shall be founde remisse and negligente, or culpable, then you ioyntly and seuerallye shall see the foresayde scriptures to be rased, abolished, and extinguished foorthwith: cytynge all and singular those Churchewardens and parishyoners (whome we also for the same dooe cyte here by the tenoure hereof) that all and singular the sayde Churchewardens and parishyoners being slacke and negligente, or culpable therein, shall appeare before vs, or our Vicare generall, and principall Officiall, or our Commissarye speciall, in our Cathedrall Church of Saynct Paule, at London, in the Consistorye there, at the hower appoynted for the same, the sixt daye next after theyr citation, yf it bee a court daye, or els at the next courte daye after ensuing, wher as eyther we or our Offycial, or Commissary shall sit: there to saye and alleage for themselues some reasonable cause, yf they haue any, or can tell of any, why they oughte not to be excommunicated, and otherwyse punished, for theyr suche negligence, slacknesse, and faulte, to saye and to alledge, and further to do and receyue, as law and reason requires: And what you haue done in the premisses, doe you certifye vs, or our Vicare, principall Official, and suche our Commissary, diligentlye, and duely, in all thinges, and throughe all thynges, or let hym amonge you thus certifye vs, which hath taken vpon him to execute this Mandate. In witnesse whereof, we haue set our seales to these presentes. Dated in the Bishops Palace at Londō, the. xxv. day of the moneth of October, in the yeare of our Lord. 1554 and of our translation the. xvi.
[Back to Top]☞ Aboute this tyme the Lorde Chauncellor sent Maister Christoferson vnto the vniuersity of Cambridge
The account of Christopherson presenting Cambridge University with Gardiner's three articles and of twenty-four fellows being forced from St. John's appears to have come from a Cambridge informant, possibly the same informant who supplied the material on John Young's activities there which first appeared in 1563, p. 1000. Like that material, this account appeared in all four versions (1563, p. 1007; 1570, pp. 1646-47; 1576, p. 1405; 1583, p. 1475).
[Back to Top]The fyrste, that euery Scholer should weare his apparell accordynge to his degree in the Scholes.
The seconde was touchyng the pronunciation of the greke tongue.
The thyrd, that euery preacher there, should declare the whole style of the kyng and Quene in their sermons.
In this vniuersity of Cambridge, and also of Oxforde, by reason of the bringinge in of these thinges, and especially for the alteration of religion, many good wits, and lerned mē departed the vniuersities: of whome, some of theire owne accorde gaue ouer, some were thrust out of their felowships, some were miserably handled: insomuch that in Cambridge in the college of saynt Iohn, there were. 24. places voyde together, in whose rowmes wer taken in. 24. other, which neyther in vertue nor in religion semed to aunswere to them before. And no lesse miserable was the state of Oxford, by reason of the time & the straight dealing of the visitors,
[Back to Top]that for setting forwarde their papisticall procedīgs, had no regard or respect to the forwardnes of good wittes, and the mayntaynance of good letters. beginninge then more and more to florish in that vniuersitye. And for asmuche as mention is made here of Oxforde,
A comment that Foxe made in 1563 is revealing of Foxe's loyalty to his old college. Foxe lamented the catholic zeal displayed in Oxford 'which before in Wicliffes time ... [was] the first eye that gave lyghte to al other places, to discerne true religion from blyndenesse and ignoraunce' and the fact that the mass was celebrated in Merton, Corpus Christi and New College even before it was legally required. Foxe took the opportunity to praise Madgalen College for its godly zeal.
[Back to Top]And here we may not passe ouer with silence the worthy and famous exhortation of Doctor Tresham
The account of William Tresham's exhortation to the students of Christ Church also appears in all four editions, although considerably altered between 1563 and 1570. (See 1563, p. 1007; 1570, p. 1647; 1576, p. 1405; 1583, p. 1475). For one thing, the 1563 edition mentioned that the incident happened while 'Doctoure [Richard] Marshall' was dean of Christ Church. This reference was removed from all subsequent editions. Foxe also moderated the insulting language between the editions and also muted his sarcasm. Foxe also deleted one of Tresham's arguments enumerating the different types of mass and the different purposes which they served. With regard to Tresham's promise to secure the 'Lady Bell of Brampton' for Christ Church, it should be noted that Tresham was the vicar of Brampton, Oxfordshire.
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