The succession of the bishops of England since the first planting of Christian religion in this island together with the historie of their liues and memorable actions faithfully gathered out of the monuments of antiquity. VVhereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conuersion of our Britaine vnto Christian religion. By Francis Godwin now Bishop of Hereford.

1. Pope Ioane.

THe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 leader and captaine of this band 〈…〉〈…〉 Pope Ioane, called by Sabelli∣•••••• and some other Ioannes 7. but by ••latina and other writers for the most ••••rt Ioannes 8. who beeing but a Wo∣man, became not onely Cardinall, but Pope of Rome. She was born (as most deliuer that affirme her history for a truth) at Ments in Germany, although there want not that report she was borne in England. But I rather beleeue that which Bale hath deliuered vnto vs from Iacob Curio, that she (if any such there were) at least by progeny was English, being the daughter of an English Priest, that hauing a wife, whose parents dwelt at Ments, bringing his sayd wife to sée her friends, stayed there so long, till it was her hap to be de∣liuered of this feminine prelate, named in her baptism Ioane as most say, as other Gilberta, or (as Fulgosus deliuereth) Agnes. In her youth shee fell acquainted with an English monk to the Abbey of Fulda, with whom trauelling in mans apparell of diuers Uniuersities and Monasteries, as well Gréeke as Latine, she setled in the end at Athens, where she

became famous for learning, and continued there with him, vntill the death o•• him her said paramour. Then comming to Rome, and by reading, disputing and other exercises, hauing purchased vnto herselfe the reputation of a great Clarke; vp∣on the death of Leo the 4. shee was chosen Pope anno 855. and held that place two yeares, fiue moneths and 3. daies. In which meane time, shee was gotten with childe by a certaine Cardinall, and going in procession, happened to be deliuered of her burthen in the open street, in which place shée instantly died, to wit, betweene the Colisco and S•• Clements Church. The shame and turpitude of which disgrace vnto that holy See, hath moued all the Bishops of Rome since that time, to lengthen a little the walke of their procession, and to go a way much farther about, rather than they will endure to passe by that place. And to preuent the like inconuenience in time to come, they haue ordained euery Pope after his election to be searched by the Iunior Deacon, in a Marble chaire made hollow for the same purpose, Spectatur adhuc (saith Sabelli∣cus) in Pontificia domo, marmorea sella, circa medium ina∣nis qua nobis Pontifex continuo ab eius creatione residat, vt sedent ••is genitalia ab vltimo Diacono attrectentur This history (howsoeuer much impugned of late by the Papists) is deliuered by these,

• Marianus Scotus that liued anno 1320.
• Martinus Polonus who liued anno 1320.
• ...Sabellicus.
• ...Ioannes Parisiensis.
• ...Antonius.
• ...Fasciculus temporum.
• ...Fulgosus.
• ...Theodoricus a N••em.
• ...Rauisius Textor.
• ...Laonicus Caldondylas.
• ...Petrark.
• ...Boccace.
• ...Ranulf Cestr.
• ...Io. Lunidus.
• ...Alph. a Cartagena.
• ...Th••a Niem.
• ...Palmerius.
• ...Trite••ius.
• ...Bergo••ensis.
• ...Mantuan.
• Sigibertus Gemblacen. anno. 1100.
• ...Volaterranus.
• ...Nauclerus.
• ...Constantinus Phrygio.
• ...Christ. Maslaeus.
• ...Matth. Palmerus.
• ...Anselmus Ryd.
• ...Supplementa Chronicor.
• ...Chronica Chronicot.
• Gotefridus viter••ensis, and diuers others.

But for all the rest, the testimony of Platina shall serue, who recounting this story, saith of it, Quod omne•• fere af∣firmant. In a manner by all writers it is obserued.

2 The next in time is one Vlricus or Odolricus (so Malmsbury calleth him) an Englishman (saith Ciaconius) that being Cardinall came into England as the Popes Le∣gate anno. 1109. (Malms. Houeden, Florent Wigorn.) end not 1107. as Ciaconius; brought the Archiepiscopall pall vn∣to Thomas the yonger Archbishop of Yorke, and caused him to consecrate Turgod Prior of Durham vnto the Bishop∣ricke of S. Andrewes in Scotland.

3 Robert, surnamed by some Polen or Pulley, by other Bullen or Pulcy, was vndoubtedly our countriman, a man of great fame for learning in his time. Unto him the Uniuersi∣ty of Oxford is much beholding; for whereas in the raigne of King Harold it had béene so wasted and destroyed, as that for many yeares it lay desolate and forsaken of schollars, hée was a meanes so draw them thither againe, and leauing the Uniuersity of Paris, tooke great pains in reading, disputing and writing diuers learned bookes, whereby hee became so famous euen in forraine natious, as by Innocentius the se∣cond he was sent for to Rome, by Celestinus the second made a Cardinall, tt. S. Eusebij the year 1144. and by Lucius the se∣cond appointed the Popes Chauncellor. Hee died about the yeare of our Lord 1150. vide plura Twyne p. 108. and 225.

4 Some two yeares after the preferment of Pulley, Nico∣las Breakespeare was made Bishop Cardinall of Alba, and a while after, Pope. He was borne in Hartfordshire at Abbots Landley, neer vnto S. Albones, a yonger brother of the house of Breakespeare, and the son of one Robert, a married priest the which Robert waxing olde; and hauing lost his wife, be∣came a monke in S. Albones, at what time his son Nicholas was yet but a tender youth, resorting vnto his Father for re∣leese and maintenance, the olde man out of a superstitious conceipt, that the next way to heauen, was to renounce all ca••e of friends, children and all things else, saue what by the rule of their order was enioyned; in a rude and churlish

manner cast him off, willing him to try his fortune abroade, without expecting from him any manner of succour: wheras Saint Paul telleth vs, that he that is not carefull of his owne especially such as are of his owne houshold, is worse then an insidell. Hee beeing thus turned ••if to the wide world, with∣out all meanes of liuelihood, choosing rather to beg any where then where hee was best knowne, got him into France, and trauelling through the country, found no intertainment, till he came to Ualentia in Prouince, where the Monkes of the Abbey of Saint Rusus, seeing him a beautifull and towardly child, witty, and for his age very industrious, tooke him in, and in processe of time not onely admitted him into their fra∣ternity, but also chose him first Prior, and afterward Abbot hauing in the meane time by painefull study, attained much good learning. It was not long then before enuy or happi∣ly some misgouernment of his, bredde many differences be∣twéene him and his monkes, who accused him of many things vnto the Pope that then was, Eugenius the third. Hee, after examination of the cause, acquitted the Abbot, and reprehended sharply the monkes as froward and muti∣nous fellowes, charging them héereafter to yeeld vnto him as their gouernour, all dutifull obedience, which notwithstan∣ding, after a little while they renewed their complaints. As before, so now the Abbot answered all their accusations, and that with such eloquence, discretion and modesty (saith my Author) as the Pope taking a great liking of the man, hee told his accusers they were vnworthy of him, and therefore willing him to séeke some other for his place with whom they might better agree; hee created him Bishop Cardinall of Al∣ba. This was the yeare 1146. Soone after which time, vpon experience of his wisedome and great learning, hee sent him as his Legate into the countries of Denmark & Norway, the inhabitants whereof, being then Pagans he conuerted vnto Christian religion. At his returne out of those parts. Anasta∣sius the Pope, (who, Eugenius being dead, in the meane time, had succéeded him) together with his Cardinals, receiued him with great honor, much aprouing & commending his doings. It happened then within a few moneths after his returne,

the said Pope died also, and this man also taking on him the name of Hadrian the 4. was chosen Pope in his roome. For his carriage in that place, how he brought vnder his entire o∣bedience the citizens of Rome, endeuoring earnestly to shake off the Popes yoake of bondage, how hee suffered or rather compelled with intollerable insolency, Frederike Barbarossa the Emp. to hold his stirrop, & what stirs were betwéen them afterward, I shall referre you vnto the stories of those times. This concerning him, I must not omitte, that he appointed the Abbot of S. Albones to be the first Abbot of England as S. Alban (to whom the Abbey was dedicated) was the Pro∣tomartyr or first Martyr of England. Hauing sate 4. yeares nine Moneths, he died at Anagnia. Septem. 1. 1159. being choaked by a flye in his drinke, as most affirme. Howbeit, Ciaconius saith, he died of a squinancy or anguina. Hee lieth buried in Saint Peters Church at Rome by his patrone Eu∣genius the third.

5 One Ponticus Virunnius an Italian Pedanté (vppon what authority I know not) reporteth that Galfridus Mo∣numethensis author of the Brittish history was a Cardinall of Rome. And Ciaconius affirmeth the same, citing for his au∣thors in that behalfe, Leland, Ioan. Rossus and Bostonus Bu∣riensis. It seemeth to be vntrue, as may partly bee gathered by those things that are noted of him by me in the Catalogue of the Bishops of S. Assaph, to which Church hee was cons. Bishop 1151. Sée more of him there.

6 Bosa an Englishman (saith Bale) and (as another re∣porteth nephew vnto Pope Hadrian, was made a Cardinal and the Popes chamberlain in Decem 1155. His titles were first, SS. Cosmae & Damiani; then S. Crucis in Ierusalem, af∣terward S. Pudentianae. Through his endeuor chiefly Alex∣ander the third was chosen Pope by the voices of 19. Cardi∣nalls, yet could not carry the matter so cleanly but that ano∣ther Antipope was set vp against him, hauing 4. voices onely, vnder him the saide Alexander liued in great authority and fauour, and died about the yeare 1180.

7 The book intituled Antiquitates Britannicae, commonly

ascribed to the late reuerend Archbishop, M. Parker rerorteth how that William Corbell Archbishop of Canterbury being deceased; Henry de Bloys Bishop o•• Winchester, and bro∣ther vnto King Stephen, procured himselfe to be made a Car∣dinall, and appointed Legate a Latere from the Pope. Else∣where I find no mention of that matter. More concerning him, see in Winch,

8 Herebert borne at Bosham in Sussex, brought vp in Oxford (where he proceeded Doctor of Diuinity) was Secre∣tary vnto Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canturbury at the time of the said Beckets slaughter, the history wherof he writ, beside diuers other works mentioned by Bale. Pope Luc. 3. made him Cardinall the yeare 1178. and bestowed vpon him the Archbishopricke of Beneuentum. What time hee died I find not.

9 Iohn Cummin an Englishman and Archbishop of Dub∣lin was created a Priest Cardinall by Lucius 3. at Velitum the yeare 1183. as witnesseth Giraldus Cambrensis a man of great vertue, learned and very eloquent.

10 Stephen Langton after Archbi. of Canterbury was created Cardinall tt. S. Chrysogoni December 15. 1212. Sée Canterbury. About the same time ••or happily sooner, Onu∣phrius saith it was 1211. Robert Curson a gentleman well borne and an Oxford man, was made Cardinal tt. S. Stepha∣ni in Coelia monte, a Diuine and preacher of great excellency (saith Matthew Westminster.) Hee studied first at Oxford and then at Paris, where hee proceeded Doctor of Diuinity. The yeare 1219. hee was with Lewis the French King (af∣terward called Saint Lewis) at the taking of of Damiata in Egypt. After that, to wit in the time of Honorius the third, he was heere in England as Legate. What became of him afterwards, or when he died appeareth not. Hee left behinde him a summe of Diuinity, also a discourse touching the sal∣uation o•• Origen, certaine solemne lectures, and some other workes much esteemed.

Robert Somerscot was made Cardinall tt. S. Eustachij (as hath Onuphrius) in December 1234. Ciaconius mentio∣neth him twice, once as being created by Honor: the 3. 1216. and afterward by the name of Rob. Vmmercot as preferred to the saide title in September 1231. Hee was a man (saith Matthew Paris) discretus & circumspectus, omnibus amabi∣lis merito, & gratiosus, wherefore Pope Gregory the ninth being dead, he was thought the fittest man of all the College of Cardinalls to succéede him in the Papacy, and accordingly in all likelihood was to haue beene elected, but that some of that holy company, much scorning that any other then an I∣talian should sit in Peters chaire, caused him to be poysoned in the very Conclaue (as they call it) where the Cardinalls were assembled to make the election. This is the reporte of Thomas Eckleston in his history of the comming of Friers Minors into this Realm, as also of diuers others. Hee died insort as aforesaid, the yeare 1241.

12 Matthew Paris in his report of the yeare 1247. ma∣keth mention of an English Cardinall named Iohn, that when the Pope was in a great chase because King Henry the third withstood a certaine intollerable exaction of his, and threatned to doe great matters against him; sought by ma∣ny effectuall reasons to diuert him from his intended course, and to asswage his fury; but to no purpose, till that at length the King for feare of his terrible thunderbolts was faine to yéeld. This man died at the Councell of Lyons the yeare 1274. Hee is mentioned as it séemeth of Ciaconius by the name of Ioannes Franciogia, that was (as hee saith) a Bur∣gundian and ordained to the title S. Laur. in Lucina, and was at last Cardinall Bishop of Portua.

13 Aucherus Archdeacon of London (in which City Bale saith he was borne) was created Cardinall tt. S. Praxedis in December 1261. Ciaconius and Onuphrius affirme he was a Frenchman, and nephew vnto Pope Vrban the fourth. He died at Rome, Noue. 1. 1286. and was buried in the Church to which he was entituled.

14 One William Bray Doctor of Diuinity, an English∣man, betwéene whom and the said Archerus had béene a long continued band of friendship euen from their childhood, (as the foresaid Bale deliuereth) béeing Archdeacon of ••hemes, was created Cardinall by the same Pope it. S. Marci the yeare 1262. He died at Cincta-Vccechio Aprill 29. 1282. in the time of the vacacy, and was buried in the Church of the Fryer preachers there, Ciaconius and Onuphrius say he was a Frenchman.

15 Robert Kilwardby being Archbishoppe of Canterbury, resigned his saide Archbishopricke to bee Bishop Cardinall of Portua, wherunto he was appointed by Pope Nic. 3. an. 1278 Sée more of him in Canterbury.

16 Hugh de Euesham called also Hugo Attracus, being a Phisitian of the greatest renowne of any then liuing in the Christian world, as also very well seene in the Mathematicks (especially Astrology) was sent for to Rome by Pope Martin the fourth to giue his opinion in certaine doubts and questi∣ons of Phisicke, which he performed so learnedly and readily as gaue great satisfaction. Hee was created Cardinall tt. S. Lawrentij in Lucina Mart. 23. 1280. and was poysoned like Rob. Somercot in the canuassing time, to wit, after the death of Honor 4. So Bale. Ciaconius saith hee died of the plague at Rome, and was buried in the Church of his owne title néer the ves••ry, where he hath yet standing a very séemely toombe of marble.

17 Bale Cent. 13. c. 85. descript. Angl. maketh report of one Theobaldus an Englishman, that (as he saith) was crea∣ted Cardinall tt. S. Sabinae in Anentino by Martin. 4. the year 1289. Else where I find no mention of any such.

18 A Catalogue of English Cardinalls in the history as∣cribed to M Parker, mentioneth one Bernardus de Auguis∣cello, that being Archbishop of Arles was made Bishop Car∣dinall of Portua 1281. and died 1290. It séemes hee was a Frenchman, and so saith Ciaconius.

19 In the said Catalogue I finde also one Berardus made Bishop Cardinall of Praenest•• vpon Whitson eue 1288. of whom I finde onely this further likelihood that hee was an Englishman, that Ciaconius (who affirmeth that he was a Frenchman) saith he was sometimes Canon of Yorke. He died in the moneth of Iune 1291.

20 The Register of Ralfe Baldock containing a Catalogue of the Deanes of Pauls, reporteth that one Arnoldus de Cantilupo Deane of Pauls was a Priest Cardinall about the yeare 1306.

21 One Leonardus Guercinus is likewise in the same ca∣talogue mentioned. Onuphrius remembreth such a one but accounts him a Frenchman, and saies, he was made a Priest Cardinall by Clem. 5. 1310. Ciaconius calls him Leonardus Patrassus de Guercino, deliuering that by Bonif. 8. (vnto whom the said Cardinall was Uncle) hée was made Bishop Cardinall of Alba in the moneth of March 1300. Moreouer that he was a Frenchman, and that beeing appointed one of the foure commissioner•• that should crowne Henry the se∣uenth Emperour, in his returne homeward he died Decem. 5 1311.

22 Benedictus 11. that himselfe had béene a Fryer prea∣cher, and generall of that order, remembring some olde ac∣quaintance he had with one William Maklesfield, a Frye•• Preacher likewise, made Bachelour of Diuinity at Paris, and Doctor at Oxford, a man of great learning, (as those times were.) He declared him Cardinal, tt. S. Sabinae in Dec. 1303. whereas he had bé••••e dead then foure months before. His Cardinals hat notwithstanding was carried to London, (where he was buried) and with great solemnity set vppon his hearse. He was borne néere Couentrée.

23 Upon the newes of Maclesfields death, the Pope or∣dained in his place and to the same title one Walter Winter∣burne, borne in Salisbury, a Fryer preacher (as was the o∣ther) a Doctor of Diuinity, Prouinciall of his order, and con∣fessor

vnto K. Edward the 3. he was present at the election of Clem. 5. and enioying his honor not past 15. months died 80. yeares of age in the yeare 1305. Hee was buried at London. A man of great learning whereof hee lest some monuments in writing not yet perished.

24 Thomas Ioyce the next Prouinciall of the Fryer prea∣chers in England, succeeded Winterburn, not onely in that place, but in his Cardinalship too, beeing likewise confessor vnto the King, and a Doctor of Diuinity. After hee had béene Prouinciall seuen yeares (saith Ciaconius, but that could not well bee, for Winterburn was made Cardinall but two yeares before) in December 1305. Hée was appointed to that foresaid title Saint Sabinae, beeing employed in an Embassage vnto Henry the seuenth, Emperor. He died vp∣on the way in Sauoy the yeare 1311. and was buried in the Church of the Fryer-Preachers, at Oxford, where hee had bin brought vp. He had 6. brethren by the same mother, Prea∣cher-Fryers, whereof one named Walter became Archbi∣shoppe of Armagh. Diuers of his workes are remembred by Bale.

25 Sextorius, otherwise called Fortauerius Vasallus, was a Welchman, that in his youth became a Franciscane Frier, of which order hée was chosen the nintéenth Generall the yeare 1339. Then by Pope Innocent, hée was ap∣pointed first Bishoppe of Massilia, after that Archbishop of Rauenna, then Patriarke of Grado, and lastly Sep∣tember 17. 1361. Cardinall, but it was his chaunce to die before hee had possession of his hatte, to witte, before the end of the same moneth. Hee writte a Commentarie vpon Saint Augustine, de ciuitate Dei, expositions vppon diuers parts of the Bible, Sermons, Lectures, and diuers other discourses.

26 Pope Vrban the fifth, named William Grisant, was (as Walsingham affirmeth) an Englishman. His words are these: Obijt hoc anno (1362) Mense Augusti PP. Innoc.

6. cui successit Dominus Gillelmus Abbas ordinis S. Bene∣dicti Marsiliat. patria Anglicus, Doctor egregius, & Auditor in Curia, & 2. Cal. Nou. consecratur & vocatur Vrbanus, 5. There followeth then of him, this also, Hic cum longum tempus in Curia transigisset, & nullum a. PP. gradum acce∣pisset, cuidam amico suo conquestus est dicens, puto inquit veraciter O amice, etsi omnes Ecclesiae mundi caderent, nul∣la caderet super caput meum. Cum coronatus suisset, acce∣dens ad illum dictus amicus suus ait: Dudum conquesti e∣stis pater beatissime dicens: Etsi omnes Ecclesiae mundi cade∣rent, nulla caderet super caput vestrum: Ecce quomodo Deus disposuit in hac parte: omnes siquidem Ecclesiae mun∣di modo super caput vestrum pariter ceciderunt•• Platina, Ci∣a••onius and the rest of our Writers say, hee was a French man, the sonne of a French Souldier named Grundarde. The truth I thinke to be that which Bale out of Bostonus Buriensis a man liuing in those times hath deliuered vs, to witte, that he was a French man borne, but the sonne of a certaine famous English Physitian, named also William Grisant, brought vp in Merton Colledge in Oxford. This Pope whether English or French, died the 19 of Decem∣ber, 1370.

27 The first Cardinall created by the said Vrbanus was one they call Anglicus Grimaldi de Grisacco; and diuers suppose him also to haue beene an Englishman. Ciaconius and the rest acknowledge (that which Bale affirmeth, and I take it to bée a truth, how that he was the Popes brothers sonne, and so by descent English, although not by the place of his birth. Hee was first a Regular Cannon of S. Rufus by Ualentia, as Hadrian the fourth was, the Bishoppe of Auinion, Cardinall tt. S. Petri ad vincula, first & after Bishop Cardinall of Abba. He died at Auinion, April 16. 1387 ha∣uing held in Commendam many yeares the Deanry of York.

28 About these times Bale supposeth Iohn Thoresby Archbishop of Yorke to haue béene created a Priest Cardinal tt. Saint Sabinae: and I beléeue it to bee true enough, al∣though

that neither by Onuphrius nor Ciaconius hee is re∣membred, Sée more of him in Yorke.

29 Simon Langhan Archbishoppe of Canterbury, was created a Priest Cardinall by the foresaid Vrban in Sept. 1368. and after preferred to be Bishoppe Cardinall of Pre∣neste, by Greg. 11. Sée more of him in Cant.

30 Adam Easton a Benedictine Monke of Norwich, born of meane parentage, and that (as it seemeth) in Hereforde∣shire, procéeded Doctor of Diuinity in Oxford, writ much, and was a man of great both wisdome and learning, well séene both in the Gréeke and Hebrew tongues, which consi∣dering the times wherein hée liued may seeme strange, onely for his worth, without any respect of fauour. He was created a Cardinall tt. S. Caeciliae, but by whom it is doubtfull: Some say it was by Vrban the sixt in his first yeare, other by Gre∣gory 11. Howsoeuer, certaine it is, that an Antipope being set vp against Vrban by the name of Clement the 7. Vrban being forsaken of all his olde Cardinals, grew at last iealous of diuers of those that himselfe had preferred, and especially of such as were most eminent for their vertues. Therefore no lesse then seuen hee apprehended at one time, to wit, the se∣cond of Ianuary, 1285 (this Cardinall being one) and after torture and long imprisonment, sayling from Nuceria to Ge∣nua, he caused fiue of them to bee sowed into sackes, & with barbarous cruelty to bee throwne into the sea. As for this man (whose good fortune it was to escape that washing, committed him to close prison, till that by the earnest en∣treaty of King Richard the second, he was allowed some more liberty; Marry his liuings were all taken from him. In that poore estate he continued about 5. yeares, euen all the time of Vrbans raign. His next Successor Bonifacius 9. set him quite at liberty•• and restored him to all his preferments againe: which thing was solemnely declared to the Estates assem∣bled in Parliament at Westminster, the yeare 1390. after which time, 7. y••ares he liued in great prosperity, and decea∣s••ng Sept. 19. 1397. was buried in his own title, where hee

hath a monument of Marble, with his armes and picture, and this rude Epitaph.

Artib. iste pater famosus in omnib. Adam Theologus summus, Cardiquenalis erat. Anglia cui patriam titulum dedit ista beatae, Caecilliaeque, morsque suprema polum. Anno 1397. mense Sept.

He left in writing abo••e 20. seuerall volumes, whereof the greatest part were eyther written in Hebrew, or translations out of Hebrew, or at least some discourses concerning the He∣brew tongue. Amongst the rest it is said, that he translated al the olde Testament out of Hebrew into Latine. Ciaconius and Onuphrius say he was then Bishop of London.

31 More likely it is, (that which T. Walsingham affirmeth that William Courtney then B. of London, was also made Cardinall by the same Vrban, whereof sée more in London.

32 William Repingdon D. of Diuinity, sometimes Abbot of Leicester, cons. B. of Lincoln, March 29. 1405. hauing béene heretofore a great defender of the doctrine of Wickliff, was created Cardinall tt. SS. Neuei & Achillei, Sept. 18. 1408. by Greg. 12. who before had taken a solemne oath, to make no more Cardinals, till the controuersie concerning the Papacy were ended. But being forsaken by all his Cardinals, except onely 5. the better to strengthen himselfe, hee created 10. in one day, wherof this man was one. Sée more of him in Lin∣coln.

33 Thomas Langley B. of Durham was created a Priest Cardinall Iun. 6. 1411. by Pope Io. 22. He died an. 1437. Sée Durham.

34 Rob. Halam Bishop of Salisbury was also created a Priest Cardinal the same day. He died in the Castle of Gotli∣eb neare Con••tantia being at the generall councel there Sep•• 4. 1417. hauing sate Bishop of that church ••. yeares.

35 Henry Beaufort brother to K. Henry the fourth, & Bishop of Winchester, was created Cardinall of Saint Eusebius by

Martin the S. Iune 23. 1426. Hée died the eleuenth of A∣prill, 1447. and was buried in his owne Church. Sée Wint.

36 Henry Chichley (as saith the Author of Antiquitates Britannicae) was created Cardinall the yeare 1428. and hée deliuereth his title to be S. Eusebij, whereunto the Bishop of Wint: was appointed (as aforesaid) but two yeares be∣fore. Elsewhere it is not mentioned, and therefore I holde it for an error, by mistaking ••he one Henry for the other; whereof mee thinkes it may bee a sufficient argument that in the Epitaph engrauen vpon his toombe, where all his preferments are expressed, of his Cardinals hat there is no mention.

37 In like sort Ioh. Stafford sometimes Bishoppe of Bathe and Welles, is by the same Author mistaken, as appointed a Cardinall tt. S. Balbinae 1434.

38 It was an other Iohn, to witte, Iohn Kempe Arch∣bishoppe of Yorke, ordained to the foresaid Title, the ninth of August, 1439. Long after beeing Archbishoppe of Can∣terbury, he was remoued to the Title of S. Rufine. Hée died Mar. 22. 1453. Sée Cant.

39 Thomas Beauchier Archbishoppe of Canterbury, was created by Pope Paul the second, Cardinall tt. S. Cyriaci in The••mis, Sept. 18. 1464. Hee died the 30. of March, 1486 See Cant••r

40 Iohn Moorton Archbishop of Canterbury, was by Pope Alexander the sixt, created Cardinall tt. S. Anastasij, the twentieth of September, 1493. Hée died 1500. See Canterbury.

41 Christopher Vrswike Deane of Windsor, and Almo∣ner vnto King Henry the seuenth, was created Cardinall titulo S. Praxedis, as Bale affirmeth, citing for his Authors

Pol. Virgil and Onuphrius. Howbeit in neither of them I find any such thing, and I doubt not, but as in diuers other, so in him, the name gaue occasion of a mistake.

42 True it is, that one Christopher an Englishman, to wi••te Christopher Bambridge Archbishoppe of Yorke was made a Cardinall tt. Saint Praxedis by the same Pope, viz. the yeare 1511. in the month of March; but no other as I thinke. Hee had the like welcome that Robert Somercot, Hugh Euesham and other of our Countrimen haue had at Rome. He was poysoned as in Yorke you may reade more at large) and died Iuly 14. 1514.

42 Thomas Woosey Archbishoppe of Yorke, was created Cardinall tt. S. Caeciliae the seuenth of September, 1515. He died the twenty nine of Nouember, 1530. Sée Yorke.

44 Iohn Fisher Doctor of Diuinity, and Bishoppe of Rochester, for refusing the Kings Supremacy, and dis∣allowing his marriage with the Lady Anne Bullein, was beheaded on the Tower hill, the two and twentieth of Iune 1535. hauing beene made a Cardinall tt. S. Vitalis th•• twenty one of May then last past. It was to him titu∣lus parum Vitalis. For it is very likely that this vn∣seasonable honour was ••o small inducement to hasten his ende.

45 Reginald Poole, afterwards Archbishop of Canter∣bury, was created Ca••dinall by Pope Paul the third, th•• two and twentieth o•• May, 1536. and had 3 seuerall titles, fi••st SS. Nere•• & Achillei, then Sanctae Marie in Cosmedin, and lastly, S. Pri••cae. He died the 17. of Nouem. 1558. See more o•• him in Cant.

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of Sarisbury, and all to crosse and disgrace Cardinall Poole. See in Canterbury. Hee died in Fraunce, within the com∣passe of the same yeere, or soone after, and might neuer sot foote in England to make shew of his red hat, as no doubt he greatly desired to haue done.

47 The last now to be remembred of this rank is William Allen; a man by birth English, but so ill deseruing to bee ac∣counted English, as that like vnto another Herostratus, hee endeuored, by raising a Combustion in our Church, the most glorious and renowned of the world, to make himself known to posterity. In which respect I should not affoord him any re∣membrance by my pen, il my omission might bury him in ob∣liuion. This fugitiue was borne in Lancashire, and brought vp in Oriall Colledge in Oxford, running away beyond the Seas•• for his treasonable practises against his Country, was by the Pope and other enemies of the same, promoted to di∣uers Ecclesiasticall preferments, and lastly had a Cardinalls hatte bestowed vpon him in August 1587. He died a Priest Cardinall tt. S. Martini in montibus Octob. (according to our stile) 1594. and was buried in the Church of the English Colledge at Rome.