X. by the revenues of the said hospital, amounting to the sum CHAP. of eight pounds by year with the charges. The said hospital is taxed to the tenth, and payeth viis. iid. Hospitale S. Johannis de Hythe. It is only founded, ordered, and charitably maintained by the Jurats and Commonalty of the said town. And there are kept and daily maintained eight beds for the needy poor people, and such as are maimed in the wars. The said hospital is endued with so much lands as do amount to six pounds by the year. It is not taxed to the tenths. Domus Pauperum apud Wy, vocat. Le Almes House. It is without a foundation, permitted, maintained, and upholden by Sir Tho. Kemp, Knight, only upon his charitable zeal. And there do live certain poor people of alms. It is not charged with any tenth. Domus Leprosorum apud Bobbing. It is the gift and foundation of George Clifford, Gentleman, of charity. There are harboured none but poor lazar people, who beg for their living. It is not charged with any tenth. Anno 1562. XI. XII. 115 XIII. The declaration of Schools within the diocese of Canter- Schools. bury. bury. First, There is at Canterbury, within the metropolitical At Canterchurch there, a grammar-school by the Queen's Majesty's foundation. The Schoolmaster hath by the year xxl. the Usher xl. It is not taxed, nor charged with tenths. Item, There is at Wy a grammar-school of the Queen's At Wy. Majesty's foundation, newly erected, viz. sithen at the dissolution of the college there. And the Schoolmaster receiveth yearly xiiil. vis. viiid. It is not chargeable with tenths. Item, There is a school erected by the charge of the At MaidMayor and Commonalty of the town of Maidstone; who' have purchased of the King certain lands to that intent, amounting to ix. vis. viiid. It is not charged with tenths. stone. BOOK II. Item, There is a grammar-school at Tenterden, erected by certain parishioners there, who have of charity enfeoffed Anno 1562. certain lands to the value of xl. by the year. And by the At Tenter- feoffment, the Schoolmaster is to be elected by the Vicar there for the time being. It is not charged with the tenths. den. All Souls visited. Man. CHAP. XI. Commissions from the Archbishop for visitation of All Souls college and Merton, in Oxford. The University of Cambridge apply to the Archbishop. The Archbishop's sentence against the Earl of Hertford's marriage. THE Archbishop this Archbishop this year gave a commission to Dr. Yale, and Merton his Vicar General and Principal Official, and Dr. Kennal, to visit All Souls in Oxford, dated May 16. The Archbishop was Visitor also of Merton college in the same University, wherein was a great Popish faction, headed by one Hall, a Fellow. This faction set themselves against Man, the Archbishop's Chaplain, lately placed Warden there; who, the year after this, had translated into English Musculus's Common Places, and dedicated the book to the Archbishop; and whom the Queen afterwards made use of for her Ambassador into Spain. His Grace therefore gave out a commission, dated May 22. to Dr. Yale, Dr. Warner, M. D. and John Kennal, LL. D. who was Canon of Christ's Church, and Archdeacon of Oxon, after the death of Dr. Wright, to visit the said college. But to see to what a pass it was come, and how zealous a great many of them were for the old superstitions, and how loath to let them go; I shall give some account how this visitation of Merton college began, and how carried on. Visitation It began May 25. On the next day they issued out Artiof Merton. cles to be inquired of concerning the Fellows and other Scholars, and officers of the college. Which Articles were these: Articles of XI. kind of study they do severally apply themselves unto. And CHAP. whether they be chosen according to the mind of their several Founders. II. Whether all the Fellows of this house do use to dine and sup at the common table, and not elsewhere. III. Whether they do frequent and use the church upon Sundays and holydays at the time of divine service; and do there continue unto the end thereof. And how often in a year every one of them doth receive the Communion. IV. Whether any of them be defamed with any crime, or be slanderous to the college, or disobedient towards their superiors and elders; unquiet towards their Fellows; causers of strife and debate; negligent at his study, or hath foughten or stricken any of the Fellows of this house. V. Whether any of them hath stirred or moved any suit ; whereby the college hath been charged, or the goods of the college suspended thereby. VI. Whether any of them have received any more wages, or of the college goods, than by the statutes of the same is appointed. VII. Whether any of them do break concord and brotherly charity within this college between Master and Fellow, or any other of the same college. VIII. Whether any do keep any pupils under him, which do not learn logic. IX. Whether any Fellow hath any scholars living within his chamber. X. Whether the Bursar or any other officer do keep in their private studies above the sum of five pounds of the goods of the college, above two days together. XI. Whether they have let any money or other goods of the college to any person or persons without the consent of the Warden, Subwarden, and Fellows. XII. Whether any of them have spent above the sum of three shillings and four pence, in buying any thing, or in reparations done upon the college, or any other houses or buildings appertaining to the same, without consent as before. Anno 1562. 116 BOOK II. XIII. Whether any of them had any conference with Mr. Hall, or any other of the college, sithence yesterday Anno 1562. noon, touching matters of the college; or Mr. Hall with them. Misdemeanors detect XIV. Whether any of the Fellows of this house be noted to be favourers of Papistry, or of any other corrupt doctrine; or have openly maintained or defended the same; or do resort to any company suspected thereof; or be author of sedition or factions either within the house or without. XV. Who resisted Mr. Man at his coming to the college. XVI. Who did cut off the seal from my Lord of Canterbury's citation affixed upon the gate. XVII. Whether Mr. Hall, for maintenance of his seditious purpose, not being senior Fellow at home, but next senior, took not upon him to call the company together; and to conclude matters, as well for the excluding Mr. Man, as others. XVIII. Whether the Warden and more part of the Fellows have decreed before Hallontide last, that in the stead of certain superstitious hymns, appointed for certain feasts in the hall, English Psalms in metre should be sung. XIX. Whether Mr. Hall, contrary to the said decree, did not interrupt Mr. Leach, and snatch the book out of his hand with spiteful words, when he did begin to sing the English Psalm according to the said decree. XX. Whether the said Mr. Hall have not corrupted and falsified the common register, for the excusing of Mr. Benyon's fault. The comperts upon these articles of examination were ; ed; that one of the Fellows was suspect of buggery, another for Especially resorting to an evil house. Mr. Hall and three more were of Hall, fa- noted to favour Papistry, by their neglect of coming to serpistry, mons and to the service, and by their talk. After the Mass vouring Pa was last put down, Hall with one or two more did hide under a piece of the quire almost all the Popish books of service, with divers other monuments of superstition; where they do lie still. Hall, after such time as he shewed conformity, XI. English metre. travailed with a scholar of his own to persuade him to CHAP. Papistry, shewing him places out of the Doctor's in the library: which places the boy after shewed to certain Bachelors. Anno 1562. When Mr. Leche, according to an order made in the time. of Dr. Gervis, the last Warden, to change the superstitious hymns for the Psalms in English metre, on a certain fes-117 tival, viz. Allhallow-day, begun to sing the Te Deum, Hall, Psalms in before half was done, came up crying like a madman, that they ought not nor should not sing; and struck at the Book of Psalms to have smitten it into the fire out of Leche's hand: and afterwards plucked it by force out of his hand, and threw it away, saying with trembling body, and wan countenance, to the Bachelors, "Are you still piping after his "pipe? Will you never have done puling? I shall teach you to do as I bid you." And they lacked their singing for a great while, till one Mr. Gifford, who being second Dean, and falling from the faction, began it again. This matter of Hall, the Papists in the town did commend as a just quarrel against heretics. Moreover, Hall caused the gates to be shut by the common servants against Mr. Man, their Master chosen. And when he was almost in, the said Hall caused some to carry him back again, though he had nothing to do in it; and plucked the statute book out of Mr. Man's hand. Hall upon these disorderly doings was sent up by a pursuivant. of Hall's But to shew a little more of Hall's temper and spirit. Thus A specimen he writ in a letter to a friend: Salve, Jacobe; De rerum apud spirit. nos statu te certiorem facere, quoniam id a me expectas, meum esse arbitror. Frigent apud nos hæretici: sed spero eos aliquando fervescere, sicut olim vidimus archihæreticos in fossa illa suburbana, ubi Vulcano traditi fuerunt. That is, “James, I salute you; I think it my part, seeing 'you expect it of me, to certify you of the state of affairs ❝here. The heretics that are with us grow cold. But I "hope one day they will become warm; as we sometimes saw "the arch-heretics do in that ditch in the suburbs *, where * Where they were delivered to Vulcan." And to see a little more of him and of his poison, thus he most profanedly ridiculed Latymer 66 σε Cranmer, were burnt. |