Your own ever assured, Cantuarien

To the right honourable and my singular good

lord, my lord privy seal. CCXLII. To Crumwell

My singular good lord, after my most hearty commendations; these shall be to beseech your lordship to direct your letters unto Mr Vawghan, willing him to send home into England Mistress Hutton, so that she may come from thence without danger of the law, bringing with her only her apparel; and the rest of the goods to be kept there, until your lordship’s farther pleasure be known in that behalf. Thus, my lord, most heartily fare you well. At Lambeth, the second day of October. [1538.]

Your own evr assured, Cantuarien

To my very singular good lord, my

lord privy seal. CCXLIII. To Crumwell

. My singular good lord, in my most hearty wise I commend me to your lordship. And where of late? I wrote unto your lordship in the behalf of Mistress Hutton; these shall be eftsoons to beseech you, my lord, to direct your letters unto Mr Vawghan, willing him so to see her discharged from those parties where she is now, that she may come home incontinently into England, without danger of the law, bringing with her all such apparel as appertaineth unto her and to her chamber: and as for the other stuff, there to remain, until your lordship’s farther pleasure be known in that behalf. Thus, my lord, right heartily fare you well.

Your own ever assured, Cantuarien

To my very singular good lord, my

lod privy seal. CCXLIV. To Crumwell

After my most hearty commendations unto your good lordship; these shall be to signify unto you, that a scholar of Oxford hath uttered unto me certain things, which, forasmuch as they appertain unto the king’s majesty, I send them unto your lordship herein inclosed?, to be examined by you: and if your lordship require farther information in this behalf, I think the said scholar can partly instruct you therein.

[Paul’s Cross, upon justification and other points,” 339, with n. 7.]]

[and made reflections upon his person, alluding to [ Vid. Letters CCXXXIV. CCXXXV.]

[a Gardener’s setting ill plants in a garden,” for CCXXXVI. CCXLIII. pp. 375, 376, 377, 381.]]

[which he was questioned, as well as for his doc- [> See the preceding Letter.]]

[trines. He was burnt, with Garret and Jerome, for [5 The inclosure here referred to is appended]

[his opinions, A.D. 1540. Vid. Burnet’s Hist. of after this letter.]]

[Reformat. Vol. I. pp. 590, et sqq.; also above, p.]

Thus, my lord, most heartily fare you well ^ At Lambeth, the 8th day [1538.] “My lord, I beseech you to be good lord unto M. Bul, parson of Northflete, I have known many years to be a man of good learning, judgment, soberness, quiet man, whatsoever report is made of him to the contrary.

Your own ever assured, T. CANTUARIEN. To my very singular good lord, my lord

privy seal. Jesus. “As coNCERNING Dow?

  1. “I, Gregory Stremer, do testify, that Mr Don said that sir Marshall should make satisfaction putting out of this word papa in Saint Gregory’s works in our library. 2. “I, Edmund Mervyn, testify, that sythe that time, when as sir Martiall laid that same again, he denied it not, but said these words, Mary, and I say yet, that it is not necessary out of profane books. 9. “The said Mr Don, when it was his part, in his collation made to the company, to abrogation of the bishop of Rome’s usurped power, went about specially to persuade that the be called papa, and that it was but a foolish phantasy of men to make so much about the name divers bishops, besides the bishop of Rome, were so called.

Gregory Stremer, Hue Goode,

Richard Marshall?, Witness of the same Edmund Marvyn, Richard Wye,

John Wye,

John Bondell. 4. “I, Gregory Stremer, Richard Martiall, and Edmunde Marvyn, were talking with Mr Don and I willed him to teach the youth why the bishop of Rome was expulsed; for I think,” them can tell why it is done.’ Then said Mr Don these words: No more can I’ No? mean you, Mr Don, by that? Bear record, masters. Then, after a little deliberation, he said, tell why he was expulsed, by cause he never knew any authority he had here; which interpretation was allowed of Mr doctor Cotes, then being in the commissary’s place. In witness whereof subscribed our names.

Gregory Stremer, Edmund Mervyn, Richard Marshall. 5. “He affirmed, in a lesson which he read at Wytney, that men make laws now a days for profit of the commonweal.

“Hue Goode,

“Edmunde Marvyn. 6. “The said Don preached at Wytney in a sermon, that the old time good men were wont maintain churches, and now they be more ready to pluck them down.

“Hue Goode,

“Edmunde Marvyn.