Henry VIII and the English MonasteriesJohn Hodges, 1889 - 611 páginas |
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Página 408 - ... cause such dreadful execution to be done upon a good number of the inhabitants of every town, village and hamlet, that have offended in this rebellion, as well by the hanging...
Página 435 - Their servants, with the hot puritan blood already in their veins . . scorning and hating the whole monastic race, had paraded their contempt before the world ; they had ridden along the highways decked in the spoils of the desecrated chapels, with copes for doublets, tunics for saddle-cloths, and silver relic-cases hammered into sheaths for their daggers.
Página 338 - The singular want of honesty in this assurance to parliament is apparent. Henry professed to go by the evidence of his visitors. Their comperta included the greater monasteries with the less in wholesale condemnation. The preamble of the act, passed on the strength of the royal assurance, however, declares that in the larger monasteries " thanks be to God religion is right well kept and observed.'' The fact that the greater monasteries are not spared in these reports, makes it impossible to believe...
Página 199 - if it be your pleasure, as it is, that I shall play the fool after my customable manner when Forest shall suffer, I would wish that my stage stood near unto Forest, for I would endeavor myself so to content the people, that therewith I might also convert Forest, God so helping, or rather, altogether working.
Página 237 - My very good Lord, after my most hearty commendations, it shall please your Lordship to understand that the monks of the Charterhouse here at London, which were committed to Newgate for their traitorous behaviour long time continued against the King's Grace, be almost despatched by the hand of God...
Página 301 - God, religion is right well kept and observed, be destitute of such full numbers of religious persons as they ought and may keep, hath thought good that a plain declaration should be made of the premises as well to the Lords spiritual and temporal as to other his loving subjects the Commons in this present Parliament assembled; whereupon the said Lords and Commons by a great deliberation finally be resolved that it is and shall be much more to the pleasure of Almighty God and for the honour of this...
Página 411 - No warning was given him, nor other answer, when he spake to the surveyors of that work, but that their master Sir Thomas commanded them so to do; no man durst go to argue the matter, but each man lost his land, and my father paid his whole rent, which was 6s. 6d. the year, for that half which was left. Thus much of mine own knowledge have I thought good to note, that the sudden rising of some men causeth them in some matters to forget themselves.
Página 411 - ... to be measured forth right into the north of every man's ground ; a line there to be drawn, a trench to be cast, a foundation laid, and a high brick wall to be built. My father had a garden there...
Página 257 - I reckon it well done that all were out," he says, " yet I think it were best that at their own instant suit they might be dismissed to avoid calumniation and envy. And so compelling them to observe these injunctions ye shall have them all to do shortly. And the people shall know it the better that it cometh upon their suit, if they be not discharged straight while we be here, for then the people would say that we went for nothing else, even though the truth were contrary."* Mere petty vexations,...