The gloom of popery had overshadowed Ireland from its first establishment there till the reign of Henry VIII. when the […]
CHAPTER XIV. THE SPANISH ARMADA
Philip, king of Spain, husband to the deceased queen Mary of England, was no less an enemy than that princess […]
CHAPTER XIII. PERSECUTIONS IN ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY
The premature death of that celebrated young monarch, Edward the Sixth, occasioned the most extraordinary and wonderful occurrences, which had […]
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A report now obtained that her grace was to be taken away by the new constable and his soldiers, which […]
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Deliverance of Dr. Sands. This eminent prelate, vice-chancellor of Cambridge, at the request of the duke of Northumberland, when he […]
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Richard Sharpe, Thomas Banion, and Thomas Hale. Mr. Sharpe, weaver, of Bristol, was brought the 9th day of March, 1556, […]
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Thomas Benbridge. Mr. Benbridge was a single gentleman, in the diocese of Winchester. He might have lived a gentleman’s life, […]
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The following speech of Mr. Holland we are induced to give unabridged, as it contains a pointed charge, founded on […]
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Executions at Islington. About the 17th of Sept. suffered at Islington the following four professors of Christ: Ralph Allerton, James […]
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Persecutions in the Diocess of Canterbury. In the year 1557, fifteen were imprisoned in the castle of Canterbury, five of […]
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Cranmer would have proceeded in the exposure of the popish doctrines, but the murmurs of the idolaters drowned his voice, […]
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In 1538, the holy Scriptures were openly exposed to sale; and the places of worship overflowed every where to hear […]