INgressis itaque viam universae carnis, piae memoriae Venerabilibus Patribus Wi∣gorniensi & Norwicensi Episcopis, elegerunt Monachi Wigorniae Magistrum Walte∣rum de Cantelupo, filium Willielmi de Cantilupo, viri potentis & praeclari, in Praesulem & Pastorem animarum suarum: quem sine difficultate Dominus Papa accep∣tavit,▪ et in Episcopum consecravit. Norwicenses autem Priorem suum, virum religiosum & discretum, in suum sibi Praesulem elegerunt: cu us electio, licet rite facta, quia tamen Regi displicuit, quibusdam ridiculosis ratio∣nibus vel exceptionibus contradicentium, fuit diu in pendulo, non sine peccatorum scrupulis, impedita. After near three years contests, William de Raleigh was consecrated Bishop thereof, and the Prior put by.
The deplorable, servile, irreligious condition of the Church and Realm of Eng∣land at this time, under the manifold tyrannical Usurpations, Exactions, Corrupti∣ons of the Pope and his Instruments, (bonis terra in Regni perniciem saginati) is thus most emphatically remonstrated by an * 1.1 eye witnesse then living.