of being rich, in answer to Cecil-Hints to the Master

of Jesus College, Cambridge, also his lack of wealth-The

forty-two Articles of Religion-The Catechism accompany-

ing them-The Articles not Calvinistic

CHAPTER XIII.

1552 to 1553.

The Reformation of Ecclesiastical Laws....

CHAPTER XIV.

1552 to 1553.

The archbishop in commission to enquire after certain sectaries

-The Family of Love-The archbishop in another commis-

sion, relating to ecclesiastical goods-Avoids acting in it-

His letter respecting it to Cecil-Their intimacy-The declin-

ing health of the king-Alteration of the succession in favour

of lady Jane Grey-The archbishop's share in the transaction

-The king dies-The lady Jane's brief reign

PAGE

282

325

350

BOOK III.

CHAPTER I.

MARY.

1553.

The lady Jane committed to the Tower-Funeral of Edward-

The archbishop reported to have restored the service of the

mass-
s-His public denial of the report-Summoned before the

queen's commissioners and the Council-Committed to the

Tower-Accused and declared guilty of high treason-His

companions in prison, the lady Jane, Ridley, Bradford, and

Latimer-Curious anecdote of the lady...

365

CHAPTER II.

1553 to 1554.

Mary's promise as to religion-Restoration of the Romish ser-

vice-Gardiner chancellor of Cambridge-Mary's letter to

him-Reformed clergy silenced-Hooper and Coverdale sent

to prison-P. Martyr and other Reformers leave the kingdom

-Mary's first parliament-The divorce of her mother set

aside The shamelessness of Gardiner in accusing Cranmer

as to that divorce-A convocation-Disputes on the corporal

presence-Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, sent to Oxford,

there to dispute on the same subject-Craniner's letter relat-

ing to the disputation

...

PAGE

383

CHAPTER III.

1554.

Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, condemned as heretics-Fur-

ther remarks of Cranmer on the Oxford disputation-Disputa-

tion at Cambridge intended-Hesitation of the Council as to

further proceedings with the three prisoners-The treatment

of the prisoners-The marriage of Philip and Mary—The

consequences of it to Protestantism-Remarks upon it-

Anecdote relating to Elizabeth, by one of the remarkers—

Persecution of the Reformers

400

CHAPTER IV.

1555.

Cranmer's and other books prohibited-The reunion of the

Church of England with that of Rome-Proceedings against

Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley, renewed-Cranmer first

brought before the papal commissioners-His condemnation

deferred-Ridley and Latimer condemned and burnt—The

conduct of Cranmer upon that occasion ..

421

CHAPTER V.

1555 to 1556.

The archbishop deprived and degraded-He recants-His re-

cantations

....

CHAPTER VI.

1556.

Cranmer retracts his recantations, and is burnt

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462

490

CHAPTER VII.

The archbishop's family at the time of his martyrdom-Seizure

of part of his possessions by queen Mary-The restoration

in blood of his children, by Act of parliament, in the reign

of Elizabeth-Petition of his son Thomas to that sovereign. 512

Recapitulation of Cranmer's writings-Review of his character. 519

CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

Page 28. for not of a dissolution read not
a dissolution.

61. The Edinburgh Catechism,
though, like the Necessary Eru-
dition, it expounds the seven
sacraments, like the English for-
mulary here also, was the last
that exhibited in Scotland the
Romish tenets, and paved the
way to entire Protestantism.
69. for afterwards, revised read af
terwards revised.

172. after Ponet, in a reply to it,
add, Henry Wharton informed
Strype that Ponet was not the
author of the reply. Strype, in
his Life of Archbishop Parker,

THE LIFE

OF

ARCHBISHOP CRANMER.

BOOK II.

CHAPTER I. .

EDWARD VI.

1547.

The accession of Edward-Cranmer's commission as archbishop from the new sovereign-His speech at the coronation of the king-He proceeds cautiously to the abandonment of transubstantiation and the mass-His opinion of Romish ceremonies as resembling those of the heathens-Confirmed by many of our divines—General visitation of the kingdom— Injunctions-Homilies-The Paraphrase of Erasmus— Queries preparatory to the first Communion Service-The Answers of Cranmer-The Order of the Service published.

By the will of Henry, Cranmer was now placed at the head of a regency, by which, during the minority of Edward, the kingdom was to be governed. Of the sixteen persons, who composed the regency, the majority inclined to the Protestant cause. In ecclesiastical affairs Cranmer