Source Flashcards
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Edward Hall
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- Hall’s chronicle contains the history of England from Henry 4th to Henry 8th, described the manners of that time
- ‘contemporary chronicler who consistently makes a hero of the King and villains of the clergy’ (1548)
- Member of parliament
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Robert Parkyn
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- Narrative of the Reformation, condemns the actions of Henry
- Critical of Thomas Cromwell whom he called a ‘wretch’
- Opossed iconoclasm/banning of Holy days in Edward’s reign
- Against clerical marriage: called the Archbishop of York “Lewd” for marrying
- Remained a Catholic and survived 4 Tudor monarchs. Willing to use Latin and English Prayer books but hated Edward’s BOCP in 1549
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William Roper
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- The Life of Sir Thomas More 1557, was Thomas More’s son in law = Positive view of him. Historian Guy sees it as “the most authoritive of the earliest lives”. Put together by Roper
- Originally published as a manuscript but made into a book in 1626 in France
- Put words into More’s mouth, especially the account of Rich’s perjury and More’s ‘endorsement’ of papal supremacy are suspect, because the details don’t appear in any other contemporary accounts.
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Sir Nicholas Harpsfield
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- Commissioned to publish The Life Of Sir Thomas More by More’s family
- Work shows Henry as a tyrant, reformation caused by his ‘lusts’ = Catholic sympathetic text
- Archdeacon of Canterbury in Mary’s reign. Put in prison for being a Catholic until 1574
- Prohibited from publication in Elizabeth’s reign and remained a manuscript until 1932
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Stapleton
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- Life of Thomas More published in 1588 in Douai, where there was a seminary for Jesuit priests
- Widely circled until the Catholic reformation in 1829
- wrote lives of St Thomas the Apostle and St Thomas Becket.
- It relied a lot on the reminiscence of English Catholics living in exile in the 1560s.
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Sir Francis Bigod 1507 to 1537
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- He wrote about monastic impropriety and believed in good education for the clergy. Dickens believes that his ‘Impropriations and Preachers’ has been ‘too little noticed’ and foreshadows Elizabethan Puritanism
- Heir to lands in Yorkshire and a ward of Cardinal Wolsey
- Attended Oxford, where he probably discovered Protestant ideas. Dies due to the Cumberland Rising, but didn’t get involved with the Pilgrimage of Grace due to religious reasons
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William Melton
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- Future tutor to Bishop Fisher and friend of John Colet
- In 1496 became the Chancellor of York Minister and held office until his death in 1528
- Believed it was important to raise the starts of educational and moral of parish priests
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Simon Fish
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-Supplication for the Beggars 1529 and written in Holland were he displeased Wolsey in 1525
-Written in pamphlet form and handed out to members of the public = Anne gives it to Henry during the reformation
-A form of plea from the poor, reflected the superstitions of laypeople. Said that Henry should take control of the church
-Translated Dutch Protestant Tract, The Sum of Scripture. Went through 5 editions between 1531 to 1550
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Thomas Bilney
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- Ordained priest in 1519, strong Protestant influencer.
- Denouncer of saint-worship and advocated Tyndale’s bible
- Wasn’t Lutheran but did believe in justification by faith. Also believed in papal supremacy, transubstantiation, and confession
- Burnt as a heretic in 1531
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Robert Barns
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- The prior to Cambridge Augustinians (Protestant group) and was concerned by Lutherism
- Active is distributing Tyndale’s New Testament= led to him being arrested by escaped to Germany
- Later returned and worked for Cromwell, martyred after Cromwell’s fall = described by Foxe
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William Tyndale
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- New Testament (Tyndale’s English Bible) published in 1525/6 and smuggled into England
- Obedience of a Christian Man 1528 and a revised version of his bible published in 1534
- Parts of the bible were direct transcripts from Luther = how many people discover Justification by Faith
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John Tyball
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- In his Confession of 1527 he mentions Robert Barns who sold him his English Bible
- Also sold him a disparaged old manuscript gospels. Written in English but handwritten
- Lollard
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Bishop Stephen Gardiner 1490 to 1555
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- Becomes Bishop of Winchester in 1531 and Master of Trinity Hall 1525-49. Ambassador to French court 1531-32 and was involved with negotiations about the divorce
- Under Edward his opposition led to his imprisonment
- Restored under Mary, supported the royal supremacy throughout and in his De Vera Obedientia
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Thomas More
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- First biography written by Harpsfield during Mary’s reign using sources from his son in Law, Roper
- Executed in July 1535
- Final speech taken from Harpsfield’s biography, not 100% accurate but does reflect on his reasons for martyrdom
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Anne Askew
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- Wrote an account of her interrogation whilst imprisoned and waiting her execution =writings smuggled out of the tower and original versions available
- Illegally tortured, as she was a woman and confessed heresy by Wriothesley and Rich
- Best versions by John Bale and Foxe. Historians agree that Foxe’s version is better but still makes scriptural errors
