The history of the Church of Great Britain from the birth of Our Saviour, untill the year of Our Lord, 1667 : with an exact succession of the bishops, and the memorable acts of many of them : together with an addition of all the English cardinals, and the several orders of English monks, friars, and nuns, in former ages.

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The history of the Church of Great Britain from the birth of Our Saviour, untill the year of Our Lord, 1667 : with an exact succession of the bishops, and the memorable acts of many of them : together with an addition of all the English cardinals, and the several orders of English monks, friars, and nuns, in former ages.
Author
Gearing, William.
Publication
London :: Printed for Philip Chetwin ...,
1674.
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Subject terms
Church of England -- History.
Bishops -- Great Britain -- Directories.
Cardinals -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Church history.
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"The history of the Church of Great Britain from the birth of Our Saviour, untill the year of Our Lord, 1667 : with an exact succession of the bishops, and the memorable acts of many of them : together with an addition of all the English cardinals, and the several orders of English monks, friars, and nuns, in former ages." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42548.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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  • ABbey of Battel founded by K. William the Conqueror Page 37
  • Abbey of Cnobsher∣burg by whom founded 17
  • Abbey of Crowland founded 21
  • Abbey of Peterborough burnt by the Danes, with an excellent Li∣brary therein 25
  • Abbey at Glastonbury founded by King Ina 21
  • Abbey of St. Edmond founded and endowed by King Canutus 34
  • Abbeys and Religious Houses dissolved. 149
  • Adelme, the first English-man who wrote in Latine 20
  • Pope Adrian the fourth an English-man 44
  • Pope Agatho composeth the dif∣ferences betwixt the two Arch∣bishops 17
  • Alcuinus, Scholar to Venerable Bede, and Tutor to Charles the Great 23
  • S. Alban the Proto-martyr of Britain, pag. 5. he is Canonized 23
  • Altars taken down by publick Authority 171
  • King Alfred, England's deli∣verer from the Danish Tyranny: his Story from pag. 26. ad pag. 30
  • Abbey of Val-royal in Cheshire founded by King Edward the first 105
  • All-souls Colledge in Oxford, by whom founded 130
  • King Athelstan a great Benefa∣ctour to the Church of S. John of Beverley, pag. 31. he commands the payment of Tithes, Ib.
  • Anne Ascough, her Martyrdom 157
  • An Act passed for restoring the Tenths and First-fruits to the Crown 209
  • An Act for the Dissolution of all such Monasteries, Covents, &c. as had been founded by Queen Mary 209
  • Articles passed in the Convoca∣tion in the first year of Queen Eli∣zabeth 210
  • Abbey of Westminster con∣verted to a Collegiate Church 221
  • The thirty nine Articles compo∣sed 227
  • Arthur King of Britain 10
  • St. Asaph 11
  • Aurelius Ambrosius King of Britain 10

Page [unnumbered]

  • Duke of Anjou cometh into Eng∣land 242
  • Alanus Copus 243
  • Annates, or First-fruits when brought into England 103
  • Richard Armachanus Primate of Ireland 112
  • Anabaptists Convicted and Cen∣sured 171, 172
  • Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, his lamentable end 125
  • Augustine the Monk sent into England. Thousands Baptized by him in one day. 12
  • He is the first Archbishop of Canterbury, his death 14
  • Archbishop Abbot Confined 299
  • Abbey of Evesham founded and endowed by King Offa 21
  • The Assembly at Glaschow pass Acts for the overthrow of Episco∣pacy, the Service-book and the Canons, &c. 313
  • Alhunus Bishop of Holy-Island, removeth his See and Covent to Durham 33
  • A new Representative, called the Agreement of the people 345
  • Alexander Alesius, a Learned Scot. 169
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