneuen. epis. per viam inquisitionis in negotio hereticæ prauitatis cognoscentes te Robertum Ferrar clericum propter tuam manifesttam contumaciam et obstinaciam per nos nunciatum fuisse et esse in illud detestabile crimen hœresis multipliciter incidisse et commisisse quod cū nō solū grande, sed etiam dampnabile et damnosum sit, et adeo enorme, quod exinde non tantum diuina maiestas offensa, sed et vniuersa diœcesis Meneuensis commota est, et ab hoc indignus officio sacerdotali et ecclesiastico sis redditus Idcirco nos autoritate dei patris omnipotentis, et filij, et spiritus sancti, et nostra te ab omni huiusmodi officio sententialiter prepetuo priuamus in hijs scriptis, teque ab illis verbo deponimus realiter, et actualiter secundum tradicionem Canonum deponēdum, et degradandum, prout in ordinario et pontificali continetur degradamus, prout sequitur. In primus amouemus a te. &c.

Thus thys godly B. 

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This account of Ferrar's execution, replacing the account in the Rerum and 1563, first appeared in 1570. With its specific details, particularly the mention of Richard Jones, it is undoubtedly from an eyewithess.