al
omitted articles. See p. 137, et seq. It is in the Rolls House.

[221] The penny, as I have shown, equalled, in terms of a poor man's
necessities, a shilling. See chap. i.

[222] See instance's in HALE: p, 62, _Omnium Sanctorum in muro_.--M.
Gulielmus Edward curatus notatur officio quod recusat ministrare sacramenta
ecelesiastica aegrotantibus nisi prius habitis pecuniis pro suo labore: p.
64, _St. Mary Magdalen_.--Curatus notatur officio prbpter quod recusavit
solemnizare matrrimonium quousque habet pro hujusmodi solemnizatione, _3s.
8d._; and see pp. 52, 75.

[223] I give many instances of this practice in my sixth chapter. It was a
direct breach of the statute of Henry IV., which insists on all
examinations for heresy being conducted in open court. "The diocesan and
his commissaries," says that act, "shall openly and judicially proceed
against persons arrested."--2 Hen. IV. c. 15.

[224] Again breaking the statute of Hen. IV., which limited the period of
imprisonment previous to public trial to three months.--2 Hen. IV. c. 15.

[225] To be disposed of at Smithfield. Abjuration was allowed once. For a
second offence there was no forgiveness.

[226] Petition of the Commons. _Rolls House MS._

[227] See STRYPE, _Eccles. Memorials_, vol. i. p. 191-2,--who is very
eloquent in his outcries upon his subject.

[228] _Answer of the Bishops_, p. 204, etc.

[229] Explanations are not easy; but the following passage may suggest the
meaning of the House of Commons:--"The holy Father Prior of Maiden Bradley
hath but six children, and but one daughter married yet of the goods of the
monastery; trusting shortly to marry the rest."--Dr. Leyton to Cromwell:
_Suppression of the Monasteries_, p. 58.

[230] Reply of the Bishops, infra.

[231] CAVENDISH, _Life of Wolsey_, p. 390. MORE'S _Life of More_, p. 109.

[232] Populus diu oblatrans. Fox to Wolsey. STRYPE, _Eccl. Mem._ vol. i.
Appendix, p. 27.

[233] RYMER, vol. vi. part 2, p. 119.

[234] The answer of the Ordinaries to the supplication of the worshipful
the Commons of the Lower House of Parliament offered to our Sovereign Lord
the King's most noble Grace.--_Rolls House MS._

[235] The terms of the several articles of complaint are repeated verbally
from the petition. I condense them to spare recapitulation.

[236] 2 Hen. IV. cap. 15; 2 Hen. V. cap. 7.

[237] An Act that no person shall be cited out of the diocese in which he
dwells, except in certain cases. I