meanes did admonishe the sayde byshop of the vnlawfulnesse and fautes of the sayd commissiō and of the danger that he had incurred for graūting and executing the same: opening also vnto him the effecte of the statute made in the. xxviii. yere of our late souereign Lord Henry theight: Which monitions notwithstanding, the said byshop neglecting the same, and continuing in his malicious doing or inexcusable ignorāce, about the xx. day of Auguste in the fourthe yeare of the the reigne of our souereigne Lord that now is dyd conferre vnto one Iohn Euans the Vicarage of Pembrin, instituting him by autority of the old forreyn vsurped law, making no mention of the kings highnes authority, in cōtempt and derogation of the same.
[Back to Top]Marginalia3.Item,
Details of this dispute are in Brown, pp. 149-51.
Marginalia4.Item,
Details of this dispute are in Brown, pp. 149-51.
Marginalia5.Item, he hath cōmonly made his collations, and institutions, as he dyd his first commission in his own name and autoritie, without expressing of the kynges supremacie.
Marginalia6.Item, he hath made vnder his seale one collation, two institutions, and three mandates, inducte in one vacation of one benefice, to three seuerall persones, without order of lawe, or reuocation of anye of them, geuynge to euery one lyke authoritie, tytle, and ryghte Wherby, except good forsyght aswell of Iustices of the peace, as of the frendes had not been, there had ensued muche incōuenience amonges the partakers of the intytuled incumbentes in that behalfe.
[Back to Top]Marginalia7.Item,
This article charged that Ferrar decreed that certain appointments to benefices were illegal and then forced his candidates into the livings without proper legal process.
ducted wythout triall of any tytle or due order of lawe.
Marginalia8.Item, he directeth his mandates of inductiō vnto pryuate menne, and not to Tharchdeacō nor theyr Officials, contrary to the lawe and custome vsed in that behalfe. Notwithstanding he hath beene counsayled to the contrary, of menne that be learned.
Marginalia9.Item, hauing no maner of knowledge nor practise in the lawe, he sytteth euerye daye, in haruest and other tymes, vpon causes without assistaunce of learned in the lawe, hauyng with hym onely an vnlearned boye, which is no Notary, to his scrybe, neyther obseruing the lawe, nor yet reasonable order. And therfore doth no good, but tryfeleth the tyme, as may appeare by his actes, if he haue them to be shewed.
[Back to Top]Marginalia10.Item, he and his officers, by his knowlege, vseth to dispense with mariages, to be solemnized without banes, contrary to the lawes and ordynaunce in that behalfe.
Marginalia11.Item, where as one Thomas Pricharde a Chapleyn of his, solempnized matrymony in a pryuate house without banes, and that betwixt a priest, & a syster of her, that was appoynted to be maried with the sayd priest that day: he also being a parsō, & leauing his cure vnserued that daye beyng Sonday: notwithstāding, that one of the kynges counsel in the marches of Wales, enformed the said byshop of the same misdemeanours, requiring due reformation thereof, he hath done nothyng therein, but putte the same Chaplein in office, and made him his Commissary generall since that time, bearing a speciall fauour to the rest of the offendours.
[Back to Top]Marginalia12.Item, where as one Meredith ap Thomas, his housholde seruaunt, was accused of one Sage Hugh, for to haue beene father of her chylde, the sayde byshop without purgation
The charge was that Ferrar did not compel Thomas to 'purge himself'; that is, to take an oath as to his innnocence. The case is described in Brown, pp. 111-12.
Marginalia13.Item, where as one Ienkyn Ph. accused william Chambers a seruaunt of the Byshoppes, that found this Wylliam in adulterouse maner with his wyfe, by reason whereof the Byshop expelled the wyfe out of his house and the sayd infamie not purged,
The chargewas that Ferrar did not compel Chambers to 'purge himself'; that is, to take an oath as to his innocence. The case is described in Brown, p. 112.
Marginalia14.Item,
The benefices of Llangattwg and Llanfihangel were in the hands of one of Ferrar's opponents. When the first fruits (a clerical tax owed to the Crown) of these livings were unpaid, Ferrar confiscated ('sequestered') goods from the local inhabitants equivalent to the amount due. This article is charging that in doing so Ferrar provoked a riot. The incident is described in Brown, pp. 169-70.
[Back to Top]Marginalia15.Item,
This case is discussed in Brown, pp. 180-81.