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BOOK how it made variance, which soon might be appeased. And III. added, that he had no other charge in the matter, but to Anno 1568. wish well to that body. And that, as he understood, their

New statutes for Corpus

lege.

beadle was then with him, so he would please, if his leisure could so serve, to transmit his advice: and so wished his Honour well to fare in God. I am sorry I cannot go on to acquaint the reader what was further done in this matter, for the use of the Latin prayers in the colleges; but by what hath been said, we see the Archbishop's zeal to have the Queen's orders uniformly observed; and his judgment to have sedition timely checked, for fear of greater inconvenience.

Now also, in the month of February, the Archbishop applied himself to Secretary Cecil, about new statutes for Christi col- his said college of Corpus Christi in Cambridge. In King Edward's days, when he was Head of that college, he moved the King's visitors for the renovation of the statutes of the said college. Whereupon they granted, that Dr. Mey and himself should finish them, which he then caused to be written fair, and procured the visitors' subscriptions. At the visitation that happened under Queen Mary, these statutes were abolished; and they returned to their old ones. Upon the coming of Queen Elizabeth to the crown, was another visitation of the University appointed; where the Archbishop, Secretary Cecil, and some others, were in commission. And those statutes of King Edward were revived again. But upon pretence of some imperfection in the manner of doing it, some of the college thought themselves not bound by them: and because the Master of the college went down that week to the audit, the Archbishop thought good to have the new statutes recognized; and where some things necessary of the old statutes were omitted in the former book, he had them now inserted; and so to offer them to the house to be received. This copy of the new statutes, therefore, he sent by his servant to the Secretary, praying him, for the more authority, to put his name to them, as he had desired the hands of some others of the visitors, who were, (beside himself,) the Bishop of Winton, Sir Anthony Cook, and Dr. Walter Haddon.

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Another good turn the Archbishop did this year for the CHAP. said college. For the better and more flourishing state of it, he yielded and made over the rectory of Penshurst in Anno 1568. Kent unto the Queen, confirmed by Goodwin, Dean of Gives this Christ's church, Canterbury; in lieu of her grant of the perpetual advowson, donation, and presentation of the rectory of the church of the blessed Mary the Virgin, Abchurch, London, London. to Bene't college. This charter of the Queen, whereby she granted this church to the college, was dated the 7th of July, 10 Eliz. which patent cost the Archbishop 207. 9s. 8d. viz.

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The Archbishop did intend this living for the Masters 271 of the college, for the time being, that some more gain might accrue to them by this addition to their mastership. But Fellows of that house have commonly been incumbents there.

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Barlow, Bishop of Chichester, deceased this year, August Bishop Barthe 13th, whereof Dr. Overton of that church had given one recomnotice to the Secretary the next day; and withal mentioned mended by Day, Provost of Eton, as a good man to succeed, both in bishop to regard of his learning and piety: and three or four days succeed; after, the Archbishop suggested to him, that when it was the Queen's pleasure to appoint another Bishop there, that she would remember her Chaplain, Mr. Courteis, giving him the character of an honest learned man; that he was of age

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BOOK competent, and among other qualifications, he added, that he was poor, and wanted living. But he trusted, that he Anno 1568. would supply the office to God's honour and the Queen's contentation. And as the Archbishop recommended one, so But not the he endeavoured to prevent another, namely, Cheny, Bishop Gloucester. of Gloucester, whose unsound principles were well known

Bishop of

both to the Archbishop and the rest of the Bishops. His
doctrines gave great offence to the people of his diocese, and
created such disagreements between them, both in Gloucester
and Bristow, (which he held in commendam,) that that Bishop
had wished he might be discharged of the burden of his
bishopric. But the Archbishop told the Secretary, that he
pretended this, but meant another thing, intending rather a
remove than a discharge. And, "that they the Bishops
"knew by experience what rule Gloucester made among
"his people. That he would bring them to his contempla-
❝tion; which he laboured to do, but spied that he should
never, and thereupon wished that he were discharged.”
Which he pretended a long time, but meant something else.
Nor truly was he a proper man to be translated to this
diocese, abounding so much with Papists and Papism. The
person the Archbishop named succeeded, but it was almost
two years after this
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vacancy.

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One thing more I find the Archbishop doing about the Nominates latter end of the year, (which he seemed yearly to have preachers. done,) and that was, drawing out a list of such preachers as

Lent

Tremelius

writes, to

were to come up before the Queen the Lent following; which he sent the 19th of January to the Secretary to review, for his judgment, how he liked them. That so none might preach before her Majesty, but whom she should have a pleasure or content to hear; which the Secretary best knew. Two learned foreigners did this year make their adthe Arch- dresses to the Archbishop: Emanuel Tremelius, (who was bishop. Cor- one of the learned exiles under King Edward, entertained sents his by Bishop Cranmer, and then Parker's acquaintance in the University, where he was Public Professor of the Hebrew tongue,) paying him his respects in a letter, and therein in his wife's, as well as his own name, saluting optimam Do

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sons with

French

books.

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minam una cum utroque filio; meaning the Archbishop's CHAP. wife and his two sons: and Anthony Corranus, a learned Spaniard, and preacher to the Spanish congregation in Lon-Anno 1568. don, lately come from Antwerp, having been preacher in French to a congregation there, whither he had fled from his own country, for the profession of true religion. This Corranus, understanding these children of the Archbishop learned French, (as they were brought up in all good literature,) with a letter addressed to his Grace, sent them two French books, writ by himself, for the use of the church at Antwerp; in which church he first began to perform the office of a pastor, as he wrote to the Archbishop. One of these books was a confession of his faith: which he af- His books, terward set forth in Latin and English. This learned man wrote also certain tables concerning the works of God; which appeared abroad in four languages, Latin, French, Dutch, and English. Wherein he endeavoured to comprehend, as it were in propositions, the holy doctrine of both the Testaments. Intending thereby to set forth the true and right meaning and pure truth of the Christian religion, drawn out of the fountains of holy Scripture: and that in orderly method and apparent plainness. But this writing of his gave offence to some in those days, who charged it with Pelagianism. For which therefore he met with much trouble, and was fain afterward to write articles of his faith, Vid. Archprinted by Tho. Purfoot, anno 1574. of this man hereafter. And this year, the Archbishop's brother, Thomas Parker, chap. 15. was Mayor of Norwich. And Allen, his Grace's Chaplain, 272 if I mistake not, being now at Norwich, in a letter to his bishop's Grace from thence, delivered his brother the Mayor's commendations to him. And I meet with a certificate signed Norwich. by the Bishop of Norwich, and Thomas Parker, Mayor, dated in August, whereby he and the said Bishop constituted one Simon Warner, to be guider and keeper of the house, or hospital, of our blessed Lady and St. Clement, without St. Austin's gate, in Norwich: putting out John

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hear more

bishop Grin. Life, book i.

The Arch

brother

Mayor of

BOOK Bradley thence, and from any manner of collection by him any more to be made for the poor in the said hospital.

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lish Bible;

CHAP. XXI.

The Archbishop sets out a new edition of the Great Bible; and of a smaller for families. The Clergy find arms. Their taxation put into a method by the Archbishop. Makes a rate of arms for his own diocese. His taxation of himself.

The Arch- A GREAT Bible by statute being to be had in all lishes the churches, and the edition of the old Church Bible being Great Eng- almost gone, our pious Archbishop set himself to prepare a new edition for the churches. And this was the year, (viz. 1568,) if I mistake not, that a new English translation of the Bible did appear in print, whereof our Archbishop was the great procurer. Of his pains in this work somewhat was said before, under the year 1565. This then was the year (as it seems) when the Great English Bible was first printed. For the Bible called the Great English Bible, with the year of the impression, (viz. 1568,) I find in the catalogue of the books the Archbishop gave to the library of Corpus Christi, Cambridge. He had used about this work the help, not only of his learned Chaplains, but of his brethren the Bishops; sending them particular portions of the Bible, of the former translation, to revise with the exactest scrutiny. And dealt so earnestly with all of them, Matthæus. that they refused not to be companions and partakers with him in these his labours. And afterwards himself, with other learned Divines in his family, perusing all again, he set forth a more correct translation of the holy Scriptures, of the same volume with the former, or a little bigger, and better printed. And so highly pleased was this good Prelate, when he saw an end put to this great work, that he seemed to be in the same spirit with old Simeon, using his

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