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ORIGINAL LETTERS RELATIVE TO THE ENGLISH REFORMATION, OTe llartut Society JDnatitutefc a. 29. &t. 2KB® <&.£&. .iFor tfje publication of tfjt ssaoriu* of tfjc ^jFatfjtfi** anD <£arlp S29ritm of tfjc MrfotmeD (SnslUfy <EJ)urct). ORIGINAL LETTERS RELATIVE TO THE ENGLISH REFORMATION, WRITTEN DURING THE REIGNS OF KING HENRY VIII., KING EDWARD VI., AND QUEEN MARY: CHIEFLY FROM THE ARCHIVES OF ZURICH. TRANSLATED FROM AUTHENTICATED COPIES OF THE AUTOGRAPHS, AND EDITED FOR BY THE REV. HASTINGS ROBINSON, D.D. F.A.S RECTOR OF GREAT WARLEY, ESSEX; AND FORMERLY FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE THE FIRST PORTION. CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. M.DCCC.XLVI. J ADVERTISEMENT. In the preface to the Second Series of letters from the Archives of Zurich and other repositories in Switzerland, published by the Parker Society, it was stated that the Council had procured from the same collections more than three hundred other letters, written during the reigns of Henry VIIL, Edward VI., and queen Mary, also having reference to ecclesiastical affairs and the progress of the Reformation. The translation of these letters will form the present and a subsequent publication : for as the printing proceeded, it was found that the entire series could not be conveniently contained in one volume : but as the first portion is now completed, the Council have issued it as one of the earliest books in return for the subscriptions of the present year, various though unavoidable circumstances having de- layed the publication of another work originally intended to be issued at this time. The question respecting the chronological or other ar- rangement of the letters now published was long and maturely considered : in the result it appeared best to print those of each writer together. As the present correspondence does not, like the letters written in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, involve that regular view of the history of the times, which made the chronological arrangement in that case desirable, the plan now adopted has been considered, on the whole, the least liable to objection. A table of contents will how- ever be given with the succeeding portion, which will em- brace the entire series of ante-Elizabethan correspondence, in the chronological order of the respective letters. The Indices, and a fuller preface, will also be given with the re- r i a [ZURICH LETTERS, III. VI ADVERTISEMENT. maining portion, which will form another of the volumes of the present or following year, whichever may be found most expedient, and according to the progress made with the other works now in course of publication ; the Council not being unmindful of the general desire of the members, frequently expressed, that the books should be issued as speedily as possible in return for the subscriptions of each year. It is however hardly necessary to state, that the uncertainties attendant upon all literary proceedings will often prevent the adoption of that course which would be most in accordance with the wishes of those concerned in them. The plan of publication adopted by the Society, it will also be remembered, is not that of works printed for ordinary circulation ; and while its volumes involve far more than the usual difficulties of preparing for and passing through the press, the pre- cise time of the appearance of any particular book is not a matter of so much importance as in publications for common sale. The greater part of these letters are now printed for the first time : they will be found to contain many details of interest, relative to various proceedings of that period, and occasionally to give much information respecting the customs and manners of the times, as well as the private history of the writers and other individuals to whom they refer. October ], ]R40. CONTENTS. LIST. PACE I. Edward VI. to the Senate of Zurich. -Westminster, Oct. 20, 1549. 1 II. Lady Jane Seymour to Bucer and Fagius, Sion, June 12, 1549.... 2 III. Duke of Suffolk to H. Bullinger London, Dec. 21, 1551 3 Lady Jane Grey IV To H. Bullinger Bradgate, July 12, 1551. ... 4 V- To the same Bradgate, July 7, 1552 7 VI. To the same Before June, 1553 9 Archbishop Cranmer VII. To Joachim Vadian 1537 11 VIII. To Wolfgang Capito Without place or date 15 IX. To John a Lasco London, July 4, 1548 16 X. To Albert Hardenberg Cambridge, July 28, 1548. 18 XI. To Martin Bucer London, Oct. 2, 1548 19 XII. To Philip Melancthon London, Feb. 10, 1549 21 XIII. To H. Bullinger Lambeth, March 20, 1552... 22 XIV. To Calvin Lambeth, March 20, 1552... 24 XV. To Melancthon Lambeth, March 27, 1552... 25 XVI. To the widow of M. Bucer Lambeth, April 20, 1552 ... 27 XVII. To Conrad Hubert and others ...Lambeth, April 20, 1552 ... 28 XVIII. To Peter Martyr From Prison, 1555 29 Miles Coverdale XIX. To Calvin Frankfort, March 26, 1548. 31 XX. To Fagius Windsor Castle, Oct. 21, 1548 32 John Hooper XXI. To H. Bullinger Strasburgh, Jan. 27, [1546] 33 XXII. To the same Without place or date 38 XXIII. To the same Without place or date 40 XXIV. To the same After Sept. 10, 1547 43 XXV- To M. Bucer Zurich, June 19, 1548 44 XXVI. To H. Bullinger Basle, March 28, 1549. ... 48 XXVII. To the same Strasburgh, March 31, 1549 50 XXVIII. To the same Mayence, April 8, 1549 51 XXIX. To the same Cologne, April 14, 1549. ... 55 XXX. To the same Antwerp, April 26, 1549. ... 57 XXXI. To the same Antwerp, May 3, 1549 62 XXXII. To the same London, May 31, 1549 64 XXXIII. To the same London, June 25, 1549 65 XXXIV- To John Stumphius London, Aug. 1, 1549 67 XXXV To H. Bullinger London, Nov. 7, 1549 69 XXXVI. To the same London, Dec. 27, 1549 71 XXXVII. To the same London, Feb. 5, 1550 74 Vlll CONTENTS. Bishop Hooper XXXVIII. To H. Bullinger London, March 27, 1550.... 78 XXXIX. To the same London, June 29, 1550 86 XL. To the same Gloucester, Aug. 1, 1551 ... 91 XLI. To the same Gloucester, Oct. 27, 1551 ... 95 XLII. To John Stumphius Gloucester, Oct. 27, 1551.... 98 XLIII. To H. Bullinger London, Feb. 28, 1553 99 XLIV- To the same From prison, Sept. 3, 1553. 100 XLV. To John a Lasco From prison, Nov. 25, 1553 101 XLVI. To H. Bullinger From prison, May 23, 1554. 102 XLVII. To the same From prison, May 29, 1554. 103 XLVIII. To the same From prison, Dec. 11, 1554. 104 Anne Hooper XLIX. To H. Bullinger London, Apr. 3, 1551 107 L. To the same Gloucester, Oct. 27, 1551 ... 108 LI. To the same Frankfort, April 20, 1554... 110 LII. To the same Frankfort, Sept. 22, 1554 ... Ill LIIL To the same Frankfort, Nov. 12, 1554 ... 112 LIV- To the same Frankfort, April 11, 1555... 114 John Ponet LV- To H. Bullinger Strasburgh, April 14, 1556 . 115 LVI. To the same Strasburgh, June, 1556 117 LVII. Maria Ponet to Peter Martyr Strasburgh, July 15, 1557... 118 Richard Cox LVIII. To H. Bullinger Palace, Westminster, Oct. 22,1549 119 LIX. To the same London, Nov. 1, 1550 120 LX. To the same Westminster, May 5, 1551 . 121 LXI. To the same Windsor, Oct. 5, 1552 123 LXII. Owen Oglethorp to H. Bullinger Oxford, Oct. 30, 1548 124 Robert Horn LXIII. To John Wolfius Frankfort, Feb. 2, 1556 125 LXIV. and R. Chambers to Senate of Zurich, Frankfort, Feb. 3, 1556 126 LXV. To H. Bullinger Frankfort, Feb. 3, 1556 129 LXVI. To the same Frankfort, Sept. 19, 1556 .. 131 James Pilkington LXVII. To R. Gualter Geneva, April 7, 1556 134 LXVIII. To H. Bullinger Cevennes, June 27, 1556. ... 136 LXIX. Earl of Bedford to H. Bullinger Venice, April 26, 1557 138 LXX. Sir A. Cook to P. Martyr Strasburgh, Jan. 20, 1558 ... 139 Sir J. Cheke LXXI. To H. Bullinger Greenwich, June 7, 1553. ... 140 LXXII. To John Calvin Strasburgh, Oct. 20, 1555... 142 LXXIII. To H. Bullinger Strasburgh, March 12, 1556 145 Sir R. Morison LXXIV. To Calvin Strasburgh, April 17, 1555. 147 LXXV. To H. Bullinger Strasburgh, Aug. 23, 1555... 148 Thomas Lever LXXVI. To R. Ascham Without place or date 150 LXXVII. To H. Bullinger Geneva, April 11, 1554 153 LXXVIII. To the same Geneva, April 23, 1 554 155 CONTENTS. IX LET. Thomas Lever LXXIX. To H. Bullinger Geneva, June 28, 1554 156 LXXX. To the same Geneva, Jan. 17, 1555 157 LXXXI. To the same Frankfort, Feb. 12, 1555. ... 159 LXXXII. To the same Strasburgh, Jan. 4, 1556. ... 160 LXXXIII. To the same Berne, May 12, 1556 162 LXXXIV. To R. Gualter Basle, May 27, 1556 163 LXXXV. To H. Bullinger Arau, Sept. 18, 1556 165 LXXXVI. To It. Gualter Arau, Aug. 11, 1557 166 LXXXVII. and others to H. Bullinger Arau, Oct. 5, 1557 169 T. Sampson LXXXVIII. To John Calvin Strasburgh, Feb. 23, 1555... 170 LXXXIX. To H. Bullinger Strasburgh, Aug. 6, 1555... 172 XC. To the same Strasburgh, April 6, 1556... 173 XCI. To the same Without place or date 175 XCII. To the same Lausanne, Aug. 12, 1556... 176 XCIII. To the same Lausanne, Sept. 13, 1556.... 177 XCIV. To the same Lausanne, Oct. 13, 1556— 179 XCV- To the same Strasburgh, April 23, 1557 180 XCVI. To Peter Martyr Frankfort, April 8, 1558. ... 181 XCVII. To the same Strasburgh, July 10, 1558.. 182 Christopher Hales XCVIII. To R. Gualter London, March 4, 1550 184 XCIX. To the same London, May 24, 1550 186 c. To H. Bullinger London, June 12, 1550 188 CI. To the same London, Dec.
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