whose names were Elizabeth Warne, George Tankerfild, Robert Smith, Steuen Harwood, Thomas Fust, and William Haile. MarginaliaGeor. King, Tho. Leyes, Iohn Wade, Martyrs.Other three, to wit, George King, Thomas Leyes, and Iohn Wade sickning in Lollardes tower, were so weake that they were remoued into sundry houses within the citye of London, and there departed, and were cast out into the fieldes, and there buried by night of the faithfull brethren, whē none in the day durst do it, Propter metum Iudeorū.
Propter metum Iudeorum.
Not translated.
Because of their fear of the Jews.
MarginaliaWilliam Andrew buried in the fieldes.The like catholicke charitie was also shewed vpon W. Andrew of Horsley
The Rerum has a note stating that William Andrew died in Lollard's Tower in September 1555 (Rerum, p. 525). Foxe's complete account of Andrew, including Southwell's letter, first appeared in the 1563 edition. All of this material was drawn from official records, now lost, of the London diocese. The account of William Andrew was substantially unchanged in later editions.
[Back to Top]John Motham's name was only introduced in the 1570 edition; it may have come from oral sources or it may have been a detail from the official documents which had been previously overlooked.
This letter had probably originally been copied into a court book of Bishop Bonner which contained the examinations of Andrew. This court book is now lost.
MarginaliaA letter of Sir Richard Southwell to Byshop Boner.PLeaseth it your Lordship to vnderstand, that the L. Rich did about. vij. or viij. wekes by past, send vp vn to the Counsell one William Andrew of Thorpe wythin the county of Essex, an arrogant hereticke. Their pleasure was to commaund me to commit hym vnto Newgate, where he remayneth, and as I am informed, hath infected a nomber in the pryson with his heresye.
Andrew must have been quite effective in proselytizing for word of it to have reached the privy council. This was one of the dangers of the long incarceration of protestants; it gave them an opportunity to convert fellow prisoners. The martyr Richard Gibson was a prisoner converted to protestantism.
[Back to Top]This is one of a number of examples of the privy council prodding Bonner to move faster in bringing heretics to trial. This would be especially apparent in the case of John Philpot.
to your vertuous consideration, I remayne your good Lordships to commaund, this. xij. of Iune. 1555.
Richard Southwell.
MarginaliaW. Andrew twise before B. Boner.This William Andrew being twyse brought before Boner to examination, there manfully stood in the defence of hys religion. MarginaliaW. Andrew through strait handling died in Newgate.At length through straite handling in the prison of Newgate, there hee lost hys lyfe, which els his aduersaries would haue taken away by fire: & so after the popish maner he was cast out into the fielde, and by night was priuely buryed by the handes of good men and faithfull brethren.MarginaliaW. Andrew buried in the fieldes.
[Back to Top]The full account of Robert Samuel's background, arrest, visions and martyrdom appeared in the Rerum along with the mentions of the martyrdom of Agnes Potten and Joan Trunchfield (pp. 523-25). This material was reprinted without change in the 1563 edition. Details, particularly the names of people involved, were added in the 1570 edition; after this the account of Samuel's martyrdom was unchanged. Foxe built this account on the testimony of protestantsfrom Ipswich whose accounts he obtained during his exile, particularly Rose Nottingham whom he cited as a source.
[Back to Top]MarginaliaMaster Foster Iustice, a persecutour of Christes people.MAster Foster iustice, dwelling at Cobdocke in the county of Suffolke and a litle from Ipswich, being in continual hatred against the truth and the professours of the same, did not onely not cease day nor nyght to study how to bring those in thrall & captiuity that were honest and godly inclined to religion, but also whatsoeuer they were that once came in hys clawes, they easely escaped not without clog of conscience, or els losse of lyfe: so greedy was he of bloud. Among many whom he had troubled, there was one MarginaliaRobert Samuell in King Edwardes dayes a godly preacher.Samuel, in king Edwards daies a very godly and right faythfull fauorer of Gods word, who for his valiant and constant behauiour in his Sermōs, seemeth worthy of high admiratiō. He was Minister at Barfold in Suffolke, where he taught faythfully and fruitfully that flocke which the Lord had committed to his charge, so long as the tyme would suffer him to do hys duty.
[Back to Top]At the last being remoued from the ministery,MarginaliaRobert Samuell remoued from the ministery. and put from his benefice (as many other good Pastors were beside) when he could not auoyde the ragyng violence of the tyme, yet woulde hee not geue ouer the care that he had for hys flocke, but would teach them priuely and by stelth, when he could not openly be suffered so to do. At what tyme order was taken by the Queene to be published by the Commissioners, that all
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