Peter in his lininge. Moreouer it was deposed against him that he was notoriously suspectedan heretike, and twise pulled out of the pulpet in the dioces of Norwich.
The interesting details of these episodes remain obscure.
Also it was deposed againste him, that he should in that paryshe churche of Willesdon,
Bilney was accused of preaching at Willesden in the week of Pentecost in 1527.
These and many other such like depositions were deposed against him by the deponents & witnesses before sworne, which wholye to recite woulde be to longe and tedious, wherforethese shal suffice at this time, being the principal matters, and in a manner theffect of al the reast. But now before we wil retourn againe to the order of his examination, we thyncke it good here to inferre a certen dialoge cōtaining a communication betwene a frier named Ihō Brusyerd, and master Ihō Bylney, which we haue thought meete for this place, because it was done in Ipswitch, and also about the time of these examinatiōs, the copy wherof we haue wrytten with the friers owne hand in laten, whiche notwithstandinge the barbarousnesse therof, we haue thought good to set forth as it is, and also translated the same into Englysh.
[Back to Top]Details concerning the identity and career of Friar John Brusierd continue to be sparse. Craig W. D'Alton, 'The Suppression of Lutheran Heretics in England, 1526-1529', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, vol. 54 (2003), pp. 228-53.
MarginaliaEx autographo ipsius Brusier ai, cuius scriptum penes me habeo.BRusierdus. Quanuis nonnullis tuis blasphemiis immacularum Christi gregem perniciosissime blasphemasti, piis tamen tuis supplicationibus tuam aliquantisper indolem miserescens, temet conuentum (in doctum vulgus non disseminato rumore) huc me cōtuli, triplici erroris ictu percussus. Primo quidē cū primū pestiferi tui erroris spiculū, durius quam decuit, in docti vulgi vibrasti pectusculū, æciosū christi sanguinē vehemēti quodā īpetuab humani cordis vasculo miserè effudisti in terram.
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