Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright, Volume 2 · Book 9
The ninth Booke.
AFter the death of king Henry, ſuccéeded king Edward King Edward reigneth.his ſonne: being of the age of 9. yeres. He began his reigne ye 28. day of Ianuary, a moſt happy patrone of the Goſpel. In his daies Carolus the Emperor made requeſt to the king & his counſel, to permit Lady Mary to hauehave maſſe in her houſe, without preiudice of the law. Wherto the king being required by his counſel to giuegive his conſent, woulde in no caſe yéelde to it:The K. refuſed the Emperors ſuite to permit Lady Mary to hauehave maſſe. notwithſtanding they laide before him what danger might inſue to him by breach of amity with ye Emperour: & they being more vrgent vponupon him: the King ſéeing their importunate ſute, in the ende his tender heart burſting out into bitter wéeping and ſobbing, deſired them to be content, and ſo refuſed to yéelde vntounto the Emperours requeſt in that behalfe. Becauſe he was young, and of tender age, he was committed to xvi. Gouernours: amongſt whom eſpecially, the L. Edward Seimer, the Duke of Somerſet his vncle was aſſigned vntounto him protector: by whoſe endeuour the vi. articles were aboliſhed:Sixe articles aboliſhed. whereby the practiſes of Wincheſter began to decay.
This king reſtored the holy Scriptures in the mother tongue, maſſes he aboliſhed,Religion reſtored. and ſuch as were baniſhed were receiued home: he chaunged the moſt part of Biſhops of dioces and Churches: and compelled the dumbe dogges to giuegive place to thoſe that would preach. Beſides, other alſo out of forrein countries were ſent for, & entertained:Peter Martyr at Oxford. Bucer & Paulus Phagius at Cambridge. as Peter Martyr, who taught at Oxford: Martin Bucer, & Paulus Phagius at Cambridge. The old Biſhops who were obſtinate were committed toward: Boner to the Marſhalſea, Gardiner & Tonſtal to the tower, where they remained thrée yéeres together. In this kings time, all perſecution ceaſſed, and the profeſſors of the Goſpel were in all places relieued: Only one Thomas Dobbe, Tho. Dobbe.a ſtudent, & maſter of artes of Cambridge of S. Iohns Colledge, in the beginning of this kings reign was caſt in priſon, for ſpeaking againſt the maſſe: & died in the Counter in Londō, being thither committed by the Archbiſhop of Canterburie: whoſe pardon notwithſtanding was obtained by the Lord protector, and ſhould hauehave béene brought him, if he had continued.
The king, vntill ſuch time as by conſent of the whole eſtate of parlament, hee might eſtabliſh a more perfect order of religion, purpoſed by the aduiſe of his counſel of his owne authority, ſomewhat to proſecute his godly purpoſe. Whervpon he choſe out certaine wiſe and learned men to bée his commiſſionersCommiſſioners. in that behalfe: and ſo diuiding them into ſeuerall dioces to bée viſited, appointing likewiſe vntounto eueryevery companie, one or two godly learned preachers: who all eueryevery ſeſſion ſhould inſtruct the people in the true doctrine of the Goſpell. To thoſe Commiſſioners were deliuered certaine Iniunctions, and Eccleſiaſtical lawes: the which they ſhould both inquire of, and alſo command in his maieſties name or behalfe: all tending to the aboliſhing of popiſh ſuperſtition, and eſtabliſhing of the trueth of the Goſpel: beſides which generall Iniunctions, for the eſtate of the whole Realme, there were alſo certaine others particularly appointed for the Biſhops only: whereby they were inioyned to ſée the other put in due execution: beſides others, which did more particularly confirme them. During the time that thoſe Commiſſioners were occupied abroad, the king deſiring a farther reformation, appointed a parlament the 4. of Nouember, in the firſt yéere of his reigne, Ann. 1547. 1547. A Parlament.which continued vntounto the 24. day of December next following: wherein al Acts made before, that tended againſt the Profeſſors of the Goſpel, were abrogated.
In the ſame parlament alſo, it was decréed: that the Sacrament ſhould be miniſtred to all vnderunder both kindes: then alſo were candles on Candlemas day forbidden, & aſhes on Aſhwedneſday. About the ſame time alſo al Images were vtterly taken away: and anno 1548. one vniforme order of prayer was inſtituted, in the ſecond yere of his reigne, at a Parlament holden the fourth of Nouember, that laſted till the fourtéenth of March next enſuing. At the ſame parlamēt was it lawfull alſo for prieſts to hauehave wiues. To all theſe at the firſt Bonner ſéemed to yelde, but at length, bewraied himſelfe, by ſuffering dayly to be ſong, the Apoſtles maſſe, and our Ladies maſſe, &c. in diuers of his chappels in Pauls, cloking them with the names of the apoſtles, and our ladies communions: whereof the Counſell being enfourmed, cauſed him to reforme the abuſe.
To al theſe good orders, diuers prieſts, and popiſh Iuſtices, ſhewed themſelues vntoward, ſo that the cōmon praier booke was (long after the publiſhing of it) either not knowen at all, or els very vnreuerently vſed throughout ye realm: for which, the king with his Counſel prouided redreſſe. Bonner yet ſéeming not to diſlike openly of theſe godly procéedings, yet his minde appeared, by his negligent putting in execution of thoſe Iniunctions, in his owne Dioces. Wherupon, the xj. day of Auguſt, anno 1549. he was called for before the Counſel, and rebuked according to his offence, and enioyned to preach at Paules Croſſe, on the Sunday thrée wéekes enſuing.
There were deliuered alſo vntounto him Articles, whereon he ſhould entreate, as they thought moſt méete, with priuate Iniunctions for himſelfe to obſerue: as, to preach once a quarter at the Croſſe, and to be preſent himſelfe at all the Sermons made there: to celebrate himſelfe the Cōmunion, and to adminiſter the ſame, &c. About this time, (through the ſetting on of the popiſh Prieſtes) diuers quarters of the Land rebelled, as in Cornwall, and Deuonſhire,Rebellion. and Yorkſhire, for their popiſh religion: which were all ſuppreſſed. The Scots alſo, and French king, attempted againſt ye land, and were alſo ouerthrowen. The Scots at Muſkelborough field, and the Frenchmen at the Iles of Ierſey and Garneſey. Biſhop Boner, who the firſt yere of the kings reigne, anno 1547. had ſubmitted himſelfe, hearing of the death of the Lord Admirall, the L. Protectors brother: and after that, the riſing of the kings Subiects, began to draw backer, and to neglect his duetie. Whereupon (as hath béene ſayde) he was called before the Counſell, and enioyned to preach, that ſuch as rebell againſt their Prince, reſiſt Gods ordinance: and to ſet foorth in his Sermon, that the authoritie of the king, was no leſſe in his young age, than was of any of his Predeceſſors, &c. Boenr, at his time appointed, preached at Paules croſſe:Muſkleborow field. Scots & Frēch ouerthrowen. and in ſteade of declaring ſuch things, as were enioyned him, he ſpent his Sermon in the maintenance of the papiſticall Tranſubſtantiation: and altogether left out the article touching the lawfull authoritie of the K. during his nonage. For which ſo doing, I. Hooper afterward B of Worceſter and Gloceſter, and M. W. Latimer, Bachelour of Diuinitie, did exhibite vntounto the kings highnes, vnderunder both their names, a bill of complaint againſt him. Whereupon, the king did immediatly direct foorth his Commiſſion vnderunder his broad Seale, vntounto the Archb. of Canterburie, the B. of Rocheſter, and other Counſellors, geuing them authoritie to call Boner before them, and to deale with him according as they ſhould finde cauſe.
The tenth day of ſeptember, Biſhoppe Boner was ſummoned to appeare at Lambeth, before the Commiſſioners: before whom he behaued himſelfe moſt vndiſcréetely, and vnreuerently: defacing the authoritie of the Commiſſioners, and ſhifting of the poynt hee was accuſed of: and in the ende pulled out a Proteſtation out of his boſome, readie written, and exhibited it vntounto the Commiſſioners. VnderUnder which proteſtation, he requeſted to hauehave a copie both of the Commiſſion, and accuſation: with time to anſwere therūto. Which was granted him: & he aſſigned to appeare againe before thē vpō friday at 8. of the clocke before noone, the next following, and then to anſwere. VponUpon Friday the xiij. of September, Boner appeareth againe at Lambeth before the Commiſſioners: and becauſe Secretarie Smith ſate there who was not there the former day,Boner ſhifteth and caueleth. Boner cauils thereat, and makes delaies of anſwere: and in the end tooke exceptions againſt his accuſers, becauſe ſaid he, they were heretickes, and iuſtly excommunicated: and eſpecially he inueighed againſt them for the matter of the Sacrament of the Altar, and withall denied their accuſations to be true: and coloured & gloſed forth his maner of handling the points inioyned him, and accompted the iniunctions of the booke forged, becauſe they were not ſealed nor ſigned with the kings owne hand. And when he had finiſhed reading of his anſweres: Latimer deliuered vp a writing vntounto the cō miſſioners, containing Articles agaynſt him: whereof certaine were touching his owne fact: as whether he wrote his ſermon or not, to which he anſwered: that onelyonly he penned certaine notes: then, what aduiſe and whoſe he had: to which he anſwered his owne onelyonly with helpe of his bookes. And this he anſwered, an oth being miniſtred vntounto him Ex officio mero. Theſe wordes ended, the Commiſſioners aſſigned him Munday the xvj. of September then next, to appeare before them, and to make his full anſweres to all the Articles miniſtred vntounto him by them that day.
On Mundaie the ſixtenth of September hée appeareth againe before the Commiſſioners, and exhibiteth vntounto them anſweres vntounto the laſte Articles: but before the ſame were read, the Archbiſhop declared vntounto him that his anſwere made againſt his accuſers denunciation contained matter of ſlander againſt them: and ſo ſignified that they deſired there to purge themſelues; which they both did, firſt Latimer and next Hooper. And after much vnſéemely behauiour of Boner, the Commiſſioners willed him to make aunſwere to the articles obiected the laſt day againſt him: which he did, reading it and anſwering to eueryevery poynt verie ſlenderly: as to the point of the kings authoritie, that he had gathered a note out of Hiſtories and Scriptures of diuerſe yoong Kinges, who notwithſtanding their minoritie were faithfully obeied, and reputed for very lawfull kings, all which with many other, hée had purpoſed to declare, if they had come vntounto his memorie, which they did not: partly for lacke of vſe of preachyng, and partly by reaſon of a bill which was deliuered him from the Kinges counſell, to declare the victorie hée had agaynſt the rebels, which confounded his memorie: and partely for that his booke fell (in his Sermon time) from him, wherein were diuerſe of his notes which hée had collected for that purpoſe. Which anſwere pleaſed not the Commiſſioners, who required him to make it more direct, whether he had doone as hée was enioyned or not: whereto when he would no otherwiſe anſwere, the cōmiſſioners did admit preſently for witneſſes vponupon articles againſt him: M. Iohn Cheeke, Henry Markham, Iohn Ioſeph, Iohn Douglas, and Richard Chambers: vponupon whom they laid a corporall oth, truely to anſwere. Boner againſt this, vnderunder his former proteſtation, proteſted of the nullitie of the receiuing and admitting, and ſwearing of thoſe witneſſes, with proteſtation alſo to obiect againſt the perſons and ſayings of theſe witneſſes: demaunding a lawfull and competent time to miniſter interrogatories againſt them. Wherewith the Commiſſioners were contented: ſo that day he obiected againſt M. Cheeke, and the next day before noone he obiected againſt the reſt.
After this the Commiſſioners aſſigned to the Biſhop to appeare againe before them vponupon Wedneſday the next enſuyng, betwéene the houres of ſeuen and eight before noone, at Lambeth: there to ſhewe the cauſe why hee ſhould not be declared Pro confeſſo vponupon all the Articles: wherevnto hée had not then fully aunſwered: but Boner ſtill proteſting the nullitie and inualiditie of al their procéedings, they did for that time depart.
In the meane while, the Commiſſioners certified the K. and his counſel of the B. behauiour, and cauillations. Whervpon the king the 17. of September did ſend vntounto the Commiſſioners, a full declaration of his owne will, giuing them full authoritie to procéede at their owne diſcretions. The 8. of September, Boner appeareth againe, and offereth matter vntounto the Commiſſioners, why he ought not to bée iudged pro confeſſo, full of cauillations and vaine quiddities of their law, and inordinat contempt. In the end they miniſtred vntounto him new articles, and receiued witneſſes againſt him: but Boner ſtill ſtoode vponupon the nullitie of their Commiſſion, and the whole proceſſe, deſiring a copie of the Articles: which was graunted, and time, til the next day at viij. of the clocke. Alſo the ſame time hee exhibited a cauillation againſt William Latimer. Boner exhibiteth a cauillation againſt William Latimer.So the Commiſſioners appointed him a new time to appeare on munday next, betwéene 6. & 9. in the morning: then to ſhew a finall cauſe why he ſhoulde not be iudged pro confeſſo. And they deliuered him a copy of the Articles.
At the time appointed, the Biſhop ſent Robert Iohnſon his regiſter to the Commiſſioners, ſitting at Lambith, and attending his appearaunce, to ſignifie to them hee was ſicke, and ſo could not come. The twentieth of September hée appeared nowe the fift time: and hauing made a ſlender and doubtfull anſwere, refuſed Syr Thomas Smithes iudgement, becauſe hée ſawe him ſharper bent agaynſt him then the reſt: and made alſo his appeale to the King: and withall verye vnreuerently behaued himſelfe towardes the Commiſſioners. For which cauſe Maiſter Secretarie Smith commaunded the Marſhalles deputie, to take Boner Priſoner, and to keepe him that no man might come vntounto him, and aſſigned him to be brought before them againe on Mundaye nexte before noone, betwéene ſeuen and nine of the clocke. At which time hée appeareth, and maketh a generall refuſall of all the commiſſioners, and ſticketh to his former prouocations, and proteſtations. Then the Commiſſioners ſéeyng his pertinacie, pronounced him Contumax, and declared him pro confeſſo vponupon all the articles which hée had not anſwered:Boner pronoū ced contumax & pro confeſſo. and determined to continue this caſe, in ſtate as it was vntill Friday then next following, betwéen eight and nine before noone: aſſigning Boner to be there before them at Lambith, to heare a finall decrée of that matter. VponUpon which Friday, for diuers vrgent cauſes, the Commiſſioners coulde not ſitte, but deferred it till Tueſday, the firſt of October next enſuing. VponUpon which day they offered yet fauour to Boner, if hée woulde make more direct anſwere: but hée perſiſting in his contumacie, with euill ſpéeches, the Archbiſhoppe, with the conſent of the reſt of the Commiſſioners, read the ſentence of depriuation,Boner depriued. and committed him againe to his kéeper: where he remained priſoner till the death of the King. Nowe béeing priſoner in the Marſhallſea: he writeth vntounto the Lorde Chauncellour, and to the reſt of the Counſell, that through the enmity that the Duke of Somerſet, and Sir Thomas Smith bare him, hée coulde not hauehave hearing of his ſuites to the King and Counſel. He directeth alſo a ſupplication to the kings maieſtie, and deſired his Graces letters of ſuperſideas againſt the Commiſſioners: and that the matter might be heard before the Counſell. Whervpon the the K. committeth the examination of the whole proceſſe vntounto certaine noble perſonages, and ſkilfull in the lawe: as the Lorde Riche, Lord Chauncellour: the Lorde Treaſurer, the Lord Marques Dorſet, the Biſhop of Eli, the Lorde Wentworth: &c. which founde Boner in great fault of contumacy: the procéedings being al iuſt, and the ſentence rightly giuen.
With the depriuation of Boner, fell out the trouble of the Lord Protector:L. protector. wherevpon the people thinking the abrogating of poperie was his onelyonly dooing, bruted abroad that now they ſhould hauehave their old Latine ſeruice againe, with other ſuperſtitious trumperie. Which cauſed the king & his Counſell to direct letters to all Biſhops, to take away all Maſſals, Grailes, Proceſſionals, Manuals, Legendes, Portuaſes, Iournals, &c. which might be any let to the Engliſh prayer Booke. Alſo the Biſhops were enioyned to puniſh all thoſe that refuſed to giuegive to the charge of Bread and Wine for the Communion. This was ahout the latter end of December 1549.
In the next yéere following Altars were taken downeAltars taken downe. by the kings commaundement, and the Communion table placed in ſtéed thereof, in forme of a table, & not of an altar, as moſt agréeable to the inſtitution of Chriſt.
About this time certaine of Ladie Maries Chaplaines had ſaide maſſe contrary to the lawes: for which ſhe being admoniſhed of the Counſell, tooke the matter very hardly, and writeth to the Counſell ſharpe letters: tending to blame them, as taking too much vponupon them in the kings authoritie, and iuſtifying her owne popiſh cauſes.Lady Maries popiſh practiſes reſtrained. Diuers letters paſſed to and fro, from her and the Counſel, as alſo from and to the king. And in fine, ſuch order was taken: that ſhée was reſtrained of her practiſes of popiſh religion, and the offenders puniſhed.
As Bonner behaued himſelfe ſtubbornly againg the K. procéedings, ſo Steeuen Gardiner B. of Wincheſter, was not behinde in all diſobedience, and practiſes againſt the ſame: for which he was impriſoned before the depriuation of Boner, but was not depoſed till anno 1551. He was firſt for his miſdemeanour caſt into the Fléete, where after hée had remayned a time, in much eaſe, vponupon promiſe of his cō formitie, he was ſet at libertie, and licenſed to repaire to his owne Dioceſſe, at his pleaſure. Where breaking hys promiſe, he againe practiſed againſt the kings procéedings: whereupon being ſent for before the Counſell, he promiſed againe the ſecond time a conformation, & was left at libertie in his owne houſe in London: where he yet againe began to ruffle againſt the kings godly procéedinges, and to meddle in matters, wherein he neither had commiſſion nor authoritie, part whereof touched the kings maieſtie. Wherof being yet once againe admoniſhed by the king, and of the counſell, not onelyonly promiſed to conforme himſelfe with like of the kings procéedings, but alſo offered to declare vntounto the world his conformation in an open ſermon, on ſuch articles as ſhould be thought good to that end: in which ſermon cleane contrary to his promiſſe, he did not onelyonly neglect that that was enioyned him, but alſo very ſeditiouſly behaued himſelfe.Gardiner behaueth himſelfe ſeditiouſly. Wherefore he was committed to the Tower, and carried thither by ſir Anthony Wingfield, Gardiner ſent to the Tower.certaine doores of his houſe (as was thought méete) being alſo ſealed vp. At the tower certain of the Counſel, by the kings appointment, had acceſſe vntounto him to perſwade with him: as the Duke of Somerſet, the L. Treaſurer, the Lord priuie ſeale, the L. great Chamberlaine, and Secretary Peter. Who repairing to him the tenth day of Iune, Anno 1550. he deſired to ſée the kings booke of procéedings: vponupon the ſight whereof he would make a full anſwere: whereas indéede before his anſwers were but delaies and cauilles, ſéeming to be willing in al things to conforme himſelfe therevnto: and promiſing if any thing offended his conſcience, he would open it to none but to the Counſell. But Wincheſter hauing peruſed the book, ſaide, he could make no direct anſwere, vnleſſe he were at liberty. In the end, the Lords ſeing his anſweres always doubtful, it was determined that he ſhould be directly examined, whether he would conforme himſelfe to the kings procéedinges, or not: and articles drawen to that end. To the which Wincheſter in a manner ſubſcribed, ſauing the Article of ſubmiſſion: which he ſaid, becauſe he had neuer offended the K. he would not ſubſcribe vntounto. To the kinges Supremacie, his authoritie of appointing holy dayes, and faſting daies, to his booke of procéedings, his authoritie in his tender yeres, the abrogating of the ſixe articles, to his iuriſdiction, and authoritie in correcting of Eccleſiaſtical perſons, he ſubſcribed: only he would make no ſubmiſſion to the king. And in the ende being found peruerſe and ſtubborne, and not able to iuſtifie himſelfe or his doings: after he had taken exceptions, and cauilled againſt the witneſſes, he was depriued of his Biſhopricke, by the authoritie of the king, and ſentence geuen by the Archbiſhop of Canterburie,Wincheſter depriued. among other biſhops and Iudges appointed for the cauſe. From this ſentence, Gardiner appealeth to the king, but all in vayne.
As S. Gardiner was the profeſſed enemie of the Goſpell, ſo was Doctor Redman Doctor Redman a fauourer of the goſpell.in thoſe dayes, for his learning famous, a fauourer of the ſame: and at his death, which was anno 1551. made profeſſion thereof in the preſence of M. Yong, and others.
Anno 1552. W. Gardiner, a Marchants ſeruant of Briſtow, the firſt day of September, in the very ſolemnization of a marriage betwixt the ſonne of the king of Portingall, and the Spaniſh kings daughter, in the preſence of the princes, and Cardinals, and Biſhops, determined to hauehave ſtepped to the Cardinall at the Altar, and to hauehave wroong ye chalice out of his hands, and to hauehave defaced their popiſh God, but that the preaſe of people did hinder him. So the next ſunday, where like pompe was vſed, and no leſſe Idolatry than before, W. Gardiner, W. Gardiner.in the preſence of the king, and all his Nobles, and Citizens, with the one hand ſnatched away the cake from the prieſt, and trode it vnderunder his féete: and with ye other ouerthrew the chalice, which made them all amazed Then one drawing out his dagger, gaue him a great wound in the ſhoulder: and as he was about to hauehave ſtricken him againe, to hauehave ſlaine him: the king twiſe commaunded to hauehave him ſaued. So by that meanes they abſtained from murther.
After the tumult was ceaſed, he was brought to the K. by whom he was demaunded of his Countrey, and how hée durſt doe ſuch a déede. To whom he declared that he was an Engliſhman, and that for gréefe to ſée ſuch Idolatrie, hée could not abſtaine. When they heard that he was an Engliſhman, they were more earneſt to know the Procurour. The Idolatrie (he anſwered) wherwith they prophaned the Lords Supper, only procured him. They not content therewith, vrged him with torments, and cauſed a linnen cloth to be ſowed round like a ball, the which they with violence put downe his throte, vntounto the bottom of his ſtomach, tyed with a ſmall ſtring, which they helde in their hands, and when it was downe, they pulled it vp againe with violence, ſo plucking it vp and downe. They caſt alſo into priſon all the reſt of the Engliſhmen, amongſt whom one Pēdegrace, Pendegrace.becauſe he was his bedfellowe, was gréeuouſly tormented, and examined more then the reſidue, and ſcarcely was deliuered after two yeres impriſonment: the other were much ſooner ſet at libertie, by the interceſſion of a certaine Duke.
At the laſt, when al torments, and tormentors were weried, they aſked him, whether he did not repent his déede. He anſwered: as touching the déed, if it were to do, he ſhould do it againe. But he was ſorie it was done in the Kinges preſence, to the diſquiet of his minde. After they had vſed al kinde of torments, and ſaw there could be nothing more gathered of him, and alſo, that through his wound, and paines, he could not long liue, they brought him thrée dayes after, to execution. And firſt of all, bringing him vntounto the Veſtrie, cut of his right hand: which he taking vp with his left hand, kiſſed.Execution done vponupon W. Gardiner with all manner of crueltie. Then he was brought into the Market place, where his other hand was cut of: which he (knéeling downe vponupon the ground) alſo kiſſed. Theſe things thus done, his armes being bound behinde him, and his féete vnderunder the horſe bellie, he was carried to the place of execution, where there was a certaine engine, from the which, a great rope cōming downe by a Pulley, was faſtened about the middle of the Chriſtian martyr, which firſt pulled him vp: then was there a great pile of wood ſet on fire vnderneath him, into the which he was by little and little let downe, not with his whole bodie, but ſo that his féete onelyonly felt the fire: in which fire the more terribly he burned, the more feruently hée praied: At laſt when his féete were conſumed, the tormentors aſked him if he did not repent, exhorting him to call vponupon our Lady and the Saints: whereto he anſwered, that he had doone nothing to repent of, and that when Chriſt did ceaſe to be our Aduocate, then he would pray to our Lady,The marueilous conſtancie of William Gardiner. & ſaid: Eternall God, father of all mercies, I beſéech thée looke downe vponupon thy ſeruant &c. And when they ſought by all meanes to ſtop his praying, he cried out with a loud voice: rehearſing ye 34. Pſalm. Iudge me O Lord, and defend my cauſe againſt the vnmercifull people: He was not come to the latter end of the Pſalme, when the rope being burnt aſunder, he fell into the fire, and ſo gaue ouer.
The very ſame night one of the kings ſhips was burned in the hauen, being ſet on fire by a ſparke of Gardiners fire driuen thither with the winde: and the kings ſonne, who then was married, died within halfe a yéere after the death of William Gardiner.
Anno 1552. 1552 Protector put to death for fellonie.the 22. of Ianuarie, in the ſixt yéere of the reigne of Edward: the Duke of Somerſette, Lord Protector, was executed on Tower hill for felonie: being accuſed, and quitte of treaſon. And the next yere after deceaſſed the king him ſelfe, about the monethmonth of Iune, Anno 1553. A Prince of ſuch towardneſſe, as the worlde neuer had the like before: by whom the remnants of Popiſh Idolatrie, and ſuperſtition, were aboliſhed: and the church reſtored to her ſinceritie: which died again with him, and popery reſtored in the time of Mary, who ſuccéeded him.
The end of the ninth Booke.