ment of the Altar, since the Coronation of the Quenes Maiesty, which is more then the space of one yere and a halfe.
Marginalia7Item I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you in all or some of the sayde places concernynge the Fayth and Religion nowe taught, set foorth, vsed, and beleued, in the Churche of thys Realme of Englande, and the Doctrine of the same, haue holden, beleued and saide, that it is not agreable to Goddes woorde, but cleane contrary to the same.
[Back to Top]Marginalia8Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you, in all, or some of the sayde places, haue beleued spoken and sayde, and to your power, vpholden, maynteyned and saide, that Byshoppe Hooper, Cardmaker, Rogers, and others of theyr opinion, whyche of late within thys Realme were burnt for Heresye, were good Christian menne, in speaking and holdyng agaynste the sayde Sacrament of the Altar, and that they dyd preache nothing, but the true Doctryne of Chryst, sheddyng theyr bloude for the maynteinaunce of the sayd Doctrine.
[Back to Top]Marginalia9Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you, haue earnestly laboured and trauayled to the best and vttermost of your power, to haue vp again the Englishe seruice, and the Communion in all pointes, as it was vsed in the latter dayes of Kynge Edwarde the syxth, here in thys Realme of England.
[Back to Top]Marginalia10Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect, that ye and euery of you, haue thought and dooe thynke, firmely, and stedfastly, and so haue and dooe beleue, that the Fayth, Religion & Doctrine, sette foorth in the sayde tyme of the foresayde kyng Edward, was in all poyntes good and Godlye, conteynyng in it, the true Faith and Religion of Christ, in euery part.
[Back to Top]Marginalia11Item, I dooe lykewyse obiect and say, that ye, and euery of you, (for your misbeliefe, offence, transgression, and misbehauiour in the premisses, and for that also that you woulde not come to youre seuerall paryshe Churches, and here your dyuine seruyce there as other Christian people did, and dooe, but absente youre selfe from the same, and haue your priuate seruice in your houses, especiallye in the house of Diricke Caruar,) were sente vp vnto the King and Queenes Maiesties priuy Counsayle, and by them, or some of theym, sente afterwarde vnto the pryson of Newgate aforesayde, hauing there by their authority, remained as prisoners, during all þe time ye haue bene there.
[Back to Top]Marginalia12Item, I dooe likewise obiect and say, that I the sayde Byshoppe of London, was commaunded by authority of the saide Counsayle, to make processe agaynst you, and euerye of you, MarginaliaIf ther putting to deth wer lawful by god, why do you excuse it. yf it were not lawful, why do you so at mans commaundement.so that it was not my procuryng or searching, that ye should be commaunded or cal-
[Back to Top]led before me, in this matter of Heresye, but partly your owne demerites, and partlye the sayde commaundemente enforced me to call and sende for you, to make aunswere herein, and hereof to shewe you the sayde Letters.
¶ Vppon Monday, being the sayd tenth daye of Iune,
The account of Carver's final examination is probably derived from personal testimony and not official records.
This Dyricke was a manne, whom the lord hadde blessed as well with temporall ryches, as with his spirituall treasures: whyche yet was no clogge or let vnto his true professinge of Christe, (the Lorde by his grace, so working in him:) of the whiche riches, there was suche hauocke made, by the gredye raueners of that tyme, that his poore wife and chyldren, had lytle or none therof.
This account of the ordeals Carver's family faced, his learning to read and his execution are certainly derived from personal testimony or testimonies.
Note Foxe's wording - he states that Carver did not know how to read English. Remember that he was Flemish, and he may well have been literate in that language.