said Mr. Hobbey, we forbear to repeat here again; most heartily praying, and requiring your lordships, and every of you; and nevertheless charging and commanding you, in the king's majesty's name, to have a continual earnest watch, respect and care, to the surety of the king's majesty, our natural and most gracious sovereign lord's person; and that he be not removed from his majesty's castle of Windsor, as you tender your duties to Almighty God and his majesty, and as you will answer for the contrary at your uttermost perils. We are moved to call earnestly upon you herein, not without great cause; and amongst many others, we cannot but remember unto you, that it appeareth very strange unto us, and a great wonder to all true subjects, that you will either assist or suffer his majesty's most royal person to remain in the guard of the duke of Somerset's men, sequestered from his own old sworn servants. It seemeth strange, that in his majesty's own house, strangers should be armed with his majesty's own armour, and be nearest about his highness' person; and those to whom the ordinary charge is committed, sequestered away, so as they may not attend according to their sworn duties. If any ill come hereof, you can consider to whom it must be imputed once; the example is very strange and perilous. And now, my lords, if you tender the preservation of his majesty and the state, join with us to that end we have written to the king's majesty, by which way things may soon be quietly and moderately compounded. In the doing whereof, we mind to do none otherwise than we would be done to, and that with as much moderation and favour as honourably we may. We trust none of you hath just cause to note any one of us, and much less all of such cruelty, as you so many times make mention of. One thing in your letters we marvel much at, which is that you write, Cott. MSS. Calig. b. vii. f. 412. British Mu seum. Ori- ters, 1st series, Let. that may tend to the surety of It may like your good lordships, with our most hearty commendations, to understand, that this morning sir Philip Hobbey hath, according to the charge given to him by your lordships, presented your letters to the ginal Let- king's majesty, in the presence of us and all the rest of his majesty's good servants here, which was there read clxxiv. vol. openly, and also the others to them of the chamber and ii. pp. 171 of the household, much to their comforts, and ours also; and according to the tenours of the same, we will not fail Reformat. to endeavour ourselves accordingly. vol. ii. pt. ii. App. book i. No. 45. pp. 267, 8. ed. Oxon. -173. Burnet's Hist. of 1829. Now touching the marvel of your lordships, both of that we would suffer the duke of Somerset's men to guard the king's majesty's person, and also of our often repeating the word cruelty. Although we doubt not but that your lordships hath been thoroughly informed of our estates here, and upon what occasions the one hath been suffered, and the other proceeded; yet at our convening together, (which may be when and where please you), we will, and are able to make your lordships such an account, as wherewith we doubt not you will be satisfied, if you think good to require it of us. And for because this bearer, Mr. Hobbey, can particularly inform your lordships of the whole discourse of all things here, we remit the report of all other things to him, saving that we desire to be advertised, with as much speed as you shall think good, whether the king's majesty shall come forthwith thither, or remain still here, and that some of your lordships would take pain to come hither forthwith. For the which purpose, I the comptroller will cause three of the best chambers in the great court to be hanged and made ready. Thus, thanking God that all things be so well acquieted, we commit your lordships to his tuition. From Windsor, the xth of October, 1549. Your lordship's assured loving friends, T. CANT. WILLIAM PAGET. T. SMITH. To our very good lords and others of the king's majesty's privy council at London.] [NUMBER XLII**. THE KING'S ORDER, AND THE MANDATE OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, FOR BRINGING IN POPISH RITUALS. 56. 37. THOMAS, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepisco- Cranm. Reg.f.55 b., pus, totius Angliæ primas et metropolitanus, per illustrissimum et invictissimum in Christo principem et do- Wilkins' Concilia, minum nostrum, dominum Edvardum Sextum, Dei gratia vol. iv. p. Angliæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ regem, &c. ad infrascripta sufficienter et legitime fulcitus, dilecto filio archidiacono nostro Cantuariensi, seu ejus officiali, salutem, gratiam, et benedictionem. Literas missivas dicti metuendissimi domini nostri regis signatas, et nominibus honorabilium virorum dominorum consiliariorum suorum in calce earundem subscriptas, signeto suo obsignatas, nobis inscriptas et datas, nuper cum honore et reverentia debitis accepimus, tenorem subsequentem complectentes9: [See Strype's Eccl. Mem. vol. ii. pp. 329–334. ed. Oxon. 1822.] CRANMER, VOL. II. PP Burnet's App. book pp. 272, 3. By the king. Right reverend father in God, right Ref. vol. ii. trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well. And whereas pt. ii. the book entitled, "The Book of Common Prayers and i. No. 47. Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and ed. Oxon. Ceremonies of the Church, after the use of the Church 1829. of England," was agreed upon and set forth by act of parliament, and by the same act commanded to be used of all persons within this our realm; yet nevertheless we are informed, that divers unquiet and evil-disposed persons, sithence the apprehension of the duke of Somerset, have noised and bruited abroad that they should have again their old Latin service, their conjured bread and water, with such like vain and superstitious ceremonies, as though the setting forth of the said book had been the only act of the said duke: we therefore, by the advice of the body and state of our privy council, not only considering the said book to be our act, and the act of the whole state of our realm assembled together in parliament, but also the same to be grounded upon holy Scripture, agreeable to the order of the primitive church and much to the re-edifying of our subjects, to put away all such vain expectation of having the public service, the administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies again in the Latin tongue; which were but a preferment of ignorance to knowledge, and darkness to light, and a preparation to bring in papistry and superstition again; have thought good, by the advice aforesaid, to require and nevertheless straitly to command and charge you, that, immediately upon the receipt hereof, (you) do command the dean and prebendaries of your cathedral church, the parson, vicar, or curate, and churchwardens of every parish, within your diocese, to bring and deliver unto you or your deputy, any of them for their church and parish, at such convenient place as you shall appoint, all antiphoners, missals, grayles, processionals, manuals, legends, pies, portasies, journals, and ordinals, after the use of Sarum, Lincoln, York, or any other private use; and all other books of service, the keeping whereof should be a let to the usage of the said book of Common Prayers: and that you take the same books into your hands, or into the hands of your deputy, and then so deface and abolish, that they never after may serve either to any such use as they were provided for, or be at any time a let to that godly and uniform order, which by a common consent is now set forth: and if you shall find any person stubborn or disobedient, in not bringing in the said books, according to the tenour of these our letters, that then ye commit the said person to ward, unto such time, as you have certified us of his misbehaviour. And we will and command you, that you also search, or cause search to be made, from time to time, whether any book be withdrawn or hid, contrary to the tenor of these our letters; and the same book to receive into your hands, and to use as in these our letters we have appointed. And furthermore, whereas it is come to our knowledge, that divers froward and obstinate persons do refuse to pay towards the finding of bread and wine for the holy communion, according to the order prescribed in the said book, by reason whereof the holy communion is many times omitted upon the Sunday; these are to will and command you to convent such obstinate persons before you, and them to admonish and command to keep the order prescribed in the said book; and if any shall refuse so to do, to punish them by suspension, excommunication, or other censures of the church. Fail you not thus to do, as you will avoid our displeasure. Given under our signet, at our palace of Westminster, the 25th |