RELATING CHIEFLY TO

RELIGION,

AND

THE REFORMATION OF IT,

AND THE EMERGENCIES

OF THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND,

UNDER

KING HENRY VIII. KING EDWARD VI.

AND

QUEEN MARY I.

WITH

LARGE APPENDIXES, CONTAINING ORIGINAL PAPERS,
RECORDS, &c.

One generation shall praise thy works unto another, and declare thy power.--The memorial
of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed; and men shall sing of thy righteousness.
Psalm cxlv. 4, 7.

BY JOHN STRYPE, M. A.

VOL. II. PART II.

OXFORD,

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

MDCCCXXII.

Clar. Press.

1.f.22.

THE

CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS.

BOOK II.

CHAP. XIV.

Disturbance in Buckinghamshire. Bishop Hoper visits. The

bishoprics of Worcester and Gloucester united. The Duke

of Somerset's daughters. The Duchess, &c. The King goes

a progress. The gests thereof. The Duke of Northumberland

goes into the north. Lord Guilford Dudley. The Bishop of

Bath's exchanges. Dr. Walter Haddon, &c. The King's sales.

of Church lands. Merchants of Bristol, &c.

CHAP. XV.

P. 1.

A commission for inquiry into heresies. The new service.

The Bishop of Durham's troubles: deprived. A synod. Ar-

ticles of Religion framed and a Catechism, confirmed.

ticles for uniformity. Bernard Gilpius's sermon at court. P. 19.

:

CHAP. XVI.

Ar-

New sergeants. Lady Mary visits the King. The King's sales.

A Lasco's judgment of the ceremonies. Divers books printed.

Leland the antiquarian dies.
P. 29.

CHAP. XVII.

Commissioners from France. Corruptions at Court. Paget,

Beaumont, and the Earl of Arundel, their submissions. The

university of Rostock's letter to the King. The King's dili-

gence, and good example. Free schools by him founded. P. 42.

CHAP. XVIII.

Popery in Corpus Christi college, Oxon. Dr. Heins dies. Im-

manuel Tremellius preferred. Bishop Ponet's book. Knox

at Newcastle. Lady Anne of Cleves.

Day, late bishop, his

judgment about altars. Commissions. Sir William Bowyer.

Ordinations of ministers. Places and offices bestowed. P. 52.

CHAP. XIX.

A Parliament. The bishopric of Durham dissolved. A general

pardon. Certain excepted. The King removes to Greenwich.

Knox's last sermon at Court. Summoned before the Coun-

cil. Earls of Pembroke and Westmorland. Sir Andrew Dud-

ley. Sir John Williams. Melancthon. North-east passage.

Archbishop Holgate.

CHAP. XX.

P. 64.

A design to enter into league with the Protestant princes. The

present condition of the Emperor. The embassy to him from

England. Letters from the English ambassadors, concerning

the state of the Low Countries.

P. 78.

CHAP. XXI.

The King's ambassadors in France, and to King Ferdinand, and

to the Emperor. Their access to his presence. Instructions

sent them for their proceedings.

CHAP. XXII.

P. 93.

Anno 1553، Order for subscription to the Articles of Religion; and for the

teaching and learning of the Catechism set forth by the King's

authority. Irish matters. The Duke of Northumberland.

Lady Mary's letter to the King. Divers great matches. The

King's gift to London, &c. The King's death. His last will.

His funerals, &c. His character.
P. 104.

CHAP. XXIII.

A view of the manners of all sorts of men in these times : nobi-

lity: gentry: yeomanry: judges: the poor: the clergy. P. 131.

CHAP. XXIV.

Observations concerning patrons; the universities; the city and

court. Taxes in this reign.

P. 146.

CHAP. XXV.

Creations of noblemen. The King's counsellors.

great officers.

Courtiers and

P. 157.

CHAP. XXVI.

A catalogue of the Bishops in this King's reign; with remarks upon them.

CHAP. XXVII.

P. 165.

A catalogue of divers letters, orders of Council, commissions, &c. sent and given out in this reign.

CHAP. XXVIII.

P. 174.

Animadversions upon the History of the Life and Reign of King Edward VI. written by Sir John Hayward.

CHAP. XXIX.

P. 179.

Commissions and proclamations issued out from the King upon divers occasions, annis 1550, 1551, 1552, and 1553. P. 198.

CHAP. XXX.

Divers acts of the King's grace and favour, shewed to his courtiers and others.

CHAP. XXXI.

P. 214.

A collection of various letters, warrants, and licences from the King, both to foreigners and his subjects.

CHAP. XXXII.

P. 239.

Collations, presentations, grants, indulgences, and permissions to churchmen, and men of the universities.

CHAP. XXXIII.

P. 257.

A catalogue of King Edward's free grammar schools, founded by him. More private matters concerning the King's household. The conclusion.

P. 278.