FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET, MONK OF THE ORDER OF ST. BENEDICT, SOMETIME PRIOR OF ST. GREGORY'S MONASTERY, DOWNSIDE, BATH. VOL. II. C. JOHN HODGES, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 1889. 122 CONTENTS. TO THE READER. CHAPTER I. THE DISSOLUTION OF THE LESSER MONASTERIES. State of affairs in the spring of 1536-Obstacles to Henry's return to obedience of Rome-Establishment of Court of Augmentation-Instructions for commencement of dissolution-General method of procedure-Monasteries refounded by Henry-Fines paid for licence to continue-Number of religious expelled on dissolution of lesser monasteriesPetitions for preservation of monasteries-Re-establishment of Bisham by the king-Progress of the work of destruction -Resistance of the Hexham canons. CHAPTER II. THE RISING IN LINCOLNSHIRE. pp. 1-40 Outbreak of the rising-Causes of popular discontent-The resistance at Louth-People rose in defence of the faith-Feeling against Crumwell and some of the bishops-Statute of uses-Story of the rising-Destruction of the registrar's books in LouthMurder of the bishop of Lincoln's chancellor-The "articles" of popular discontent-Henry's answer to the demandsRoyal anxiety as to the result and the effect of the news in foreign countries-Collapse of the movement-Part taken by the monks. · pp. 41-83 |