Ralph Alerton, Iames Awstoo, Margery Awstoo and Richard Roth.
ON the 17. of September these foure were burned at I••••ington néere London. Ralph Alerton comming to his parish Church of Bently, and séeing the people
Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
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- Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
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- Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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"Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07225.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.
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sitting there idle, exhorted them that they would fall to prayer, and meditation of Gods word, wherevnto they consented: after prayer, he read vnto them a chapter out of the New Testament, and departed; In which exercise he continued vntill Candlemas: and then being informed that he might not doe so by law (because he was no Priest) he left off and kept himself•• close in his house vntill Easter: af∣ter he was constrained to forsake his house, and liue in woods, and such places vntill he was apprehended
After his Examination, my Lord Darcy sent him vp vnto the Councell, who sent him to Boner; who tempted him openly to recant at Paules Crosse, and set him at liberty, which after wrought such a terrour in his conscience: but the Lord with his fauourable chastisement did raise him vp againe with Peter, giuing him vnfained repentance, and a most constant boldnes to professe his name, and glori∣ous Gospell: Wherefore at the procurement of Thomas Tye Priest, hee was ap∣prehended againe, and sent to Boner, before whom he was diuers times examined, which examinations written with his owne hand in bloud for lack of Inke, here∣after follow.