Historical collections, out of several grave Protestant historians concerning the changes of religion, and the strange confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Elizabeth : with an addition of several remarkable passages taken out of Sir Will. Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, relating to the abbies and their institution.

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Historical collections, out of several grave Protestant historians concerning the changes of religion, and the strange confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Elizabeth : with an addition of several remarkable passages taken out of Sir Will. Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, relating to the abbies and their institution.
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Touchet, Anselm, d. 1689?
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London :: Printed by Henry Hills ...,
1686.
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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
Great Britain -- Church history -- 17th century.
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"Historical collections, out of several grave Protestant historians concerning the changes of religion, and the strange confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Elizabeth : with an addition of several remarkable passages taken out of Sir Will. Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, relating to the abbies and their institution." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A62991.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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Another Act of Parliament.

The next great Business was the Retrieving of a Statute made in the Twenty seventh year of King Henry the Eighth: By which all Chan∣tries, Colleges, Free-Chappels, and Hospitals were given to the King. But he died before he had taken many of them into his Possession.

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And the Grandees of the Court not being wil∣ling to lose so Rich a Booty, it was set on foot again, and carried in this present Parliament. In which were Granted to the King, all Chan∣tries, Colleges, Free-Chappels, Hospitals, Fra∣ternities, Brotherhoods and Gilds (not already seized on by his Father) with all their Lands, and Goods: which being sold at a low rate, enriched many and ennobled some: And there∣fore made them firm in maintaining the change.

Thus Dr. Heylyn concerning the ground of main∣taining this Change of Religion.
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