FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS V7 The Reign of King Henry VIII. - Part II
THE ACTS AND MONUMENTS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
by
JOHN FOXE
Commonly known as
FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
Volume 7
The Reign Of King Henry VIII - Part II.
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
Henry VIII. Trampling the Pope Underfoot
CONTENTS
194. Other Martyrs, 1538 5
195. King Henry's Decree Against Imported Books 10
196. The Variable Changes and Mutations of Religion in King Henry's Days. 13
197. Thomas Cromwell 82
198. The English Bible. 126
199. The History of Robert Barnes, Thomas Garret, and William Jerome, Divines. 131
200. Papists, Executed the same time with Barnes, Jerome, and Garret. 157
201. Further Persection Arising from the Six Articles. 159
202. John Porter, Thomas Sommers, and Others 174
203. False Alarm at Oxford 179
204. The King Divorced from the Lady Anne of Cleves, and Married to the Lady Katharine Howard, his Fifth Wife. 185
205. Four Windsor Martyrs 187
206. Persecution in Calais. 218
207. Dr. London and the Goldsmith. 240
208. Qualifications of the Act of the Six Articles. 242
209 John Athy, John Heywood, Kerby, ad Roger Clarke 245
210 King Henry's Acts and Proclamations, 1545-46 250
211. Anne Askew 254
212. John Lacels, John Adams, And Nicholas Belenian. 270
213. One Rogers, a Martyr, Burned in Norfolk. 273
214. Katherine Parr 274
215. Wicked Deeds Of Bishop Gardiner 282
216. Suppression of Books; Tyndale's Condemned. 286
217. Sir John Borthwike 329
218. Thomas Forret And His Followers 347
219. Martyrs in St. John's-Town, or Perth 349
220. George Wisehart 352
221. Adam Wallace 365
222. The Schism that Arose in Scotland for the Pater-Noster 371
223.Walter Mille. 374
224. Persecution in Kent. 378
225. Three Divers sorts of Judgments amongst the Papists, against Heretics as they Call Them. 384
226. The Death of King Henry the Eighth 387
194. Other Martyrs, 1538
The death of Robert Packington.
Among other acts and matters passed and done this present year, which is of the Lord 1538, here is not to be silenced the unworthy and lamentable death of Robert Packington, mercer of London, wrought and caused by the enemies of God's word, and of all good proceedings. The story is this: The said Robert Packington, being a man of sub. stance, yet not so rich as discreet and honest, and dwelling in Cheapside, used every day at five o'clock, winter and summer, to go to prayers at a church then called St. Thomas of Acres, but now named Mercer's Chapel. And one morning amongst all others, being a great misty morning, such as hath seldom been seen, even as he was crossing the street from his house to the church, he was suddenly murdered with a gun, which of the neighbours was plainly heard; and, by a great number of labourers standing at Soper-lane end, he was both seen to go forth of his house, and the clap of the gun was heard, but the deed-doer was a great while un-espied and unknown. Although many in the mean time were suspected, yet none could be found faulty therein, the murderer so covertly was conveyed, till at length, by the confession of Dr. Vincent, dean of Paul's, on his death-bed, it was known, and by him confessed, that he himself was the author thereof, by hiring an Italian, for sixty crowns or thereabouts, to do the feat. For the testimonywhereof, and also for the repentant words of the said Intent, the names both of them that heard him confess it, and of them that heard the witnesses report it, remain yet in memory, to be produced, if need required.
The cause why he was so little favoured by the clergy, was this: for that he was known to be a man of great courage, and one that could both speak, and also would be heard: for at the same time he was one of the burgesses of the parliament for the city of London, and had talked somewhat against the covetousness and cruelty of the clergy; wherefore he was had in contempt with them, and was thought also to have some talk with the king; for which he was the more had in disdain with them, and murdered by the said Dr. Intent for his labour, as hath been above declared.
And thus much of Robert Packington, who was the brother of Austin Packington above mentioned, who deceived Bishop Tonstal, in buying the new translated Testament of Tyndale: whose piteous murder, although it was privy and sudden, yet hath it so pleased the Lord not to keep it in darkness, but to bring it at length to light.
The burning of one Collins at London.
Neither is here to be omitted the burning of one Collins, some time a lawyer and a gentleman, which suffered the fire this year also in Smithfield, A.D. 1538; whom although I do not here recite as in the number of God's professed martyrs, yet neither do I think him to be clean sequestered from the company of the Lord's saved flock and family, notwithstanding that the bishop of Rome's church did condemn and burn him for a heretic; but rather do recount him therefore as one belonging to the holy company of saints. At leastwise this case of him and of his end may be thought to be such as may well reprove and condemn their cruelty and madness, in burning so, without all discretion, this man, being mad, and distract of his perfect wits, as he then was, by this occasion as here followeth:
by
JOHN FOXE
Commonly known as
FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS
Volume 7
The Reign Of King Henry VIII - Part II.
Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2009
http://www.exclassics.com
Public Domain
Henry VIII. Trampling the Pope Underfoot
CONTENTS
194. Other Martyrs, 1538 5
195. King Henry's Decree Against Imported Books 10
196. The Variable Changes and Mutations of Religion in King Henry's Days. 13
197. Thomas Cromwell 82
198. The English Bible. 126
199. The History of Robert Barnes, Thomas Garret, and William Jerome, Divines. 131
200. Papists, Executed the same time with Barnes, Jerome, and Garret. 157
201. Further Persection Arising from the Six Articles. 159
202. John Porter, Thomas Sommers, and Others 174
203. False Alarm at Oxford 179
204. The King Divorced from the Lady Anne of Cleves, and Married to the Lady Katharine Howard, his Fifth Wife. 185
205. Four Windsor Martyrs 187
206. Persecution in Calais. 218
207. Dr. London and the Goldsmith. 240
208. Qualifications of the Act of the Six Articles. 242
209 John Athy, John Heywood, Kerby, ad Roger Clarke 245
210 King Henry's Acts and Proclamations, 1545-46 250
211. Anne Askew 254
212. John Lacels, John Adams, And Nicholas Belenian. 270
213. One Rogers, a Martyr, Burned in Norfolk. 273
214. Katherine Parr 274
215. Wicked Deeds Of Bishop Gardiner 282
216. Suppression of Books; Tyndale's Condemned. 286
217. Sir John Borthwike 329
218. Thomas Forret And His Followers 347
219. Martyrs in St. John's-Town, or Perth 349
220. George Wisehart 352
221. Adam Wallace 365
222. The Schism that Arose in Scotland for the Pater-Noster 371
223.Walter Mille. 374
224. Persecution in Kent. 378
225. Three Divers sorts of Judgments amongst the Papists, against Heretics as they Call Them. 384
226. The Death of King Henry the Eighth 387
194. Other Martyrs, 1538
The death of Robert Packington.
Among other acts and matters passed and done this present year, which is of the Lord 1538, here is not to be silenced the unworthy and lamentable death of Robert Packington, mercer of London, wrought and caused by the enemies of God's word, and of all good proceedings. The story is this: The said Robert Packington, being a man of sub. stance, yet not so rich as discreet and honest, and dwelling in Cheapside, used every day at five o'clock, winter and summer, to go to prayers at a church then called St. Thomas of Acres, but now named Mercer's Chapel. And one morning amongst all others, being a great misty morning, such as hath seldom been seen, even as he was crossing the street from his house to the church, he was suddenly murdered with a gun, which of the neighbours was plainly heard; and, by a great number of labourers standing at Soper-lane end, he was both seen to go forth of his house, and the clap of the gun was heard, but the deed-doer was a great while un-espied and unknown. Although many in the mean time were suspected, yet none could be found faulty therein, the murderer so covertly was conveyed, till at length, by the confession of Dr. Vincent, dean of Paul's, on his death-bed, it was known, and by him confessed, that he himself was the author thereof, by hiring an Italian, for sixty crowns or thereabouts, to do the feat. For the testimonywhereof, and also for the repentant words of the said Intent, the names both of them that heard him confess it, and of them that heard the witnesses report it, remain yet in memory, to be produced, if need required.
The cause why he was so little favoured by the clergy, was this: for that he was known to be a man of great courage, and one that could both speak, and also would be heard: for at the same time he was one of the burgesses of the parliament for the city of London, and had talked somewhat against the covetousness and cruelty of the clergy; wherefore he was had in contempt with them, and was thought also to have some talk with the king; for which he was the more had in disdain with them, and murdered by the said Dr. Intent for his labour, as hath been above declared.
And thus much of Robert Packington, who was the brother of Austin Packington above mentioned, who deceived Bishop Tonstal, in buying the new translated Testament of Tyndale: whose piteous murder, although it was privy and sudden, yet hath it so pleased the Lord not to keep it in darkness, but to bring it at length to light.
The burning of one Collins at London.
Neither is here to be omitted the burning of one Collins, some time a lawyer and a gentleman, which suffered the fire this year also in Smithfield, A.D. 1538; whom although I do not here recite as in the number of God's professed martyrs, yet neither do I think him to be clean sequestered from the company of the Lord's saved flock and family, notwithstanding that the bishop of Rome's church did condemn and burn him for a heretic; but rather do recount him therefore as one belonging to the holy company of saints. At leastwise this case of him and of his end may be thought to be such as may well reprove and condemn their cruelty and madness, in burning so, without all discretion, this man, being mad, and distract of his perfect wits, as he then was, by this occasion as here followeth:
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