Records Volume 54: The Responsa Scholarum of The English College, Rome Part One

Publications of the Catholic Record Society

RECORDS OF THE VENERABLE ENGLISH COLLEGE IN ROME

PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY

VOLUME 37

Liber Ruber

Nomina Alumnorum, 1579-1630

VOLUME 40

Liber Ruber

Nomina Alumnorum, 1631-1783

VOLUME 54

Responsa Scholarum, 1598-1621

VOLUME 55

In the Press

Responsa Scholarum, 1622-1685

Inpreparation

Annual Letters, etc.

The Catholic Record Society

Catholic Record Society

The

Scholarum of the English College, Rome

EDITED

ANTHONY KENNY

Published 1962

Printed in Great Britain by R.

H. Johns Limited

Newport, Mon.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Society is greatly indebted for permission to print the Responsa to Mgr. G. W. Tickle, the Rector of the VenerableEnglish College in Rome. My thanks are due also to those past and present students ofthe College who assisted me in the workof transcription , and to Miss Silvia Roxburgh who allowed me to compare my transcripts withsome whichshe hadmadefromphotostatsoftheResponsa prior to 1633 .

A.K.

INTRODUCTION

When Father Robert Persons became Rector of the English College at Rome in 1597, a custom was introduced whereby each intendingscholar was set a series ofquestions concerninghisfamily, upbringing, education, state of health, religious history, and intentionsin coming to the seminary About a year later this requirement was incorporated in the new Statutes of the College (the Constitution Omnis Reipublicae Status) promulgated by Cardinals Farneseand Borghese. In accordancewiththis rule,duringmost of the seventeenth century, the majority of students entering the EnglishCollegewroteautobiographical accounts oftheir lives upto that moment It is these autobiographical statements, known as the Responsa Scholarum , whichform the material of this and the next volume of the Catholic Record Society's publications The present volume contains the Responsa ofscholarsadmittedbetween 1597 and 1621 ; the next volume will contain the remainder, which cover the years from 1622 to 1685 .

The Responsa are loose pieces of paper, mostlyhalf-sheets folded in quarto, covered on one or more sides in the students' own handwriting. On some occasions , they took up more than one sheet, but they were never bound Altogether , there are just under 600 setsof Responsa, filling some 900 pages Theyweregathered upin bundles year byyear, and were finally filed and endorsedbyFather Christopher GreneS.J. when archivistofthe College . Theyare now preserved, still unbound, in two files in the archives of the College known as Scritture 37 and 38. The yearly bundles are, of course , stored in chronological order ; but within eachbundle the Responsa are groupedinthe order in whichtheywereplacedby FatherGrene . Thisorder, whichis notprimitive, has not been followed in the transcript contained in these volumes Instead, to approximate more closely to the order in which the Responsa were written, they have beenplacedin theorder in whichthecorrespondingentriesaboutthe students occurin the Liber Ruber orCollegeDiary (C.R.S. 37and40) To facilitate reference, the number ofthe corresponding Liber Ruber entry has been placed in square brackets at the head of eachsetof Responsa These numbers are used, in the Introduction , to make reference to particular Responsa.

The Responsa were normally written by the students shortly after their arrival in Rome, while they were living in the College but before they put on the scholar's gown. (Cf.447, 448, 505, 514.) Consequently, most ofthem werewritten in Octoberatthebeginning ofthe academicyear (e.g. 362-3) ; some werewritten in other months ifa student arrivedat an unusual time of year (e.g. 358). Notonly

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alumni, or scholars on the foundation, but also convictores, feepaying commoners, sometimeswrote Responsa (e.g. 532, 599)

The Text

Every effort has been made to transcribe accurately every word of the Responsa which could be of historical importance. But the natureof the documents themselveshas made it necessary to adopt some method of abbreviation if the transcriptwas not to prove unwieldy, disproportionatelycostly to print, and unduly tiresome to consult In manycases, forinstance, the studentswrote outthequestionnaire as wellas their answers to it It was obviously undesirable to follow this procedure when transcribing . The questions, therefore, have been printed only at the beginning ofthe volume and also, for convenience of reference, on a detachable book-mark . Besides thequestions, formal headings(e.g. "Responsa ad Quaesita"), introductory aspirations (e.g. "Aà maiorem Dei gloriam"), and flourishes (suchas crosses and IHS marks) have been omittedin transcription

Thedivision oftheMSS. into paragraphshas been preserved. The students' answers to the numbered questionshave in each case been prefixedwith a simple Arabic numeral irrespective of whether the student in fact wrote "1" , "Respondeo ad Ium" , " Ad primam quaestionem sic respondeo" or anyother equivalent form. The word 'Respondeo" has been omittedat the beginning ofan answerexcept where followed by the accusative and infinitive construction. In many cases the students did not distinguish their answers into numbered paragraphs at all ; in such cases the transcriptions follow the MSS exactly.

The Responsa customarilyconcludedwith a promiseofobedience to the College rules, made according to one of several conventional forms These promises have been transcribed in full from the Responsa of 1598 and 1599 so that the reader may see the forms they took. In the case of Responsa written after 1600, unless there was some detail of the form which seemed of special interest (e.g. 476, 500) the promise has been omitted in transcription , and the omission marked with the sign "++" .

Contractions in the originals have been expanded without any indication in the transcripts , except in cases where the correct expansion was in doubt, when the possible alternatives have been marked within square brackets (e.g. "proficere [or : perficere]"). Proper names in the originals have been leftas theystand, unexpanded

Errors in the originals, if corrected, have been ignored, except in cases where the error gave further information (e.g. if a student 1 Insignificant variants which sometimes occur in the questionshavenotbeen marked; but a different formula which latersuperseded the original questionnaire willbe printed in fullin the appropriate place in the second volume of transcripts

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signed his alias, crossed it out, and then signed his own name). Errors in the originals, if not corrected, have been printed as they stand : consistent mistakes in Latin themselves give information about a student's capacity (e.g. 346). Grammatical errors are printed without further indication, but misspelt words are followed in the transcriptsby an obelus "+" . No obelus has normallybeen placed following unconventional spellings of (a) proper names (6) Latinised foreign words (c) Latin words with more than one orthography. Thus "Londonium" , "haeriticus" and "relligio" appearwithout an obelus.

Lacunaein the originals dueto mutilation or illegibility havebeen restored , between square brackets, wherever the restoration was obvious . Other lacunae have simply been indicated , and their approximate lengthmarked, except in cases where it was possibleto restore them from the Roman Transcripts in the Public Record Office, which were made when some of the Responsa were less corroded than they are now .

In cases where contemporary Latin orthography differs from seventeenth-century practice, the transcripts follow the modern style. Thus "blanditiis" not "blanditijs" , "Iam" not "Jam" , "Uvae" not Vuae" . In the rare cases where this might lead to misreading of a text the fact has been noted (e.g. " Iversonus[or: Juersonus]"). Non-Latinised English proper names have been transcribed according to English orthography : "Johnson" , not "Iohnson" . The punctuationofthe originals has been kept wherevertheform of punctuationis still in use. Where a sign (e.g. " ") is no longer in use , ithas been replaced by the modern formwhichseemed most appropriate to the context.

The Summaries

AfullEnglish translationofallthe Responsa would haveoccupied byitself two of the Society's normal volumes It seemed therefore preferable to attach to each Latin transcript an English summary mentioning every point of historical importance touched on in the text. Clarity and brevity, rather than elegance, have been aimed at in these epitomes Wherever possible, a single sentence of the summary corresponds to the Latin answer to a singlequestion. To clarify the referenceof pronouns, each summary (except that of 354) has been so designed that the grammatical subject ofevery sentence not in parentheses is the respondent himself Where a doubtfulsense made it impossible to summarisethe Latin, a verbatim translation has been given within quotation marks (" ... . "). In the summariesplace-names are printedin their modern forms Where personal names have well-defined modern forms (e.g. "Hudleston" , "Bedingfeld") these have been used ; otherwise such names areprintedin theEnglish form closest to thatappearingin the Latin text. Aliases have been left as they stand without decoding.

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References to time (e.g. "hora tertia noctis") have been translated literally and not modernised If a scholar described himself as "annum agens vigesimum" he has been taken to assert that he was nineteen years old, and similarly in parallel cases . (Cf. 453.)

The scholarswere asked to give the socialstatus of their parents The terms and phrases whichthey used in their replies to this question have been translated literally: "nobilis" as "noble" , "generosi" as "gentry" , "armiger" as "esquire" , "mediae sortis" as "middle class" , "plebeus" as "plebeian" , "pauper" as "poor" . But the reader should be warned that the connotation of a phrase such as "middle class" in the contemporary social structure differs from that ofthe phrase "mediae sortis" in the social structure of seventeenth-centuryEngland.

The words "haereticus" and "schismaticus " have been rendered literally as "heretic" and "schismatic" . The latter word usually has its typically recusant sense, meaning a person who believes the Catholic Church to be the only true one, but who attends heretical worshipto avoid paying fines (cf. 354).

The Index

The Indexes list all the proper names of persons and places occurring in this volume. The second of these two volumes will have indexes covering both volumes. A further volume of the Collegerecords will contain comprehensiveindexes.

The Content ofthe Responsa

The Responsa Scholarumprovide informationaboutmanyaspects ofthe life ofmissionary priests and of recusants in general Many isolated items ofinformationfrom them may be foundreported, not always accurately, in the Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus of HenryFoley , who utilisedthe Roman transcripts made forthe Public Record Office Foley provided partial translations of many of the Responsa, and his work has been of great assistance to scholars for manyyears. But the publicationofthe complete originals will enable researchers forthe first time to make accurate statisticalgeneralisations about the origins, education, and religious history of the young recusants who filled the overseas seminaries in the seventeenth century.

Most obviously, the Responsa are first-hand sources for the biographies of the students themselves Some ofthesewere laterto becomefamous, such as William Alabaster (341), John Hudleston (723), Christopher Grene (844) and the martyrs RobertWatkinson (348), David Lewis (776) and John Wall (793) Naturally, most of the scholars were schoolboys who had led uneventful lives until theirarrival in Rome ; but others were older men who had a long storytotell (e.g. 353, 470, 482) and one 46-year-old respondentfilled some thirty pages with his narrative (354) Among them were former dons (e.g. 470, 482), lawyers (366, 396), physicians (368),

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soldiers (392) and parsons (341) Many, even of the youngest, had suffered imprisonment for their religion (e.g. 370, 384, 385,410, 532, 611) Others had had adventurous journeys across theseas,travelling as stowaways or in disguise, hoodwinking and bribing port officials, sometimesinvolvedin full-scale naval battles (e.g. 343 , 351 , 364, 381)

The first two questions put to the scholarsconcernedtheir birth , parentage, family and upbringing Theiranswersto thesequestions provide us with a wealthof genealogicalinformationabout the great recusant families, some of whose names occur generation after generation. Such are the Bedingfelds (350, 522, 531, 595, 832), the Wigmores (487, 528, 690), the Constables (494, 523, 549, 550, 796) and the Babthorpes (497, 546, 755, 780)

Question three concerned the scholars' education Many had begun their education at home with private tutors; others had attended publicschools (e.g. 393, 396, 399, 582, 591) ; a largenumber had spent some time at one or other of the English universities (341, 342, 343, 344, 353 etc.) Several ofthe Responsa give us vivid pictures ofUniversity life (e.g. 365, 470) ; one (482) contains afull and interesting list of books readat Cambridge in the 1600s. More than half the scholarshad beenschooledin the Jesuit college at St. Omers all spoke highly of it, and many claimed to have learnt more fromtheclasses of grammar, syntax, poetryand rhetoricthere than from a University course in England (e.g. 431, 454, 463). Several Responsa give us informationabout schoolmasters , Catholic and Anglican, in English towns and villages (e.g. 381 , 524, 618)

In question four the scholars were asked about their health Most of them replied laconically , Not so Thomas Hodson, a former physician,who displayed his technical vocabulary (368),norAnthony Greenwaye who, to his disgust, had been ordered tobacco by his doctor (427).

Question five enquired about the religious historyofthescholars. Naturally, it is the converts' replieswhichmake themost interesting reading. Some owed their conversion to missionaries, often to priests about whom little else is known (e.g. 363, 434, 437,496, 534). Others were converted by reading, whether of recusant apologetics (e.g. 341 ,416) or ofthe Fathers (e.g. 358, 470, 482) Moreattributed their conversion to FatherPersons' Christian Directory than toany other book (e.g. 346, 407, 416, 457, 464, 486) The theological problem which most preoccupied many, prior to their conversion , seems to have been the existence of purgatory (e.g. 354, 358, 370)

The Latinityof the Responsa varies greatlyin standard , fromthe halting sentences of Nicholas Hart, patched upwith Englishwords (353), to the contorted prose of Richard Hudleston (381), farced with allusions to Martial and rare words from Apuleius The majority of the scholars, however, wrote a clear, classical and business-like Latin whichdoes creditto the Jesuit schoolmastersof St. Omers

QUESTIONNAIRE

Capita, quibus ex Regularum praescriptis admittendiin hoc Collegium tenenturRespondere

1. Quodnam sit verum nomen suum et parentum? Quae aetas? Quis locus nativitatis et educationis? Ubivixerit?

2. Quae sit status et conditio sua et parentum praecipuorumque amicorum? Si nobiles an plebeii an mediae sortis? Divites an pauperes? Quosnamhabeat fratres, sorores , aut cognatos? Si haeretici an Catholici sint?

3. Quibus studiis , et ubi, operam dederit , et quo progressu?

4. Qua valetudine utatur? Secunda, an adversa? Si animae aegritudinem vel sentiat, vel aliquando senserit, quae vel a litterarum studiis, vel a regularum observatione aliquem retardare posset?

5. Si in haeresi aliquando aut schismate vixerit? Quando, quibus praesidiis, cuius industria, fidem Catholicam amplexus sit, si aliquando fuerit haereticus? Quando ex Anglia discesserit? Cur Romam venerit, quidve ipsum induxerit ad hoc seminarium petendum ? Si quid perpessus sit aliquando ob fidem Catholicam? Quid demum illi contigerit circa vocationem ad fidem Catholicam ?

6. An propositum , et desiderium sentiat suscipiendi vitam Ecclesiasticam? An decernat apud se constanter in virtute et literis operam ponere? An sentiat se paratum ad studendum iis rebus, et in ea classe , quam superiores assignabunt? An statuat submittere se regulis, et disciplinae Collegii, et Superiorum directioni?

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GULIELMUS ALABASTER 1598

1. Gulielmus Alabaster nominor, annum ago 31 in Comitatu Suffolciae, oppido Hadlei natus, Westmonasterii Grammaticae operam dedi, inde 16 aetatis anno Cantabrigiam missus 14 ibidem annos exegi

2. Genus paternum ab antiquo nobilique Arbalastrorum stemmate profectum est : qui una cum Normannis in Angliamingressi sunt; et in gentilitiis Normannorum matriculis Arbalastarii Regii dicuntur unde et nunc in insignibus Arcubalistam eundem nominis munerisque primi indicium gestamus. Genus maternum a Wintroppis deducitur splendida veterique prosapia Pater ut in re collapsa natus primis annis mercaturam exercuit Hispanam, deinde rebus non succedentibusdestitit, nunc vero fortuna parca sed sufficienti transigit Catholice ut bene spero affectus

Cognatosex utroque latere complures habeo : alios cives , etmercatores Londinenses, ampla satis fortuna extructos, quorum alii, hereticissimi sunt et morosi alii quod in Hispania negotia diu tractarint Catholice (sed clam) sapiunt iidemque multos alios e fraternitate et sodalitio suo habent pariter animatos. Affinium reliqui nobilium more splendide satis vivunt, qui partim haeretice sapiunt, partim indifferenter , et ad tempus se gerunt . Sorores tres, fratres vero duo adhuc supersunt.

3. Grammaticam, Poesim, Rhetoricam, Logicam, Philosophiam, Mathematicas , Historiam, Criticam , Philologiam, omnesque pene antiquos authores Grecos, etLatinos, qua magis, qua minus gustavi aut hausi ; quatenus quidquam ad Theologiam pretium operae facturum sperarem Multa Grecorum Patrum minora opera, et similiter Latinorum et Historiam Ecclesiasticam, et Sententiarum Magistrum et D. Thomae Summam, et Patris Roberti Bellarmini et Zuaris in 3a et Stappletoni principia, et similia Catholicorum scripta [evo]lvi. Cantabrigiae 14 annos studui quo tempore Theologiae Licentiati evadunt

4. Aequabilem satis valetudinem [a] prima pueritia traduxi (quae deogratia sit). nisi quod tentationem aliquam febris leviculam, et triduanam, bis terve lacessitus tulerim: caetera corpus integrum constat, studiis vigiliis laboribusque ferendis morigerum et par, nequealiqua quod sciam parte minatur Animum constantem ettranquillum semperhabui, et corpori concinnum : numquam vero inversum, aut per intervallalucidum ; Iam vero tam serenumsentio fidei lumine , tam sudum mollemque vernis hisprimi fervoris solibus, I

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ut negotium non quodvis sit, Contritionis et timoris flatibus pro disciplinae Catholicae more inquietare aut exasperare. Et tamen boni nostriSuperintendentesConversionemmeaminsaniaecalumnia defamarunt

5. Tota anteacta vita inter hereticos natus et educatus alte erroribus immersus sum ; Vatiniano vel potius Calviniano odio in Ecclesiam Catholicam exarsi : omnia studia, preces, vota, contra Ecclesiam collimavi ; Sed vigesimo nono aetatis anno coepi aliquid remittere de illo furore Et in alteram insilui opinionem, ut crederem unam esse et Catholicorum et Protestantium Ecclesiam, neque ad salutem multum referre, a quibus quis sentiat, priores tamen purioresqueesseHaereticorum Calvinianorum partes Atque in hoc luto defixus penitus haerebam. Et iam libros famae conciliatores in Catholicos scripturiregestiebam: iam malefecis beneficiis, et praebendis aureis onerandoshumeros parabam : iam ambitionis terminos inter summos regni honores animo defigebam: iam pulchellae sponsae diu ambitae nuptias faelixprocus parabam, quasad unius Prebendaeaccessionem quae400 coronatos annuos praeberet, distuleram ; eamque ob causam Comitem Essexium sectabar, qui maturrimenegotium se confecturum receperat. Cum ecce versanti mihi in aula (ubi aeque difficile est fieri bonum ac reperire), et librum quendam Reginaldi nostri pro causa Catholica conscriptum oscitanter legenti, nondum transcursa Praefatione, tantum subito lucis divinae fulgur animitus hausi, tantaminsolitigaudii asperginem medullitussensi, ut illo ipsomomento protinus exiluerimgestiens ,et in hanc apud me vocem proruperim Nunc Catholicus sum . Extemplo ergo valedicto omnibus Aulae, Comiti , Praebendae , Cantabrigiam revolo, et raptim nuncio sponsae amoribusque remisso , revoco me in solitudinem , ad preces et lachrimas et luctusetieiunia et humicubationes : ut praeteritae vitae sordibusdepuratis sereniori oculo et corde, fidei et charitatis radios imbiberem, et Catholicae disciplinae honorem vitae novitate aemularer Simulque deum obnixe rogavi,utsemestris temporis pacem etinduciasmihilargiretur, in quo ita me in omnibus Controversiis instruerem, ut possem cum haereticis sine dedecore causae manus conserere, quandocumqueeo ventum esset . Atque ita deo indulgente factum est. Interim concilium mihi dederunt amici totius rei conscii ut fuga transmare dilaberer priusquam res in propatulo esset Negavi mefacturumsed confidentipotius animo expectaturum quid possentPseudoepiscopi dicere aut facere. Tandem itaque deprehensus sum , et in arctam custodiam per 7 menses traditus, unde saepe protractus coram commissariis regiis apparui . Quos oblatis centum et supra pro Causa Catholica rationibus , lacessivi ut unam quamcumque solverent , stipulatus daturum me manus si satisfacerent Quid multis obstruxi eorum ora, ut non auderent provocati postulati flagitati verbum mutire: Sed postquam amplis pollicitationibus precibus minis infractumet immotum persistereviderent, exuerunt me omnibus dignitatibus et bonis et ludicris ministellorumordinibus

et in carcerem remiserunt. Ergo ubi viderem ereptum omne librorum solatium, nec spem superesse aut disputandi cum illis, aut agendi cum aliis, Evasi, latui, aufugi, hucveni

6. Omnesanimae potentias defixi in hoc proposito, uthoc unum semper agant et desudent, quomodo dei gloriam in Ecclesiaebono promoveam. Hoc intellectus contemplatur , Voluntas satagit, memoria ruminat, iudicium ponderat, desiderium aestuat spes captat, totus denique animus versat et agitat Et quia compendiosissimaad haec omnia via per humilitatemet obedientiam extenditur, morigerum me in omnibus Collegii huius institutis praebebo ut illam quae humilibus datur adipiscar gratiam.

GULIELMUS ALABASTER

SUMMARY

[341 ] ALABASTER William, 30, born at Hadleigh,Suffolk,studied grammar at Westminster until 15, then spent 14 yearsat Cambridge (The respondent's father was descended from ancient and noble family ofArbalasters, who came to England withthe Normans, and are called "arbalastarii Regii" in Norman lists, and who still beara cross-bow on their arms. His mother was of the ancient and renowned family of Winthrop. The respondent's father once traded unsuccesfully withSpain ; he nowlives on a small fortune, "Catholicly, Ihope, affected" . Manyofthe respondent's kinsmen are rich citizens and merchants of London, some violently heretical, others, owing to business connectionswithSpain, secretly Catholic. Other kinsmen, some heretical and some time-serving, live the life of noblemen.) Has three brothers and two sisters surviving Has studied grammar, poetry, rhetoric , logic, philosophy, mathematics, history, criticism, philology, and almost all Greek and Latin authors in so far as relevant to theology. Has read many minor works of Greek and Latin Fathers, and Church history; Peter Lombard, the Summa Theologica , the writings of Bellarmine, Suarez' commentary on the Tertia Pars of the Summa, and Stapleton's Principles ; has studied 14 years at Cambridge, the lengthof timefora licentiate in theology. Alwayshealthy, exceptfortwoor three attacks of triduan ague ; is now so serene in mindthough proclaimed insanebytheAnglican bishopsthat hefindsdifficulty in arousing contrition Until 28 hated the Catholic church ; then came to believe that Catholics and Protestants weremembersofthe same church. Was planningto write anti-Catholic books , with an eye to amassingbenefices, and intendingto marry a beautifulbride after acquiring a prebend worth 400 crowns a year, through the influence of the Earl of Essex, when he discovered at court a Catholic book of Rainold's which converted him before he had finished the preface. Turning his back on Essex, preferment and bride, he returned to Cambridge to pray and fast in solitude . Prayed successfullyfor six months' respite in whichto equip himself for controversy withheretics Was advised by friends inthemean-

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time to escape overseas before his conversion was discovered; preferred to await the Bishops' reaction ; was arrested and put in close prison for 7 months, being constantly brought before royal commissioners, to whom he presented 101 reasons for Catholicism, a challenge which they were unable to answer. After threats and bribes had failed, was deprived of his orders, offices and possessions and sent back to prison, from which he escaped and came hither Desires to promote thegloryof God and the good of the Church

[342]

RICHARDUS CORNWALEYS 1598

1. Nomen mihi Richardus Cornwaleys, annum agens 30m, natus apud Monasterium Coxfordiensein Norfolcia transacta in paterna domo aetate puerili Nordovicum concessi rudimentis Grammatices in schola publica imbuendus.

2. Pater mihi est Henricus Cornwaleysarmiger nonmultoabhinc tempore Dei benignitate ecclesiae Catholicae restitutus. Mater, AnnaCalabutt oriunda ex antiqua satis familia, sed iam emortua ac penitus extincta quae et ipsa non ita pridem supremum diem obiit Fratrem habeo nato maiorem et sorores germanas binas, totidemque fratres uterinos, quorum altersacerdotali munereinAngliafungitur E consanguineiseminent prae caeteris Thomas Cornwaleys Miles et Catholicus. Et Gulielmus Cornwaleys eques Auratus qui uxorem duxit unam ex filiabus et haeredibus D. Latimore Baronis et Carolus eius frater non Catholici.

3. Cantabrigiae in Collegio Gunvill et Caii decem plus minus annosmoratus, pro more loci Rhetoricae Logicae et Physicaepartes priores annos studui , quod reliquumerat temporis Jurisprudentiae et studiis humanitatis insumpsi Tempore consueto in gradum Magistrorum in artibus cooptatus sum.

4. Valetudine (Deo gratias) satis prospera usus sum , raro febri correptus quin inter paucos dies convaluerim nullo praeterea morbo laboravi

5. Ab infantia, haeretica pravitate institutus indies obfirmato animo in peius proficiebam, donec Pater misericordiarum pro infinita sua bonitate me respiciens, tribus abhinc annis in gremium sponsae suae suscipere dignatus est, Usus praecipue opera etministerio dicti fratris sacerdotis et P. Gerardi ex Societate Jesu Ecclesiae Catholicae reconciliatus et Romam cogitans cum Flussingham appulissem, gubernator reginae me deprehensum per sex septimanas in custodia detinuit, demum remissum in Angliam , et sodalitiout vocant ...... 1 (quod in Collegio obtinueram) exutum iterum per sex alias septimanas carceri tradiderunt Maiora his pro sancta sede Apostolica (ubi Deo visum fuerit) subire non detrectabo.

6. Ecclesiasticae vocationis dignitatem et revereor et suspicio

1 Word of 6 letters illegible.

Etsi vos Patres vires meas tanto oneri ferendo pares, si mei baiuli et operarii omnium minimi in vinea Domini excolenda operam non inutilem fore iudicaveritis , extrudite. Interim ingenue profiteor me quod ad Collegii instituta attinet et omnibus et singulis acquiescere, et iisdem subscribere esse paratum.

RICHARDUS CORNWALEYS

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[342]CORNWALLISRichard, 29, son of Henryand Ann Calabutt, born at Coxford Abbey, Norfolk, brought up there and at Norwich grammar school . Son of a recently converted esquire, and of a recently dead mother of ancient but extinct family. Has one elder brother, two sisters, and two half-brothers, one a priest in England Is kinsman to Sir Thomas Cornwallis, a Catholic, and to Sir William Cornwallis (who married the daughter and heiress of Lord Latimer) and his brotherCharles , both non-Catholics. Studied 10 yearsat Gonville and Caius, rhetoric , logic, physics, jurisprudence andhumanities; M.A. Healthysave forrarefeversofshort duration. Once a heretic, reconciled three years ago through the good offices ofhis priest-brotherand of Fr. Gerard S.J. On arrival at Flushing en routefor Romewas imprisoned 6 weeks by the Queen's governor, then sent toEngland , deprived of hisfellowship, and imprisoned for a further 6 weeks. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[343] FRANCISCUS YONGUS . 1598. 29 Novembris Anno Domini 1598.

1. Nomen mihi verum Fran : Yonge. Natus sum annos 28 Iulii proxime elapsi die 19. Locus nativitatis pagus quidam in Comitatu Wigorniae Hartlebury dictus antiqua Episcopi domo celebris Post Grammaticae rudimenta in scholis trivialibus, praecipue Wigorniensi ac Etonensi posita, Oxoniam a patre missus sum, ubi transactis 9 annis pene integris, biennio in Aula Beatae Mariae, reliquis in CollegioTrinitatis, inde in illustrissimiEquitisD. Roberti Dormeri familiam me contuli, triennio altero ac eo amplius in filio ejus natu maximo erudiendo, plerumque in domo paterna, nonnunquam Oxoniae, posito.

2. Matre mea a multis annis defuncta, patrem habereme (cui nomen est Iaco : Yonge) adhuc superstitem, et in parochia Claynes prope Wigorniam habitantem, virum bona fama apud suos , & honesto loco ac conditione Vixit adolescens in familia nobilium virorum , et nuper PseudoarchiepiscopoEboracensi Oeconomus fuit Quo vitae genere sponte derelicto sese in domum suam iam senex recepit Fratres 3, seniores duos, tertium vero juniorem , Collegii novi apud Oxonienses socium Sorores duas, utranque nuptam. propinquos & affines in utroque genere nonnullos, nempe in fidem

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Catholicam bene ac male affectos. Sed eos non magni nominis vel authoritatis.

3. Respondeostudia varia & incerta fuisse, singulis in unoquoque genere sensim ac leviter delibatis . Primam aetatis partem sibi vendicarunt literae humaniores, Grammatica, Poetica, Rhetorica & levis quaedam Graecae linguae cognitio. Geographia, Arithmetica, Astronomia nonnullam ; Dialectica et Philosophia minimam; quas non tam privatim quam publice, & usu potius quam studio sequutus sum, transacto tamen utcunque studiorum illorum curriculo, et gradibus de more susceptis. Denique postremam ambitio occupavit , et ius civile cum linguarum desiderio conjunctum .

4. Respondeo valetudine hactenus usus sum ex sententia. Corpus solidum, et quod (Dei beneficio) neque medico unquam indiguit, neque ab infantia (quod memini) vel unum biduum morbo decubuit Animae defectus et vitia quae supersunt, ea caelesti medico sananda exponam, ut sit Mens sana in corpore sano.

5. Respondeo mihi vero vel puero religionem Protestantium nunquam visam esse sapere religionem Christianam , quia impetu quodam ad Catholicam ferebar. Causa (secundum Dei gratiam) vel naturalis quaedam affectio a parentibus derivata, vel avunculi materni exemplum, qui abdicatis beneficiis titulis et honoribus quibus Maria regnante fruebatur, indomo patris me puero latitabat. Quod tam altas in animo meo radices egit, nunquam ut dimoveri potuerit, praeceptoribus meis, utpote haereticis, omnem lapidem frustra moventibus , et ad haereticam conantibus persuadere Atque haec consiliorum meorum initiafuerunt, quae tamen , parum abfuit, quin libertatis studio, & ambitione omnia incassum cecidissent. Tandem vero (quae Dei est benignitas) colligere me coepi, memor vitae futurae, memor anteactae Quid multa? Accensum me sanctorum virorum exemplo, et vitae aternae cogitatione vehementius percussum, sacerdoti (is erat P. Edwardus Olcornus) ultro obtuli, illi consilia mea omnia & vitaerationem expositurus, eiusque opera in Deigratiamrestituendus. Quibus faeliciterconfectis , cum in Flandriam appulissemus ego aliique itineris comites & socii consiliorum, inde in Hispaniam solvendi desiderio, capti sumus a latronibus Gallis qui in eamregionemhostiles incursionesfaciebant , quique nos pecunia ac vestibus spoliantes ad extremum jugulo ferrum intentant, et in via male mulctatos Bononiam captivos deducunt, ibique diu inter spem metumque fluctuantes tandem decernunt, non alia ratione quam pecunia redimendum iri, eam scilicet pecuniaegratiam tribuentes quam nequeAnglorum societas , nequeCatholici nominis religio potuit obtinere Bononia liberati Caletum venimus, ubi solvendi occasionemnacti vela facimus, sed incommoda tempestate, nempe dies undecim totos cum nausea, ventis, fluctibus & quotidiano vitae discrimine conflictati, ad extremum desperantes adverso vento Hispaniam

nobis destinatam teneri posse, coacti sumus Caletum repetere et meliora ad navigandum tempora de integro expectare. Ecce autem aliam navigandi occasionemsed vento quam successu commodiore. Postridie quam e portu solvimus, summo mane duae naves bellicae (ex earum numero quae mercatoribus Hollandis adversusDunkerkanos praesidio sunt) armis virisque instructissimae nos a tergo insequuntur, & displosistormentis ad cedenduminvitant Quod ubi factum est necessitati fortitudine parente, ecce impetu facto in navem insiliunt, et strictis gladiis ac pugionibus furentium more in nos irruunt, tandem vestibus spoliatos ac pene nudos suam in navem transferunt mox in Hollandiam deferendos Ubi ventum est Roterodamum coram senatoribus civitatis comparuimus, a quibus multa (ut fit) conjectantibus , primum eo nomine durius habiti sumus, quod Jesuitas esse suspicarentur Tandem ubi res innotuit, mitius nobiscum agendum decernunt, et in honestiorem carcerem transpositos post mensem unum aut alterum frigore inedia aliisque miseriis terra marique toleratum in Angliam esse remittendos In Angliam delati Dorobernium primo appulimus, ibique proditorum more excepti, et Londinum postea deducti, ac deniqueapud Wadum Concilii Secretarium examinati , cum constaret nequeJesuitas esse neque sacerdotes , custodiaemandatisumus, sed ita ut de libertate brevi recuperanda spem conciperemnon mediocrem . Quod haud aliter sane evenit, amicorum meorum opera, & (quod caput est) Dei auxilio& benignitate Hoc autem speratum bonum malum aliud insperatum excepit, et ad prioraquasi cumulus quidam accessit . Amicus quidam meus vir probus et Catholicus de meis incommodis & infaelici rerum meorum successu magnopere dolens, ubi paratum mevidet eandamaleamdenuosubire, egitapud quendam communem nostrum amicum, qui Catholicus aequevideri voluit, et cui erat in Hiberniam brevinavigandum, ut me una secum nave abductum Catholico cuidam Hiberno, quicum ipsi magna intercesserat necessitudo, committeret , inde in Hispaniam transvehendum Ille, ut erat egregius simulationum artifex, dolere non minus de meo infortunio, utpote hominis sibi a puero cogniti & dilecti, de propositi constantia gaudere, denique operam suam omnem , omniaque amicitiae officia prolixe [o]fferre . Interea clanculum Wadum adire, rem omnem ad eum deferre ; Wadus Archiministro Cantuariensi nunciare me secundo in Hispaniam adornare fugam. Ergo cum me Londini de improviso opprimerent a Wado delatus sumadArchiministrum, ab illo relatus adWadum ac variis hinc inde factis discussionibus tandem decretum est nullo modo liberatum iri, nisi soluta pecunia de qua recens Wadus inaudiverat, nempedecem libris Anglicanis impensarum nomine, quas boni illi viri Doroberniensesfecissent, nobis inde Londinum usque deducendis Qua pecunia partim soluta, & de reliquo data ab amico sponsione , praesentissimo Dei auxilio liberatus sum, et defunctis periculis omnibus terrae ac maris ac falsorum fratrum 6. Respondeome non alia ratione aut respectu quocunque ad

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hanc vitam Ecclesiasticam et Apostolicam amplectendam adductum esse , quam solius Dei gloriae, aeternaeque salutis tum meae tume proximorum desiderio, aliisque non obscuris (ut ego interpretor) divinae vocationis argumentis. Et ad Collegii disciplinam quod attinet, hoc mihi certum esse constitutum atque deliberatum , pietate, religione, et virtutibus omnibus, quoad a me fieri poterit, animum excolere, meque paratissimum exhibere, ad omnia humilitatis & observantiae officia exequenda.

FRAN YONGE

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[343] YOUNG Francis, son of James of Claines , Worcs (steward to the Archbishop of York until his voluntary resignation) and ofhis wifedeceased , born 19.7.1570 at HartleburyWorcs., educated at Worcester , Eton, St. Mary's Hall Oxford (2 years) and Trinity College, Oxford (7 years) ; tutor to the son of Sir RobertDormer for three years and more. Has two elder brothers, and one younger brother, a fellow of New College ; has two sisters married . Has both pro-Catholic and anti-Catholic kinsmen, none ofgreatname or authority. Has studied erratically grammar, poetry, rhetoric , a little Greek, geography, arithmetic, some astronomy, very little dialectic and philosophy; has takenthe usual degrees. Latterly studied ambitiouslycivil law and languages. Healthy; has never neededa doctor nor taken to bed for two successive days since infancy. Could neverbepersuadedby histeachersthat Protestantism was trueChristianity; this was due partly to example of his uncle , a Marian priest who had resigned his benefices & lay hidden in his father's house during his boyhood. Lostinterest in religion through ambition; repented and was reconciled to Church by Fr Edward Oldcorne. Crossed to Flanders with like-minded companions, intending to sail to Spain ; captured and stripped of money and clothes by raiding French brigands ; held to ransom by them at Boulogne. On being freed, set sail for Spain fromCalais ; forced to returnto port after 11 days ofstorm Leaving Calais a second time, was fired on by two Dutch warships, who forced them to surrender, boarded their ship, and carried them prisoners to Rotterdam . With his companions, was taken by the town councillors to be a Jesuit ; shipped to England after a month's imprisonment ; treated as a traitor at Dover ; examined by SecretaryWaad in London until it wasestablished that theywere neither priests nor Jesuits After being freed from prison by friends' efforts, attemptedto cross to Ireland, but was betrayed to Waad by a falsefriend After further examination by Waad and the Archbishop of Canterbury , was released on payment of part of £10 due to the officials at Dover for the expense of carrying their prisonersto London Desiresto be an ecclesiastic 29 November 1598

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JOH[ANNES] GR[EA]VES 29 Novem : 1598

290 Novembris 1598

1. appellor Johannes Greaves , vicessimum quartum aetatis annum ingressus , in comitatu Sommersettensinatus et educatus in quadam villula non longe ab oppido Ilmistrensi

2. Parentes nec sunt ex plebe nec ex primis, sed mediocris conditionis et status atque fidei haereticae habeo fratres 2os sorores 4or, alteram, quae provectoris est aetatis, nuptam, omnes nullius religionis aut deterioris. consanguinei ex genere paterno innotuerunt mihi nulli, ex mat[er]no autem praecipui sunt Haukeri, et ex affinitate proximaBonvilli, quorum alii iique superioresnihil minus sapiunt quam fidem orthodoxam, alii autem ore profitentur sed factis negant.

3. Studui Oxoniae, incubui in multiiugum literarum genus, philosophiam tam naturalem quam moralem, dialecticam, Astronomiam, Geometriam, Arithmeticam speculativam, Geographiam, Historias, Poesin deniquedum insector omnia capionihil

4. Nullam a pueritia vel corporis vel animae infirmitatem sensi

5. Prout tulit educatio adolevi aliquot annos in haeresi sumpta verouna cum toga viriliiuditii libertateretrolapsaeistius tempestatis duram conditionem tempora, mores anteactae aetatis meae initia, progressus non magnopere invitus perpendo, eaque reperio esse omnia ut haberem merito suspecta Quae dum ultimo in animo etiam atque etiam reputo, videor profecto non sine detestabili scelere posse me in communi eoque miserando nostratium errore diutius persistere. Indies confirmor in sententia, emolior ex animo veteratam haeresin, per quam animose erigar, quaesiturus denique expeditam mihi aliquam salutem (extra quam nulla est) repperi in ecclesia sustinui carcerem in Gallia mensemunum, in Hollandia octo, in Anglia tres

6. Respondeoeo demum me esse animo in Collegii disciplinam ut eius cupiam fieri esse observantissimus, nec tam vitam affectasse [dudum] ecclesiasticam quam religiosam.

JOHANNES GREAVES

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[344] GREAVES John, 23 born, and brought up near Ilminster, Somerset, son of middle-class heretical parents Has2brothers and 4 sisters, the eldest married , all of false religion or none. Related through his mother to the Hawkers and the Bonviles ; some nonCatholics, others Catholics in name only. Studied unsatisfactorily at Oxford natural and moral philosophy, dialectic, astronomy, speculative arithmetic, geoography, history, and poetry Always healthy. Converted to heresy on coming of age ; was imprisoned one month in France, eight in Holland , three in England. Desires to be a religious rather than an ecclesiastic 29 November 1598

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ROBERTUS CALDWALLUS 30 Novembris 1598

Ultimo Novembris Anno M.D. lxxxxviii

1. Vocor Robertus Caldwallus, 19 annos natus, pater erat generosus, operam navavit arti medicae, mortuus est, haereticus erat educatus eram in domo patruicatholici, qui etiam apellaturt Ro : Cal :

2. Mater adhuc vivit haeretica, duxit virum nomine Beringtonium nobili loco natum, habitantem in commitate Hereford: domus apellatur† Winslye habeo fratrem unum aetate minore haereticum vel potius nullius religionis, sorores sex , quarum duae duxeruntviros haereticos, alia est catholica habet virum schismaticum.

3. Retoricae tum temporis operam dedi, progressus non erat magnus, studui Wigorniae

4. Laus Christo BeataequeVirgini valeo neque unquam de ullo gravi morbo laboravi

5. Schismaticus eram, lapsus est annus cum dimidio ab eo tempore quo fidem catholicam amplexus sum. opera Patris Oldcorn catholicus factus. passus sum in Hollandia , Anglia et alibi tres menses vel quatuor

6. Vitam Ecclesiasticam agere vehementer desideroet propono : nec non disciplinam Collegii dum hic mansero libenter subire in animo habeo .

ROBERTUS CALDWALLUS

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[345] CALDWALL Robert, 19 , son of dead heretical physician and ofheretical mother now the wife of noble Mr. Berington of Winsley; brought up in house of Catholic uncle Robert Caldwall Has one younger brother, heretical or irreligious ; and 6 sisters, two married to heretics, one a Catholic married to a schismatic Studied rhetoric with little success at Worcester. Always healthy. Converted from schism and reconciled by Fr. Oldcorne one and a half years ago. Suffered 3 or 4 months in Holland, England and elsewhere. Desires to be an ecclesiastic 30 November 1598.

[346] aetatis 25th[?]

[1599]

24 die Octobris anno redemptionis 1599

1. Nomine recto: appellor Robartus Walkerus, aetatis: viginti quinque annorum vel circiter in Baruico (urbs in comitatu Northumbriae citua†) natus eram ibique puaeritia+ duranti cum parentibus permansi, postea in comitatu Eboracensis abAva educari meparentesmiserunt quacum 9ts† annos saltem manebam , abhinc ad Civitatem Cayerliensis ad studium incumbendum proficisserert hic binos fere annos adfui , Caetera vero tempora cum parentibus (duos praecertim† annos quos Londini) consumpsi

2. Pater nominatur Gulielmus Walkerus mater vero Jane Johnson priusquam nupta erat, Capitanus fuit pater in eodem opidot 20ts annos et eum iam sic esse spero si res aliter non eveniret nam audivilitem esse inter eum et subgubernatoremquam ob causam me latet, tres me habere fratres spero, sorores duas , cognatos multos, quos a puaeritia † non vidi hi habitant enim in comitatuEboracensisquorum una quae vidua est cum tota familia catholicae fidei bene esse affectam scio.

3. Loci (ubi studiis operam dedi) tres tantum fuerunt: Oswaldchurch pagus in comitatu Eboracensis: Caerlyle, urbs in comitatu Cumbriae, 3 locusfuit nativitatis mei, authores quos legi immediate ante studia reliqui : Virgilii librum 3. Ciceronis librum de amicitia cumalliis+ .

4. de agritudine† (Deo maximo ago gratias) nihilsentiopraeterquam corporis debilitatem , quae magnam esse fateor.

5. Hareticum me totius vitae spatium maioris satem † esse non denego posquam tamen familiaritas habita cum quibusdam Generosorum filiis qui Catholici fuerunt, librosque de Resolutione a me perlectos quos ab illos habui lumen maximum mihi vitae praeteritae attribuerunt, et viam tutissimam quomodo in futuris viverim demonstraverunt ; non sine divino quodam instinctu ut mecum saepissime ab eo tempore cogitavi în Gallia in Carcere positus fui ob fidem Catholicam apud locum quendam nominine+ Shallet Capitanus huius loci haereticus fuit

6. De intentione studioque quod ad ecclesiasticam vitam degendam habeo, vobis sit cognitum : (Patres Reverendissimi) nihil mihi optabilius vel delectabilius accedere potest quam in vinea Domini laborare ; statutisque omnibus huius domi divina Dei gratia observiret fideliter spero.

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[346] WALKER Robert, c 25, son ofWilliam, captain atBerwick these20 years (who may have lost his office owing to a quarrel with the deputygovernor) and of Jane Johnson; born at Berwickand brought upthere andat hisgrandmother's atOswaldkirk , Yorkshire, where he spent 9 years; lived 2 years at Carlisle ; since then has lived with parents save for 2 years in London. Has 3 brothers , 2 sisters ; has manykinsmen inYorkshire , includinga pro-Catholic widow with her family. At the endof his studieswasreading book three ofVirgiland Cicero's De Amicitia. Healthy, but not strong. A heretic until he madefriends with Catholics and read the Bookof Resolution. Imprisoned for religion bya heretical officerin France , at Châlette[?]. Desires to be an ecclesiastic 24 October 1599 .

[347] MICHAEL FREMANNUS

Anno domini 1599. Mensis Octobris dies 30

1. Nomen verum est , Michael Fremannus perque hoc nomen

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ubicunque fuerim , cognitus Aetas, viginti et unum annos, aut circiter, continet Natus in Commitatu † Eboracensi non procul ab Eboraco, in villa quadam ex parte Orientali, quae dicitur Menthorpia, ibique a parentibus in Catholicae fidei institutus mysteriis, et bonarum literarum studiis educatus, de quo latius infra in responsione ad 3um.

2. Respondeome Patrem habere Ioannem Fremannum , virum Catholicum, uxore, ante 14 annos viduatum; status et conditionis mediocris, Agrorum et pecorum multiplicationeet fructibusvitam ducere solitum ; iam vero per quinque annos in Carcere Eboraci, et alibi, et multo ante domi suae, tanquam in custodia, detentum , maxima bonorum parte pro sua professione per officiarios regios spoliatus. Fratres habeo duos, et Sororesque duas, omnes per Dei gratiam Catholicos

3. Respondeome scholis trivialibus in Villa a paternis laribus per unius milliarii spatium distante, Duffeldiadicta, primis elementis, deinde latinae linguae rudimentis , postea profectioriGrammatticae cognitione, fuisse instructum usque ad 15 aetatis annum ; postea veo cum heretici illius loci primates, me Catholicum esse viderent (quod praeceptor prius noverat et siluerat) mihi scholarum frequentationem interdixerunt. Inde vero post annum integrum , domo paterna absque scholarum frequentatione , non tamen , omnimoda studiorumomissione consumpto, audivi in villa altera, quae Castelfordia dicitur, a nobis 20 milliaribus distante, schismaticumquemdam Oxoniaealiquando studiosum docere, multosque Catholicorum filios in suis scholis habere; illuc deinde me contuli, ubi annum cum medio in Poesis et Rhetoricae studio consumpsi. Cum vero praeceptor illinc in locum alium dimigrasset, in Diaboli fauces incidebamus Erat enim Curatus parochiae puritanus , qui post quam ibi per 3 septimanas mansissem advertens quod illorum templa non frequentassemstatimad Haeresiarchammagnum, virum illorum iudicio non vulgariter doctum, et prudentem, nomine Bunneyum accurrebat, meque illi accusabat. cumque rediisset me in scholis apprehendere , et coram illo adducerecogitans, opinionem suam fefelli quia praemonitus, e scholis et villa decessi. Tunc demum Domum rediens, et aedibus paternis quiescens , in eis quae didiceram et aliis etiam libris legendis tempus consumens . sed cum illicquiescere , salva conscientia, non potui, cum Nobiliquodam, D. Anne, habitationem feci, ubi et propriis studiis incumberem, et ipsius natos erudirem. in quo tempore saepius huc veniendi periculum feci, et propulsus, sed tandem per Dei gratiam, inveni viam mihi apertam Duacumque veni, ubi per duos menses, Rethoricae, postque per annum integrum Logicae studio operam navabam .

4. Respondeo me hoc tempore (per Dei gratiam) et corporis et animi valetudine praeditum, nullaque corporis aegritudine per decem annorum spatium laborasse , tunc vero per aestatem integram, febri Capitisque dolore aegrotasse.

5. Respondeo me ab ineunte aetate intra EcclesiaeCatholicae

cancellas inclusum fuisse, nunquamque (auxiliante , gratiamque praebente, divino numine) ab illa mea professione defuisse . huc et illuc per haereticosaliquando depulsus , non sine aliquopro parentum, consortii defectu, et bonorum dispendio, dolore, qui tamen eo facilior erat, quod bona non penitus amissa, sed Deo solum accomodata iudicaverim , qui debitummulto cum foenoreredderesolet.

6. Respondeo me ad vitam ecclesiasticam non sine magno fervore et desiderio, et magno parentum et amicorum consensu aspirare ; ad hunc enim finem ab ipsis (quod aiunt) crepundiis, eram a parentibus destinatus, ideoquebonarum literarumsucco me quoad possent enutriri curarunt. Postremo etiam me, ad Collegii disciplinam suscipiendam, ad Collegii regulas servandas ad Superiorum praecepta obsequenda , ad exequendum denique quicquid mihi a superioribus agendum dicendumve proponitur semper pronum promptumque futurum spero. intercedente pro me Beatissima et immaculatissima, Virgine Dei genetrice, et patrono meo S. Michaele, adiuvanteque Sanctissima trinitate cui omnis honor et gloria in sempiternum.

Amen. MICHAEL FREMANNUS .

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[347] FREEMAN Michael, c 21, son of John (a middle-class Catholic farmer, who has suffered on account of his religion loss of property, long house-arrest, and 5 years so far in York prison) and his wife, now 14 years dead ; born at Menthorpe near York and brought up there a Catholic Educated in elementsand Latin rudiments and grammar at Duffield, until 14 ; expelled when his Catholicism, hitherto concealed by the teacher, became known tothe local officials. After a year at home, studied poetryand rhetoricfor a year and a half at Castleford, wherea schismatic Oxford graduate taughtmanyCatholic children After departure ofthis teacher, was reported to heresiarch Bunney by puritan vicar for non-attendance at parish church. Ran away from schoolto escape arrest ; studied at home; later became tutorto children of noble Mr. Anne. After several vain attempts to come to Rome, reached Douai & studied rhetoric 2 years and logic 1 year Now healthy, 10 years ago suffered fevers & headaches for a whole summer. Always a Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic , having been so destined by parents from cradle .

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ROBERTUS WATKINSONUS natus annis viginti circa festum nativitatis primi sequentis

1. Quod ad verumnomen et aetatem attinet maxime consentaneum, ut in margine utraque scriberentur , arbitrabar Ad cetera iam tenditoratio Locusubi eramnatus, educatuset etiam nutritus

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vocaturHemingbrough, nonprocul a civitate Eboracensis, ubi decem (vel non multum secus) annos partim in primis elementis ediscendis , partim otiose transegi : postea vero literarum gratia ad aliam villam vocatam nomine Castleforde, iter suscepi ; quamdiu vero ibi permanserim inferius dicetur, ubi de progressu in literarum studiis agetur.

2. Patermeus octodecim abhinc annis (me infantulo) ex hac vita catholicus emigravit Matrem vero status mediocris, viduam , et catholicam, cum e patriadiscesserim , superstitem reliqui. Unicum tantum fratrem schismaticum, sorores duas orthodoxae fidei participes, et cognatos fere omnes eiusdem religionis incolumes discedens obviis (ut aiunt) ulnis excepi

3. Studia, quibus maxime operam navarem, humanitatem tantum sapiebant, eousque vero in iis progressus eram, ut cum Duacum religionis et litterarum solum gratiapervenirem ad logicam admittebar . Locus in quo per quatuorannos vel circiteroperam et oleum (ut aiunt) in literarum studiis insumebam, vocatur Castleforde Postea amicorum suasu et etiam cuiusdam sacerdotis consilio Londinum (sola vel ad hoc vel ad aliud certe collegium deveniendi causa) iter suscepi ; proposito vero, nescio quo infortunio, impedito, ad patriam denuo vel invitus, redire impellebar ; ubi per biennium intermissis studiis cum matre et quibusdam amicorum peregi Deinde literarum cupidus in limpidissimis Minervae campis non procul a Richmonda per duos fere annos militabam, quo facto ad quendam generosumcursum dirigebam quocum ettuto et non sine virtutis et etiam eruditionis incremento postea semper, donec transfretarem vixerim.

4. Corporevalidoet sano (lausdeo) hactenussine aegritudine fere ulla incolumis extitissem : animae vero contagione parum admodum (deo sic providente) laboravi: tamen (ut verum fateor) ita eram cuiusdam, et docti , et etiam sapientis (si ita de schismaticis loqui liceat), viri blanditiis inductus, seu potius illusus, ut (nihil de ullo fidei catholicae articulo , conscientia mea attestante, dubitans) quibusdam (proh dolor) meorum amicorum se fore sine ecclesia catholica salvos persuaderem: Postea vero brevi conscientiae aculeo perculsus, sacerdotem quendam consulerem, qui, cum mihi illud non sine gravi peccato fecisse verbis tum severis tum humanis ingererat, ego summa cum celeritate illos, quibus antea illud praedixi, a proposito divertebam Ex quo quidem nec ego, nec certe ipsi (Laus Christo) in tali aliquo erravimus.

5. Quod ad conversionem meam attinet non multum in hoc laborandum esse puto : Primaenim aetate, a parente in primis fidei rudimentis institutus, postea cum annum octavum (quantum puto) attigissem, eram a quodam sacerdote nomine Atkinsoni a peccatis per confessionem liberatus, deinde inter catholicos (quamvis indignus) annumeratus

6. Ego in hac et sum, et semper a primis (ut aiunt) unguiculis (testem verborum meorum deum invoco) fui opinione ut nullam

vitam aut meliorem, aut Christo magis acceptam Ecclesiastica esse duxerim , quamvis ad illam suscipiendam me indignissimum semper arbitrarer, deum tamen spero me in meliorem, si modo praeceptaet instituta collegii sicut expediat (quod quidem mecum semper proposui et iam firmius facturumpropono) observem, in dies commutaturum , ut et sacerdotali officio digne fungerer, et etiam superioribus meis in omnibus obedirem: Quod ut faciam Christum ipsum, matremque suam benignissimam summis precibus et oro et obsecro .

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[348] WATKINSON Robert, born at Hemingbrough, Yorks, about Christmas 1579, learnt elements there until 10, studied letters 4 years at Castleford. Son of Catholic father 18 years dead and middle class Catholic mother. Has one schismatic brother, 2 Catholic sisters, and mainly Catholic kinsmen After leaving Castleford went to London with the intention of crossing to a seminary ; forced to return home for 2 years Continued studies 2 years at Richmond, then lived advantageously with a gentleman. Crossed to Douai and was admitted to logic Healthy Once persuaded some friends that they could be saved outside the Catholic church ; hastened to dissuade them on being told the seriousness of his sin by a priest Learnt the faith as achild,made confessionwhen8 to a priest namedAtkinson, since then reckonedas a Catholic. Has desired since childhood to be an ecclesiastic.

[349] RICHARDUS ASHTONUS

anno Domini 1599 mensis octobris dies trigessimust.

Quandoquidem reverentiae vestrae necessarium videtur (Pater reverende) ut omnes adolescentes qui huc studendi gratia sese conferunt aliquod testimonium pristinae vitae morumque antequam huius disciplinae scopulos ingredi possint, ennarrarent . Mihi non invisum igiturvidetur,hocopus incipientised suaveet iucundum vobis, et vitam, et mores in medio ponere, vos humiliter orans et implorans ut quicquid dixero boni consulatis.

1. nomen meum proprium est Richardus, cognomen vero Fisherus : sum viginti annorum : natus Bartoni in comitatu Northamptonibi etiam educationem meam praecipuam accepi

2. Adsecundumcaput respondendum, nescio quiddicerem, quia de parentibus et amicis est dicendum, si eos laudem, reus ero stultitiae sin vituperem , ne ingratus videar maxime perhorresco. sed ut citiushoc dilemma transvolem, reliquenda haec suntomnia de parentibus et amicis simplicitati et veritati, quae duae sic exclamant, omnes cognati tui (uno excepto in Anglia sunt haeretici quos Deus tandem aliquando faxit ut ad meliorem statum sint

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reducti De patre et matre adhuc nihil dixi, pater autem est schismaticus, mater vero ut verum dicam nescio quomodo aliquando vergensad Catholicam religionem aliquando aliter secundum, morem mulierum de hoc capite hactenus, quo spero me sine pudore ullo (quamvis sit cum pudore meo maximo) dixisse veritatem De fratribus et sororibus iam dicendum est tres habeo fratres , tot sorores, fratres vero sunt omnes catholici sorores schismaticae

3. In hoc capite videtur mihi quod non immorandum est, satis enim perspicere possit reverentia vestra, qui tempus meum, ad bonarum artium studia acomodavi +

4. In hoc sequenti non video cur diutius heream† tantum enim respondendum est de corporis statu quem semper Deo gratias meliorem et saniorem inveni quam merui et nunquam puriorem sanitatem sentii, quam iam sentio

5. Ad respondendumhoc quintumcaput longius tempus acquirendum est quam hoc tempore mihi propositum est sed quoniam aliqua festina[tio] requiritur breviori oratione contenti erimus. De vocatione primum respondendum est id est ut explicetur an unquam fuihaereticus vel schismaticusad quam questionemrespondere non minime erubesco . Haereticus fui sexdecem annos , ultimo quorum, Londini Legi dedi operam, aut saltem debui. apud dies pentecostes redivi in patriam (ut mos est) epulari et iocundari et viatim ut revertebam audivi fratrem meum qui iam hic sub vestra protectione manet esse Wisbichi quem maxime tunc temporis odiebam quod ibi dies suas in tali loco conferebat, tamen videre illum maxime peroptabam adivi castellum, petii proillo, venit, et post multascongratulationes verbaque dixit se brevi essesecuturum fratremsuumGeorgiumquipaulo ante Sancti pneumatis inspirationibus reliquisset patrem, matrem, omnesquealiosamicos Apudquae verba valde perturbatus fui animo tales deinde perfundens querelas quid facis (frater) quid queris, respondit, ego quaero praecipue animae salutem, vel talia ut commemoro dixit orans me ut ad hunc cursum gressus meos dirigerem et ut illum iturum in has regiones, associarempost multa verba non recusavi quia semper mihi valde charus fuit, haec agitans ibo cum illo et videbo omnia istade quibus dixit, nam multa dixerat mihi de religione et de hominum vitae austeritate in his patriis, si vera fortemanebo, sin falsa revertar, sed ante hoc tempus, erat quidam sacerdos Wisbichi cuius nomen est Greneus qui saepius perhumaniter me excepisset et multa mihi promissiset si patrem patriamque repudiarem quem demiratus sum saepissime quod tantum faceret in gratiammei quemnunquam ante vidisset, tamen reiiciebam tum illum tum promissa a longo tempore nec ullo modo illi confidebam nunquam tamen literas mihi mittere et dona promittererelinquebat donec mihi cum fratre in has patrias discedere persuaserat haec erat mei ad catholicam fidem conversiobreviter, nam si dicerem, quaede me et amicis meis dici possent quando ab illis discessurus essem vereor ne nimis diu reverentiam vestram legendo tenerem haec ergo sufficient alii, qui

sunt in his partibus lacrimas, eiulatus, frequentissimos fletus , qui inter amicos meos cum profecturus eram extiterunt attestari possunt pudent dicere quomodo reliqui parentes sed cum ultimum (ut in Anglia aiunt) vale eis dixissem, et progressusessem quatuor miliaria itinerispater iterummisit unum expeditum inequoquihaec verba mihi p[ro]tulit, debes secundumiussumpatrisiterumrevertere si unquam cupis matrem tuam videre vivam, reverti, et repetii domum patris, quae mulieribus erat expleta, propter dolorem quem mater concipiebat in discessu meo, adivi matrem, et allocutus sum illam humiliter, flexis genibus orans ut patienter discessum meum ferat, dicens resolutionemmeamhac in renon posseinfringi, poshaect iterum dixi vale illis et noctu ad fratrem meum hic manentem qui erat in itinereredivi Haec dehoccapite

6. De proposito ac desiderio meo acquirendae doctrinae et submittendi me ad collegii doctrinam disciplinamque, hoc spero sufficiat cupio valde perseverarein hac vitae semita in qua sum et submiteret memet huius collegii disciplinae ut tandem , quando Deo et vobis placebit revertam in patriam ad confirmandos amicos meos, quos tam charoshabui

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RICHARDUS ASHTONUS

Anno domini 1.5.9.9 mensis octobris dies trigessimus†

1. nomen meum proprium est Richardus. cognomen vero Fisherus. sum viginti annorum , natus Bartoni in comitatuNorthampto[n] ibi etiam praecipuam educationem accepi.

2. Pater meus non est nobilis , mater vero est loquor de nobilitate, ut habetur in hac patria omnes amici quos per matrem habeo fere sunt nobiles, quos per patrem sunt nobiles status et conditiopatris hoc tempore sic se habet ut medium inter nobiles et divites tres habeo fratres omnes catholicos, tres similiter sorores non catholicos , sed schismaticos pater estshismaticus pariterque mater.

3. In hoc capite videtur mihi quod non immorandum est satis enim perspicere possitis, qui tempus meum ad bonarum artium studia accomodavi semper fere dum fui in Anglia debebamstudere sed non studui nam de hac vita nequaquam putavi duos annos Duaci studui et hoc anno fui ex prima decuria ascensurus ad Logicam

4. In hoc non diu haerebo tantum enim respondendum est de corporis statu quem sanum et bene valentem semperinveni, et iam pariter invenio.

5. haereticus fui sexdecim annos aut circiter deinde duos schismaticus, persuasus fui ad catholicam fidemamplectendam per D. Greneum Sacerdotem Wisbichi qua via ? respondeo . frater meus qui hic est ibi studuit inter sacerdotes et cum¹ quodam

1 Erasure: "Ioanne illi" .

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tempore ivi illum visum fui persuasus statim miserunt me cum fratre in has regiones , nihil in Angliapro hac causapatientem.

6. Magnum habeo desiderium ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam et tam serio hanc desidero, ut nullam spero disciplinam mihi fore ponderosam .

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[349] FISHER Richard , alias Ashton, born and brought up at Barton, Northants. Son of schismatic upper middle-class father, noble schismatic and vacillating mother ; has noble kinsmen on both sides , all except one heretics. Has 3 Catholic brothers and 3 heretical sisters Studied little in England , 2 years at Douai; this year was due to go up to Logic from the first decuria Always healthy. A heretic for 16 years, during the last of which, while studying law in London, he went home to celebrate Pentecost; on his way heard that his brothernow herewas at Wisbech. Annoyed by this, but anxious to see himagain, visited the castleand learnt that his brotherintended to follow his other brotherGeorge into exile. Was at lengthpersuadedto accompanyhim,yieldingto prolongedpersuasions of Mr. Greene, a priest atWisbech Describes painfulfarewell to parents. Desires to be anecclesiastic 30 October 1599

[350] HENRICUS [SI]LLISDONUS an 1599 26 octobris

1. Vero et proprio nomine, Henricus Bedingfieldus nuncupor ; Instat aetatis meae annus 17. Natus sum autem in comitatu Suffolciensi : ibique ut plurimumeducatus, duos tamen annos civitas Londinensis duos Audomarapolitana arripuit.

2. Parentes nactus sum catholicos, et ob fidem saepe iacturam bonorum, saepe vincula passos, nobili uterque familia oriundus fratres multos sororesque habeo catholicos omnes, cognatos pene infinitos partim catholicos, partim scismaticos, haereticum nescio aliquemne nominare possim ? Conditio eorum variaalii divitesalii pauperiores, hac tamen sorte plures catholici , illa scismatici.

3. Studiis ut primum per aetatem mihi licuit operam dedi, praeceptoribus tamen usus ut plurimum rudioribus, magnam plerumque temporis iacturam pati coactus sum, per unum tamen aut alterum annum, quo tempore a catholico viro et erudito institutus fui, latinam linguam assequutussum. His demum partibus poeticis rhetoricisque facultatibus imbutus.

4. Quod ad valetudinem , non gravi aliquo unquam morbo labora[vi] sentio tamen saepe debilitatem quandam corporis, mentisque frigiditatem

5. De vocatione ad fidem nihil possum respondere , semperenim ab ipsisincunabulis a parentibus ad fidem catholicam informatus fui, pro illa tamen nihil passus sum.

6. Cum proposito et desiderio ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam discessi ex Anglia, propono etiam disciplinam collegii observare donec in eo mansurus sim.

Laus deo Beataeque Virgini Mariae

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[350] BEDINGFELD

Henry, alias Silisdon, almost 17 , born in Suffolk and brought up there except for 2 years in London and 2 at St. Omers Son of noble Catholic parents who have suffered loss of propertyand imprisonment for religion Has manybrothers and sisters, all Catholics ; has many poor Catholic kinsmen and rich schismatic kinsmen Studied under inefficient tutors; learnt Latin ina year or two from a learned Catholic ; studied poetryand rhetoric abroad Healthy, but weak in body and frigid in mind. Always a Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 26 October 1599 .

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JOANNES COPLAEUS

Anno Aeta[tis] suae 22 completo post festum Pentecostes postremo transactum :

1. Natus sum Lovanii in flandria; et nono die aetatis meae missusfui in Angliamibique educatus et nutritus usque ad nonum Annumaetatis ; tunc matre decedenteex Anglia ivi Leodium perque annum cum matre ibi remansi ; illa deinde reversa in Angliam Duacum proficiscensPater Nicholaus Smithaeus curam mei gerebat, cuius tutelae etiam per Matrem commendatus fui, ibi remansi per unum Annum in Collegioregis, studensrudimentis ; Pater Smithaeus cum deberet fieri Jesuita misit me Valencenas , postque medium Annum ibi in Gramatica consumptum, revocavit me Valencenis, iterumduacum ubi collocatus in CollegioAnglicano Syntaxinaudivi per Annum Cumque Collegium Audomarense erigeretur Pater Smithaeus factus minister eo me revocavit, ubi per Annumet sex Menses remansi audita poesi et introductione ad Rhetoricam per superiores Collegii missus fui cum Reverendo Patre Baldwino , et sex aliis studiosis in Hispaniam per Caletum videlicet cum Gulielmo Worthingtono, JoanneIversono Thoma Gardnett , JacoboThomsono et Henrico Monpessonio Hic accidit infortunium super mare omnes simul fuimus capti per naves Reginae Angliae ducebamur in Angliam, ego solus seperabart a caeteris primus ego committebar Episcopo Londinensi ubi post sex dies, mediantibus aliquibus amicis liberatus fui, ea tamen conditione ; et obligatis amicis in trescentas libras Anglicanas ut non descederemt regno : a quo tempore ibi remansi inter amicos vivens propriis meis sumptibus, mihi metipsi liber, nulli subditus ; Inter voluptates mundi, deditus venationi , societati et huiusmodi vanitatibusdonec tandem melioris vitae disideriumt, et anteactae vitae consideratio me huc perduxer[it].

2. Parentesmei fueruntex nobilifamilia ; Pater meus vocabatur

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IllustrissimusBaro de Hoo et Wells, et dominus ThomasCoplaeus de Gatton; mater fuit ex familia Lutterellorum ex Australi parte

Angliae ; fratres habeo duos ; sorores quatuor ex quibus tertia quaeaccepit sibi maritumDominumJoannem Gage et quae vocatur Margarita cum ipso Marito fuit adiudicata et condemnataad supplicium, post incarcerationem duorum annorum pro sacerdotequodam qui aliquando celebrarat Sacrum in eius domo, qui posteafactus est Martir ; quae constituto die et cum marito ducta in curut per plateas versum locum [supplic]ii [e]t etiam ligata ignominiose manibus [in ipsa via litte]ram procrastinationis su[ppli]cii recepit. A Regina tamen non fuit condonata, nec restaurabatur vell† ipsa vell maritus; sed hoc fuit factum ut durante vita Mariti, Illustrissimus Baro Carolus Howard de effingam eius terris et proventibus potiretur, quibus ad hunc usquediem potitur per donatum Reginae. Pater fugit ex Anglia pro rell[ig]ione, et mortuus est in Flandria, in servicio Regis Hispaniae, Regina Angliae toto tempore absentiae possidente eius bona et omnes proventus per confiscationem fugae suae.

Habui AvunculumCatholicum dominum Gage de firle in Sussexia

Habeo Cognatos Catholicos dominum Guilielmum Shellaeum, dominum Georgium Cottonum Dominum de lides ; Dominum de Price ; et totas illorum familias Dominum Skinner ; Dominum Crips ; preteriat aliqua pars familiae Suthwellorum et alia familia

Coplaeorum profitetur Catholicam fidem: Reverendus Pater Robertus Suthwell qui iam factus est martir consanguineus ex sororepatris

Cognati et affines Heretici; familiae ex parte patris Lanorum Sidneorum, Hawardorum , Hungerfordorum , Careorum et aliorum multorum . ex parte matris ; familiae Lutterellorum, Windorum , Sengeyorum[?] Warwicorum , Cliffordorum , Mallettorum , Stuckeleorum et aliorum multorum.

3. Studui rudimentis Duaci in Collegio Regio ; Studui Grammaticae Valencenis, studui Syntaxi Duaci cum essem in Collegio Anglicano ; et Poesim partemque Rhetorices Audomari Audivi[?], ulterius numquam sum progressus: ab illo tempore fui deditus lectioni historiarum; et studio Cosmographiae .

4. Quod ad sanitatem corporis pertinet sum optime valentis constitutionis , non aegrotavi a sex annis nisi bis levibus quibusdam catarris: In Iuventute vero laboravi vehementissime calidis aliquando febribus : Itaut praecipuamea inclinatioad aegritudinem est in febribus et distillantibuscatarris. Quo ad aegritudinem animae precipui defectus processere ex malo exemplo aliorum, ex pessimo consortio, et ex inclinatione carnis meae vixi aliquando dissolute et immorigere et relaxans frena arbitrio [perversae inclinationis a qua]fuissemperditus; nisi frequentatio sacramentorum mihi sublevassett † bonumque consilium , et praecipue gratia, et misericordia Divina

5. In pueritia habitans cum Avunculo meo Domino Southwelo

frequentavi aliquando Eclesiast protestantum nepotum suorum consortio cum nutrirer inter illos : sed nill mali tunceram compos, nec tanti rationis ut scirem esse malum ; nec tantiIudicii utscirem evitandum ab anno septimo semperfui educatusin fidecatholica ad hunc usque diem, nec hereticus nec scismaticusfui.

6. Quo ad vitae Ecclesiasticae statum ; desiderium meum eo solummodo tendit ; sed considerans varietatem, fragilitatemnaturae meae , et inconstantiam mentis, adiungendo etiam recordationem dilectorum meorum adt deinde indignitatempropriam, quod ad propositum pertinet et finalem resolutionem, hoc Confessarii mei iudicioet concilio refero, cui in omni voluntateet deliberatione mea acquiescam . Ordinationes, leges, et quascunque institutiones Collegii conabor omnibus viribusadhibitoque studio integras conservare; etquamvis sint valde contrariae consuetudini vitae meae et libertati propriae ; tamen ut maxime virtuti consentaneas et mihi inprimis necessarias perspiceot, Ideoque omnem voluntatem et submissionem et alacritatem in illis observandis promitto.

Spero omnia ad maiorem dei gloriam

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[351] COPLEY John, 22 last Whit, son of Thomas Copley , Baron Hoo and Wells, of Gatton (who lived in exile for religion and died in Flanders in the service of the King of Spain, while all his goods wereconfiscated by the Queen) and ----Luttrell; born atLouvain, sent to England when 9 days old ; brought up there until 8; left Englandwith his mother & lived with her at Liège; on herreturn to England was committed to care of Fr. Nicholas Smithat Douai; studied rudimentsin the royal college there ; on Fr. Smith's becoming a Jesuit studied grammar for a year and a half at Valenciennes ; on recall to Douai studied syntaxfor a yearin theEnglish College ; studied poetry and part of rhetoric for 18 months atSt. Omers when Fr. Smith became minister there at its foundation; sent to Spain with Fr. Baldwin, William Worthington, John Iverson , Thomas Garnett, James Thomson, and Henry Mompesson ; after leaving Calais was captured by English ships, brought to England and separatedfrom companions ; committed to Bishop of London ; freed after six days on condition that his friends should pay£300 ifheleftthecountry; sincethen has lived a life ofpleasurespending his time in frivolity and hunting. Has 2 brothers and 4 sisters. (The third sister, Margaret, wife of John Gage, was condemnedto death with husband after 2 years imprisonment because a priest, later martyred, had said Mass in their house ; was reprieved onthe way to the scaffold ; lost her husband's estates & revenuesto Lord Howard of Effingham) Is related to Mr. Gage of Firle, Sussex (his uncle), to Mr. William Shelley, Mr. George Cotton, Mr. de Lides, Mr. de Price, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Cripps, all Catholics ; to the partlyCatholic Southwell family ; and to another Catholic family of

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Copleys. (Father Robert Southwell, the martyr, was a kinsman of the respondent through his father's sister.) Is related also , on his father's side, to the Lanes, the Sidneys, the Howards, the Hungerfords, and the Careys ; on his mother's side to the Luttrells, the Windsors, the Sankeys[?], the Warwicks, the Cliffords, the Mallets, and theStukeleys, all heretics. Since leaving St. Omershasstudied historyand cosmography. These last 6 years has not had anysickness save catarrh; in youth suffered severely from warm fevers. Formerlyliveddissolutelyand would have been lost had itnot been forfrequentation of sacraments, good advice, and the mercy ofGod. As a boy, living with his uncle Mr. Southwell, attended heretical churchesinnocently; from his 7th year was brought up a Catholic Desires to be an ecclesiastic. Will attempt to keep the rules thoughtheyare very contraryto his customary life and liberty.

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EDMUNDUS SMITHEUS

Decimo 17mo Novembri anno millessimo quingentesimononagesimonono

1. Quod ad praenomenspectat, diu quidem Edouardus vocabar , tum domi a parentibus, tum etiam foris a familiaribus , ipseetiam in literarum et Epistolarum subscriptionibus illud nomen apponere solebam, sic tractu temporis evenit, ut illud mihi verum nomen putabam cum autem per Dei gratiam animum mutaveram, tum etiam nomen illud novum, reipsa autem verum mihi assumpsi : in qua re facienda non mihi defuit consilium prudentis confessarii; cum enim illi dixeram illud nomen mihi in baptismo inditum fuisse, me putare tum quia idem in libro ubi Baptizatorumnomina inscribunturinveneram tum etiam quia Patri et Compatri nomenerat, ipse mihi consuluit idem resumere Annum aetatis iam paene attigi vigesimum secundum, si quidem quoad multitudinemdierum computatio fiat; sinminus, si spectatur Christiana religio (secundum quam vita denominanda est) primus annus finitus est nuper quo verae Religionis vestigia sum insequutus Natus sum in humili quodam pago, in Oxoniensi comitatu sito, vulgari nomine vocato Cromish, proprio autem et vero Newnham ; est enim pagus iste in duas divisus parochias, quarum una priori altera posteriori nomine appellatur: Locushic propecelebriori cuidam oppido vulgo Wallingfordia dicto, conjunctus est, solummodo Tamesi fluvio interfluente. Educatio moraliter loquendo fuit certe satis honesta et liberalis habui namquematrem satis asperam et satis amantem et in mores corrigendo et etiam in procurando ea quae corpori erant necessaria , Pater autem dum ipse tenera essem aetate vita functus est ; qui dum vixitomnem mei curam matri commendavit cuius post obitum (aliter enim si supervixerat mihi evenisse credo) multis annis de Religione, de pietate, de debito erga Deum honore amore sancto aliisque omnibus quibus suo creatori mortales omnes se gratos deberent praebere ne quidquam degustavi ; donec miserrimae

meae conditionis commiserante Deo omnipotente saniora mihi suggerat, et ad meliorem tutioremque vivendi modum excitarat animum cuius rei caussas et circumstantias omnes postea , ut occasio dabitur referemus.

2. Parentum status in rebus mundanis valde mediocris est; nec multisabundant divitiis nec rerum necessariarumsatietasdeest; det Deus ut non ita terrestribus cogitationibus mergantur, ut supernas negligant ; et hic iusta mihi datur causa dolendi cum mecum reputo maximum illis imminens periculum dum extra Ecclesiaegremium in obcaecatahaeresivitam degunt, et sub specie veri falluntur miseri : alios ab omni bono proposito res suas amittendi metu deterreri credo, alios ignorantia rerumdivinaruminbuti, et ad animarum salutem omnino media nescientes , aut saltem non quaerentes, quotidie (quod dolendum est) perire non desistunt,etin animarum ruinam ruere praecipites. Hisce modis vitam degentes habeo matrem et vitricum superstites (Pater enim tredecim abhinc annis, vel ibi circa, defunctus est Catholicus) habeo item fratrem unum, duassorores , etiam cognatoscognatasquealiquas, omnes pro veritate amplectentes haeresim; quos Deus pro sua misericordia in ovile suum reducat errantes

3. Magna semper et ingens erat confusio in studiis, ita ut vix ullumaut saltem non magnum progressumprofectumve me unquam fecisse memini : jam enim Logicam studerem, jam Physicam ; deinde utrisque relictis, studium humanitatis forsa[n] placuit, sic novis semper delectatus studiis, dum singulis incumberem, singula neglexi Primo ad gymnasium in oppido Burfordia situm grammatices elementa discendi gratia missus eram, ubi aliquot annos commorans, aliquid item in re ista proficiens ; me ad Oxoniam (suadente illud vitrico matreque) contuli, ubi in primo ingressu magnusproficiendi erat ardoranimi, postea vero nugis et vanitatibus (quod commune ibi juvenibus esse solet) illectus multum intermisi studia ; sicquehabenaselaxansvoluptatibus , operam et oleumquod aiunt (nisi quod parvum in lingua latina profectum feci) perdideram prorsus.

4. Aegritudine aliqua non unquam nisi minima aliqua et repentina, ut dolore capitis et huiusmodi, me laborasse scio ; morbum autem, qui Suillina pestis vocatursemel habui gravissimum ; ita ut totum paene corpus quasi unica scabie cooperiebatur aliumetiam semelmorbum sentii, cuius sum jam ignarus nominis ; solet autem rubris quibusdam maculis ab eo immaculari corpus. Ab omni animae cura atque sollicitudine tam remota mens , atque libera cogitatiodiu fuitut si magnis esset obnoxa periculis, et imminentibus malis subjecta, tamen nullam ipse senseram aegritudinem , per incuriameiusdemsalutis, cum ipsa laborabat maxima

5. Referre pudet, vitam sane in haeresi usque ad vigesimum primum paene annum traduxi omni solutus cura, vel divino numini placere, vel animae propriae salutem agere Sed noluit me ulterius in mei ipsius ruinampergere Deus ; quin optimo quorundamexemplo

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animum excitavit, ut illorum ad ipsum sectarer vestigia, et mundo Satanaeque renunciarem Fuerunt ergo Pater Graveus et Pater Yongus, qui mihi primum ad Christum aditum patefecerunt ; cum enim de illorum proposito intellexeram, tanto eram subsequendi desideriocaptus, ut vix meipsumintra Collegii limites continerepotui statim mihi iste status vivendi displicuit ; omnes excogitavi modos meipsum ultra mare transmittendi; et ecce quam magna fuit providentiaDei, illi enim ipsi qui primum motum ad perfectionem dederunt, etiam modum exquisierunt , quo relictis mundi vanitatibus melius Christo inservirem : cum enim essent e carcereliberati, Pater Yongus Oxoniam aliquos amicos visendi causa , venit, quem cum vidi (ut vere fateor) vix praegaudio mei compos fui; cum ergo prima occasio dabatur, omnia prout acciderant ei enarrabam , et auxilium causam meam promovendi petebam ; ipse statim omnia pro viribus se facturum promisit: qui Londinumreversus, de me ReverendosPatres, Patrem Listerumet Patrem Coffinum certiores fecit, ipsi ex charitateillis divinitusdata, me accersi jubent ; quocum veneram , me magno cum gaudio amplexi sunt ambo ; ac Pater Coffinus me iterum atque iterum amplectens, te inquit in filium meum accipio et sic non multis post diebusrem[?] effecit, nam in ecclesiae unitatem, praehabito Poenitentiae Sacramento admisit; tam cura ejus ita in dies erga me nihil tale promerentem excrevitut in sublevandis tum animi tum corporis necessitatibus plusquam paterna fuit: jam post paucos dies de mediis me ultra maremittendi audiverat ; sic elargitis ab eo nummis pro viatico literis quoque commendatoriis adhibitis; accepta demum ejusdem benedictione, discessi . Iter autem illud Deus brevi finiebat nam ab haereticis captus et in carcereper maiorem anni partem detentus patientiam et constantiam meamexperiri vellet; ipse autem me in vinculis non dereliquit , sed ita gratia sua suffulcitut adversariorum torvos vultus, opprobria, et verba minantia, aequo animo tolerarem Ei ergosit laus et gloriain aeternum

6. Illud semper apud me ratum fixumque habui quo primo Christum scire inceperam, quod si unquam dignaretur Deus talime dignum redderemunere, vitam Ecclesiasticam longe optimam mihi visam, libenti ac volenti animo susciperemet cum dareturopportunitas, indies ad tantum munus suscipiendum me paratiorem aptioremque reddere, conarer Item ad Collegii disciplinam aliaque omnia in eodem observanda, faciendave quoad Deus dederit vires, me promptum paratumque fore promitto et spondeo.

Laus Deo VirginiqueMatri

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[352] SMITH Edmund (so baptized, but called Edward until his conversion when on his confessor's advice he resumed his true name) just 21, son of Edmund, born at Crowmarshor ratherNewnham, Oxon., near Wallingford Lost his Catholic father about 13 years ago ; was brought up liberally by a severe, loving and pro-

vident mother who left himin ignoranceofreligion. Son ofa middle class heretical family whose dangerous situationhe laments Hasa mother and stepfather still alive, one brother and 2 sisters, all heretics. Studied logic physics and humanitites haphazardly ; learnt elements some years at grammar school at Burford; later wasted timein frivolityat Oxford, progressingin Latin only. Suffers from sudden headaches ; once suffered chickenpox, was covered as witha single scab ; had another disease whichfills thebody with red spots ; is mentally imperturbable A heretic untilalmost 20 ; was stirred by example of Frs Greaves and Young into a desire to cross the seas Told this to Fr. Young, then visiting his friends at Oxfordafter his release from prison ; was recommendedby him to Frs. Coffin and Lister at London Warmly welcomed, was confessed and reconciled by Fr. Coffin, and given journey-money, letters of recommendation and means of travel. Captured by heretics on the way, was imprisoned for nearly a year ; was given strength by God to bear threats and insults Desires to be an ecclesiastic. 17 November 1599.

[353] NICHOLAUS HARTUS

Dievigessimo sexto Novembris , anno milessimo† quingentessimot nonagessimot nono .

1. Ita vero nomine vocatus sum, et viginti fere duos annos vixi, apud Cantium in villagio Kennington appellato natus sum, et cum novem annos transissem, in scola Westmonesteriensi per spatium quatuor, vel quinque annorum instructus fui ; et posteaduosannos in Oxonia vixi, deinde per spatiumquatuor vel quinque annorum apud Londinum inthe Inns ofCourt and Chauncerye, et ita educatus fui

2. Parentes mei fuerunt nobiles, & per annum ducentas libras dispenderepossunt, pater meus erat ab initio scismaticus, et natus de parentibus catholicis, per patrem, si non per matrem, et nunc est catholicus, et vixit feredecem annos in ecclesia sedsine persequutione ut puto, tamen mater mea nata erat de haereticis sed nobilibus ; at postea nupta erat certissime credo ipsam esse scismaticam , et est mortua, mea soror et mei fratres sunt mortui, atque patermeus ab hoc tempore sine uxore vixit ; tantummodo habeo per patrem unum avunculum, non est in quaque authoritate; et iste est scismaticus, et alterumcognatum hereticum et persequutorem, qui est a Iusticeof peace, omnes altrit mei cognati sunt sive catholici , sive scismatici plerumque omnes mei avunculi et cognati per matrem nobiles sed ut puto haeretici, et non aliqui de his secundum meam cognitionem in quaque magna authoritate.

3. Tantummodo studui grammatice et parum Logice,etprofectus meusest valde parvus, oxoniae studui per spatium duorum annorum

4. Aegrotus fui nunquam in mea vita nisi bis and once ofthe measles & the small pockes , ideo mea valetudo corporis ut spero

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per dei gratiam est valde bona, et ultima aegritudo erat gravissima sed duabus abhinc annis, et ab eo tempore I havegotten agreat rume et aliquando habui aliquid doloris in capite.

5. I have bynnallwayes from myne Infancyea scysmatick ; and contynuallye very much geven unto devotion untyl that I came unto the yeares of syxteen or seaventeene , at whichtymeI cameto lyve at the Inns of Chauncerye & Court in London ; and there fallingein to badd companyegreweby litle& litle to leavethatgood desyre which I allwayes had before unto devotion & did beginn a most lewd course of lyfe, & at length fallinge from one synn unto another greater,& by Custome of sinninge I grewe to have noe sence orfeelingeofsinne, insoemuchas theirwasnoesinn soe haynousthat I would not haveattempted , onlye this beingeodiousuntometogoe unto the Church of the heretickes, allsoe when that I entered into that badd course of lyfe I had this purpose that after that I had by that meanes made my selfe famous unto the world, & made experienceofdiversitieof vices , that then I would reforme to agood corse of lyfe to the end that as I had bynn before famous for vice , soe that then in lykemanner I mightbefamous for my vertue ; and oftentymes I had this good motion to come into my myndwhearby I was moved to crye out, what o god reputed for a saint in my youth & nowe shall I become a div[i] ; after that I had continued in this course oflyfe for the space of twoe yeares or their about, one night as I and my companionewalked in the streetesmeetinge with twoe other gentlemane[?], it happenedthat one of them iustled my companyone as we walked together, whearupon afterward in multiplyinge of wordes & in our Coller, we drewe eatch upon the other in thestreetes, & my companyone& oneofthecontraryepart had receyved some little hurt & soe we wear parted, afterwarde I and my companionepurposinge to goe into thefeild withtheothers & soe to end it, in that he had receyved some hurt before & bothof us an iniurye; nowe in this tyme of consideringe with my selfe, howe daungerous a matter it was, & that I myght chaunce to be slayne; I called to mynd this sentence whichI had oftenbefore read Nulla salus extra ecclesiam, theirfore thought I, I will goe & be reconcyled & then I care not weather I be slayne or noe , & wasreconcyled in the marshallseaby Father Stanney a Francyscan fryer whoe lyved their prysoner ; & never made my gostlyfather acquanted with my purpose, allsoe after this I continued my badd course oflyfe for the space of a twellfmonth& a litle more in more high degree of wyckednessethen before, all this tyme I persuaded my selfethat their was noe man that did live out of mortall sinne, & didthinkthat all that wear Catholicks if that theydid but observe diligently to confesse all these mortall sinnes whichthey had committed & could remember in their confessione that then they did presently after death with out passinge tho throwe purgatoryfirst ascend upto heaven, but yet notwithstandinge I had never a desire or readinesse to dye, unlesse that it wear forthwith soe sone as ever

I had bynn at confessione & then I seemed not care what kind of death had happened unto me ; it pleased god in this my wicked course of lyfe to visite me with a sicknesse, even in that instant when as I did think much to have confessed my selfe inmy vilenesse ; & I perceyvinge my selfe by litle & litle to languish away,thoughtI itis now tyme to beginneto saye some prayers ; the whichIdid asa Pater noster & AveMaria & suchlyke, wellit pleased godthat in my sicknesevery dayeincreased &I contynued in a most extremeheatin my stomack for the space of a fortnight ore three weakeswithout anye intermissione but nowe & then I tooke some litle rest in the night in my sleepe ; in the tymeofmy sicknes Itwasdemaundedof me wheather Iwould have a preist to come to me or noe,& I forthwith aunsered I, allsoe It was touldme that I must prepareme selfe or not at all, for I could not have a preist whensoeverI would ; & when the preist came to me I was in daunger of death yet notwithstandinge duringthe tymeof his presen[c]e , I through shame ofmy sinnes laye as though I had bynn asleepe & would not confesse myselfein my si[c]knes I purposedthat ifit pleased god togeveme lyfe I would be come a newe manne, that recoveringe some sixeor seaven weakes ormore beforemichaelmasonewhichdaywas the firste masse said that ever I herd, that untyll michaelmas I would continue my former course of life and soe take my leave of those wicked pleasures , beinge moved witha kind of sorrowewhich Ihad forthat great greife whichmyfathersufferedthroughmybad coursewhichIdid then follow, allsoe whichthe considerationeofmy owne undeutyfullnes & my freindesdid crye out against me ,sayinge thatI would shorten myfathers lyfe,& that I would be cause ofhis death allsoe I was persuadedto amend my lyfe by one mr strange whoe lodged in the same house wheare I did live a Catholicke in lyke manner by divers other of my freindes. when michaelmas drewe neare I then did begine to thinke upon my purpose, & least that I should passe michaelmas daye, I did beginn to examine my conscience some three of four dayes before, and one the night beforeI purposedto goe to confessione I was verymuch tempted by oneofmyformer companionsto eat flesh it beinge a fastinge dayeat night, I endeavoringeby all means possibleto shune his companye & coud not but that I must needs supp with hime, I beingelothto seeme unto hime to refuseto eate fleash, in this great perplexitie& vexatione of mynd allsoe thinkinge that if I should this night eateflesh whyit wear a more haynous offencethan all the rest that I had before committed ; & soe millions of times callinge upon the name of Iesus, it pleased god that by this meanes I was delivered, forwe walkinge home together to supper, it came in to hismindto goe into a Confectioners shopp wheare he did soe fill hime selfe with sweete meates , that he had noe stomack unto his supper, & I in lyke manner used the same excuse, & soe whent the next day morning toFryarstanney againe to make my confessione untohime. At that tyme before I whent unto confession I purposed most

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certaynlye ever afterby the graceof god to live out ofmortall sinne & to amendmy former course oflyfe, presently afterthat I had bynn at confession & mad this purpose it pleased god to geve me great contentment & tranquillitie of mind; allsoe about some twoeor three dayeseithermoreor lesse afterthat I had bynn at confessione , I had an earnest desire to come over & to enter into that order of religione whichwas the most strictest and in whichI might doe god most service, whichI did thinketo be the order of the Francyscans in that I had soe herd, allsoe at this motion I was veryemuch perplexed & troubled in mynd, In that I knewe not howe possibly I might compasse it& at that time that I wasin this perplexitietheir happened to be others in my chamber whoe weare talkinge of comminge over , to whom I made my desire knowne , butyetatthe first I thought with my selfe not to acquaint anye, because I did presuppose that they would but laugh at me for utteringe perswadinge them selves that it was but some melacholye conceyte& in likemanner it would bepassed over, soe sone asI had uttered my mind untothem, I receyvedgreat comfort from them in that onein the Companyecalled bythenameof mrstrange, forthwith promysed me to acquaint me with FatherGarret for at that tymeIhad never seene norspokenwithanye ofthe socytie, & presently soe sone ashe was named because that I had herd such great fame of his great resolution with which hesufferedthetorturein the tower ofLondon , I was inflamed withsuch an earnest desire towardes hime & allthe rest of the socyetie, but espeacyally to speake with hime & I did thinke everye daye a yeare and afterward I had manye letts & hindrances beforethat I could either see or speake untohime , thatI did often break forth into teares , & saye o god it is a far greater Crosse, then this that which I have deserved through myhaynous& abhominable sinnes, allsoe at thatInstant Ihad a motioncameinto mymindeto be of the Socyety of Jesus in whichI humblythanke god I have bynnever since most constant, allbeitI have had manye temptations to allure the contrarye, in like manner I have oftentymes since that tyme consideredwith my selfe that theorder of the Capuciansthe more strict but none more profitable in godes Church then theIesuites, and in this consideration my mynd hath allwayes remayned firme, & constant to be of the Socyetye ; I lykewise when that I talked with father Garred I was greatly comforted throughhis most sweete counsell& Chieflye next unto god I have bynn instructed by hime in that whichhath allwayes bynn most in my spirituall good.

6. Propositum meum per dei bonitatem est esse de Societate Iesu, & est omnis causa cur ivi de Anglia, et duobus abhinc annis hanc vocationem habui, et quamdiu hic mansero, deo iuvante disciplinam collegii diligentissime observare propono.

[There is extant also a shorter version of these Responsa. The answers to questions 1-4 and 6 are word for word as above, with

very slight abbreviations . The answer to question 5 is printed in full below .]

5. Semper ab initio scismaticus fui, et in primis annis multum me essevirtuti deditumputabam ; donec quindecemt vel sexdecem+ annostransissem; et postea cumin virtutis amoredeficereinciperem , inter me et alterum controversia accidit, in qua controversia per quasdam bonas inspirationes factus eram catholicus, dubitans ne non tantummodo vitam sed etiamanimam perderemsi pugnaremus, ut intendebam ; per fratrem Stannaeum de ordine St. Francisci reconciliatus fui, et nunquam illi meam intentionem aperui. et tamen (ego iam catholicus) non nequissimam illam vitam relinquebam, antequam deo placebat, gravissimam mihi aegritudinem mittere, atque hac in aegritudine mecum meliorem vitam incipere proponebam, si deus valetudinem daret: et per magnam dei misericordiam recuperatus eram, atque non solum in corpore, sed etiam in anima post paucas septimanas bene valere incipiebam ; et ardentissimum desiderium habere esse religiosum, apud quod desiderium me esse valde perplexum inveniebam , et cupidum cum patre Charetto loqui, cum quo post paucos dies loquebar ; perque deum et per suavissimum illius consilium maximum consolationem vel solatium recipiebam : atque etiam quomodo in virtute proficere possem .

SUMMARY

[353] [Only the Latin version is summarised , not the English text] HART Nicholas, c 22, born at Kennington , Kent ; at 9 went to Westminster School for4 or 5 years; studied 2 years at Oxfordand 4 or 5 years in the Inns of Court and Chancery. Son of noble parents who have £200 a year to spend . (His father, a widower , was born of a Catholic family ; was once a schismatic, has been a Catholic for 10 years without being persecuted. His motherwas born ofnoble heretics ; from her marriage untilher death she was a schismatic.) Had brothers and 1 sister, all now dead ; has one undistinguished schismatical uncle, and a persecuting cousinwhois a Justice. Has otherwise catholic or schismatical kinsmen on his father's side, noble & undistinguished heretics on his mother's. Has studied grammar and a little logic without great progress. Had measles and smallpox, nowhealthysave for a great rheum and occasional headaches . Always a schismatic; virtuous until 15 or 16 ; then fell from virtue but converted to Catholicism owingto controversywith a friend; reconciled by Franciscan Fr. Stanney. Continued vicious until stricken withillnesswhichmadehimreform and gave himdesireto be a religious, which he communicated to Fr. Gerard Has desiredfor 2 years to be a Jesuit ; forthis reasonhas left England 26 November 1599 .

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1. de loco

meae de vero aetate

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HENRICUS CHADERTONUS 1599. primo die decembris anno Domini milessimo† quincentesimo nonagesimo nono, aetatis meae quadragesimo sexto aut septimo

Natus fui in quodam Castelloa patre meo a fundamento constructo atque aedificato (sed ex Regis Henrici nativitatis Octavi expensis ) et in Comitatu Southamptoniae prope Portismouthe collocato de quo in senectute sua Dux et Capitanus fuit : quod in Aula principis hodierno die nomine et Castellum Chadertonicum vocatur , sed publice Southseae Castell Fuit etiam urbis Portismouth (ut scriptura sepulturae suae demonstrat) primus Dux in quo loco

De patre

meo pro- priodeque eius statu ac conditione

nemo post illum gubernavit , nisi esset, vel Eques, ut Sir Adrianus Poynings, vel Baronus, ut Dominus

Chidiocus Paullett, et qui etiam hoc tempore gubernat, Dominus Mountioye, vel Comes, ut Henricus Ratklife Southsaxiae Comes : ortus autem ex quadam domo ex antiquitate nominata Chaderton Hale,

De matre

tione mea

De fratribus et soTore

tione

in Comitatu Lancastriae constituta Recepit in Mater autem mea ex parentibus Titch- domum suam bournein Southamptoniae Comitatu gener- dum vixit osis maximae antiquitatisorta fuit Edu- Reges duos catio mea, quod pater meus, dum tertium vid. tantum egi annum morte, ex terris in icum Octo.et coelos (ut spero, quia tempore Reginae Ed filium

Henr-

De Educa- Mariae migravit) translatus est, vagra fuit : eius pater usque ad annum aetatis meae 7. vel 8 : meus : et nunc cum amico uno tunc cum altero, sed plures multopraecipue cum Matris meae generosa Mat- ties ex prirona de Civitate Southamptoniae : reliqui mariis consautem fretris mei, qui tres fuerunt, duo ularibus maiores, et alter minor natu cum sorore unica permanserunt cum matre: unde cum ad domum matris revocatus, eam inveni cuidam generoso iuveni matrimonio coniunctam , qui cum ea septem vel octo annis vixit, et quatuor fere eorum consumptione laboravit; qua propter Londinum cum quatuor vel quinque servis, consilii medicorum causa , quorum tres vel quatuor quotidie consiluit † per medii vel integri anni spatium frequentavit: Unde maximam substantiae partem proprii patris consumpsit, immonon decimamferereliquit partem. Nostrorum interea parva cura haberetur : quoniam si praeceptorem in propria de nostro- Materna domo pretio conductum unius anni spatio rum educa- habuimus, per duos integros absque aliquo nostram pueritiam , atque adolescentiam, flores aetatis nostrae in nugis et vanitatibusp[erd]eremus Substantiam tamen non totam consumpsit, sed tantam, quanquam non ad parva cura

fui

tantam [pom]pam (ut secundummundi huius vanitatem loquar) quantam antea, tamen ad mediocrem atque generosam hospitalitatem fovendum reliquit Marito matris meae secundo iam mortuo circa annum aetatis meae 13. ut existimo, a Comitatu Southamp. in Sussexiam migravit : ubi post aliquantumtemporis misit me cum duobus fratribus meis minoribus (quia frater natu maximus eodem tempore studuit in Aula studiosorum iuris Communis) ad scolas : in quibus didici Rudimenta, RegulasconcordantialesanglicanasCatonem, partemque Terentiae : et incepi Gramaticam Latinam legere: sed post duos circiter annos, hinc frater meus natu maximus, qui paulo antea duxisset viduam in uxorem , Qua de misit pro me inserviendi causa et intentione Comiti causa a sco- Southamptoniae, qui in baptismatis sacramento pater lasubtractus meus erat : sed Comesipse quia mater eius tunc temporis superfuit , et maximam eius Palatium occupavit, et in condendo, et in reparando alterum persistit quia locum sufficientem , ad servos suscipiendumnon habuit me pro tempore renuit Paulo autem post locatus fui cum quodam Equiti officiali in Aula principis : cui inserviebam non pro mercede , sed libero arbitrio, fere per annum : Inde et iam ad maternam domum reversus totam adolescentiam meam usque ad annum aetatis meae vigessimum† tertium, consumpsiin venatione, in faulcones nutriendo in lusione cum aleis et cartis , et in omnibus delitiis in quibus mens humana, haeretica vel schismaticadoctrina imbutaet veri Dei cultumignorans, delectare potest.

In Aula principis quodam tempore permansi fratris

Morsprimi Frater meus natu maximus obiit antequam perveni ad annum vigessimum primum et haereditas illus, sed magna contentione et expensis per duos veltres annosin iure communi cum uxore primi fratris (quae contra ius gentium et populorum, contra ius Dei et naturae petivit haereditatem) tandem ad fratrem secundum perveniebat et praeter hanc iniuriam maximam , a marito suo fretret meo tantum obtinuit, ut magnam partem non solum in partibus Australibus verum etiam Septentrionalibus ad ditandum suos filios, quos alteri De conver- marito genuerat, in venditione consumsisset Nunc ad sione mea salutis meae annum, nunc ad annum inquam in quo etreconcilia-primum, et quo-modo cognoscere, timere et in Ecclesia tione ad Deum Catholica Deum optimum maximum recte colleret incepi ; perveniam. Secundumet vigessimum† circiter annum aetatis meae, non casu sed ex professo et zelo proprio accidit , quod quidam sacerdos (ex charitateet vicinitate locorum in quibus nati sumus, et quod pater meus , pater esset eius in fonte Baptismatis , nomenque

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eius portavit, motus) ex generosa imoex nobili sterpet Iohanis nomine Pounds dicere possim ; ad maternam domum accessit ; et matrem, et me, et sororem meam examinavit (fratres enim abfuerunt ) nosquenon haereticos sed schismaticos, et ad omnia Catholice respondentes invenit, non tamen ad verum Dei optimi maximi cultum paratos. In fine denique dixit se haberelibrum optimum sed magni pretii aestimatum : de pretio respondi, me nihil curasse : quare statim convenimus pretio liber erat de motibus Domini Doctoris Bristo: quem postquam legi et perlegi, certus de rectitudineet sanctitate fidei Catholicae factus sum et de ea cum aliquo haeretico disputare, paratus ; sed non ad amplectendum eam . Deinde me moram faciente , post annum unum sorte fortuito accidit, dum iter feci ad commodandum pro usura centum libras anglicanae monetae, quas dedit mihi mater, et mecum frater meus iunior: quod suscepimus in via pro hospitio domum matris illius Iohanis Pounds: non illum tamen sed fratrem eius Thomam, qui nunc in Turri Londinensi est inclusus solum cum matre presentem invenimus : ubi familiariter et admodum amice suscepti eramus: et dum in mensa sumus ipse matrem suam multis bonis piisque verbis urgebat, ad fidem Catholicam suscipiendum : sed nihil inde prorsus mo[veba]tur: sed potius discontenta a coena surrexit, et abiit, verbaque eius pia fugit ; atque sic permansit (magis dolenda et indigna tali filio) usque ad ultimam horam Illa autem discessa convertebat et dirigebat verba sua ad nos: et oper[ation]e Divina, non fratri, sed mihi acceptabilia essent : Responsumenim illi dedi : Me optime novisse, fidem Catholicam rectam et perfectam essefidem,etsine dubio absque illa nullam esse redemptionem. Immo ait ipse (ut eius verbis utar) itane dicis et credis ? et non vis illam accipere et amplexare, in qua sola Deus recte collitur . ad haec mutus eram: et nihil potui respondere. Oh, bene scio, inquit, quid cogitatis, quasi eram in cordibus vestris : Vos estis iuvenes, et omnia habetis ad voluntatem [or: voluptatem ]: iuventutem itaque vestram in iucunditate , in daelitiis † et in vanitatibus mundi huius consumere desideratis ; et in senectute vestra Deo inservire vultis. Sed quidsi dum estisinvia, arbor, vel Lapis ex domo super vos caderet, vel inimici vestri aut Latrones occurrerent vobis, et vos pugnando occiderent, vel aliqua alia mors, nescioquam, subito vos invaderet, (nullus enim potest pro certo scire se victurum aut sibi promitterevitam in crastinum diem) quid tum esset de vobis actum ? In momento in infernum dis-

Cuius admonitione et consilio factus fui

cenderetist. His et similibus verbis his victus et corde fractus animoque tactus respondi. Me nihil magis desiderare quam Ecclesiae Catholicae me posse esse membrum : Hoc a me dicto : sis (inquit omni iucunditate et heleritate † loquebatur) bono animoet consilium a Catholicus lecto accipe; (tayke consell of your pillowe in Inglishe) si sis crastino die eiusdem mentis, qua iam es, desiderium tuum, Deique voluntas et tuaimpleatur Permansi constanter Dei optimi maximi gratia et favore : dedit mihi tunc librum ad orandum dum parabat litteras: et cum paratae fuerunt, me cum illis misit ad domum cuiusdam nobilis et Catholicae mulieris viduae Sir QuismeDeoThomaeGilforde Equitis : ubiinveni Dominum Stevenes reconciliavit aut Stevensone , qui aliquando Iuelli Salisburiensis Episcopi fuit Secretarius, qui in me rem Divinam incepit, qui me Deo reconciliavit; resque peracta rogavit ab illo quid in posterum facerem, quod amici mei plerique haeretici vel schismati erant, sed aliter satis praeclari permulti, et eorum more in comedendo carnes in diebus ieiuniis, et reliqua similia, cum illos frequentavi facere solebam: Consilium mihi dedit, ut alicui homini nobili et Catholico inservirem , ubi secundum fidem Catholicam qua iam imbutus eram libere vivere potui. Libenter concessi : Et interea dum me in cubiculo ad perficiendum opus satisfatorium † reliquit, egit cum nobili ista vidua causam meam: quae statim ut egressus sum de cubiculo mihi obtulit servitium , 1 . fratris sui Gulielmi Shelli : 2. proprii filii, qui tunc 12 annum tantum egit, et quasi tutor eius essem : 3. sui ipsius 4. Vicecomes Mountagew nobilissimi viri, quod non dubitavit quin pro me obtinere Ingentem illi dedi gratiam pro liberalitatesua erga me : sed prius amicorum consilium et praecipue Domini Thomae Pounds rogare cupiebam si autem alicui illi sibi praecaeterisinservire vellem, propter eius maximam erga me benignitatem oblatam. Et sic redii ad patrem, redii ad rectorem meum et totius vitae meae Thomam Pounds, et illi ostendi quomodo res se habuit. Patrem illum dico, quia verba eius venit in mentem hoc accidit per mensem unum ante festum Nativitatis Salvatoris nostri et iussit mihi redire ad se circa festum S. Thomae Apostoli ut simul iter facere potuerimus ad celebrandum inter Catholicos festum totum Nativitatis Salvatoris nostri Mandato eius obtemperavi ; et cum primo ascenderemus equis; Ibimus, inquit, inter amicos meos, qui te non

Thomam P. rectepatrem vocare possum quoniam ut pater mundo sic ille me Deo generavit

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norunt et cum interrogaverint quis es? respondebo , filium meum te esse: O bonus pater, sed malus filius : bonus rector, sed ineptus Imitator Post festum autem Epiphaniae dum reverteremur Episcopus Wintoniensis in itinere orbavit me illo, et inclusit illum in carcere eiusdem Civitatis: sed nullo modo abstinere potui, quin illum brevi invisum ire: sed interea de illo optimum somnium (non ausus sum dicere, visionem, propter indignitatemmeam,nisi Deus obeius dignitatem , quantum et quam bonum de eo rectorem haberem, mihi ostendere dignaretur) vidi : quod me tantum movebat ut quatam existimationem St. Monica Ambrosio Episcopo habuit, tantam ego de illo habui: Quicquid enim de ore eius ad dirigendum totius vitae

meae cursum , audivi: de ore quasi alicuius Angeli vel Sancti prodiens existimavi Postquam itaque illum secundum votum et desiderium invisum venissem , (quod maxima et mirabili quasi difficultate obtinui) et mentem et somnium illi manifestassem, rogavi quid velletme essefacturum? Ipse statim in praesentemihi consilium dedit, ut cum omni celeritate iter faceremcum pecuniis quas paratus habui Londinum versus , ubi quendam sacerdotem nomine D. Alenum Cardinalis Aleni cognatum invenirem, qui quinque dierum spatio postea Romam versus iter incepturus esset. Hocaccepi quasi ex ore Altissimi, et ex toto corde adimplere constitui, et sic postquam vale illi dixissem me ad diversorium contuli: et tantum de itinere cogitavi; utilla nocte dormire fere non potui Surrexi itaque ad properandum iter circa horam tertiam post medium noctis sed ante quartamab illo recepi litteras, quibus illum intellexi, mentem mutasse: quod breve nimis tempus habui ad tantum me iter preparandum, adque matri caeterisque amicis vale dicendum. Quapropter statuit me ad nobilem illam viduam praedictam redire, et cum illa convenire non ex vinculo vel pro mercede sed libero arbitrio et se , non dubitaret, dixit, nacturum esse ante festum Pascalem tam bonum et opportunum modum mittendi me ad Romam Sed talem et tam bonum modum ante hoc tempus praesens, et nunc sero Proh dolor nunc nimis sero vereor nunquam invenire p[otu]i. Conveni itaque cum illa, et illi duobus annis integris [viduae] non mercede sed voluntarie inservivi, quae semper in domo propria sacerdotem senem nutrivit ; et unius anni spatio marito in matrimonio coniunctae ; qui duos semper sacerdotes , et quadragintos, vel quinquegentost servos tribus annis nobili mulieri Catholicae inservivi

Sussexia incepit surgere, quam ego fugi

inter quos 12. vel 14. generosi fuerunt, in domo, immo in palatio dicam, quia omnia secundum modum et morem nobilis observabat, retinuit atque nutrivit.

Causa , cur a nobili ista muliere discedi

meae

Nunc autem cum servitium hoc meum cum omni diligentia et obedientia, utrique illorum acceptabile, ut facile per illorum amorem insignem erga me et persecutioin inusitatum perspiciebam, implevissem: accidit circa tertii, et ultimi anni finem, quod, quidem Cancellarius vel Ordinarius Chichestriae (qui officium Cancellariatus sui simonia emisset ) incepit iactare tonitrua sua adversus Catholicos Sussexiae ad recuperandum pecunias cum usura, quas pro officio dedisset: et eam ob causam officiales suos in circuitu misisset Quapropter, unus ex sacerdotibus istis, et ille praecipuusad meveniebat, etremetmentem Domini mei mihi narrabat, videlicet ad hoc iam status domus Domini mei perventus est, videlicet si vellem adire ad haereticorum templum, tunc esset mihi locus illic ad manendum aptissimus vel si nollem adire eorum templa, sed permanere in fide Catholica illic etiam locum permanendi potui habere libentissime : sed mihi tunc cavendum esset de periculo instante, quia Dominus meus ipse debet curam habere suiipsius, uxoris, et liberorum, qua de causa alios adiuvare nullo modo potuit: aut venia discedendi ad fugiendum instans periculum facile concederetur. Cui Responsum hunc dedi Me libentius velle atrocissimam mortem subire , quam eorum templa adire et praetereasi illic non esset permanendi mihi locus sine magno periculo et discrimine, alter locusmihi sufficeret : si non in Anglia, alibi tamen in aliqua Patria; et ideo vellem libenter discedere , si vaniam mihi concederetur. Verba statim mea Domino meo retulit, unde venia discedendi mihi concessa, et pecuniis, quas libere accomodavi Dominae meae, dum esset vidua, videlicet centum circiterlibras Anglicanas, mihi reditis [?]: post quinque dierum spatium Domino et Dominae meae, omnibusquein domo amicis vale dixi : et abii, atque ad fratres quorum unus esset senior, alter iunior, qui simul morsmatris sine coniuge vixerunt, redii: quod mater mea iam per annum ante mortua ascendisset coelos atque omnia bona sua me tribus annis ante recusante, quia necmundum nequemundana desideravi, illis duobus coniuncits, tribuisset Hoc autem mihi iucundissimum est, quod Deo favente atque adiuvante obtinui matrem

Matermea obtulit mihi mediam partem omnium

meam Domino, et salvatori suo Iesu bonorumsuoChristo reconciliatam fuisse, decem vel undecim mensibus ante quam moriebatur, aut aegrotavit : omnis itaque honor et gloriasit Omnipotenti Deo : quidmirabile hic videor dicere? me esse natum ante matrem meam propriam. Quantum igitur valebat consilium rectoris mei Thomae

rum tribus annis ante quam moriebatur, si mundanam vitam degerem sed recusavi.

Pounds, Deo illum inspirante, quod primo tempore non migravi Roman versus nunc facile videtur. Paucis itquet diebus cum fratribus requiescens absquemora iter feci cumpecuniisLondinum versus, ubi Dominum Thomam Pounds inveni in carcere Marshalsis inclusum : et mecum accepisororem meam, quae me precibus et lachrimis saepenumero precabatur illam adiuvare, ut vitae prioris suae cursum mutaret nolo inquit, in isto haeretico statu permanere, si totum mundum lucrari possim secundum verbum id Dominicum : Quid hominiprodest, si totum mundum lucraretur et anima eius detrementum † patiatur Cum iam ad Londinumpervenimus, cubicula pretio suscepimus in domo eiusdem piisimaet Catholicae mulieris, quam multoties visitabat, unus ex patribus societatis Convertiot Jesu : qui Dei gratia et auxilio sororem meam creatori etiam et et redemtoritsuo recociliavitt, et in qua etiam habitavit reconciliatio Dominus Payne sacerdos, qui posteafactus fuit Martyr sororismeae.Peracto iam hoc negotio : voto videlicet et desiderio et per quem sororis meae reconciliandae se Deo et eius Ecclesiae completo ; proximam accepiopportunitatem transeundi mare Duacum versus, et id per consilium amici et rectoris meiT . Pounds, (cuiusconsilium semperinomnibus Dum potui usus sum) sorore mea cum illa pia Matrona praedicta, relicta

:

Nihil alicuius momenti unquam feci sine consilio D.T.Poundes siilludhabere potui

Cum iam perventum est Duacum , meipsum reverendis Patribus Societatis Iesu commendavi et commisi Sed unde hoc venit in mentem meam ut illos tanta reverentia, tantoque desiderioprosequerer? antequam aliquem eorum vidissem , vel conversationem cum illis habuissem? Hinc: Unus istorum sacerdotum duorum praedictorum, qui fuit Causa , unde tempore Reginae Mariae sacerdos, et postea minister primo incepitfactus: tandem reliquit ministerium, et maximum desideriumetEcclesiasticum beneficium, et transivit mare, in has amor meus partes ad restaurandum pristinumvotum, et spiritualem, erga Patres sacerdotalemquefunctionem : ac dum hic verseretur , Societatis Iesu conversationem cum Patribus habuit et quoties ipse mihi aliis[que]de Patribus , de eorum moribus , con-

Adventus

meus ad

Duacum :

ubi me ad

Patrum

versatione, atque Sanctitate loquebatur, toties eram interne spiritu motus, et externe lachrimis plurimis confusus. Nunc inquam, cum Duacum attigissem, meque ad directionem Patrum commendassem , ac mentem, desideriumquemeum illis explanassem . responsum recepi hunc Responsum hoc a patribus recepi: Me non posse illorum collegium intrare, Responsum directionem nisi vellem esse Laicus, quia Litteras non commendavicolui respondi : Me togam Laicam liben- quod apatritius accepturum, et minimum esse inter eos , imo servum servorum illorum , quam illos: societatem illorum relicturum: tunc consilium mihi dederunt, ut studium litterarum, quiapecuniaesatis habui, aggredirer: Quod onus in me libenter accepi: Rudimenta cum pueris incepi Quod mirandum videbatur, nonsolumscolasticis, verum etiam civibus, qui viderunt me viginti sexannorum barbatum in conspectu milliariorum studiosorum vel plurimorum ingredi et regredi scolas cum pueris inter septem et duodecemt omnibusannosnatis Huius rei exemplum unum vel alterum dabo : Quidam Civilis iuris Doctor Anglus nomine White, qui uxorem Flanndicam[?] sibi in motrimonio† coniunxit, me olim, ad prandium invitavit, et dum in mensa eramus, quidam Flanndrus, qui fuit vel frater, vel cognatus uxoris eius, inter alia, haec etiam verba mihi latine protulit : Magna spes est conversionis patriae vestrae, quia homines barbati intrant scolas cum pueris 7. vel 8. annorum : et non novit me esse hominem, quod tunc in Superiori Classi eram. Dominus etiam Doctor Bristo admirans misit pro me et multa mecum verba habuit, quibus intellexit me nihil quaesiturum, nisi cultum et honorem Dei: sed tandem cum me propter impossibilitatem , quam animo concepi, unquam perveniendi ad intelligentiam linguae latinae, quod praeceptor meus Gallus esset, et ego nec gallicam nequeLatinamlinguam novi : cum me inquam, propter difficultatem hanc lachrimantem perspexit, optimum statim mihi dedit consilium ; dicens : Bono sis et forti animo, erit tibi perdifficile per tres annos: cum autem postea ad latinarum litterarum intelligentiam pervenies : absque dubio tibi erit iucundissimum. Ego inquit ipse novi hominem quadragentem† agentem annum, antequam novit litteras legere, et tunc tantae aetatis incepit, et quatuor-

et

bus recepi: et meum ad et quod concilliumt mihi dederunt postea

Incepi Duaci Rudimenta , cum pueris cum magna multorum admiratione

Bonum consilium, quod mihiD. Doctor Bristo dedit

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decem annorum spatio tantum progressum fecit, ut doctissimusDoctorevasit : sed interea inquit, caveas ne nimis litteris intendens teipsum omnino, salutemque tuam destruas. Hoc optimummihi dedit consilium , sed utinam illud ipseconsecutus esset. Unum etiam demum recitabo, quod mihi taedium, et animi abiectionem in progessu litterarumet studiiinferre potuisset. Videlicet Quidam ex nostris, sed pauperrimus, qui tunc temporis in classi Rhetorica, vel Logicaextitit, cum, me talimodo , cumtalibus,ettam parvis pueris scolam ingredientem,et regredientemaspexit : Vellem libentius inquit, revertiin patriam propriam et ibidem aratrum omnibus diebus vitae meae tenere, quam ita facerem: (quod mihi nequaquamnecesseerat, quia Dominus Deus meus nimis multum mundanarum divitiarum sempermihi providebat et plus quam unquam desideravi, cuius in omnibus fiat voluntas) Cuiusverba cum quidam mihi familiarissimus, qui in eadem cum illo esset Classi mihi declarasset: meipsum ante Dominum Deum et Salvatorem meum in cubiculo meo colligens, atque procidens, et illam, Dominicam sententiam in mentem revocans: Nisi eritis quasi unusex istis, non potestis regum coelorum intrare; maximas flexis genibus Deo optimo Maximo pro contemptu meo egi gratias : et non nauseam sed consolationem mihi intulit maximam, ita ut non potui prae nimio gaudiomea piis etconsolatoriislachrimis abstinere: et quantum etiam solamen ex istorum innocentium consortio, atque tam matutinis quam vespertinis precibus accepi, Deus ipse novit. Sed iste bonus homo incidens paulo post in morbum, illi apparuit diabilust, sed postea Beata et Gloriosissima Virgo cum Sanctis, et sanitatem recuperavit Hoc optime scit pater Thomas Coniers , qui cum illo, non solum in eadem scola eodem tempore fuit, sed etiam eadem nocte, cum illo vigilavit. Et quantum praeterea erga infantes ego semper habui, et e contra quantum illi erga me affectionem habuerunt, ubicunqueveni, si dicerem, mirabile videretur Hic, Duaci tribus annis cum dimidiopermansi : et quicquid habeoillic didici : quatuoretenim primas et inferiores classes, videlicet Rudimentorum , Primae Partis, Syntaxeos, et Poesis tribus annis pertransivi , et per medium anni audivi Rhetoricam. Sed inimicus iste humani generis generalis, inimicus omnisboni operis etvirtutis, ipse, inquam, progressummeum in litterarum et virtutum studiis mihi

Affectio quamsemper erga infantes habui, et quamilli erga mehabuerunt admiranda . Ethocpatres de me loquentes olim audivi:quod illis aliquando utilis essem in do-

eorum

modum ,docendi a principio audivi

Quanto tempore Duaci permansi et

invidebat . accidit enim circa id temporis, cendopueros quod frater meus seniorin Anglialaboravit quoniam peste et ex illa mortuus est : Undelitterae de eius morte mihi traiectae essent, et de fuga minoris fratris propterpestistimorem: sed nullus servorum neque amicorum novit, quo: quapropter per7. vel8. dies interpatres consultum esset (quod multi iterum nunquam redierunt , quamquam reditum suum multis et promisionibust et votis polliciti fuerunt) utrum pertransirem in Angliam

Sed interea pervenit altera ex Lutesia ad Duacum Epistola , qua significabatur studiis feci . fratres ambos esse mortuos : quam ob causam debui ex necessitatecompulsusad recipiendum tam haereditatem senioris , quam bona utriusque in Angliamtransire. quare tandem transitus mihi concessus est: revera pertransivi animo et intentione iterumrevertendi Duacum quam primo potui. quem progressum in

Mors fratris mei secundi et senioris sed eo

Nuncvero paulo post in Angliamperveni, patrimonii et haereditatis accepi posses- Reditus meus sionem : sed de bonis senioris fratris nihil in Anglia. tetigi quoniam fratrem natu minorem Haereditatem meam statim post in Angliam pervenifratri iunioritransfeci, proposito redeundi ad patres. Unde statim tribulationes

inveni viventem : et non solum bona, sed etiam haereditatem illi relinquere constitui : Annalem enim reditum pro unius anni medio tantum recepi, quin pactum cum fratre de haereditate feci, et illam statim illi transfeci Annales autem haereditatis Reditus valuit quadragintas libras Anglicanas per annum ,(etintempore plus valeret) at caeterae possessiones, quas pro termino solum vitae meae tenui, viginti et quatuor libras valuerunt Deinceps pacto cum fratre meo iam facto ; tribulationes meae hincomnes inceperunt, ex quibus cum iam ex Anglia veni liberatus minime fui. Hinc enim quidam generosus, et Reginae officialis, in rebus regalibus, qui a me domum habuit satis pulchram, et amplam ad habitandum , et Tenens meus in illa erat : ipse quoniam fundum etiam in rure, qui satis commode illiiacebat, haberenon potuit : Litterasad Consulares Primatos scripsit, quibus declaravit, quendam generosum iuvenem nuper ex alienis partibus in Angliamesse perventum, qui patrimonium et haeredimeae inceperunt. Ab omnibus tribulationibus cum iam ex Anglia veniliberatus non eram

in qua

cessit mihi

solamen .

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tatem suam , intentione et proposito redeundi vendidisset, et fratri suo iuniori

Tenens meus primam mihi procurabat tribulatio-

tradidisset. Unde statim missus est Officialis quidam (quem a Pursevaunt vocamus) cum Maiestatis authoritate nem : sed apprehendendi me ubicuncque locorum paulo post invenit me, et ille cum duobus Iustificis ante Tribu(dicimus Justices of the peace) et decem nal Christi aliis viris, intravit diluculo domum fratris mei, illo absente ,) et me apprehendit.

vocatus erat Nuntius (qui vocatur a Pursevaunt)

Summis et primariis Consularibus missus

Tribulatio Quod in principio et primo ingressu, mea prima : cum, illum officii sui signum superpectore pendens ostendentem, et haec mihi verba timori suc- (The Quene greetethe you) alloquentem, pro mea audivi, magno me timore perculsit : sed inmomento,cum, rem, causam, etmeipsum ab omnibus mali vel adversus Reginam vel patriam propriam suspicionibus esse liberum atque Deum meum, pro cuius gratiaethonore haec mihi acciderunt, animo forti, et salva conscientia considerassem : timori statim successit solamen Iste tamen Officialis interea (ultra commissionemsuam) magnam fecit inquisitionem in domo fratris pro libris rebusque aliis, quas me ex alienis partibus mecum attulisse existimavit: sed nihil invenit, nisi obligationes, per quas debitae fueruntmihi trescentaet librae Anglicanae, quas tenebant a me Iustifici, donec libertatem concesserunt mihi per obligationem PrimariiConsules : dum autem me praeparabamtantam diligentiam in me habuerunt, ut non permitterentmeire ad opus faciendum necessarium , nisi duo vel tres attenderent in me

Obligationes meae fuerunt inventae et in summo periculo perdendae. in Quanto comitatu ad proximam Civitatem conductus eram : et

Cum iam paratus essem, me statim ad proximam Civitatem Chichestriam, ubi notissimus eram, magno comitatu et triumpho deduxerunt : quod mihi non maerorem, sed potius laetitiam contulit. Recordor enim dum eramus in via; plano et magno campo equum fraeno retrorsum coegi : ac comitatum tredecemt me in circuitu equitantium , non generoso, sed potius nobili similem, hilari vultu aspexi : revocans in memoriam cum gaudio comitatum illorum qui Dominum et Salvatorem meum Iesum Christum post illum Iudaicum osculum, deduxit ad Pilatum . Inde iam deductus ad Londinum sub huius Officialis potestateetcustodiaper † quincquagintat quantam de illo recepi laetitiam

domo fratris

De valetu dine corporis in studiis

dies constitutus et retentus sum; cui pro singulo die vis. viiid solvi Interea autem, immo fere quotidie (nisi aliter iussu Primariorum Cons prohibitum esset)

AulamRegiam, et Consulare Cubiculum frequentavimus. Tandem autem Carcerarius Marshalsies fuit vocatus , ut me acciperet, et in carcerem suum includeret : et incarceratus fuissem nisi amicus et germanusmeus, qui in Aula principis Thesaurio inservivit praesens mecum illo tempore fuisset Qui interrogavit Nobilem istum, qui de caeteris Primatis potestatem includendi me habuit, ut relinqueret mein custodia illius, Officialis pro quodam tempore : quod facile illi concessit : sic demum pro pecuniis videlicet pro vlibris libertatemmeam obtinui: sed sub his conditionibus : Obligatione obligatus egoet fratermeusmecum in quincentis libris Anglicanae monetae videlicet primo, ne unquam ex Anglia in alienas patrias migrarem absque speciali propriae Maiestatis licentia: secundo, constitutus in quodam loco scilicet in obtinui domofratris ; quandocunqueillicmiserunt

Quomodo a prima tribulatione liberatus

essem , et quibus conditionibus obligatus libertatem pro me Cons Primarii oportet me viginti dierum spatio ad eos redire : tertio et ultimo ut bene megerem erga propriae Maiestatis personam sub paena huius obligationis (in qua obligatione adhunc usquediem obligatus De studiis et permaneo) et sic dimissus eram . Cum iam ad domum bonis exerci-fratris reversus sum, dedi me ad studia et ad bona tiis meis in exercitia quantum potui maxime. Consuevi enim (nisi aliquo impedimento impeditus ut saepissime eramhoram unam mane cum dimidio impendere in orando et meditando, et duas alias in legendo vel Dum in his scripturas vel hunc vel illum bonum studiis exlibrum, sed praecipueDivi Augustini cuius ercitatus ; opera omnia habui, sexto tantum tomo desiderante post autem prandium tres horasin legendo , vel scribendo, et unam in orando, et etiam post coenamunius horae medium (erat enim in domo optimum horologium) et hoc bene sustinere potui optima corporis valetudine et diebus Dominicis quatuor horas mane in oratione et meditatione impendi : vel in iis, quae pertinebant ad meditationem ut erant Epistola et Evangelium eiusdem diei, et lectiones ex Breviario et vitam sancti, si accidit, et sermonem unum exS. Augustino et eum proprium diei si habuit singulis

Divi Augustini librum de Unitate Ecclesiae ex Latina linguam transtuli: etillum iam cum ex Anglia veni , ad quendam sacerdotem in Wisbithe incarceratum amicum et

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

Secunda tribulatio mea

meum Radulphum Bicklye ad corrigendum misi : et alium librum parvum de Purgatorio, de quo postea magis dicam , collegi contra Th Godlye ministrum

ThomasGodlye minister Paraeciae maximus nostri amicus scilicet

autem diebus Officium Beatissimae virgi- cognatum is recitavi, immo non ter per annum omisi, nisi negotia et necessitates vel loci, temporis, aut conversationis amicorum multoties haereticorum meimpedivit. Impedimenta haec saepissime ut dixi, habui Primum erat magna praecipuorum proximorum , quos yemen vocamus ad domum fratris frequentatio , et conversatio, non solum diebus Dominicis post prandium et festis sanctorum , verum etiam aliis diebusquandocuncquet voluerunt , ad hunc vel illum lusum ludendum non lucro sed potius ioco, vel parvo pretio praeterire (ut dixerunt) tempus immo melius dicendum est consumere et perdere tempus : Secundum praeterea erat familiaritas et amicitia duorum generosorumnobiscum qui habitabantnon procul a nobis, quorum unus Iustificus et propinquus noster est, sed Puritanus , alter autem Protestans; immo tanta erat inter nos amicitia, ut quotidieconversabamur: nullus fere praeteriit dies, quin vel illi ad nos vel nos ad illos ad unum velalterum exercitium exerciendum, convenimus De aliorum autem multorum generosorum aliorumque plurimorum virorum dignitate , officio atque substantia praecellentium in circuitu prope habitantium familiaritate, hospitalitate , conventione, amicitia atque Charitate, qualem et quantam nullibi vidi, nihil loquar. Tertium denique erat copia et multitudo canum ad omnia exercitia promptorum et praeparatorum, quos habuit semper frater in domo, et vocamus proprie Grahoundes pro damis, houndes pro leporibus, & Spanneles pro perdicibus, atque accipitrum, quorum unum insignem, videlicet Falconem semper ego nutrivi, et manu tuli mea: unum solum quod, superomnia alia mundana et humana exercitia maxime dilexi Hic autem bonus falco, me, cum generosis praecipuis, et equitibus ac proceribus nostrarum partium comitem faciebat. his inquam et plurimis his similibus saepissime impeditus eram . Nunc ad alteram, quam propter Dei, Ecclesiaequeeius gratiam, tribulationem sustinui, perveniam : et sic finem brevitercomponam . Antequam annum iam integrum cumfratre praeterii minister Paraeciae , qui solus mihi inimicus erat, et nullumalium praeter illum novi, invidens mihi, quod aliquando inter nos de fide Catholica disputatio orta fuit, et praecipue de Purgatorio, de quo

(Con- (inimicus dicerem) praesentavit me coram Ordincum meum antiquum

Amor Domini Tho Pounds erga me talis erat qualis patris erga filium

Quam diu permansicum

scripsimus contra nos invicimt : trovertia autem nostra de Purgatorio incepit in multorum proximorum nostrorum praesentia, quos frater meus festo Omnium Sanctorum ad celebrandum pri- ario mum sanctissimi Festi Salvatoris nostri diem , ut in patria mos est, in coena postquam vesperas pro de Defunctis absolvi, invitasset :) procurabat me praesentari coram Ordinarium , quare excom- Fugi a fratmunicatio mihi instabat Quaproter ris domo prodomum fratris pro tempore reliqui , et ad pter excomamicum meum antiquumThomam Pounds municatioconciliit rogandi causa, quid mihi facien- nem instandum esset ad iminentemt excommunica- tem ad amitionem evitandum, quem inveni Londini in domo admodum pulchra cum matre habitantem, redii Vellem, illi dixi, liben- Th . Pounds tius inservire Cometissaet Arundell, quam oppon[e]re me in periculo excommunicationis : Nolo inquit ut ita faceres, quanquam enim illa inquit ipsa sit optima Catholica et nobilissima faemina, tamen inter bonos , multos etiam malos habet servos : quam ob causam inquit, mane mecum hic, consortium tuum erit mihi iucundissimum : Cuius liberalitatemaccepi, et sic cum illo permansi ; cuius amor tantuserga me erat, immo quasi patris erga filium, ut semper fuit, ut non solum in eadem mensa , verum etiam in eodem lecto cum illo, quasi in sinu eius semper dormivi Ad eum perveni circa initium decembris, et permansi cum illo usque ad secundum diem Maii et tuncvolens invisaretfratremiter feci in rurem ; dum autem permansi cum Domino Pounds librum illum parvum illi ostendi, et rescripsi, et exemplar cum eo reliqui, quem de Purgatorio adversus

D. Th. Pounds cum quoexemplar libri quem De Purgatorio contra

Tho. Godlye scripsi, reli-

Thomam Godlye Ministrum nostrum ex sacris scripturis et DiviAugustini operibus collegi atque composui sed quoniam, postquam Purgatorium multis invictissimis sententiis et documentis probassem, infinelibri etiam collegiet adieciquosdam malos mores, et pravas vitas quorundam qui. ministrorum, quorum minister ipsecunctos bene novit itaque iussit me rescriberepriorem partem et posteriorem relinquere antequam darem illi : quia aliter, inquit, fieri non potest quinmaximas tribulationes et persecutionesincurreres, tantum illorum ministerium

Excommunicationem adversus me in templo magno cum triumpho publicavit

De prima respontione+ quam fratri dedi : mihi excomunicatiocum nem meam declaravit

tetigisti. Cum iam ad fratrem meum perveni, quis me magis amice salutaverit , quam ipse, sed adulatione, et dissimulatione, quoniam ante tres hebdomadae transissent, excommunicationem adversus me secrete procurasset : contra legem, puto, publicam quae docet nullum vel praesentatum vel excommunicatum fore antequam per mensem in uno loco permansisset ; et in Ecclesia sua publice legit, et magno super me triumpho et gloria exultavit ; dicens : Si accideret , me dum ipse illic esset minister moriturum, neque in templo illo neque in caemitario sepulturum habiturum , et multis aliis verbis pestiferis adversum me usus est Frater meus iam veniens ex templomihi dixit quod minister me ex Ecclesiasua excommunicasset: Non opus esset respondi, ut ita faceret, quoniam nunquam illam intrare determinassem quam diu ipse illic esset Minister , sed statim post cum fuimus in prandio, unus servorum fratris qui ei inserviebat in mensa mihi pleno ore hians dixit: Tu Domine Henrice a minstro nostro es anathematizatus, et extraEcclesiam maledictus : respondi : non ita, amice mi, quanquam extra vestram, non tamen extra Catholicam : spero etiam maledictionem eius Dei esse benedictionem , quoniam causa non mea sed Dei mei est : sed si inquam sit maledictio vereor ne revertaturad domum etcaputsuum proprium et dabo tibi denarios sex si feres responsum hunc meum ad Ministrumvestrum : sed monetam meam recusavit. Quid autem statim post accidit ? Rem admirandam, tamen veram et ad Deigloriam et honorem declarabo. Die quidem Dominico proximo sequente accidit, ut minister ipse, in eodem templo , in eodem locoeademquehoraet tempore, quoexcommunicationem adversus me pronunciabat , et super me triumphavit : videlicet in loco ubi Evangelium facie ad populum versa legere consuevit, inceperit aegrotare Evangelio enim lecto, ancillam suam ad se statim vocavit, et illi lectum suum absqueomni mora sternere iussit, ut unus proximorum prope illum sedens , et illum haec verba ancillae loquentem audiens, observabat Ex quolecto vivens nunquam surrexit Adventus autem rei est etiam consideranduset notandus : Ego quippe cum excommunicavit me, occupatus fui, in De secunda Respontione servo eius. Ministrimors quadraginta non horis aegrotantis

Deum oravi quasi pro anima mea propria

rescribendoilludparvum opus, quod de Purgatorio adversum illum collegi, sed nondum absolvi; excommunicatus autem post unumvel alterum diem equum accepietiter feci ad quosdam amicos meos, quibus excommunicationem meam communicavi : qua de causa aberam etiam illo die Dominico in quo ille incepit in morbum incidere sed postridie eius diei circa Occasum , antequam per milliarii medium domum perveni, maximam campanam ab uno latere sonantem audivi: proptera ancillam, quam per viam inveni, interrogavi, quis aegrotavit? Nescio inquit, nisi sit Dominus Godlye, qui heri mane aegrotans ex tempot exivit, et vesperas non habuimus Cum illam haec verba loquentem audivissem: statim incepi pro illo (quem Pro ministro novi vitam multis execrabilibus peccatis et enormiis praeter haeresin involutam degisse) quasi pro propria mea anima, Deum cumlachrimis, ut ipseDeusesttestis exorare : utiam in ultimovitae eiuspuncto cor contritumet paenitens, et Ecclesiameius Catholicam atque Purgatorium confitens illi concedere dignaretur, si Maiestati placet, ut in eo locum inveniens, tandem aliquando inde anima eius ad caelos ascenderet , atque volaret. Quod non solum orationibus, verum etiam praesens exhortationibus perficere, proposui : et igitur cum primo ex equo descendi et domum fratris intravi, illum statim rogavi, ut mecum ad Ministrumsuum iret, probare enim libentervellem, utrumaliquidboni cumeo agerem Fraterautem meus diversis me argumentis sed praecipue duous† dissuadebat, ne ad illum accederam : primum quippe erat quidam morbus infectivus multisillo temporein locis peragrans, qui fervens et calida febris vocabatur : secundumquidem, quod minister ipse ullum proximorum ad se accedere non libenterpermitteret: Quoniam Mercator aliquando fuit, quo tempore tantum damnum sustinuitut omnia, quae habuit, debitum absolvere non potuerunt . et si testimentum composuisset , executorem vel executricem constituisse oportuisset, et sic iniuriam Uxori vel alicui alii amico suo excecutorit faceret : proximos illi ad testimentum componendum persuasuros omnino dubitavit. Admonitionem hanc a fratre accepi : et visitationem , si tunc fieri potest, in crastiet

Uxor etiam eius 5. die Iunii incepit aegrotare, tanto tempore aegrotans quanto maritus et 7 die eiusdem mensis sepulta est: nullo modo tamen potuit ille morbusinfectivus esse ; tribus de causis : neuter illorum, aliquem

latio mea pro fide catholica

num diem differreconstitui ; sed illa nocte calorem exipse medecepit, quia ante diluculum morte migravit, et primo Iunii (ut testaturliber ecclesiasticus eiusdem loci) diesepultusest Et sic pauper iste minister, qui mihi sepulturam ante negavit: decem dierum spatio post suum in me triumphum sepultus est ipse. Simile certe quippiam alteri etiam ministronon procul a nobis accidit, qui quandam mulierem admodum senem, pro fidei Catholicae etiam professione excommunicans, et verba multa, maligna et homine Christiano indigna adversuseam pronuncians, paulo post ipsmet a proprio et filiasduas , suo templo pro nequitia erat excommunicatus et extra Ecclesiam protestantialem maledictus, atque templi suiianua adversus

Tertiatribu-illum sigillo consignata esset. Nunc ad tertiam venio tribulationem, quam pro Dei Ecclesia, et fideCatholica passus sum . Postquam iam excommunicatus eram , incepit statim ius et lex communiscontra me adversare atque procedere: et quod ad Sessiones vocatus non perveni, post quindecem menses (ut mos et consuetudo est) eram ego publice in Sessione Iustificorum exul proclamatus : ex quo tempore, pro singulo mense, quo ab Ecclesia haeretica postea aberam : Vigintas libras ad Regium fiscum solvere debui : Unde cum iam ex Anglia veni pro culpa hac, si sit lerabili calculpa, debebam Reginaenostrae3840 libras ad minimum decimo enim abhinc tertio aut quarto anno incepit adversus me lex communis adversare autem exilii mei proclamatio in quatuor sessionibus quater per annum hunc usque diem semper est iterata. Quarta tri- Quarta denique tunc temporis erat, bulatio mea cum Magna Hispanicae Classis adversus Angliam praeparatio primo nota taque publicata esset , Tum enim, die videlicet cinerum generosi fere omnes et praecipui Catholici ante Commission- tui sunt arios convocati et sub ministrorum custodia commissi fuerunt

traordinariam in aegritudine invenut erunt : dictum est a mulieribus , quae illis aegrotantibus aderant 2, tres habuerunt parvos, filium unum quarum una eo tempore mamillas matris sugebat: et nullus eorum vel servorum morbo labor-

abant. 3. Illi, qui istomorbo infectivo aegrotant 10 . vel 20 dierum spatio, illo laboraverunt intolet ore , antequam aut moriabanturf aut sanitatemrecuperabant : Haec in

Inter quos, missus eram ego 18. vel 20 miliariis ad quendam ministrum senem , etquanquam permulticum illo debilitati, perpauci tamen ex illo mor-

Post excommunicationem meam

mihi

et doctum, olim sacerdotem, et nun- lex communquam coniugi in matrimonio coniunctum, is incepit Theologiae Bacalariumt trigintis annis adversare existentem : in cuius custodia per annum integrum uno solo mense desiderante retentus eram : (ubi maximam inveni differentiam inter Domum diaboli ministrosque eius, et Domum Christi ac servos eius : tantam enim nequitiam nunquam in una parva domo ante vidi, neque audivi nec inter Turcas peior existimo potest inveniri :) et sub potestate aliorum Commissionariorum severiorum et mihi ignotiorum , quorum primus saevissimus Eques, provincialis eo tempore Marshialus factus erat: actantailli a superioribus Primatis authoritas concessa fuit, ut quemvis voluit ex nostris sine iudicio aut Iudice suspendere , vel aliqua alia morte mactare potuit, Ante istos ego et generosus alternomine Guli Britaine, qui sororem Domini Thomae Poundein uxorem sibi accepit, et alteri Ministro a nobis quincque miliariis distanti commissus , persaepe vocati sumus Nec tamen eorum authoritas, neque eorum minaciae me terrere potuerunt : quinfidem etEcclesiamCatholicam adversus illos in questionibus difficillimis et mihi periculosissimisquantum maxime potui , semper defendi ut erat questio de authoritateet superioritate S. Petri Apostoli supra omnium aliorum Apostolorum : ac inde Summi Pontificis , supra caeterorum omnium totiusorbis terrarum Episcoporum authoritatem tantis argumentis, et tam praeclaris scripturarum documentis, tam manifeste probavi , ut neque isti neque minister ille doctus custos meus ad quem semper in disputationibus confugerunt, mihi respondere aut resisterevaluerunt : Non mihi, inquam, sed Domino Deo meo qui per et in me illis locutus est secundum promissionem eius, ubi dixit: Quotiescumqueante reges et praesides ducemini propter nomenmeum sanctum non praecogitatis quidloquemini, quoniam non vos sed ego in vobis loquar Cum autem Classis ista Hispanica permagna in conspectu Angliae apparere incepit : tum, me ante illos iterum revocato , iusserunt me in cubiculo meo admodum parvo inclusurumfore,etnnullat necessitate exiturum , atque ad me neminem perventurum (praeter servum illum custodis mei, qui mihi necessaria deferret) ; donec pro me iterumremitterent haec omnia implenda me maxima obligatione obligaverunt : et Classi Hispanica in conspectu Angliae apparantet, in

Sub ministri custodia com missus eram , ubi retentus fere per annum .

quo pectavi Periculum

magnum mortis meae

sic quotidie magno gaudio et spirituali arctiorem consolatione mortem expectans, nunquam custodiam pedem quidem unum per octo septimanas commissus , extra cubiculi ianuam posui, nisi semel, mortem excum secundo pro me miserunt : tempore omnino mihi mortem et crucem minabantur; quam custos meus multo plus metuit, quam egomet ipse: sicut modus commissionis , pro me missae testabatur videlicet ut custos meus me cum omni celeritate (with all hast, hast, post hast that might be, ut verbis commisionis utar) ante Marshialem, Equites, et Comissionarios reliquos, qui me expectabant, conducere: ut ipsemet cum propriosui ipsius periculo, ante Primarios Consulares rem responderet.

Deinde locus ad quem conductus eram : scilicet ad magnum et planum campum, ubi ipsum Marshialem cum Equitibus , et Iustificis multis, et ingentem millitumt numerum, in Quadratum ordinem ordinatumet conglobatum, atque Hispanosprope mare expectantem invenimus. sed cum primo apparui et adventus meus illis notus erat factus, exercitum statimreliqueruntetCustodem meum praeillis vocaverunt, atque longetemporede me consultaverunt ; Sed tandem, vel quod sociusmeus Guliel Britaine non adfuit : (ipse enim aut sine, aut cum Custodis sui venia uxorem invisum ivisset, quaeillo recte tempore marito suo puerum generaverat) ; vel quod custos meus meliora verba pro me et in bonae maet conversationis testimonio protulit, quam ego merere potui aut quod omnium aliorum verisimillimum est, ego, propter peccata mea gravissima ad tam bonum et gloriosum, pro Dei et salvatoris mei Iesu Christi honore et Ecclesiae eius defentionet , finem pervenire indignus eram me tandem inquam in arctam illam custodiam iterumcomiseruntt . Post-

tas mihii concessa est quamautemClassis Hispanicadispersa erat, maior libermaiorem libertatem sed sub eius custodia usque sanctum festum Purificationis Beatissimae virginis semper permansi, mihi concederunt et tandem aliquando liberatus ab illo in custodiam fratrisconstituerunt me: sed erat haec liberior custodia. Quintatribu-Quinta praeterea, ego authoritate penullatio mea . post dissolutionem Hispanicae Classis. timi Parliamenti ad locum quidem certum (ut caeteri plerique praecipui Chatholici per totum Angliae regnum fuerunt) videlicet ad domum fratris, ne terminumquinqe miliariorumabsquelicentia conscripta, atque nominibus et sigillis Episcopi dioecesis, duorumque eiusdem loci

Ihoannis Tulke [or: Talke] vocabatur , qui per multos annos in carcere Marshal . multa pertulit: quam ob causam . Deus, mortem eius et uxoris eius etiam duobusveltribus

Iustificorum consignata, sub paena maximorum damnorum atque periculorum, pertransirem, ligatus atque Sexta, et circumscriptus eram . Sexta et ultima eram (inter ultimatribu-caeteros Catholicos generaliter convocatos) ante Episcopum et Commissionarios nostrorum partium mitiores, mihique notiores, atque familiariores, ad respondendum ad interrogata , saepenumero vocatus. Cum aliquando Episcopum ipsum inter disputationes in praesentia aliorum Commissionariorum et omnium astantium erubescere feci : atque illum ea , esse vera , quae sibi religionique suae atque Ecclesiae Protestantialiomnino contraria essent palam concedere, atque confiteri coegi. Questio inter nos enim erat: De sancta, de Catholica, et de vera Dei Ecclesiaquam Dominus Augustinus (in libro de Unitate Ecclesiae) per Legem, per Prophetas, per Psalmos , per Actus Apostolorum, et per Evangelia atque per os proprium Domini nostri Iesu Christi , illo tempore fuisse inceptam cum Spiritus Sanctus die Pentecostes super Apostolos primo descendit, et ab illo die permansuram creturamque, usque ad saeculi consummationem manifestissime probavit, atque confirmavit Hocmihi verissimum et certissimum esse, sed cum rubore, concessit: negare enim, non potuit ; quoniam librum hunc aliquando legisse videbatur sed si solum unum plus verbum ad illo interrogassem videlicet ubi Ecclesia Protestantialis per centum vel ducentos annos ab hinc annos crevit ? Cum non unus quidem Protestans in toto terrarum orbe inventus esse potuisset miror quid pauper senex et simplex Superintendens respondisset? Illum certe a rubore usque ad caloremvereor, et a calore usque ad iracundiam et adversus meipsum rancorem fortassis commovissem. Hoc tamen ab illo interrogassem, nisi aliter praemonitus fuissem ab amicoet piisimo Catholico. qui multapro fide Catholica et Dei amoresustinuisset, et quiultimuspraeme ante illum et aliosCommissariosvocatus, (eramus enim quadraginti vel plures in aula Palatii eius convocati sed unus solus post alterum in interiorem Palatii partem ante illos pervenire admittendus) rediens haec mihi verba Locutus est : Ego inquit, familiariter ab illis et admodum amice usus sum , et mitiora mihi verba dederunt : et sic facerunt ut videtur, cum caeteris , qui ad illos nobis praecesserunt: et eodem modo tecum etiam agere volunt si bona illis bdabis verba, et non nimis in disputationi-

bus cum illis contendes : ac illo haec miraculis mihi loquente, venit pro me nuncius, et adornavit vale mihi dixit

Haec ego, (dum interrogatio et verba illa praedicta in ore meo erant) in mentem revocans , ac, praeterea considerans, quod multi pii et docti, imo aliqui illorum Doctores mihi praecessissent , et bene ac amice cum illis actum fuisset ; statim continui quare me familariter tractatum, ut caeteri, dimiserunt Haec sunt quae mihi acciderint, et pauca ista, quae per Dei gratiam pro eius amore et fide Catholica perpessus fuerim. Sed subtilis ille serpens, antiquus humani generis hostis, circuens quem devoret, alium modum multo periculosiorem subiiciendi me sub eius potestate, quam erat persecutio, immo quam erat mors ipsa, optime novit (si Deus meus Deus meus ipse per infinitam eius misericordiam, bonitatem , liberalitatem , atque charitatem , misertus mei non fuisset) ut sunt, tum vanitates ac divitiae huius despectabilis mundi cum desideria et delitiae superbientis carnis. His igitur alliciendo tentationibus multo, plures antiquus ille noster inimicus post se trahit, quam illos persequendo: quem admodum per illud exemplum in Resolutionis libro conscriptum optime probatur: ubi dictumest, de vento et sole in peregrinum agitantibus Quanto enim magis tempestatibus et procellis in peregrinum saevit ventus, tanto fortius ac tenatius palliumtenuit : at sol iucundis suis radiis illum exuere se pallio coegit Cum autem Historiam Iosephat et Barleum nuper perlegi, per illius temptationes meas palam manifestatas, plene perspicui haec autem sola inter Iosephat et meerat differentiaille omnes in iuventute sua vicit, sed ego in multis ad senectutemusquepro dolor victus atque prostratus. De fratri Nunc autem de fratribus sororibus, atque cognatis haec bus sorori- sunt ; quae dicenda habeo 1. fratrem viventem bus ac pro- nullum habeo, frater enim meus quatuor abhinc annis pinquis mortuus est, et sine testimento † moriensomnia eiusbona temporalia uxor eius accepit : cum qua decem et sex solum mensibusvixit. Sororem tantum unicam habeo viventem : quae in Anglia propter fidem Catholicam persecuta patriam propriam relinquens in has partes quindecem ab hinc annis ad recipiendum habitum religiosum mare transmiavit ac per medium anni inter monialesvixit sed propter obtusum oculorum lumen quod ab infantiasemper habuit, tandem reiecta est: et nunc cum coniugi in matrimonio coniuncta est : quorum uterque iampropter necessitatem coacti nobili faeminae Hungerford Lovani

inserviunt Cognatos habeo etiam aliquos, filios videlicet fratris et sororis matris meae et eorum filios ; sed eorum educatio in heresi est. alias autem habeo propinquas filias Avae meae fratris ac matris meae matris, et sunt praecipuae eae Catholicae quaenomine vocanturTitchbornes : et frater illarumiunioriam estin CollegioS. Adomari

De regulis De disciplina et regulis Collegii huius paucis dicam , huius Col- me summo opere et diligentiaillas adimplere paratissilegii obser- mum esse , ac si in iis me negligentemaliquando praebui, vandis negligentiasiam meas corrigere atque emendaremaxime cupio

De proposi- Nunc ad propositum et desiderium meum agendi votum to agendi Ecclesiasticum et quid de eo semper sentii, et iam sentio votum Ecc- breviterdeclarareperveniam et finem sic tandempaucis lesiasticum concludam. Propositum et desiderium ad votum religiosum peragendumper multos annos, ut ante aliquid tetigi, permagnum et ingens habui et, ut de tempore praesenti loquar, nihil magis iam cupio, immo nihil certe aliud, dum hic vixero, desideroquam meipsumtotum, et omnia, quae habeo Deo Omnipotenti creatori meo , redemptori meo, et sanctificatori meo sanctissimae et Trinitati indiviaet : ac totius vitae meam, et omnium annorum meorum quanquam brevissimorum reliquum, in sanctitate et iustitia coram ipso omnibus diebusmeis venturis in statu religioso totaliter offerre atque vovare. Et nullam aliam ob causam (nisi ad obtinendum etiam beneficium huius peritert Sanctissimi anni Iubilei) reliqui Patriam , Patrimonium , amicosqueomnes ,praeter hanc maximam et solam Et vestraereligionis videlicet sanctissimaeSocietatis Iesu ordinis omnibus quanquam sanctissimis ,utante dixi, praetuliatque elegi. etinhoc proposito constanter permaneo, et in illo, quoniam a Deo illud ut speromihi aspirando, accepi , semper permanebo, donec a vobis propter doctrinae meae mediocritatem (vel potius omnino nullam) propter meae memoriae, ingenii, prudentiae, intelligentiae , atque iudicii (quod tamen reliquorumsi de meipso aliquid dicere liceat) est donum praecipuum a Deo mihi datum) tenuitatematque imbecillitatem : propter mearum inquam annorum multitudinem: (unde haec praedicta nunquam recuperanda sunt :) Ita donec inquam a vobis ut indignus recusabor. Aliter autem, id esse , sine conventu , consortio atque societate religiosi status, nunquam me semel quidem in mentem concepi sacerdotii voto et officio functurumquod me proptertanti muneris excelentiam+ atque dignitatem, meamque indignitatem ad tantum officium perfungendum indignum semper existimavi:

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tutius est enim regi et gubernari quam regere, et alios gubernare. neque ausus sum ad sacerdotale votum accedere : nisi consilio superiorum, et per obedientiam , quam illis debeo. Quapropter peccatum iam abhorrescere incipiens, mundum relinquere desiderans , et meipsum, voluntatemque propriam abnegare cupiens, atque Dei salvatorisque mei voluntatem ex intimo corde adimplere, atque amplexare flagrans, meipsum igitur,et totius vitae meae cursum sub obedientia reverendissimi patris, huius Collegii rectoris, quasi Dei substituti, eius consilliot ad Dei mei honorem, et cultum maxime dirigendum, referro, committo, atque commendo. Laus Deo Deiparaeque Virgini Amen

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[354] CHADERTONHenry, 45 or 46, born in a castle near Portsmouth, Hants, which was built by his father at Henry VIII's expense, and which is called at Court Chaderton Castle, but is popularlyknown as Southsea Castle. (The respondent's father was the first Governor of Portsmouth Since that time the Governors have all been knights, like Sir Adrian Poynings ; or Barons, like Lord Chideock Paulet, or the present governor, Lord Mountjoy; or Earls, like Henry Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex The respondent's fatherwasborn in a house called ChadertonHale, in Lancashire, and in his lifetimeentertained two Kings, Henry VIII and Edward VI ; hemarried a ladyofthe Tichborne family of Hampshire.) Lost his fatherwhen 2,inMary's reign ; waseducatedin various placesuntil 6 or 7, mainly with his mother's stepmother in Southampton, while his twoelder brothers, one younger brother, and onlysisterremained with their mother Recalled to his mother's house, he found her married to a noble youth who lived with her eight years. (For4 yearsthis man sufferedfrom consumption, and would livein London for whole years at a time with4 or 5 servants, consulting 3 or 4 doctors daily, and consuming nine-tenths of his wife's inheritance from her former husband.) Was educated negligently : had a hired tutor in his mother's house for 1 year, but no tuition at all for 2 years (The stepfather died when the respondent was 13 , leaving enoughmoney to provide moderate hospitality) Was sent shortly afterwards by his mother, with 2 younger brothers, to school in Sussex , where she now lived; learnt rudiments, the rules of English concordance, Cato and part of Terence, and began the study of Latin. After two yearswas summonedby his brother, who, having studied in theHall of the students of CommonLaw, was nowmarried to a widow . Was to have taken service with the Earl of Southampton ; but this project failed for lack of room, since the Earl's mother was occupying his larger house and rebuildinghis otherone . Was thereforeplacedwitha knightwho heldoffice in theroyalcourt; servedgratisfor a year ; on returningto his mother spent histime

until22in hunting , falconry, dicing and card-playing (The eldest brother died beforethe respondent was 20 ; hisinheritance passed to the second brother after 2 or 3 years costly litigation with the deceased's wife, who had made her husband sell much propertyin theNorth andtheSouth to enrichher children byher firstmarriage.)

When the respondent was about 21, John Pounde, a priest, godchild of the respondent's father, came to his mother's house and examined the respondentand hismother and sister, in the absence of his brothers . He discovered that they were not heretics but schismatics , since they gave Catholic answers to his questions, thoughthey were not prepared to worship God in the correct way. He told them that he had an excellent but expensive book, Dr. Bristow's Motives. The respondent replied that the price was immaterial, and bought the book. By reading it constantly he becameconvinced of the truth of Catholicism, and ready to argue with any heretic ; but not yet prepared to becomea Catholic.

A year later the respondentwithhis younger brother, on his way to put out at interest £100 given him by his mother , was warmly entertained at the house of John Pounde's mother John himself was absent , but his brother Thomasnowin the Towertried in vain, while at supper, to convert his mother to Catholicism. She left the table in annoyance (and in fact remained unconverted until her death) whereuponThomas turned his attentionto the twoguests The respondent said that he knew that redemption was not to be found outsidetheCatholic faith "Why do you notacceptit then?" asked Thomas , and received no reply "You think that you will spend youryouth in pleasure, and serve God in your old age. But suppose that a tree or a rockfalls on you in the road or someother suddendeath overtakesyou,what willhappen ? Youwillgoto hell on theinstant . " The respondent, converted, replied that he desired nothing more than to become a member of the Catholic Church "Take counselof your pillow" said Thomas Next morning, since the respondent's mind was unchanged, Thomas gave him a prayerbook while hewrote letters with whichhesent him tothe house ofthe Catholic widow of Sir Thomas Guildford . There the respondent was reconciled by Mr. Stevensor Stevenson , the former secretary of Bishop Jewell of Salisbury He was advised by him to take service with some noble Catholic, in view of the difficulties concerning fastingetc. consequenton living amongheretics. Whiletherespondent was performing his penance in his chamber, the priest discussed the matter with Lady Guildford, who offered the choice of taking service withher brother, William Shelley, or her own son, who was 12 and needed a tutor, or withherself, or with Viscount Montague. The respondentthanked her and said that he would awaittheadvice of Thomas Pounde and other friends ; but, for himself, he would ratherserve herself than any other on account of her kindness . This happened about a monthbeforeChristmas ; ThomasPounde told the respondent to returnto him about the feast ofSt. Thomas

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the Apostle so that they could spend Christmas together in a Catholic household When theyweremounting theirhorses ,Thomas said "We are going among friends of mine, who do not knowwho you are : when theyask me , I shall saythatyouare my son" . Ever afterwards, the respondent called Thomas his father, since indeed hehad begotten him to God. On the returnjourneyafterEpiphany Thomas was arrested by the Bishop of Winchester, and imprisoned in Winchester goal After great difficulties, the respondent was able to visit him, and told him that he had had a vision concerning him, whichhad given him a respect for him similar to that which St.Monica had forSt.Ambrose, and a determination toaccept his advice as though coming from an angel or saint. He was advised by Thomas to go to London immediately, taking what money he had, and to seek out Mr. Allen, a priest and cousin tothe Cardinal, who was due to set out for Rome 5 days later He resolvedtocarryout this advice, and layawake all night at his inn thinking of thejourney. At the third hour he rose to set out, but within an hour letters arrived fromThomassayingthat,on consideration, there was not sufficient time to prepare for thejourney and totake leaveof his mother andfriends ; instead he had better return toLadyGuildfordand serve her without salary or terms; no doubt itwouldbepossibleto find an equallygoodopportunitytosendhim to Rome before Easter. But the good opportunity has never come until now . The respondent served LadyGuildfordfor 2 yearsgratisuntilher remarriage ; then he served her husband for one year, with satisfactionon both sides. She always kept an aged priestat home , and her husband kept2 priests, and 40 or 50 servants, including12 or 14 gentlemen, in his house or rather palace. At the end ofthe third year the Chancellor or OrdinaryofChichester, who had obtained his placeby simony, began to persecute the Catholics ofSussex inorder to recoup withinterest the money whichhe had spent in obtaining office When his officials were sent on tour, the senior domestic chaplain told the respondent thathis master was willing for him to remain in the house if he wouldconform or remain a Catholic at his own risk . Otherwise he could have leave to depart, since he , the master , had tolookafterhimself and his wife and children and could not afford to help others. The respondent replied that he would rather die than go to heretical churches, and that if he could not stay without danger he would find some other place in England or abroad . Hewas therefore given permissionto leave, and recovered £100 which he had lent to Lady Guildfordduringher widowhood ; 5 days later he took leave and wentto live with his two unmarried brothers who livedtogether (one older than himself andoneyounger). His mother had died a year earlier, having left her money to the three brothers : she had offered the respondent halfher possessions if he would lead a secular life, but he refused and tried to resign even his normalsharein the inheritance She had been reconciled

to the Church 10 or 11 months before she died, at the respondent's persuasion. This showed that Thomas Pounde had been rightly inspired in advising him not to leavefor Rome.

After some dayswith hisbrothers the respondenttooksome money to London with him, and found Thomas Pounde in the Marshalsea . He was accompaniedby his sister, who had long sought his help in being reconciled, saying "What doth it profit ?" etc. They hired rooms in the house of a pious Catholic woman who was frequently visitedbyJesuits : these reconciledthe respondent'ssister. In the same house there lived the future martyr, Mr. Payne the priest. Afterhis sister's reconciliation, the respondent, on Pounde's advice , crossed to Douai, leaving hissisterwiththe aforesaidmatron .

On arrival at Douai, he sought the advice of the Jesuits, for he had been brought to admire the Society by the conversation of a Marian priest who, after conforming and repenting, had lived with Jesuits overseas . The fathers told him that he could not enter their College except as a lay-brother, since he had not studied letters ; he replied that ratherthan desert their company he would prefer to be the meanest of their servants But they advised him, sincehe had money of his own, to begin to study Though beardedand 26 , he began rudiments with schoolboys aged 7 to 12, to the great admiration ofthetownsfolk . Once,whenhewasaguestat the table of Dr. White, a kinsman of his host's Flemish wife told him that there was great hope of the conversion of England when bearded men wentto schoolwith 8-year oldsnot knowing that the respondent was the man in question. The respondent despairedofever learning Latin, because his tutor was a Frenchman and he himself knew no French ; but he was comforted by Dr. Bristow, whosaid thatitwould beverydifficult for the first three years, but afterthat would be a very great blessing; quoting the case of a man who did not begin letters until he was almost 40, but who in 14 years became a great Doctor. Bristow advised the respondent not to ruin his health with too much study: would that he had followed his own advice! A poor Englishman who was then in Rhetoric or Logic, seeing the respondent going to school with such small boys, said "Iwouldratherfollowthe plough at homeevery dayofmylife than do that" . These words were reported to the respondentby a friend in the same class as the speaker; the respondent, praying in his room , thought of Mt. 18, 3 and broke into tears ofjoy. He found the affection of these children, and their devotion at morning and evening prayers, a great consolation. The sneerer shortly afterwards fell sick and had a vision of the devil ; but he wascured by a vision of our Lady and the Saints, as can be attested by Fr. Thomas Conyers , whowas in the same school at the same time, and kept watchwith him that night.

In three years at Douai, the respondent completed Rudiments , First Part, Syntax and Poetry; he then studied rhetoric for half a year, but wasforced to interrupt his workthroughthe machinations

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of the devil. Letters arrived from England announcing that his elder brother had died of plague and that his younger brother had fled, none knew whither, for fear of infection . The Jesuits debated foraweekwhether to letthe respondentcross to England ; formany people left them promising to returnand never came back. Then a further letter arrived from Paris announcing the death of both brothers ; so the respondent leftfully intendingto return as soon as possiblein order to take over the inheritance of the elder brother and the possessions of both. On arriving in England he found his younger brother still alive ; so he refused to touch the possessions ofeither, and acceptedonly six months' revenuefromhis inheritance, whichwasworth £40 ayear. He madeanagreementto hand over the inheritance to his younger brother. His own posessions , which would last his own lifetime only, were worth £24

This wasthebeginning ofthe respondent'stribulations. Hisfirst tribulation was caused by one of the Queen's officers, who had leased a large and beautiful house from him, and who was annoyed becausehe could not gain possession of a conveniently situated farm. This man wrote a letter to the Privy Council saying that a young gentleman had recently returned to England fromforeign parts, and had sold his patrimony and handed it over to his brotherwith the intentionofreturningabroad. A Pursuivantwas at once sentwith authority to arrest the respondent wherever he might be found. With 2 Justices and 10 other men, he took the respondent into custody in hisbrother's house earlyonemorning, whilethebrother wasabsent The respondent was at first frightened by the appearance of the pursuivant with his insignia and his salutation "The Queen greeteth you" ; but was consoled by thethoughtthathewas innocent of any crime against his Queen orcountry, and thathe was suffering in God's cause. The pursuivant , going beyond his commission, searched the house for books or other property brought from abroad ,butfound only certain bondsfor £300 belonging tothe respondent, whichthe Justices kept untiltheywerereturnedto him on hisrelease bythe PrivyCouncil. Therespondentwaskeptunder strict surveillance, and was not allowed to leave the room without two or three in attendance.

Next the respondent was taken to nearby Chichester, where he was well known On the way, reining in his horse in a broad field, and seeing himself surrounded, like a nobleman , withthirteen horsemen , he was cheered by theresemblanceto the band which led Christ to Pilate From Chichester he was taken to London in the custody of the same Pursuivant , and was detained for 50 days, having to pay 6s. 8d. per day Eachday, unless theCouncil ordered otherwise, they attended the Court and the Council Chamber. At length, the Governor of the Marshalsea wassummoned, and a nobleman was given power by the rest of the Council to commit the respondentto him. But a friend ofthe respondent, who served the Treasurer at Court, persuaded this nobleman to leave him in the

Pursuivant'scharge At length he was released on paymentof£5, himself and his brotherhaving to give sureties of£500that hewould remain in his brother's house, that he would bear himselfwell towards the Queen , that he would present himself to the Privy Council within 20 days if summoned, and that he would not leave the countrywithout speciallicencefromthe Queen. This obligation still binds.

While in his brother's house , the respondent devoted himselfto study and devotion Each morning, unlessas oftenprevented, hespent an houranda halfin prayer and meditation, and twohours in reading theScriptures or good books, especiallythe works ofSt. Augustine, whichhe possessed complete except for the 6th volume Afterluncheonhespent three hoursin reading orwriting, and onein praying, plus a further half hour after supper (There was an excellent clock in the house ) He made an English translationof St. Augustine's De Unitate Ecclesiae which, on leaving England, he sent to his kinsman Ralph Bickleyat Wisbech for correction. He also wrote a small book on Purgatory, drawn from the Bible and St. Augustine. On Sundays he spent four hours in the morning in prayer and meditation on the Epistle and Gospel of the day, the Breviary lessons and the life of the Saint, if one occurred, and the appropriate sermon of St. Augustine. Each day he recited the Office ofour Lady, not omitting it thricein a year unless prevented. All theseexercises left his health unimpaired ; but theywere often impeded by various necessities, and especiallyby visitsfrom heretical friends On weekdays as well as on Sundays and feasts many neighbouring yeomen used to come to play games ; and two neighbouring gentry, one a Puritan Justice, the other a Protestant , exchangedvisitsalmost daily with the respondent and his brother. Manyother distinguished neighbours were most friendlyand charitable. A further distraction was the large number of greyhounds, hounds, spaniels and hawks whichthe respondent's brotherpossessed ; one falcon was a great favourite of the respondent, andused to live on and from his hand : it made friends for him of all the leading local gentry.

The respondent's second tribulationwas caused by the ministerof the parish, Thomas Godley, his only enemy, with whom he often argued about religion, and against whom he had written the aforementioned tract on Purgatory. This arose out of a dispute which began in the presence of many neighbours whom therespondent's brother had invited to supper on All Saint's Day, after the respondent had been recitingvespers for the dead. Godley hadtherespondent presented before the Ordinary; fearing excommunication the respondent fled to London, where he found Thomas Pounde living in a beautifulhouse withhismother He told Poundethathewould prefer to serve the Countess of Arundel than to risk excommunication ; Pounde replied that this was dangerous, since Lady Arundel had many evil servants as well as good ones The respondent

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waspersuaded instead tolivewith Pounde, and stayedwithhimfrom the beginning of December until the 2nd of May, sharing his table and bed. He then went to visit his brother, leaving behind a copy of his book on Purgatory which he had just rewritten (He was advisedby Pounde to revise thefirst part ofthis book beforegiving itto Godley, and to omitthe second part, which consistedofanimadversionsagainst the morals of Godley's clerical friends.)

On arrival at his brother's, the respondentwas warmlygreetedby Godley. This however was hypocrisy, for within three weeks Godley had secretly procured an excommunicationillegally, since no one can be presented for excommunication beforehehas stayed in one place for a month The minister read the excommunication triumphantly in his church, and said that if the respondent died while he was parson, he would not allow him to be buriedeitherin the church or inthe cemetery When this newswasbroughttothe respondentbyhis brother returningfrom church, he replied ; "There was no need for him to do that, since I had decidednever to enter the church while he was minister" While they were at luncheon , oneof his brother's servants said open-mouthed : "Mr. Henry, you have been anathematized and cursed out of the Church by our minister!" "Not so" replied the respondent: "outofyourChurch perhaps, but not out of the Catholic Church His curse, I hope, is God's blessing , since the cause is not mine but God's; but if it is a curse , I fear it will return on his own home and head; and I will give you sixpence if you will carry this answer to your minister" . But the servant refused the money.

On the following Sunday, in the same church, atthesametimeand in the same place as he had pronounced the excommunication (viz. whereheusedto readthe Gospelfacing the people), Godley fell sick. After readingthe Gospel hewas overheardtotell hismaidservant to prepare his bed; from which henever rose alive The respondent, when excommunicated, had been engaged in rewriting his book on Purgatory. Two days later he rode to tell some friends about his excommunication Returning at sunset the following Monday, when about halfa mile from home, he heard the great bell sounding, and enquired who was ill; he was told by a maidservant that it was probablyGodley, since he had gone out of church the day before and there had been no evensong . The respondent began to pray that Godley, after all his sins, might be converted and confess Purgatory , so that he might find a place there He desiredalso to talk to him, but when he asked his brotherto accompany him, he was dissuaded for two reasons The first was that there was an infectious disease present, called a fervent and warm fever. The second wasthat Godleydid notwish anyofhis neighbourstocometo him for fear they might try to persuade him to make a will: forhe had once been a merchant and had been unable to pay his debts, so that if he were to make a will and appoint an executor he would merely injure him The respondent postponed his visit untilthe

followingday ; but early next morning Godley died and wasburied on the first of June His wife too died, and was buried on the seventh of June . And so he waspunished (The respondentgives reasons why the deaths cannot have been due to the epidemic , and tells a similar story of another minister who was excommunicated himselfa short time after having excommunicated an old Catholic woman )

The respondent'sthird tribulation consisted in the Common Law proceedings against him. Because he did not appearattheSessions , hewasproclaimed anexile after 15 months Eversincethenhehas been due to pay £20 to the Treasury for every month of absence from church ; so that when he left England, 13 or 14 years later , heowedthe Queen £3480. The proclamation of his banishment has been repeated4 timesayear in the Quarter Sessions until the present.

The fourth tribulation occurred at the time when the preparations of the Spanish fleet against England became known. On Ash Wednesdayallthe gentryand principal Catholics were called before Commissioners and handed over to the custody of parsons. The respondent was sent 18 or 20 miles to an old and learned parson, once a priest and still celibate, a B.D. of 30 years standing. He remained in custody in this man's house (where more than Turkish wickednesswaspractised) for 11 months, under the ordersofstricter Commissionerswho were personally unknown to him (The chief ofthese was a fierce knight , who was then Sheriff of the County, who had powerfromthe Council to hangwithout trial anyofthosein his charge). The respondent, along with William Brittaine, the brother-in-law of Thomas Pounde, who had been committed to another parson 5 miles away, was frequently called before these Commissioners; he defended the Catholic faith before them intrepidly, arguing about the Primacy of St. Peter and the Pope withsuchforce and clarity that neither theynor thelearnedminister in charge of him could ever resist him, or rather God who spoke through him in accordance with Lk. 12, 11. When the Armada came in sight of England, hewas again summoned, and commanded to be kept in a small locked room. He was allowed to see nobody except his custodian's servant until he was sent for again. Expectingdeath everyday, he stayed joyfully for 8 weekswithout setting foot outside his door Word was then sent that his cutodian was to present him before the Commissioners"with all haste, haste, post haste that might be" , or suffer the consequences This message frightened the parson and convinced the respondent that his death was planned; as did also the place to whichhe was taken , a large field where the Sheriff and Knights and many Justices , withahugesquareofsoldiers, weredrawn upawaitingtheSpaniards besidethe sea When the Commissionerswere told of the respondent's arrival, theyleft the troops, called the parson, and had a long discussion; after whichthey returned the respondent to custody, either because William Brittaine was not present (with or without

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his custodian's permissionhe had gone to visit his wifewho had just had a baby), or because theparson had spokenfavourably ofhim,or simplybecause he was too sinful to deserve martyrdom . After the dispersionofthe Spanishfleet he wasgiven greater liberty, but kept in custody until the feast of the Purification, when hewasfreed and given into the charge of his brother

The respondent'sfifth tribulation consisted in being confined to his brother's house, bythe authority ofthe penultimateParliament , and forbidden to go more than five miles from it without written licencesignedand sealed by the Bishop and two Justices. Almost all the leading Catholics in England weresimilarlyconfined

His sixth tribulation consisted in being frequently summoned , along with other Catholics, for questioning by the Bishop andthe local Commissioners These Commissioners , being personalfriends of the respondent's, were fairly kind-hearted. The respondent once embarrassedthe Bishop in front ofthe other Commissioners , by forcinghimtoadmit as true propositions whichwerecontrarytothe Protestant Church They discussed Augustine's description of the church (in De Unitate Ecclesiae) as beginning at Pentecost and growing until the end ofthe world; a description whichthe Bishop could not reject, since he had read the book The respondent was about to ask "where did the Protestant Church grow one or two hundred yearsago"-he gloats over the confusionand ragewhichhe expectedthis question to causebut he waswarned against thisbya pious Catholic friend(John Tulke, who had been severalyearsin the Marshalsea , and whose death, like his wife's, was adorned by miracles) Tulke had been interviewed immediately before the respondent : there were about 40 Catholics in the hall ofthe Palace , who weresummonedone by one into the interior "I spoke to them in a friendly manner, and was kindly received and gently spoken to" he said, "Theydid the same with the others who went in before us, and they will treatyou likewise if you speakthem fairand avoid disputation" . The respondent took this advice, and wasdismissed in a friendly manner.

After these sufferings, the respondent was tempted by the devil in a different manner, by means of the vanities and riches of the world and the desires and delights oftheflesh It wassimilar tothe fable of the wind and the sun and the traveller in the Book of Resolution, or the temptations of Josaphat as recordedin the book of Josaphat and Barlaam .

The respondent'ssole survivingbrotherdied4 yearsago,intestate , so that all his property went to the wife with whom he had lived only 16 months He has one sister alive, who crossed the seas 15 yearsago, afterbeing persecutedin England. She tookthereligious habit, but after 6 months with the nuns she was forced to leave through bad eyesight She is nowmarried, and she andher husband serve Lady Hungerford at Louvain

The respondent has heretical first cousins on his mother's side ,

and Catholic femalesecond cousins namedTichborne, whose younger brother is at the college of St. Omers He desires to observe the College discipline and if he has been negligent will try to reform For manyyears he has desiredto be a religious, and has chosenthe Society ofJesus as the most holyofallorders Forthis reasonalone , and also to gain the Jubilee, he left England ; and he will remain firmin thisintent unless he is found unworthybecause ofthepaucity of his learning,the weakness of his memory and judgement, and the number ofhis years . He does not wish to become a priestunlesshe can be a religious, for he would ratherobey than command and he wouldnot dare to be ordained except under obedience . December 1st 1599, aetatis 46 or47.

[355] ALEXANDER BRADSHAWE

Anno 1599 Decembris nono

1. Nomen est Alexander Bradsha natus fui in villa prope Vigorniam quae vulgo appellatur (Hardwickes Courte) Decimo octavo die Martii anno Domini 1572. Sum igitur annorum 27. Instructus fui a teneris unguiculis, usque ad annos 16. in scola publica collegii Vigorniensis per Henricum octavum Angliae regem fundata, circiter 17 vel 18 annos ni fallor missus fui ad academiam Cantabrigiae et ibi in collegio Christi per spatium trium annorum mansi, otiose admodum et turpiter flore iuventutiset preciosissimo tempore abutens, inde libertatis causa de mea spontanea voluntate Londinum me contuli, quare secundacogitatione peroptime visum est gubernatoribus meis, ad Oxonium me transportare, et in collegio Sancti Johannis solo D. Willessi praesulis consilio, collocatus fui sed ego proh dolor impie me gessi, beneficia illa infinita et dona caelestia in contumeliam verti denique Reliquam partem vitae a malo ad peiuspartim in interiore templo (London) partim in domo nobilissimi D. Thomae Burgh Baronis de Gainsburgh inutiliter consumpsi Ingens hic se aperiret curriculum orationi huic, si vellem eam per ingentem anteactae vitae campum laxatis quasi habenis immittere

2. Quod ad parentes attinet paucis addam, ne fortasse vana me complacentia aut inanis gloria titillare videretur. Pater fuit dum vixit magister artium quem lancastria genuit scolae publicae vigorniensis archididascalus etcetera Mater filia (Goothlake Edwardes) armigeri etcetera habeo unum fratrem natu maiorem, duas sorores bene nuptas, et consanguineos multos sed haereseon pravitatibus caecatos : ah quid dixi me habereimmo habui nunc habeam necne incertum est

3. Maxima pars studii consumpta fuit in poetarum libris tam Graecis quam latinis

4. nulla me tenet corporis aegritudo, idcirco curandum est ,utsit mens sana in corpore sano .

5. non possum non confiteri antiquam praeteritae vitaeobstina-

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ciam , hei mihi nimis diu mansi in illa pertinacia et perversa hereticorum opinione in posterum Deo optimo maximo valente meliora praestare conabor. ut verum fatear liber iste Anglicanus contra (Charke et Hanmer) primo fraudem et fucatam hereticorum fidem et occultam Dissimulationem mihi manifestavit et quasi Baculo Demonstravit

6. procul o procul absit ut in re tam seria simulata quadam Sanctitate utar, in summa igitur ardens est mihi Desiderium ecclesiasticae vitae amplectendae, ad quam digne obtinendam Reliquam vitae partem diligenter et summopere consumam, et me totum superiorum huius collegii beneplacitis submitto.

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[355] BRADSHAWE Alexander, born 18.3.1572 at Hardwicke's Court, near Worcester, educated until 16 at the public schoolat Worcester ; when 17 or 18 went to Cambridge and wasted 3 years at Christ's College ; went to London of his own choice in order to be free ; wassent to Oxford and placed at St. John's on the advice of Mr. Willis, the President ; misbehaved; lived later in the Inner Temple and in the house of Thomas Burgh, Baron Gainsborough, where he went from bad to worse. (The respondent's father , a nativeofLancashire, and M.A., washeadmasterof the publicschool at Worcester untilhis death ; the respondent'smother wasa daughter ofGoothlake Edwards Esq ) Has one elder brother, two sisters well married, and many heretical kinsfolk. Has studied mainly Greekand Latin poets. Healthy. A heretic untildisabusedby the English book against Charke and Hanmer. Desires to be an ecclesiastic. 9 December 1599

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1600

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1. Nomen meum est Thomas Newman alias Evered et notus sum indifferenterper utraque haec nomina. aetatis sum ut arbitror triginta et unius annorum . Natus sum in CivitateSarum in Comitatu Wiltes in Anglia. educatus in eadem Civitate, et apud oppidum vocatum Meere intra eundem Comitatum , Wiltes donec Oxoniam profectus sum

2. Quodad parentesattinet : Pater meus Civis estSarum habitus inter praecipuos eiusdem Civitatis. mater mea moriebatur duos abhinc annos, a quo tempore pater distribuit omnes suas fortunas et possessiones liberis suis apud quos vivit subinde mutans loca ad voluntatem suam . Nullum habeo fratrem sororem aut cognatum praecipuum Catholicum aut Hereticum Pater autem et tertius frater credunt Catholicam fidem tamen eandem non profitentur.

3. StuduiArtes Oxoniae tres annos et dimidiumubilicetindigne

fui creatus baccolariust artis Postea Londini dedi operam studio legum Angliae Quatuor annos, in Medio Templo

4. Mens mihi sana in corpore sano bis in vitae curriculo febre laboravi semel in magno vitae discrimine fui per eundum morbum.

5. Schismaticus fui, quanquam in opinione Catholicus usque a pueritia factus fui Catholicus ope reverendi et doctissimi sacerdotis qui ab his oris venit in Angliam. Nihil passus sum nisi quae detrimenta mihi accidere possunt studia legum relinquendo : aut odio nonnullorum propinquorum . factus fui Catholicus mense Iunii ultimo. Prima quae me movebant ad credendum fidem Catholicam fuere decem rationes doctissimi patris Campiani quas habui annexas Responsioni cuiusdam Whittakeri tum cum adhuc essem scolasticus in scola grammatica . neque quisquam mihi persuadere potuit easdem rationes fuisse sufficienter responsas. postea confirmatus fui lectione aliquorum catholicorum librorum et dictis et exemplis quorundam catholicorum. principalis autem causa quod tandem quaesivi modum adiungendi me ecclesiae Catholicae fuit familiaris meus Mr Johannes Sweete qui intimavit mihi se fuisse Catholicum et monstravit mihi quibus mediis usus eset paulo post matura habita deliberatione ibam ad eundem patrem, qui post tertium aut quartum congressum me fecit membrum ecclesiae Catholicae.

6. Ardentercupio ecclesiasticamagere vitam. tt

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[357] NEWMAN Thomas alias Evered, c. 31 , born at Salisbury, Wilts, brought up there and at Meere in the same county until his departure for Oxford (His father is one of the principal citizens of Salisbury ; his mother died two years ago, and since then the father has distributed all his possessions to his children, and lives with eachofthem in turn, believing but not practising the Catholic faith.) Hasat least3 brothers, the third ofwhom is anon-practising Catholic ; has no distinguished kinsmen, Catholic or heretical. Studied artsat Oxford3 years ; B.A.; studied Law4 years in the Middle Temple. Healthy; twice suffered from fevers, once with danger of death Was a schismatic until reconciled, after 3 or 4 meetings, by a learned priest from overseas, last June; was first moved to believe in Catholicism by reading the Ten Reasons , with Whittaker's reply, while a scholar in the grammar school ; was finallypersuadedto join the Church by his friend Mr. John Sweet . Desiresto be an ecclesiastic.

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EDUARDUS COTTINGTONUS : Anni Domini 1600 mense Ianuarii :

1. Nomen mihi verum, proprium, est Eduardus, commune , Cottingtonus . annum autem aetatis meae decimum nonum, iuxta festivitatem annuntiationis Beatae Mariae Virginis proxime in-

sequentemsivixero sum acturus in comitatusomersettensinon ita longe ab oppido Wellensi partibus Wiltoniae confinibus ortum primum habui. educatio vero mea huiusmodi fuit imprimis in domut paterna per annos fere quinque a sene quodam ludimagistro olim Oxoniensi prima literarum rudimenta sumpsi, qui me e suis manibus ad scholamWigorniensem demisit, ubi per quatuorannos integros in studio Grammaticae poesis et Rhetoricae parum etiam linguae grecae laboravi : illinc autem ad Oxoniensem academiam perveni immediate ibique in collegio sanctae et individuae trinitatis societati domus haud incorporatus sed convictor tantum, dialecticae et philosophiaeper quatuor fere annos studui, et haec tantumdemea in literis educatione

2. Parentes mei adhuc ambo viventes condicionis quidem sunt haud ignobilis itemque satis divites, ambo vero cum tribus fratribus (quibus omnibus ego iunior sum) et unica sorore viro generoso et haeredi nuper nupta. simul omnes haeretici. a patre duos habeo patruos eosdemque haereticos quorum unus secularis est et reditus satis amplos habet : alter autem divinitatis doctor canon ecclesiae Wellensis et in alio loco archideaconus amplos quidem ecclesiasticos reditus sibi accumulavit : et episcopi Glocestrensis filiam in matrimonium sibi duxit a matre vero unicum avunculum habeo olim catholicum sed in hac novissima catholicorum persecutionenuper lapsus et templum adire coactusadhuc eius uxore cum tribusfiliabuset unico nato fortiter in relligione catholica persistente

3. quodattinet ad mea studia, qualia fuerent et quisnam eorum fuerit locus in educationemea patefacienda supratotaliter explicavi. sed qualeset quantos in iis omnibus progressus fecerim experientia posthinc fortassedocebit interim hoc dicome in studiis Grammaticalibus haud omnino supinum et otiosum fuisse, insuper etiam et totam philosophiam Aristotelicam (excepta Metaphysica) cum diversis commentariis semel festinanter et confuse perlegisse

4. Corporis animique firmissima valetudine sine aliquodefectu vel infirmitate fruor, nullamque corporis aegritudinem unquam adhuc relatu dignum sensi nec aliquam animae praeter haeresimet schismaquibus per totam fere vitam anteactam infestabar maxime sed de his quandiu et quomodo iis tenebar in sequenti

5. Cum parentes et amicos pene omnes haereticoshabuerim ego etiam tanquam ex consequentitotam vitam haeretico more transegi quod quidem non tam haeresis dici potuit quam, error, ignorantia veritatis, et institutionis rectae indigentia nam cum primum de relligione quid esset considerare coepi (quod antea prae teneritate iudicii cum adhuc essem parvulus facere non potui) cum primum (inquam) iudicii maturioris esse coepi de relligione protestantium pura dubitare coepipaulisper adhuc tamen de relligione catholica ne somniavi quidem utpote in quam opprobria multa passim ab omnibus coniecta saepius audivissem multosque libros in illam conscriptos legissem , (inter quos quoddam Foxi martyriologiummaxi-

mum mihi scandalum dedit) itemque passim in concionibus illamita condemnari quotidie audivissem, quae mihi catholicam relligionem quamvis eam ignorarem invisam fecere. cum itaque quodam tempore a Gulielmo Webbo (qui tum scholaris eiusdem collegii in Oxonia fuit) in communem collegii bibliothecam ductus fui, statim acciditutadtria volumina P : Bellarminivenirem : in quibus quod omnium primuminspexi fuit tractatus de purgatorio . ut vero mihi animus rebus huiusmodi peregrinis et novis semper inhiare solebat et saepius hoc tanquam aliquod ridiculumin papistas exprobratum audivissem, statui mecum, hic iam videre qualisnam iste locus esset et quomodo a papistis defendi posset: postquam autem tractatum illum perlegissem et loca multa scripturae patrumque testimonia in assertionempurgatoriicitatamvidissem, coepi cogitare catholicos aliquam pro sua relligione probabilitatemhabere, undepostealibros istos saepius inspicere desiderabam et in iis multa postea legi et in aliis etiam libris a catholicis scriptis legendiset pervolvendis multus fui donec tandem mihi animus ab haeresi paulatimdeclinare et in catholicam relligionem vergere coepit ad quod etiam crebra cum supradicto Gulielmo alioque quodam iuvene in eodem etiam collegio degente colloquia multum conducebant, unde reiecta haeretica opinione catholice quidem sentiebam sed non sine quadam dubitatione et anxietate donec tandem hoc modo me vacillantem et fluctuantem in veram fidem asseruit sacerdos quidam qui huius etiam consilii, parentes nimirum et patriam relinquendi , et Romam studiorum causa me conferendi mihifuit author. inde paulo postea summo mane priusquam lucescereta paterno domut me clanculum surripui cum sacerdote praedicto in loco constituto conventurus ibique reconciliatus et statim cum pecunia quam ille simul cum quodam cognato meo corraserant imprimis ad Londinum inde vero ad Caletum sine aliquo periculo per mare delatus fui.

6. IamcumRomam pervenerim et auxiliodei primumexhaeresi deinde ex omnibus malis et periculis terra marique mihi imminentibus ereptus et in hunc locum in studio literarum et dei servitio quasi dicatum salvus delatus sim, mihi iam deo volente eandem quam omnes in hoc collegio studiorum rationem inire certum est et eodem modo progredi donec officio sacerdotis ad laudem et honorem dei patriaeque commodum fungi possim ††

Deo gratias

EDUARDUS COTTINGTONUS

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[358] COTTINGTONEdward, 19 next Lady Day, born of middle class heretical parents near Wells in Somerset on the border of Wiltshire, was taught rudiments at home by an aged Oxford graduate schoolmaster, then learnt grammar, poetry, rhetoric, and part ofGreekatWorcester school; studied dialectic and philosophy for four years as a commoner at Trinity College Oxford (Both parents arestillalive ) Has 3 brothers and 1 sister, recently married

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to a gentleman with great expectations ; all heretics . Has 2 heretical uncles on his father's side: one a rich layman, the other a D.D., canon of Wells and archdeacon, whohas married the daughter oftheBishop ofGloucester Has one uncleon hismother's sidewho has apostatized during the recentpersecutionandwhogoes tochurch although his wife and his one son and 3 daughters remain firm. Studied grammar industriously; has read, hurriedly and confusedly, thewhole ofAristotle'sphilosophy except the Metaphysics, along with various commentaries. Healthy Lived in heresy, or ratherignorance, until he was mature enough to doubtthe truth of Protestantism ; did not dream of becoming a Catholic because he had heard manystories and sermons against it and had read Foxe's martyrology . Was once taken by William Webb, then a scholarof Trinity, into the College library ; there saw the three volumes of Bellarmine and read the tract on Purgatory; saw theScriptures and Fathers cited, and beganto thinkthat there wassome probabilityon the Catholic side After systematic reading of Catholic books and frequent conversations with Webb and another youth of the same College, beganhesitantlyto think along Catholic lines. Wasfinally convinced bya priest, who persuadedhim also to leave his parents and come to Rome ; ran away with him at dawn, and received money from him togo to London and Calais. Desirestobe apriest.

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ANDREAS FERNESLIUS

Anno post dominicam Incarnationem 1600 mense maii

Annumago medium post quartumdecimum, mediolani natus, unde biennis Lugdunum deportatus, ibidemque educatusfui

2. Pater ex Anglia, mater ex Sabaudia oriundi sunt Pater quam a multo tempore exercuerat mercaturam deposuit, nequeiam ullam artem factitat. Nullos habeo fratres , sorores totidem : unicam tamen habui, quae mensem nata a seculo migravit. Cognatum paterno nomine inAngliahabeounicum, Iurisconsultum scilicet, cuius de fide asserere nil ausim : ipse enim nuper cum Lugdunum venisset haereticus, infirmus in Angliam catholicus brevi ducturus uxorem reversus est : Caeteros autem Dei gratia sive affines sive consanguineos Catholicos habeo

3. In turnonensi academia per tres annos, et semestrum circiter ad Rethoricam usque perveni.

4. Bis corporis valetudine infirmus, animae vero saepius fui

5. Dei gratia me semper intra EcclesiaeChristianae, Catholicae & Romanae fines, extra quos nullus salvus esse potest, continuit, continebitque eadem favente perpetuo.

6. Decretum mihi istud est (modoadChristihonorem, et gloriam, animaeque meae proventum & salutem sit) Ecclesiasticam vitam, vitaeque novum genus capessendi :

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[359] FERNESLEY Andrew , 14 , son of retired English merchant and his Savoyard wife; born at Milan, taken to Lyons when 2 and brought up there. Has no brothers ; had 1 sister who died when one month old Has a kinsman of his father's name in England, a lawyer, who came to Lyons a heretic and returned homea weak Catholic, tomarry; has otherwise Catholic kinsfolk. Studied 3 years at Tournon, as far as Rhetoric Was twice ill Always a Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic . May 1600

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IOHANES DINGLEIUS alias FAUKENERUS

Maii 19° [?] Anno 1600 .

1. Vocor hic Iohannes Dingleius, proprio nomine Faukenerus: Aetatis ero viginti quatuor annorum in festo Annunciationis proximofuturo : natus fui Lytoniaein Dorcestria : educatus sub Avunculo meo Iohanne Brooko, et Cognato Edouardo Peto, uno mercatore, altero generoso, in Dorcestria habitantibus , qui fuerunt executores testamenti patris mei, qui mortuus est Catholicus, et mater etiam mea dum ego parvulus admodum infantuluseram , vix e cunabulis meis progressus et tutelae illorum quatuor sorores et ego a parentibus traditi fuimus frater autem maior natu post obitum patris. et possessiones etiam suae iure ad Reginam perti- nebant donec viginti annos complesset , quam servitutem pecuniis redempserunt Patris praedicti executores dico, et tutelam illius etiam habuerunt, cuius ego in domo Avunculi Ioannis Brooki primariis litteris usque ad undecimum aetatis annum imbutus fui, missus postea Shirborniam , oppidum Dorcestriae scholam ubi publicum quinquenii spatio frequentavi , frater meus interea ad maturam aetatem pervenerat, et ad placitum erat mihi, utrum Avunculum pro patrono servarem, vel fratrem eligerem, meque statim ad illum contuli et cum ipso in wiltoniamprofectus fui, ubi maiorem partem unius anni absque studiis consumpsi ibi denique mansi aliquando cum Avunculo . aliquando apud generosam viduam cuius filiam frater meus paulo ante nupsisset illinc Oxoniam me asportavitfrater meus, ubi in Aula SanctaeMariae per unum fere annum per alterumin Glocestrensi aula studui , si illud studium dici potest, historias, et Anglicanos libros legere, Tutorem semel in mense adire, disputationes neque publicas, neque privatas frequentare, decrescere potius in doctrinaquam proficere, quaenunc cum dolore reminisci cogor. duos sequentes annos Ruri apud fratremmeum otiis etiam consumpsi expeditionem interim faciens cum Domino Essexio contra Hispanos procellisque multis iactatus Londinum redii spoliis ditatusnullis (deo gratias habeo) : paulo post, ego statum vitae penitus mutavi, servulusque alterius factus faeliciter fui perque duos annos cum demidiot Domino Henrico Windesorio Londini inservivi e cuius servitio in has partes profectus fui. 2 patris nomen erat Henricus Faukenerus&.

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matris ante nuptias Martha pike. pater non nisi ex honesta et antiqua familia prognatus erat satisque divites fuerunt ipsius parentes intra enim quinque filios ille secundus erat habuitque eas possessiones a patre suo quas etaim reliquit filio valentes 130 libras per annum (ut audivi fratrem loquentem) non tantas ut ego ex opinione aliorumiudico ; domusquepatris sui praecipuae intra patrem & natu maiorem fratrem aequalis erat facta divisio, meliorem vero partem agrorum alter tenuit, quas nunc vendidit, satisque tantum habet, unde vivat, et liberos alat frater etiam nuper vendidit suas, et totam domum cum possessionibus peregrinus tenet. patrui tres alii ; aliquos quoque agros in eadem villa a patre suo relictos habuerunt , sed illi diu ab hinc mortui sunt, nullusque nostri nominis ibi habitat. multos tamen adhuc generosos et mediae conditionis homines nobis propinquos, et affinitate coniunctos habemus, nullumvero nisi unum AvunculumCatholicum. Sororesduas in Dorcestria nuptas habeo alteram in Wiltonia quarta innupta mortua est coniuges earum sunt satis honestaefamae ubi habitant, unusque dives tam in agris quam pecuniis est alteri duo tenues admodum unus praesertim quia gratia Catholicae fidei perdidit maximam earum quas habuitpartem, omnesque tam sorores quam coniuges , sunt vel schismatici, vel Catholici frater vero Hereticus est, et in wiltonia vivit apud fratrem coniugis suae , virum admodum generosum & divitem, et per coniugem suam multosin wiltonia praecipuosquoque totius Southamptoniae generosos sibiin affinitate propinquos habet mater vero coniugis suae soror erat Ricardi Norton militis et ut de matre mea loquar mater erat vidua antequam nupsit cum patre meo dives admodum quia ego audivi multoties quod agri quos sibi a priore coniuge relictos habuitterminovitaesuae valent 200 libras per annum et bona etiam praeterea multa possidebat pater illius erat tenuis admodum in agris, fuit tamen ut audivi generosus reliquitque duos filios unus fundum paternum tenet et schismaticus est, alter ex sua industria ditatus et magnaeaestimationis est in sua patria, valde Heriticus matersua erat Cestrensis , ex generosissima familianata et per illam divites habemus avunculos duos milites cognatos, affines quoque generosos multos Londini, et per totam Chestriam, et illorum quam plurimi sunt Catholici. quod ad facultates illas attinet quas ego a patre meo accepi, in agris pro aliquot annis reliquit mihi quatuordecim libras per annum, pensum praeterea annuale pro termino vitae meae, quinque librarumet 374 in numeratis pecuniiset aliquid in potentiaquod paulo ante discessum vendidi fratrimeopro 70 fere libris

3. Studuiut superius dixi Oxonii per duos fere annos humaniora tantum studiapoesim nempe et Rhetoricam. quibus artibus haud unquam pervectus fui nunc a continua a studiis omnibus cessatione per quatuorvel quinque annos multoquam ante me imperfectiorem sentio

4. raronon sexties ut recordor aegrotavi nequedolorem aliquem (deo gratias) corporis animaeve sentio

5. intra duos hos annos ex heritico Catholicus factus fui

Authores conversionis meae fuerunt secretarius Domini Windesor vir bonuset Catholicus,nominatus Joannes Brookes& consanguineus quidem mei Richardus Faukenerus Catholicus etiam et eiusdem domini stabuli praefectus, mores etenim illorum et probitatem vitae intuendo, bonam de Catholicis opinionem habere cepi et argumentis etiam contra me valuerunt , dederunt mihi libros Catholicos ad legendos , et quiaiste Joannes Brooke fuit socius mecum in eodem cubiculooccasionemego assiduamhabebamvidere illum, & alterum etiam cum illo simul orantes, per duas horas singulis diebus, et seipsos in omnibus pie admodum, & devote gerere, interque alios multos longe optimum dare exemplum conversationis, mors etiam parentum meorum Catholica me movebat, diu tamen istis motibus restiti, Illi autem assiduo erant elaborantes conversionem meam quibus tandem iocose, magis quam serio dixi adducite ad me unum Sacerdotem ut sermonem cum illo haberem laetus erat uterque responsione mea, et quando proxime Londinumveni Curiam egocum Domino meo adituruseram, utque egressus eram foris iste Joannes Brookus cucurrit ad me, obsecrans ut expectarem donec a prandio adventum unius, cui libenter ascultabam, et constitutahora venit adme pater Jacobus Standish : quem ego mecum in privatumhortulum accepi & in umbraculo simul sedimus de rebus ad fidem pertinentibus sermonem longum facientes, dubia mea praecipua sibi proposui, et ille solutionesdedit mihi, tantumqueapud medeus per illum valuit, ut ego statim conversusfui, statimque dixi comiti meo postquam alter abiiset, manumque mihi dedisset iterumadme reverti o Amantissime comes, non habeo dignas quas tibi gratias referrem, tu hodie me ex misero, faelicem efficisti ope istius boni Domini,O utinamplureshaberet talesAnglianostra quidque impedit mihi quominus ego Sacerdos fiam et ex illa hora id efficere tantum conatus fui die sequenti rursus venit ad me pater Standish et tamen distulit reconciliationem meamper alequot+ dies ut rem tanti momenti tempus daret mihi meditandi (sicut postea dixit) ego interim Carcerem frequentabam, et nondum Catholicus patris Liesteri benedictionem petii: impatiens denique morae quia pater Standish aberat a me tribusdiebusnon expectabamadventum illius, sed a patre Lee¹ alio sacerdote reconciliatus fui semperque postea quando eram Londini mecum illum habebam in cubiculo meoet ducebat me ad navem quando ego discessi notusquefuipro Catholico non tantum Londini, sed in Dorcestria etiam, et pluribus allis in locis, et per duos fere annos conversatio mea fuit inter Catholicos, singulis septimanis nisi valde raro necessitate aliter coactus Sanctam Communionem accepi , Conversionem amicorum omnibus modis laboravi , mequemultis periculis exposui, nihil tamen inde detrimentipassus fui.

1 Immediately after"Lee" there follow twoillegible letters, probably erased

6. Quod ad propositum et desiderium attinet vitam Ecclesiasticam subeundi, nihil magiscupio quam sacerdos (si ita deoplacuerit) fieri

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[360] FAULKNER John alias Dingley, 24 next Lady Day, son of Henry and Martha Pike, born at Litton, Dorsetshire; brought up by his uncle John Brooke, merchant, and his cousin Edward Peto [?] Esq. in Dorsetshire, the executors of his father's will ("Hedied a Catholic and my mother also while I was a very small infant scarcely out of my cradle and to their care 4 sisters and I werehandedover by our parents ; myeldest brotherhowever after thedeathof myfather His possessions belongedto the Queenby lawuntil hewas20, buttheybought back this serviceformoney, the aforesaidexecutors of my fatherI mean, and had thecareofhim"). Learnt his first letters in John Brooke's house ; at 10 sent to the public school at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, for 5 years ; then wentto Wiltshire to serve his brother who had now come of age After almost ayear withhim, spent some timewith hisuncleand some with his brother's widowed mother-in-law. Then wastakento Oxfordby hisbrother; spent a year at St. Mary's Hall and a year atGloucester Hall, studying poetry, rhetoric, history and English, but visiting his tutor only once a month and avoiding all private and public disputations , thus becomingless ratherthanmore learned Wasted thenext 2 years in the countrywith his brother; went on Essex's expedition against the Spaniards; returned to London without booty (thank God) ; repented ; served Mr. Henry Windsor in London for2 years beforecoming abroad

(The respondent's fatherwas the second offive sons ofanancient and rich family; he inherited , and left to his son, estates worth £130 or less a year, and half his father's house, most of the land attached going to the elder brotherwho has nowsold them and lives & educateshis children on the proceeds The respondent's brother has now sold his share, so that a stranger has the whole house and estates. There were also 3 uncles, who inherited lands on the same property, but they are long dead, and none of the family now live there )

Has manykinsmen belonging to thegentryand themiddleclass , but no Catholic kinsmen except one uncle Has 2 sisters married in Dorsetshire and another in Wiltshire; their husbands are of good fame, onerich in lands and money, the other two poor, one of them because he has lost most of his property for the sake of religion (The other sister died unmarried . All these are schismatics or Catholics )

(The respondent's brotheris a heretic and lives in Wiltshirewith his wife's rich brother; through his wife he is related to many peopleinWiltshireand to all the importantgentryofSouthampton; his mother-in-law is the sister of Richard Norton, soldier The

respondent's mother was a widow before she married his father; from her first husband she inherited lands worth £200 a year and much property. Her father, though a gentleman, did not possess much land; he left two sons, one a schismatic who inherited the family farm, the other a strong heretic who has achievedwealth and esteem by his own efforts Her mother belonged to the Cheshire gentry; on her side there are two rich militaryuncles, cousins , and manykinsfolkamong thegentryof London and Cheshire , almost all Catholics )

The respondent inheritedfrom his father lands worth £14 ayear, a life-pensionof £5 a year and £374 in cash, plus expectations which he sold to his brotherbefore departure for about £70. Has beenill less than6 times Was converted fromheresywithin these 2 years, at the instigation of John Brookes (Catholic, secretary to Mr. Windsor) and his kinsman Richard Faulkener (Catholic, master of horsetothesame) Wasled bytheirexampleto respectCatholicism; sharing a room withJohn Brookeshewasableto see the twoofthem praying 2 hours each day Was influenced also by the Catholic books whichthey lent him and bythe Catholic death of his parents. After long resistence, said jokingly "Take me to a priest" ; when next at London attending Court with his master was introduced by John Brookes to FatherJames Standish Sitting in the shadeofa private garden was converted by him; decided at once to try to become a priest. Some days later, whilewaiting to bereceivedinto theChurch,hevisitedFr.Listerin prison ; waseventually reconciled byFr. Lee owingto the three days' absence of Fr. Standish . Kept Fr. Leein his room ; wasseen offbyhim attheship when departing. Was known as a Catholic in London and Dorset ; lived among Catholics 2 years, receiving Communion weekly; strove to convert his friends, exposing himselfto danger with impunity Desiresto be a priest. January 19th 1600.

[361] FRANCISCUS YEATE allias THOMPSON

Vigesimo primo Maii anno domini millessimot sexcentesimo

1. Vocor franciscus Yeate, verum tamen nomen Thomson, viginti trium annorum aetate in Comitatu Oxoniensi non procul ab urbe ipsa natus, in aetatis meae initiocum patre vixi, qui me domi litteris a sacerdotequem ea de causa donec ipsemet atque sacerdos capti et in carcerem coniecti fuere retinuit, institui curabat ; ego tunc duodecimum aetatis annum agens, et postea per tres vel quatuor annos alias diversas frequentavi scolas, sed quia catholicus semper extiti, atque servitia contionesque haereticas interesse recusavi Universitates vel scolae in quibus bonae artes et disciplinae viguerunt mihi fuerunt interdictae , nam quam primum eram cognitus, discedendum erat quare huc atque illuc agitatus parum in litteris profuit ; itaque ante septem vel octo annos studia omnia

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prossust deserui : donec Odomaropolim veni, ubi fere annum egi. in principiohuius anni in rethorica, alias, in aliis inferioribus classibus fui versatus.

2. Parentes nobilit semperquecatholici extiterunt mater antequam e cunabulis accessi moriens, pater post septem annos pro fide catholica in carcere finitos etiam obiit. cognati atque propinqui omnes paucis acceptist fidem catholicam profitentur. tres mihi suntfratres , sex etiam sorores quarum una mecum Bruxellas adduxi ubi religiosa existit

3. nimirum de studiis in articuloprimomentionem feci

4. Viribusgratiastsit deo et utor et usus fui firmis

5. semperab ortu primo fui catholicus quondam prosacerdote apprehensus , et in carcere detentus, donec pecuniis et amicis liberatus

6. per aliquot annos pervehementer ecclesiasticamet religiosam vitam aggredi et sub obedientia dirigi, desideravi. quod deo cui cordium secretapatent optime est notum . Ad maiorem Dei beataeque virginis Mariae gloriam

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[361] THOMSON Francis alias Yate, 23, born in Oxfordshire near Oxford; educated in his father's houseby a priestuntil his father and the priest were bothimprisoned ; then, at 11 , attended various schoolsfor 3 or 4 years, being repeatedly expelled forrefusal toattend heretical services and sermons; abandoned studies 7 or 8 years ago until reaching St. Omers where he spent about a year; was in Rhetoricat the beginning of this year. Son ofnoble Catholic parents. (His motherdied when he was an infant. His father diedafter 7 years imprisonment for religion ) Has almost entirely Catholic kinsfolk Has 3 brothers and 6 sisters, one of whom accompanied him to Brussels where she is nowa religious. Healthy. Always a Catholic Was once taken for a priest and imprisoned until released byhis friends'money Has desiredfor some years to be a religious. 21 May 1600 .

[362] THOMAS BEVEREGUS

Anno 1600, 9 : Octobris

1. Thomas Beveregusfilius Roberti, et Brigidae Beve: decimo tertiodieJulii, anno millesimo, sexcentesimo , decimum sextum vitae annum egit. Natus erat in oppido Suttonia, comitatu derbicensi, scholae Staveleiae[?], sub preceptore, Gulielmo MargerisonoOxoniensi, bonis literis, usque ad decimum secundumaetatis suae annum , incubuit; quo mortuo, cum nemo in illis partibus , ulla eruditione aut doctrina haberetur insignis, aliquo tempore, in studiis quibus ante versatus esset consumpto domi, ad ludum literarum Chester-

feldiae, tribus milliaribus a domo paterna distantem se ad hunc usque annum contulit

2. Patrem habuit, neque valde pauperem, neque divitem , sed mediaesortis virum, cui, satis ad tuendam familiamsatis ad educandos liberos suppeteret. Cuius amici, et cognati erant haeretici, frater vero et parentes schismatici

3. Praedicta Staveleiae[?] schola, ut latinum scriberet, et loquereturmediocriter eruditus, Chesterfeldiae, Rhetoricae Poesi , et graecisliteris, quas avide sitivit, summa cum voluntate, et desiderio operam dedit

4. Satis bene corpore, et animo valet, semperque valuit, nulla unquam aegritudine impeditus, praeterquam febri (in ipsa pueritia) et aliismorbis, quibus maximum genus hominum eadem praesertim aetate, subiicitur

5. Cum nonum egit annum, fratris cui maximo amore devinctus fuit, propositum, relligionem, et constantiam accepit, ut relictis parentibus, et amicis, ad Romam, devotionis causa, iter susciperet, desiderio fratris commotus Catholicorum librorum cupidus, hereticorumnegligensab illo usque tempore fuit, et schismaticam vitam nonnullis cognitam degit Postquam itaque excessitex ephaebis ut quomodo reliquum vitae tempus optime consumeretur , intenderet , vel domestice vivere, vel Academicis studiis incumbere, vel mercaturae, aut alicui scientiae in urbe Londinensi animum applicare, pater admonuit . Hoc positus trivio, quid in tanto rerum turbine esset agendum ignarus, magno Catholicae religionis, et Romam adeundi amore flagravit. Domestica enim vita, quae nonnunquam est doloris[?], et obscura, Academica, quae multum saepenumero continet improbitatis, et ignorantiae, et mercatoria quae nec votis illius, nec condicioni fuit consentanea , omnino displicuit Quamvis ideo parentibus, primogeniti filii mortem aegre ferentibus, mentem , et propositum patefacere non ausus est, tamen fratri ex Academia venientisignificavit, quinon solum votis annuit, etmultum comprobavit, verum etiam seipsum magnopere elaboraturum , ut eius satisfaceretdesideriopromisit Non longo post temporepatridatae sunt litterae, ut ad Londinum filium cum tabellariomitteret, ubi optimi alicuius causidici, vel mercatoris apprenticius esset futurus. Parentesvero cupidam videntes filii voluntatem , et ad urbem eundi desiderium, ea demiserunt condicione, ut si fratri, morem non libenter gereret, domum rediret Protinus itinere suscepto ad Londinum venit, tribus hebdomadis cum fratre commoratur, quo temporis spatio dominus Gervasius Pierpoynt francisci Beverigi multumstudiosus, ut eius fratremRomaecommendaret, reverendum Patrem Wally obnixe rogavit, quod facile ab eo impetravit Reconciliatus deinde a reverendo patre Stamforde, transacto mari, ne calor aestivus in tam longa peregrinatione corpus offenderet , Duacenis studiis quatuor mensibus experitust , Romam venit.

6. Nihil unquam videbatur mihi hucusque iucundius (si tanta dignusessem functione) quam vitam ecclesiasticamingredi ††

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[362] BEVERIDGE Thomas, son of Robert and Bridget, born at Sutton , Derbyshire, 13.7.1584, attended schoolat Staveley until 11 , learning Latin under William Margerison of Oxford ; after the latter's death studied at home; learntpoetry, rhetoric andGreekat Chesterfield school three miles from home, until this presentyear. Son of a middle-class father of sufficient means ; has schismatic brothers and parents, heretical kinsfolk Healthy save for fevers and childish illnesses in boyhood At 8 impressed by his beloved brother's pilgrimage to Rome, sought Catholic books, has lived from that time schismatically. At end of adolescence was called upon by his father to choose between a domestic, an academic and a mercantile life; disliked all three and decided to go to Rome Did not dare to tell his parents, then grieving over the death oftheir eldestson , but securedthe cooperation of his brotherwhen he came down from the University Was sent to London to be apprenticed to a barrister or merchant, and placed under obedience to his brother; livedwith hisbrother5 weeks Duringthis timeobtained letters of recommendation to Rome from Fr. Walley, throughthe good offices of Gervase Pierpoint, a friend of Francis Beveridge. Wasreconciledby Fr.Stamford ; crossed the sea ; studied 4 months at Douai to avoid travelling in summer heat ; came to Rome Desires tobean ecclesiastic . 9 October 1600 .

[363] JOHANNES CARINGTONUS

October 10

1. Pater meus appellatur Georgius Smythus : mater Anna Giffordus : meumque nomen est Johannes. Natus eram Ashbii Foulvini[?]incomitatuLecestriaeibique ad decimum aetatis annum educatus postea per tres annos Wottoni Wawini intra comitatum Warwicensem prima gramaticae rudimenta discerim totidem annos in villa sub Staffordiae comitatu contenta literis operam navabam. Abhinc Oxoniae trium annorum spatium in musarum curriculoversabar, rure vero nonnunquam vacans Postremo ab Oxonia recepime rus, ubi cum parentibus per dimidiumanni partem vacansLondinum me contuli : et hic opportunum discedenditempus expectans duos menses commorabar.

2. Omnes exnobilifamiliaorti sunt Satisquedivitiarumhabent se suosque cum tota familia (sicut viris decet nobilibus ) sustinere. Quinque habeo fratres , totidemque sorores omnes catholicos, una cum matre. Pater vero et avus sunt schismatici Avusbisnuptus fuerit, ex prima uxore duos genuit filios, quorum alter in iuventute mortem oppetebat, alter meus videlicet pater, est unicus illi relictus filius. Ex uxore altera, quae nunc vivit nullos suscepit liberos. utraque uxor catholica extitit Frater meus maximus natu, duxit uxorem per quam duos tantummeo discessu habuit liberos. Paternos amicos primos quos per avum habet non bene novi. maxima

autem pars eorum sicuti existimo catholica est reliqua schismatica. unus est eques auratus, caeteri nobiles sed minoris sortis, et substantiae. Matris amicos primos, ad unum fere omnes catholici sunt, et divitiis ac possessionibus quamvis multum propter religionem eripitur[?] abundantes.

3. StuduiOxoniae illic missus priusquam aut thesin ,aut carmen , potui componere: tamen secundumconsuetudinem academicorum primo aditu rudimentis logicae incumbebam Sed neque in aula Sanctae Mariae, nec in aula glocestrensiubi postea studuerim ullos fere nisi minutissimos progressus literis fecerim Primas partes dialectices de simplicibus vocibus et compositione silogismorum ediscerim, reliquas partes vix gustaverim porro audivi praeceptorem meum de principiis naturalibus legentem, sed paucaintellexi, minoramemoriaemandavi , quorumque omnium vix nunc vestigia in memoria relinquuntur. denique modo in philosophia, modo in medicina versabar ; nunc cosmographiam, nunc historiam : hodie rethoricam , cras legens poeticam : sed ut planta saepe transposita non fert fructum, sic ego toties mutatus nihil reperebam† commodi, sed ut est in pueritia, dum ubique fui nusquam fui.

4. Dumin anglia vixerimoptatissima semper fruebar valetudine numquam quantum animo complector ullo morbo nisi bis febri, terque aliis quorum me latina fugiunt nomina, laboravi. Interdum tamen vehementer studerem, per sex aut septem forsan dies sine intermissione immediate post plenissimas refectiones absque ullo timore infermitatis† curave valetudinis scribens, et ad multam noctem vigilans. dowaci vero commoranspectoris dolorem aliquem sensi, qui nisi male ex multis probabilibus coniicio, ortus estex nimio subito post prandium scribendi usu aut incumbendo dum diu scriberem mensae . Nonnumquam enim dum scriberem paulove post si memet erigerem, magnum dolorem in medio pectoris sentirem intra mensem vero parum scribens , idque erecto semper corpore, intiger evasi Tussi praeterea, et oppletione, una cum raucedine parva circa id tempus laboravi , quae fortasse a nocturnis lucubrationibus et aliquo maerore originem duxeruntsuam , quaeomnia studii intermissione et praesertim itinerefunditusdeleta erant , nisi parva ruma quaereliquaest .

5. Quantam coniectura assequor schismaticussemperfui. Quibus vero rebus adductus schismaticus fuerim aut catholicum fieri desiderabam, nunquam potui recordare: sed ut verisimillimumest. utque coniecto, maternis institutis et vita commotus, catholicam religionem a teneris annis optimam , essecredidi, posteaeius consilio et exemplis ad illam amplectendam me puto permoveri Quia priusquam ullus mihi notus fuerit sacerdos, mortem, ob hanc sollumodot causamvehementertimebam quod non eram catholicus . Summopere etiam interdum commotus et divinis inspirationibus incitatus cum magno lachrimarum vi remissionem peccatorum et quicquid de corpore meo fiet, animae meae salutem implorarem.Qui affectus frequentissimi fuerant paucisdiebusantequamcum sacerdo-

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tibus verba habui idque in locis solitarist, cum solus eram , maximeque cum illam precem (Conditor caeli et terrae etc.) attente effundebam. Tribus ab hinc annis non multo ante festum Sancti Michaelis, domi cum parentibus, secundum accademiae morem, relaxandi animi causa vacans, mater adduxit me illo sacerdoti, qui me postea reconsiliavitt, ego vero ignorans qualis esset hominem vulgarem esse duxi, eiusque verba parvi pendebam, cumque illum latebat, quo animo essem, non advivum veniret , sed derebusparum pertinentibus locutus est Non multo post quidam presbiter accessit,vir gravis, nomine (ut opinor) Mush quocum a matre missus conferens, mihi virum gravissimum et eruditissimum essevidebatur, cuius verba quibus me monere studebat, cum gravitate, et quadam censorea asperitate coniuncta, lachrimas mihi protinus excusserunt, quo viso ut tentaret utrum cognovissem , firmiterque tenerem , catholicae religionis fundamenta ; dixit parvulam meam sororem me multo esse doctiorem, idque aliquibus propositis quaestionibus elucesceret , quorum unum aut alterum antequam sororis responsum audivi dissolvere nunquam potui, reliquis itidem male respondebam, quod non fecissem sicuti arbitror, nisi quod animus pudore proculsus, et dolore immersus, vix rationis lumineutebatur. Quia videbat me his in rebus adeo rudem meam reconsiliationem in reditum suum distulit, dans mihi in mandatis, quae ad fidem erant necessaria quamprimum discere Sed ante reditum illius meus Oxoniam discessus instabat , praedictus igitur sacerdos interveniens, me reconsiliavitt Cuius nomen (ut arbitror) fuit Seaiwell Remensis sacerdos, multum aetate provectus, et quondam in Oxoniensi academia ex Orielis Collegii socius Nihil unquam persecutionis mihi obtigit. Nam si Oxoniae aliquid periculi imminebat domum redirem , cumque timuerimne avo mea religio innotesceret, Oxoniam reverterem. Postremo partim propter impendentem afflictionem , praesertim intineris mei causa, accademiam reliqui, et Londinum accedens a patre Wallino[?] litteras commendatorias ad patrem Baldwinum accepi , et a Roberto Fullwardoadiutus navem conduxi Sex alii unamecuma patre Baldwino missisunt Sanctum Audomarum unus, in Hispaniam quatuor, alter mecum Romam venerit . Pecuniam quam pro viatico habui, partim a matre pro hoc itinere, partim a patre, avoque pro meis in Londino impensis ubi legum studio me operam daturum putabant , acceperim

6. Paulo ante aut quamprimum catholicus eram materhoc mihi proposuit utrum in has regiones ad studendum, et sacris ordinibus initiandum venirem Quod ut mihi fuerit oblatum, me libentissime facturum promisi, ab illis temporibus ea mihi stetit sententia, et sitim ad hoc efficiendum inextinguibilemhabui. ††

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[363] SMITH John alias Carrington, son of George and Ann Gifford , born at Ashby Folville, Leicestershire, and brought upthere until 9; then learnt grammar at Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire for 3

years ; studied letters a further 3 years in Staffordshire ; spent 3 years atSt. Mary's Hall and Gloucester Hall, Oxford; finally spent 6 months at home withparents and 2 months in London waitingto depart. Son of a schismatic father and Catholic mother, of noble and moderately rich families. Has 5 brothers and 5 sisters all Catholics . (His grandfather, a schismatic, was twice married, and had 2 sons by his first wife One died young; the other , the respondent's father, is still alive By his second wife, who survives, hehad no sons . Most ofthe respondent's kinsmen byhis fatherare probablyCatholic, the rest are schismatics; one is a knight, therest noble butofless importance andwealth. His kinsmenbyhismother are almost allCatholics and rich in spite ofwhattheylose because of religion.) At Oxford he was set to study Logic although he could not composea theme or a poem ; made little progress; learnt the first parts of dialectic, concerning simple words and syllogisms, barelytouched therest ; listened to his teachersexpounding natural principles, but understood little and rememberedless. Dabbled in philosophy, medicine, cosmography, history, rhetoric, poetry; bore nomore fruit than an often transplanted shrub. Has enjoyed good health save for two fevers and three other illnesses whose Latin names he does not know Sometimes he studied for 6 or 7 days without intermission, immediately after very large meals , writing without care forhishealth and keepinglong hours Whileat Douai suffered from pains in the chest which perhaps arose from writing too soon after luncheon or leaning over the table while writing; recoveredwithin a month by writing little and holding himselferect. Suffered at the same time from cough, catarrhand hoarseness, which perhaps arose from nightly study and misery ; wascuredofallbut asmall rheum byrest and travel Wasprobably always a schismatic ; drawn to Catholicism probably by his mother's life and teaching ; before he knew any priest was already afraid of death because of not being a Catholic ; frequently wept for his sins ; was especially moved shortly before meeting priests, and when alone, by the prayer Conditor caeli et terrae. Three years ago, shortly before Michaelmas, while at home for vacation, was taken by his mother to an old Rheims priestnamed Sewell, a formerfellowof Oriel Not knowing that hewas a priest, discussed only irrelevant matters. Shortly afterwards wassentby his mothertotalkto a priest named, probably , Mush,whoappeared grave and erudite ; was brought to tears by his severe words ; was shown by questioning to be much less informed aboutreligion thanhis younger sister Through shamewasunable to answereven simple questions, and was told by Mush to postponereconciliation until hehad learntallthat was necessary for faith Was eventually reconciled by Sewell, since he had to leave for Oxford Avoided persecution by returninghome whenever Oxfordbecame dangerous and returningto Oxfordwhen it looked as if his grandfather would discover his changeof religion. Finally left Oxford, partly to avoid

trouble and partly to travel abroad Obtaining letters to Fr. Baldwin from Fr. Walley at London, hired a ship with the aid of Robert Fullward Was sent on byFr. Baldwin as one of a group of seven, fourof whom were to go to St. Omers, one toSpain andtwo , includinghimself, to Rome Received money for his journeyfrom his mother; made use also of money given by his grandfather and fatherforhisproposedlawstudiesin London Promisedhismother , at the time of his conversion, to go abroad to studyforthe priesthood. 10 October [1600].

[364] THOMAS PERSHALL

Anno 1600. die 11 ° Mensi Octobris.

1. Pater et ego sumus de eodem nomine, Thomas Pershall , mater olim Genovefa Phetiplace nunc Pershall vocaturetast meain festo Paschae proximo sequentiest 26, locusnativitatis, eteducationis, vocaturHylsdone[?] vicus infra duos millepassusBuckinghamiae in eodem comitatu studui Oxoniae per sex menses reliquam vitae partem in vico nativitatis, (quinque annis exceptis in Londino in interiori Templo et quatuor in Comitatu Staffordiae in domo parentis et quatuor in buckingamiae consumptis) semper cotriverimt

2. Parentum sum minor filius. Pater Schysmaticus locum Armigeri tenet, Mater Catholicus filia fuit Armigeri, Dominum Mordant incomitatuNorthamptoni, Charolum et Henricum Davers Milites in comitatu Glocestriae habeo meos consanguineos , quorum primus (ut fama est) est catholicus reliqui duo sunt schysmatici : habeo in comitatu Berciae quatuor, armigeros omnes vocatos Phetiplace et unum Armigerumvocatum Gulihelmum Essex mihi cognatione coniunctos quorum quatuor sunt heretici alter scysmaticus arbitratur, habeo in comitatu buckinghamiae unum consanguinem vocatum Tho . Denton Armigerumet haereticum, in comitatu Cestriae habeo Randuplhum Bruertonmeum cognatum militem et Scysmaticum, in comitatu Staffordiae habeo Walterum Harecourte Militem, Gulihelmum Chetwine et Johannem Vernon armigerum meos cognatos, omnes schysmaticos habeo duos fratres tantum eosque schysmaticos, unam sororem mihi affinitate coniunctam , catholicam . hi omnes secundum status eorum habent satis fortunarum.

3. Nullis certis studiis operam dederim sed aliquando legerim libros de poetis anglicanis aliquando de analibus nostrae gentis, nunc historia tunc libros divinitatis cum parvo profectu et minori progressu , magis recreationis quam utilitatis causa, dum essem sub ferula, legi libros humanitatis , tales quibus scholastici utuntur in scholis sicut opera Ciceronis vergilium , OvidiumOracium etcetera.

4. Per spatium duodecem† annorum ad hoc tempus semper valetudine fruitus sum corporis, ante id tempus semel habuissem febrim per spatium trium hepdomidarumt , nunquam egritudinem†

animae habuerim : hoc tempore, et corporis et animae valetudine fruor.

5. Infidecatholica semperfuerim educatus, nunquam haereticus, bis schysmaticus extiterim, circiter abhinc tres annos, sponte sine alicuius motu, nisi divino, reverendum patrem Garrat habui meum reconciliatorem illius familiaritatem tunc habui per modum Iohanis Salsberyemei familiaris eodem tempore in carcere cum illo inclusi nihil procatholica fide passus sum, egressus fuerim exAnglia hoc modo fuit quidam sutor vestiarius in londino nomine Thomas Becket, catholicus, meus familiaris qui sub colore mercatoris , relliquias pannorum, cultros pro sutoribus et huiusmodi mercaturas caletam transportabat et in telonio pro suis bonis debitum persolvebat, qua re habuit a domino Telonii , quoddam parvulum scriptum ad officialem portas vocati Gravesende ut libere transmigraret cum suis bonis, de isto interrogabam, quo modo ego cum illo potui transmigrare, ille respondit, quod si vellem descendere cum illo ad portum et secreto me habere, quando officialis finem scrutandi fecisset facillimum esset mihi navem conscendere omnia secundum illius consilium feci, et cum illo brevi tempore caletam appuli, praeteria habui literas commendatas ad quendam officialem nomine Gulihelmus Sparhanke in portu vulshinge permanentem ut si captus essem illa ostenderet me militandi causa sub regina Angliae patriam reliquisse, hanc literam (per modum Thoma Foulx sutoris vestiarii propter pecuniam) ab amico praedicti officialisacquisissem praeteriathabui parvulumscriptumadduacam per modum cuiusdam sacerdotis Richardi Garth (qui tunc veniebat ex Hyspania) abarchipresbitero commendatum cum eo scripto veni adSanctumAudomerum ubi invenirem Dominum Edouardum Laceut in collegio anglicano cui quia amici mei non fuerunt ignoti dedit mihi literas patri Rectori commendatascum iis Bruxellias veni ubi reliqui sociorum parati erant proficisci Romam cum illis et cum literis a patre Baldvino similiterpatri Rectori directis,RomamAdivi

6. Propositum est servire deo et voluntatem superiorem in omnibus obedire. promeodesiderio ad vitam Ecclesiasticamagendam, quamvis spiritus non adeo nunc sit fervidus ad eam rem ut spero fuerit in futurum tamen nunc id agere intendo et disciplinam collegii (dum hic mansero) quantum possum observare

SUMMARY

[364] PERSHALL Thomas, son of Thomas and Genevieve Fettiplace, 26 next Easter, born and brought up at Hillesden, 2 miles from Buckingham . Studied 6 months at Oxford, lived 5 years in the Inner Temple, 4 in his father's house in Staffordshire and 4 in Buckinghamshire ; for the rest of his life has lived in his native village. Isyounger son ofschismaticesquireandCatholicdaughterof esquire. Isrelated toLordMordaunt in Northamptonshire ,toCharles and HenryDavers, soldiers, in Gloucestershire; the former reputed Catholic, thelattertwo schismatics Isrelated to4heretical armiger-

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ous FettiplacesandtoschismaticWilliamEssex Esq. , all in Berkshire . Is related also to Thomas Denton Esq of Buckinghamshire, heretic ; to Sir Randolph Bruerton of Cheshire , schismatic; to Sir Walter Harcourt, William Chetwynde and John Vernon Esq., of Staffordshire, all schismatics Has one sister related by affinity, a Catholic, and 2 brothers schismatics. Has studied haphazardly, reading English literature and history and books of divinity with little profit, mainly as recreation ; at school read Cicero , Virgil, Horace, Ovid and other customary works. Has been healthythese last 12 years ; previously suffered 3 weeks' fever. Was brought up a Catholic, never lapsedinto heresybut twice into schism; about 3 years ago wentspontaneously to be reconciled by Fr. Gerard, whose fellow-prisoner John Salisbury wasa friend of his. Has not suffered forthe faith; narrates his escape from England as follows. "There wasa tailor in London named ThomasBecket, a Catholic, a friendof mine, who, pretending to be a merchant, used to carry over to Calais remnants of cloth, tailors' knives and the like. He used to pay dues for his goods to the customs, and accordingly had a little note from the head of the customs to the port officer at Gravesend whichgave him permission to cross freelywith his goods. I asked him whetherthere was any possibilityof my makingthe crossing withhim ; he replied that ifI went to the port with him and hid, it would beveryeasytogoaboard the ship afterthe officerhadfinished searching. I followed this plan, and reachedCalais with him in a short time. I had also a letter to an officer named William Sparhanke who lived in the port of Flushing, which, ifI wascaptured, wouldshow thatI had leftthe countryfor militaryserviceon behalf of the Queen of England. (I obtained this letterfroma friend ofthe said officer, on payment, through the assistance of one Thomas Foulkes, a tailor.) I had besides a commendatory letter to Douai from the archpriest, which I obtained througha priestnewlycome from Spain, RichardGarth. With this letter I came to St. Omers where I found Mr. Edward Lacey in the English College; he, since he knew my family, gave me letters of recommendation to Fr. Rector. With these I came to Brusselswhere the rest of my companions were ready to set out for Rome. I came to Rome with' these letters and others written by Fr. Baldwin to the Rector." Is not yet anxious to be an ecclesiastic, but hopes to be in future will observediscipline.

[365] GULIELMUS TAILER

Anno Domini 1600 Octobris 8°

1. Quod ad nomen spectat Nomen a genere paterno sortitum Tailerus nuncupatur , idemque nomen mihi nunc tantum haereditarium. Avus autem mihi Compater, fidei meae sponsor (quam utinam ipse tenuisset) Cognomen indidit Gulielmum Nomen vero Adamus a materna propagine derivatum per avum , sin per avitam

deductum sit, Goldwell dicitur Nativitatis locus urbs Eliensis, educationis Lincolnia. unde quamprimum aetatis annum 14m attigissem, Oxoniam me contuli Ab ortu vero natali succedente Festo omnium Sanctorum praeterlapso, quaternarius numerus complebiturcum vigessimot.

2. Conditio amicorum haud prorsus obscura. Parentes e nobili familia oriundi Status vitaemediocris ut nihil superfluum ad voluptatem , ita (Deo gratias reddo cumulatissime) nihil deest ad necessitatem Amici, Cognati, consanguinei, quorum alli Comitatum Lincolniensem incolunt, sed plerique Insulam Eliensem , omnes satis opulenti, et forsan nimis Sed quod gravissime mihi dolendum restat, una cum parentibus haeretici, vel (utita nominem) nullifidii unicum habeo avunculum Cantabrigiae Doctorem Theologum, ditissimum, et ut una voce aequivoce dicam perditissimum . Est enim Archipruritanust haud minoris famae inter Academicos

3. Oxoniae per septem annos , literarumstudiis incubui , non sine gravi laboris iactura & temporis dispendio Cum tamen eos in literis progressus fecissem, ut in Bacchalaureatus gradum cooptatus sim, ad Comitia Cantabrigiensia profectus sum, quibus peractis, in Bacchalaureorum numerum illic etiamascriptus sum . Illinc denuo reversus, in CollegioMagdal. ubi per hos 7 annos versabar altiorem dignitatis gradum et celebriorem locum expectavi Quid enim obstaret quo minus illus me spes provehat ? cum (absit precor Reverende Pater arrogandi suspicio) non essem reliquis inferior Sed praecipuecum ex merito non possem, ex debito patriavendicat + Lincolnia Constat ex statutis Fundator ipse Wainfletus EpiscopusWintoniensis voluit et decrevit Sed brevis esse laboro. Ad eorum societatem aspiravi, sed in ambitu repulsam tuli. Quare? Sum Papista Quis obiecit ? Qui me longe maximo favore dignatus est. Unde ? qua de causa? quo argumento ? Solus, inquit, vagor, solus meditor (sic enim soleo) nemo comes adiunctus , nemo socius. Quos liquido constat inter omnes Papistas esse , amat, colit, observat, amplectitur. Sermones , mores , vitam, gesta, mortem , exempla, laudat, suspicit, miratur, extollit Ego interim Schismaticus vacillans in fide, tenui alarum remigio suffultus, tanquam materia prima cuiuslibet formae capax, magis tamen per praevias dispositiones ad recipiendum divinae gratiae signaculum effictus et efformatus, negavi, sed frigide, testes provocavi , sed timide Sensi equidem tacite mihi praecordia praegestire, eorum nomine accusari, quorum vitam, doctrinamque nondum percalluissem , aut accurate didicissem Sed has leves coniecturas ulterius discutere, earumqueoriginem strictiori examine pensiculare destiti Cedebam tempori, cedebam causae, fortunae, personae. Quae sequela ? discedo et omnes desero Discessum dolent, dolent infortunium. Instant, premunt, contendunt acrius, ut immorer , ut alterius anni successum ulterius expectem ; vel saltem ut tam gravi suspicione ad inimicorum confusionemmeliberem et absolvam

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Recuso nihili pendo, Deus est, inquam, Iudex, huic causam fortunamque meam commendo, quid de me falsum enunciaverint , ipsi viderint, et sic abii, evasi, erupi, amicos deserui de causa tam inaudita, mire anxios et sollicitos Optimam partem, confidenter spero, elegicum Maria. Jesus faveat et Maria.

4. Corpus mihi semper validum, rarius infirmum , in exercitiis strenuum, animose dispositum, agile, plusque virum roborisque praestans quam prae se speciem ferre videtur. Sed utrum longo debilitatusitinere, vel insueta aeris intemperie factus sumelanguidus velvini frequentia nimiumcalefactus, vigorem corporisaliquantulum sentio imminutum, valetudinem vero integerrimam Deo gratias.

5. Duo anni iampridem effluxerunt, in quibus vitam transegi schismaticus prius quam Academiae valedixissem Sed abundavit Christi gratia. Avocor a studiis, a parentibus avocor Nobilissimum HeroemComitem vigorniae accersitusadeo, attendo. Habuit enim binos in collegio natos eodem tempore eductos et edoctos , qui me favore singulari dignati sunt, necnon eorum Praeceptor Schismaticus cuius tutelae commendati sunt, amore erga me summo affectus est Invitat, immo incitat literis ad me missis, rureenim tunctemporis versabar apud parentes otiosus, ut studiis a me iam derelictis, novam vivendi rationem suscipiam potius, quam domi haeres ignavus temporis absumam patrimonium . Tempus enim tantum nostrum est, caetera fortunae Brevi posthac Cambriam appuli, a nobili iuventute gratissime exceptus. Duas Heroinas eiusdem Comitis filias Grammaticae rudimentis institui. Posterum a Secretis eram, cum Grenovicum, ubi sedes est regia, proficisceretur. Sed cum in Cambria vixissem gratissima et optatissima sese mihi obtulit opportunitas in Sanctae Ecclesiae sinum me recipiendi Acceperam enim a familiari meo constanti Catholico qui in fidei testimonium saepius incarceratus est fratrem suum iam patrem suum Presbyterum, Duaci profectum , et in Angliam nuperrime transvectum aedes suas invisisse, illic per tres dies commoraturum . Libentissime hunc primum adeo et saluto. magnopereenim cum sacerdoteconvenire flagitabam Veni, Vidi, et Vici diabolum qui me hactenus laqueis irretitum tenebat O diem gratissimum O Deum benignissimum. Hinc vehemens desiderium animum invasit meum ut me omnibus mundanis expediam studia recolendi causa Cum Londinumvenissem , societatem et gratiam inivi cum quibusdam Catholicis famae celebrioris, qui obscure latebant Movent, permovent, suadent, persuadent. Instat alius cuius consilio et imperio lubentissime parerem, ut quosdam Reverendos Patres Societatis literis meis interpellem . Excipiunt, legunt, gratulantur, rescribunt Quicquid defuerit, suppetent, pollicentur literas, pecunias, vota, preces perturbet anceps cogitandi cura, singula curabunt , et providebunt . Ego interim in Curia versabar negociis implicatus , nec mihi vel temporis momento libertas evagandi concessa Paulo post rescribit Reverendus Archipresbyter omnia apparata, instructam Ne me

navem, conscendam oportet praepropere literas suas misit, alias pollicetursubsecuturas, sed iam praetemporis angustiis se comparare non posse, sed brevi missurum spondet. Veniam imploro parentes invisendi, concedit, iubet ut cito revertar Valedico, conscendo navem , ignotus Domino, amicis, Parentibus.

6. Ex his praemissis et promissis meis vitae meae instituendae ratio et propositum facile elicitur, quid sentio, quid statuo, quid quaero, quid spero . De rebus ecclesiasticissummo cum timore et reverentia, ardore et humilitate, pie sentio.†† Denique quo vota tendunt mea, quo labores actionesque, studia lucubrationesque contendunt meae, in sacris ordinibus initiari vestrisque coronis inaugurari (Divini Numinis gratia faeliciter aspirante) spero Exaudi Deus orationem meam .

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365] TAYLER William (so named by his grandfather, who was also his godfather), 24 next All Saints Day, son of noble parents ofsufficient means, born at Elyand brought upat Lincolnuntil 13 , when he wentto Oxford (His mother's name was Adam , and her mother's name Goldwell ) Has kinsmen in Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely who are excessively rich, and heretical or irreligious Has one uncleaDoctorand Theologian at Cambridge, veryrichand very wicked , an Archpuritan of great fame in the University. Studied letters 7 years at Magdalen College ; after proceeding B.A. went to Cambridge elections and took the same degree there. Returned to Magdalen in the hope of further academic distinction, relying partly on his merits and partly on his Lincolnshire origin which, according to Wayneflete's statutes, should have stood in his favour Was refused a fellowship on the grounds that he was a Papist, as was shown by his lonely wanderings, his friendship with known Papists, and his admiration for their way of life Being at the time a schismatic, he denied being a Papist, but without enthusiasm, and left Oxford thoughhis friends urged him to try again thefollowingyear. Describes his farewell rhetorically Isnormallyhealthy, vigorous, and strongerthan he looks; atpresent has been weakenedby his journey, or the climate, or the unaccustomedintake of wine Was a schismatic for 2 years before leaving the University; on leaving was invited to live with the Earl of Worcester, whose two sons at Magdalen were friends of his, along with their schismatic tutor. Went therefore to Wales after a short period of idleness at home; taught grammar to the Earl's two daughters, and accompanied him as secretary when he attended Court at Greenwich Whilst in Wales was invited by a Catholic friend, who had often been imprisoned for religion, to meet his brother, a priest, who was spending 3 days with him on returning from Douai Was reconciled; conceiveddesire to leave theworld

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in order to study. Went to Londonand met well-known Catholics in hiding; wrote to Jesuits and received promises of assistance. WhileoccupiedwithCourt business learnt fromthe Archpriest thata shipwasready; embarked secretly afterhurried farewell to parents. Desiresto be a priest 8 October 1600 .

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HENRICUS LANMANNUS

Decimo Octobris anno Domini 1600.

1. Respondeo idem mihi cum paterno nomen esse , Henricum scilicet Lanmannum , eundemque nativitatis locum nimirum in villa quadam comitatus Suffolciensis, cui nomen Westthorpia, ubi sedem quondam habuit Brandonus Suffolciae Dux Atqui hoc quidem in loco, licetnatalis fuerit,minimam educationismeaepartem habui. Infantulus enim illinc deferebar Londinum, ac deinde nondum , ut opinor, septennium attingens : Moltoniam in Comitatu Northamptoniensi ad patruum quendam meum Rogerum Lanmannum ab ipsa Northamptoniaduobus pene miliaribusdistantem Apud eum ultra sex annos moratus, sub initio tertii latinae tunc linguae rudimenta percepturus, cuidam Hooko non mediocri Puritano instruendus committebar , qui Northamptoniae degens, adeo concionibus ubique insectandis deditus erat, ut multum neglectus parum profecerim. quapropter post maximam anni partem illic amissam, deserto Hooko ad publicam ibidem scholam me contuli, cui Praefecto nomen Sandersonuserat Cumque ibi per quatuor fere annos studiis incubuissem , revocante patre, Westthorpiam natale solum profectus sum : unde Bactoniam adiacentem villam quotidie remissus , sub quodam Cullamo ibidem ludimagistro, per duos pene annis ultimoliterisnavavi operam Hoc temporeperacto, recepit me pater ad se , isto fretus consilio, ut quia apud Christoferum Hattonum paulo ante Angliae Cancellarium effectum, non nihil valebat , cui etiam per plurimos annos inservierat , eius ope me in Cancellaria educari apud aliquem voluit, ubi bene instructuset maturior effectus, ad aliquod munus capessendum idoneus fierem ; quod mihi si Hattonus vixisset, ab ipso obtinuisse non dubitabat. Annuit Hattonus , meque commendavit cuidam Hawleio qui et unus trium clericorum parvae bagae fuit, (ut in Anglia apud legum studiosos vulgo se latine nomen habet) et in Middlesexiae comitatu pacis custos: uno igitur anno sub patre prius in Hattoni aede insumpto, quatuor fere exegi apud Hawleium, usque ad ipsius mortem , quam non longe praecessit Hattoni mors Ex qua cum omnis mihi spes ablata esset, aliquam commoditatem e Cancellaria expectandi, nulla pene adhuc capta experientia, ea abdicata rediiad patrem. Post dimidium vel paulo ulterius anni, a Vicecomite Mountague in familiamsuam acceptus, et inter melioris loci s[e]rvos numeratus, per sex annos servitium impendi, intervallo anni vel circiter dempto, quo ille ob fidei Catholicae constantem confessionem , sub dura custodia inhumane detentus, nullumCatholicum serv-

um , necideome ipsum, haberepotuit ; usque dum paulo liberiorem obtinens, me interea apud patrem moratum, tandem sibi denuo resumpsit, ac eo usque demum secum continuavit, quo plenam libe[rtat]em , vel saltem quantam optaverit, adeptus, ille rus ad propriumdomum se contulerit, et ego summo eius favore ac liberalitate potitus, in iter ad hunc locum intenderim . quod post duas hebdomadas ingressus sum. atque haec educationis meae ratio est. Quantum ad annos quos natus, sum, respondeo viginti et septem esse , tanto praetereaadiecto tempore, quantum a decimovel octavo Augusti ultimopraeterito , adhunc usquediem intercesserunt Maternum nomen Maria Haiuarda fuit.

2. Ad haec respondeo, conditionem patris mei esse mediocrem , utpote quae non nobilis, sed mediae tantum sortis sit. eodem enim loco natus, quo ante rece[n]sui, parentibus indifferenter divitibus, trium filiorum natu minimus fuit, qui [q]uidem quicquid facultatis habet, ex ipsius meritut et laboribus, maiori ex parte sibi acquisi[vi]t. Viginti tribus annis Hattono inservit, licet anni dimidio dempto, per totum id tempus Reginae fuerit a satellitibus , qui ad suam personam sectando designati sunt : Sic enim voluit ipsa Regina, quae e[t] ei promisit, quodcunque servitium Hattono impenderetur ab eo, sibi [tam gratum ac ratum fore, ac si sibi ipsi fuisset impensum. Sicque hac ratione ab onere se[rviti]i solutus, percepto tamen Reginae stipendio hac immunitatevivente Hattono, atque eo etiam mortuo, praeter consuetudinem,usquenunc ut plurimumpotitus est At quoad eius statum, num dives sit vel non, respondeonon, quippe cuius facultates, pro maiore parte, ab ipsius vita pendentes, et cum eadem terminaturaesunt: nullas omnino terras habet Sed quid aliter habet pro sua voluntate posteris transferendum annuo valore sexaginta libras vel circiter attingit, sed post tres vel quatuor annos aliquantulum auctius futurum est . Ad meum autem statumquod attinet, inter quatuor eius filios natu maximus sum, [so]lusque Catholicus, qui cum hoc iter ingressurusessem , ultra septuaginta libras [in] manibus habens , sexaginta sex , cum tresdecim solidis et quatuor denariis, reposui, [ap]ud patrem Garnettum , ut eius auxilio transvectae in Belgium, meis in itinere usibus [d]eservirent. aliam etiam huic similem summam expecto, quam etiam pro mea voluntate disponendam, pater meus per syngrapham tenetur in die Sancti ThomaeApostoli sequenti, cuidam Domino Cansfeldo persolvere, qui acceptam, uti voluntas mea fuit, apud patrem Garnettum promisit se repositurum Haec tota mei status conditioest. quatuor habeo sorores , quarum tres nuptae sunt ac tantum natu maxima Catholica est, quam etiam maritus, cui nomen Beruicus, qui et ipse nobilis est, nuper secutus, Ecclesiae Catholicae reconciliatus est Reliquae cum patre schismaticaesunt Maternum genus ut opinor, eiusdem sortis fuit cum paterno Haec originem e Walsinghamia Norfolciae duxit. duos dum illa vixit, fratres habuit, Iohannem Haiuardum et Guilielmum , qui ambo aliquando Cantabrigiae studuerunt , et non male

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literati habentur. Iohannes tamen non adeo honesti nominis est, quippe qui et mordicus haereticus, et Minister coniugatus est qui idem et Londini vivit, et ibidem Ecclesiaepraeest, quae appellatur Sancta Maria Woolchurch. Alter per se in Norfolcia vivit, qui etiam haereticusest . Mater aliquando permultos annos Catholica vixerat, sed mortuo Hattono, prae timore relabens, quatuor fere de hinc annis, schismatica obiit Nullos habeo propinquos eminentioris nominis, nec praeter sororemcum coniugequenquam eorum catholicum.

3. Quantum ad hunc articulum, superiusei in prima responsione satisfactum censeo .

4. Ad hunc articulumresponsumhoc est, quantum inmemoriam revocare possum , me nunquam aliquo laborasse morbo, praeterquam ante octo abhinc annos , gravissima quadam febre , quae me durius quidem depresserit, et per duos pene annos possederit Attamen aliquando licet rarius urget me dolor capitis vel dentium , qui tantum aliquot horarum est, et rarissime excedit eundem diem Sed quantum ad animam , ex quo Catholicus factus sum, nullam , prout memini , aegritudinem sensi

5. Respondeoquod ad vigesimum tertium aetatis meaeannum , ex Schismatico Cathol[icus] effectus sum [e]t qua via, et per quem id factum fuerit, ut potuero, breviterexponam sub hoc temporein familia Domini Mountague inter multos Catholicos assidue v[er]sabar unus inter caeteros quicum maxime familiaris eram , saepe mecum sermones de Religione habuit, atque inclinationem quandam suis rationibus in me genuit, quam ut compercit† mihi libros multos comparavit , quibus mihi plenius satisfacerem . Legi e[t] relegi plurimos maxime tamen qui a Rastello et Hardingo contra Iuellum s[c]ripti fuere et in nullo haerebam nisi aliquantulumin declinandis haereticorum ecclesiis. Tandem hoc dubio ex animo plane deleto, ab eodem amico, cui nomen Guilielmus Coningsbaeus est, ad Dominum Winckfeldumsacerdotem , adductus, ab eodem Ecclesiae Catholicae (Deo sic mei miserente) reconciliatus fui, Sabbatho infra octavas Corporis Christi anno ab eodem nato: 1596

Post tres annos , cum plurimos evolvissem de controversiis libros, magnam inmesensi inclinationem ad studia [qu]ae indies apud me continuo crevit , at antequam [i]d mihi plene statutum fuit, apprehendi Platum de statu religioso, quo nondum perlecto, id p[enit]us decreveram (habito prius consilio cum patre Pulleno) si modo id obtinere po[ss]em, Deo me in religione dedere velle. Hoc etiam Domino Archipresbytro patefeci, rogans ut in eo exequendomihi foretauxilio. Scripsit ille in mei gratiam Patri Garnetto, significans quid animi mihi inesset, et quid ab illo petiissem. Pater Gar. responsum dedit , se bene gaudere de proposito meo , satius tamen sibi videri, ut quia a multa libertate devenissem , non statim in Religionem ingredererpropterea quod durius mihi visum foret , adid non dum dispos [ito], una cum religiosa observantia , tot continuos

annosstudiis incumbere, qu[am]p[rius] ut in CollegioAnglicane ad id me disponerem acquievi statim consilio eius, quod quidem ideo libentius feci, quit tunc recens in [m]e hoc propositum fuit et circa Natalem Domini initium cepit Post hoc cum de omnibus ad it[er] [ne]cessariis atque etiamde nave nobis provisum esset, omnes qui simul transc[enden]di fuimus destinato loco et hora convenientes, inde Grausendiam deveheba[mur] decimo septimo die Maii, ubi sub militari nomine latitantes , et per totam hebdomadam ventum expectantes, septimo deinde die navem conscendimus , et decimo quartoab illo, qui Iuliiquintus fuit, Callesiummane , vespere Sanctum Audomarum attigimus , quinque dierum mora in Camphirea Zelandiae prius facta , reliquis super mare insumptis. Hoc loco mansimus per sex septimanas, per quot etiam vel circiter morati sumus Bruxellis , at demum per totidem iter deinde ad Romam complevimus

6. Respondeopropositum id mihi esse atque summum desiderium, dummodo facultas mihi concedatur, quam etiam humillime peto, in Collegii disciplinam intrandi, cuius me spero observantissimum fore : et etiam ad ecclesiasticamvitam agendam, prout Superioribus idoneus visus fuero ; et ab eisdem de me dispositum fuerit.

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[366] LANMAN Henry, son of Henryand MaryHayward, born 8or 10.8.1573 at Westhorpe Suffolk, his father's birthplace , where once lived Charles Brandon, Duke ofSuffolk; was taken to London as an infant; when almost 7 went to live for 6 years withhis uncle Roger Lanman at Moulton , Northants; at theend ofhis thirdyear there wasentrusted to Hooke, a distinguished PuritanofNorthampton, to betaught Latin elements ; was neglectedbyhis teacherwho was fully occupied preaching. Almost a year later went to the public school there, which was run by one Sanderson ; recalled to Westhorpe by his father about 4 years later Studied letters 2 further years, going eachdayto thenearby village of Bacton, where the schoolmasterwas called Cullam. Again recalled by his father , who now planned a career for him in Chancery, relying on his influence withthe newly appointed Chancellor, Christopher Hatton , whom hehad served for many years Wasrecommendedby Hatton to oneHawley, a clerk of the petty-bagoffice and J.P.ofMiddlesex . Spent one year with his father in Hatton's household, and 4 with Hawley ; had to give up his plan owing to the successive deaths of Hatton and Hawley After six months at home, joined the household of Viscount Montague. "I served him for 6 years, save forthe interval of oneyearor thereabouts, during whichhe was keptmost inhumanlyin strict custody because of his constant confessionof the Catholic faith During this time he was unable to keep any Catholic servants, not even myself ; but when his imprisonment was somewhat relaxed, he recalled me from my father's house, where I

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had been living in the meantime He kept me with him until he obtained full liberty (or as much as he desired), when hewenttohis house in the country. Then I, in the full enjoyment of his favour and generosity, turned my attention to myjourney hither , whichI commenced two weeks later"

(The respondent's father was the youngest of threesons ofnot veryrich middle class parents ; he owes whatwealthhe possessesto his own merits. He served Hatton 23 years , except for half a year whenheservedas one oftheQueen's personalbodyguard, at herown request. She also told him that she would treat his service to Hatton as service to herself ; he continued therefore to receive a pensionfrom her throughout Hatton's life and even for most ofthe time since his death. He is not however rich, since most of his income will cease at his death; he has no land. That part of his property which he will be able to bequeath is worth about £60 a year, and will be worth slightly more after 3 or 4 years.) The respondent is the eldest, and only Catholic, son ; when he began his present journey he had over £70; he deposited £66, 12 shillings and some pence with Fr. Garnett, to be transferred to Belgium for use when travelling. He awaits a similar sum, to be spent as he wishes , which his father has promised to pay to one Mr. Cansfield next St. Thomas's Day, for deposit with Fr. Garnett. He has 4 sisters,ofwhom 3 are married (Only the eldest is a Catholic ; she is married to a man named Berwick, who recentlyfollowed her into the Church . The others are schismatics.)

(The respondent's mother came of a middle class family of Walsingham, Norfolk ; she is now dead. She had two brothers , both Cambridge graduates and well-lettered One, John, is a violently heretical married parson, in chargeofSt.MaryWoolchurch , London; the other, also a heretic, lives by himself in Norfolk Therespondent's mother livedas a Catholic formanyyears, but relapsedthrough fearwhen Hattondied ; she remained a schismatic until her death4 yearsago.)

The respondent has no other distinguished or Catholic kinsmen. Has never been ill, save for a serious fever 8 years ago, whichlasted nearly 2years ; sometimeshas headaches ortoothache, rarelylasting more than a day Converted from schism to Catholicism when 22 through discussion with William Coningsby, one of the many Catholics whom hemet inthe family ofLord Montague ; read many books lent to him by this man, especially those written by Rastell and Hardingagainst Jewell ; hesitated only over the question of refusing to attend heretical churches; when convincedwas introduced by Coningsby to Mr. Winkfield, a priest, who reconciled him on the Saturday within the Octave of Corpus Christi 1596. Three years later, having read many books of controversy, and feeling drawn to study, was very impressedby Jerome Platus' book on the religious state; decided, after consultation with Fr. Pullen, to become a religious Asked help from the Archpriest , who wroteto

Fr. Garnett, who was pleased but thoughtit more prudent not to enter religion immediately after such an undisciplined life, but rather to dispose himselffirst in the English College Agreeing, the respondent travelled with several companions to Gravesend on 17 Mayit wasat Christmastimethat he had first feltavocation --andwaitedwiththem seven days for a wind, passingthemselves offas soldiers Setting sail onthe7thdaytheyreachedCalaisinthe morningofthe 14th day (5 July) and St.Omersin theevening ofthe same day, having delayed 5 days at Veere in Zeelandand having spent the rest of the time at sea. After six weeks at St. Omersand six at Brussels, theyjourneyed to Rome in sixweeks. Desirestobe an ecclesiastic 10 October 1600.

[367] CAROLUS WALDEGRAVUS

Nono Octobris die anno Domini 1600

1. Paternum nomen est Carolus Waldegravus, meum idem, maternum vero Hieronyme Jerningham Anni mei erint† novendecem in ipsodie circumcisionis proximo Natus eramin villa quae appellatur Cosse in Norfolcia prope civitatem Nordovici, inque privatis scholis ei loco propinquis educatus. Studui Cantabrigiae per duos annos, unde directe in Flandriam accessi, ubi additosimul huius itineris tempore dimidiam anni partem consumpsi

2. Conditio et parentum et amicorum nobilis est , divitiaeque conditionibus respondentes , nullus eorum quod scio paupertate premitur, fratres et sorores sunt catholici omnes, cognatos habeo partim catholicos, partim haereticos

3. Praecipua studia quibus operam dedi erant, logica, et cosmographia, in eis autem parumprogressumfeci.

4. Huic capiti respondeo , quod ego (deo gratias) nunquam nec sensi , neciam sentio aliquam aut corporis aut animaeinvalitudinem

In

5. Schismaticus fui a pueritia usque ad Martii diem vigesimum primum, anno Domini 1600, tunc opera patris Fluddi, qui in seminario Hispaniae Anglicano presbiter fuit reconciliatus eram . hoc vero negocio omnia mihi prospere succedebant , nec pro eo aliquid passus fui. exAngliacum uno socio veni, licentiatranseundi maris a Dorobornii maiore per litteras impetrata, a quo loco ad civitatem Dowacensem recta via processimus , ubi prope anni aestatem ad octodecem† usque Augusti diem commoravimus , deinde vero pecuniam nobis a patre Baldwino traditam , quam ex Anglia receperat, et ab Archipresbitire † commendati, Romam directe profecti fuimus.

6. De ecclesiastica vita dico me nulla ab huiusmodi vita aversionem habere, sed magnam inclinationem.

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[367] WALDEGRAVE Charles , son ofCharles and Jeromia Jerningham , 19 nextCircumcision, born at Coss , near Norwich and educated

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in nearby private schools ; studied logic and cosmography at Cambridge with little progress ; spent six months in Flanders and journeying hither. Son of noble and rich family, partly Catholic and partly heretical ; has brothers and sisters , all Catholics A schismatic until 21 March 1600 when he was reconciled by Fr. Floyd, a priest ofthe English seminary in Spain Left England with one companion, having obtained licence to cross the seas from the mayor of Dover ; waited at Douai until 18 August ; left for Rome withletters fromtheArchpriest and money from England passed on by Fr. Baldwin . Desires to be an ecclesiastic 9 October 1600

[368] THOMAS HODSON : 1600 30. die Octobris

1. Thomas Hodsonusfilius Guilielmi Hodsoni, et Agnetis uxoris eius Natus annos 38 in Comitatu staffordiae . In paterna domo per aliquot annos educatus Multis in locis, ita enim ob multiplicem commoditatem instituebant parentes, literis operam dedi. Primo nimirum in villa leigh, quae vulgo Lee appellatur , parum distante a loco Natali. Tum in oppido insigniori Uttaxator nuncupato, vulgo Utcetor, tribusmilliaribusa paternis sedibus elongato. Rursus domum revocatus, secundum arbitrium parentum, aliis atque aliis in scholis rei literariae incubui , scilicet Leighae, Chechiae, Sulfordiae, Dilthorpiae[?], qui praefati Comitatus pagi sunt; Congertonaein Comitatu Chestriae: Darbiae, quae illius Comitatus Metropolis est, a quo loco discessi (in quantum coniectura assequi possim) circiter aetatis annum decimum sextum, deine Oxoniae in Aula Glocestrensi septemdecim annorum spatio plus minusve studui; Postremo praenobilis devotissimaeque viduae Dominae Elizabethae Lane rogatu inde avocatus, filii sui Domini Eduardi Harrowdon indolis praeclaraemagnaeque spei adolescentuli, meae fidei a matre commissi, literis imbuendi, una cum reliquis fratribus et sororibus curam in me suscepi Quod quidem munus annorum duorum quatuorque mensium spatio, administravi, quoe loco divinoauxiliohuc, meipsum deo consecrandiproposito, tandem sum appulsus

2. Sum artium magister, et in medicina licentiatus. Parentes plebei sunt , non pauperes , nec admodum ditescunt, verum satis divitiarum eis suppetit , unde pro conditione sua et se , et suos , honeste alant, ac sustentent. Omnes consanguinitate vel affinitate mihi coniuncti, eadem ni fallor, sorte vivunt: exceptis tribus quatuorve, quibuscum nullamihi intercessit familiaritas , qui mediae sortis sunt, atque ut opinor valde opulenti ; et duobus, pluribus paucioribusve, qui pauperes sunt Horum neminemcatholicum esse existimo, nisi forte eorum unus aut alter (quod tamen me latet) nuperrime in ecclesiam divinaclementia sit receptus maior eorum pars, praesertim parentes, fratres, sorores, aliique mihiconiunctiores, sunt (ut arbitror) schismatici, vel saltem a catholica fide parum

alieni, reliqui (ni fallor) haeretici sunt Verum si absolute de amicis quaestio proponatur , praecipui catholici sunt, et nobiles , vel mediae sortis. Eos iam accipiendos esse volo, in quorum familiis diutius commoratus sum, vel quibuscum familiariter vixi, quamvis huius posterioris generis haud pauci schismatici sunt

3. Artium liberalium studiis Oxoniae operam dedi, praesertim Astronomiae, et Astrologiae iudiciariae, in qua multum versatus. Non tanta diligentia caeteras pervolvi: Unde nequerecte procedendi satis attendebam ordini; neque inter legendumde rebus ipsis iudicium adhibui accuratum ; Quareex illis minorem, quam parsit, fructum percepi. In studio linguae Hebraicae, et graecae, atque etiam in musices facultate paululum insumpsi temporis, verum in harum singulis minimos progressus feci : Per aliquot annos in re medica operam posui Quam ob rem a regio Professore approbatus et Commendatus, Academia licentiam in eadem facultate per universam Angliam practicandi concessit , atque in huius rei testimonium literis patentibus sigillum universitatis apposuit. Nihilominus quia parti speculativae eousque magis intentus parum me experientia pollere animadvertebam, atque illud negotium, ex quo multorumnon solum sanitas, sed etiam vita dependebat, nullopacto temere esset aggrediendum, longe consultius esse inanimum inducebam meum, ad praximnon descendere, priusquam annum unum aut alterum in domo alicuius medici, maxime ob curandi peritiam celebrem, transigissem, atque singulis ab illos peragendiscurationibus interfuissem : ut sic tandem variorerum eventu experientiaque satis edoctus, ad morbos proprio marte in posterum extirpandos tutiusaccingerer. Verum ad alios bonisliterisinformandos conversa vitae ratione, horum neutrumpraestiti.

4. Ventriculus paulo imbecilliorest, et alimenta durae concoctionis aegrius conficit, ad intemperiem siquidem humidametfrigidam declinat, unde flatus, rheuma, et cruda pituita facile generantur. Caput per consensum (aliunde a ventriculonimirum sibi communicatomalo) quandoqueafficitur Quo temporeanimalis vis nonadeo viget, torporlevis obrepit, actionesqueobeundae lentius procedunt. verum totum hoc, quicquid est incommodi, corporis exercitatione tempestive adhibita certo profligatur, praesertim si motusaliquantulum vehementior accesserit , quo et calor affluentiorad discrasiam corrigendam exsuscitetur, et proventus si quis sit superfluitatam, externetur, dissipetur, egeratur Porro huic rei plurimum(ut spero) adminiculi calidior adeoque contraria , qualis plerumque hichabetur, conferet Aeris Constitutio Victum tenuem, aliaquae non satis firmae valetudinis subsidia, cuiusmodi non pauca suppeditabit praesens vitae status, de industria praetereo. Renibus immodicus calor infestus, proinde fomentorum copiam respuunt, iureque vestitum expetunt simpliciorem, vel potius diploidem retro iuxta costas utrinque rimis dehiscentem . Nuper supervacanea quandoque mentem urget anxietas, quam tamen divina gratia fretus, me non multa difficultate superare posse non dubito. Bis in vita seminis

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ut opinor profluviumpassus sum ; quem quidem affectum praecipue ab acrimonia humorum hepate et renibus supercalefactorum, in vasa seminaria decumbentium, vimque expultricem mordaci ac pungenti qualitatead excretionem irritantium, ortumsuum duxisse , ego cum aliis medicis coniiciebam. Tribus quatuorve vicibus aegrotavi febribus correptus semel colica passio a spiritu (ut reor) flatuoso exorta, acerbius affligebat Dentium etiam oculorumque doloribus laboravi. verum universa quae dictasunthuc recidunt+ (ut singula sincere paucis complectar) Cruditati obnoxius est ventriculus, indeque ad leviter compatiendum (quod tamen perraro fit) paululum propensumestcaput Renum valetudinem tuetur, quoad fieri potest, indumentorum paucitas

5. Circiter aetatis annum decimum sextum cum dimidio schismatici quidem† mei familiares haereticorum dogmata, me interea ex ignorantiamera propugnante, argumentis refellebant, eorundemque falsitatem liquido demonstrabant. unde veritate convictus continuoillis totidemannis (quamvis interim amici quidam catholici ad ecclesiae unitatem me redigere vicibus quibusdam conabantur) adhaerebam; donec conversione propemodum miraculosa duobus iam fere abhinc annis divina bonitate (salutis cupidorum precipua gratia eius implorata ) et patrumquorundam Societatis Iesu opera, a deplorando illo longequemiserrimo vitae statu in Ecclesiamcatholicam eram susceptus . Tota autem conversionis ratio huiusmodi fuit. Invigilia Nativitatis domini quidam pater Societatis ,quocum convictus necessitudinem conciliaverat haud vulgarem, quique lucrandarum animarum erat studiosissimus, instanter urgebat, quo me a manifesto aeternaesubmersionispericulo liberatum in Arcam Noe benigne exciperet ; cuius saluberrimo consilio ita male sanus restiti, ut tantum moram curationis aucupari contenderem, adeoque conversionem protraherem, donec condicio vitae maturo iudicio suffulta foret satis constabilita Quarum opinioni praeconceptae parum considerateinnixus, re a se omnino inconfecta, post salutationem ultro citroque habitam, tandem lectum petebam Cum ecce admirandam, stupendam, ineffabilem dei pietatem, qua non dico ne cogitanti quidem, multo minus exoptanti, verum etiam dormienti ultro aeterna beatitudo liberalissime offertur, et quasi importuniua obtruditur. Post unam quippe aut alteram horam ab illo tempore, quo primumsupervenerat somnus , gravis certe corporis, longe vero gravissimus animae sopor discutitur, solutaque vincula sunt quibus utraque arctissime constricta captiva tenebatur, necnon immensa dei misericordia mens interno lumine efficaciter perfusa est Propriae etenim miseriae, deique erga me amoris, atque eorum quae praecipuecirca salvatoris nostri plusquam benignissimi nativitatem, humilitatis scilicet, paupertatis , et charitatis , sese offerebant meditationis puncta, diutius insistens contemplationi ; delictamea, meamque (proh dolor) ingratitudinemmaximam , obortis lachrimis, singultibus, et suspiriis deflebam Tandem vero, ne fervor ille divinitus infusus, procrastinatione defervescendo , paulatim conta-

besceret , impense pertimescens; morae impatiens e lecto protinus desiliens , arrepta toga, illico ad religiosissimum sacerdotem, pietatis pene dixeram et devotionis horum temporum miraculum quoddam, patrem scilicet Gerardum (qui divina providentia una cum alio praefato patre in eadem domo tunc temporis aderat) gressum accelerabam: Ad cuius pedes provolutus , prae doloris magnitudine vix in haec verba vocemresolvo. Veni eum adoraturus, qui prome in vili stabulo nasci non dedignatus est, dixique me desiderare catholicum fieri; ille deo gratias agens, verbaque pro more suo consolationis plena subiungens, summacum charitate achumanitate me amplexus est Atque praemissa, prout paenitentiae sacramentum iure exigit, debita praeparatione et confessione (hac enim in historia describendauniversas fere rerum circumstantias, brevitatis causa, rescindere decrevi) catholicorum numero me meo magno cum gaudio faelicissime adiunxit, Cuius postea consuetudine, consilio, et ductu, usque ad tempus egressus a patria, et in ipso etiam exitu usus sum. Ab imminentibus periculis, adversariorumque insidiis iterumatqueiterumdivinagratiaereptus, pro catholica causa aliquid pati, adhuc omnino indignus extiti Ex Anglia clanculum, sub habitutamen medici , discessi . Quod si in itinere ipsoin persecutorum manus incidissem, admodum reverendi mei spiritualis patris monita secutus , arti medicae (subintelligendo spiritualem) in regionibus hisce transmarinis me operam navare constituisse respondissem .

6. Quod a principio semper apud me sancitum fuit, Admodum Reverendi Patris Rectoris authoritati me omnino submitto, eiusque dispositioni , ductui, et beneplacito totum me trado: Atque solius religionis causa me meos meaque omnia reliquisse, quo liberius meipsum dei famulatui penitus consecrarem , profiteor: meque nihil in votis magis habere deum obtestor, quam ut misericors dominus noster vitam meam sibi suoque dumtaxat servitio pro nimia sua munificentiadicaret, dicatamque tanta tamque sublimi vocatione dignam redderet.

SUMMARY

[368] HODGSON Thomas, 38 son of William and Agnes his wife, born in Staffordshire , brought up for some years at home; studied lettersat Leigh, Uttoxeter (3 miles from his father's house), Leigh again, Checkley, Fulford, Dilhorne (all in Staffs) ; at Congleton in Cheshire, and Derby; when about 16 went to Gloucester Hall, Oxford, where he studied about 17 years ; later became tutor to Edward Harrowden and the other children of the noble widow Elizabeth Lane ; after2yearsand4 months ofthis started for Rome Is Master of Arts and Licentiate in Medicine (The respondent's parents are plebeian but fairly rich ; so is the rest of his family except for three or fourrichmiddle-class membersand two paupers; noneofthem areCatholics unless they have recently been reconciled;

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close kinsmen areschismatics, othersare heretics) Haslived mainly with noble or middle-class Catholics or schismatics. Studied liberal arts at Oxford, attending mainly to astronomy and judicial astrology ; spent some timeon Hebrew, Greek, and music; devoted several years to medicine. Was approved by the Regius Professor and obtained letters patent fromthe Universitygivinghim theright to practice throughout England ; did not wish to go into practice without acquiring experiencefirst ; turned finally to otherstudies . Describes, with a wealth of contemporary medical terms , how his stomach is weakened by an excess of cold and wet humours ; howhis headsuffers fromsympathetic pains ; how his animal forces tend to sluggishness ; how his distemper is offset and his superfluities voided by exercise or warm weather ; how his loins are allergic to excessive heat and demand a doublet open at each side; how and why he has suffered twice from spermatorrhoea, thrice from fever, once from colic, and often from toothache and pains in the eyes. Was converted from heresy by schismatic friends when about 16 ; in spite of persuasions of Catholics remained schismatic untilalmost miraculous conversion 2 years ago On Christmas Eve wasurged tojoin the Churchbya Jesuit companion; but determined to put off his conversionuntil his careerwassufficientlyestablished Awoke converted after one hour's sleep ; leapt from bed, snatched his cloak, rushed to see Fr. Gerard, who was staying in the same house, and cried "I have come to adoreHim who wasborn forme in a stable : I want to be a Catholic" . Was warmly embraced by Gerard, and reconciled to the Church after preparation and confession . While in England, treated Gerard as his spiritual father. Has escaped many dangers but has never suffered for the faith; escaped from England disguisedas a doctor. "IfI had fallen into the hands of my persecutors on my journey, I would have saidfollowing the advice of my spiritual fatherthat I had decided to devote myself to medicine overseas , meaning secretly 'spiritual medicine' . " Desires to serve God 30 October 1600

[369] THOMAS KEMYS

decimo die Octobris 1600

1. Paternum nomen erat Iohannes Kemys, Maternum Iana Courtney, Meum nomen est Thomas Kemys. Natus eram Anno Domini 1575, Cucklingtoniae, villa in Comitatu Somersetin diocaesi Bath et Wells Oxoniam miserunt me parentes studii causa ubi commoratus sum per spatium fere quinque annorum tunc moriente patre, ab accademiaLondinum me contuli; ubi in civitate in novo hospitio, et in hospitio Leonis tres annos consumpsi.

2. Condicio mea incerta est ; siquidem dependetexbenevolentia et liberalitatecognatorum quorundam et matris meae, quaeetsi non sit dives satis tamen habet ad comparanda sibi ipsi necessaria et si opus fuerit ad sublevandas meas necessitates Amici cognatique

sunt mihi quamplurimi inter quos sunt isti, Richardus Courtney Cornubiensis, quiet nobilis est hic est armiger et dives, et schismaticus; Henricus Courtney Cornubiensis nobilis et armiger, dives et haereticus Thomas Arundle Cornubiensisarmiger item catholicus et (quantum accepi ) dives. Cognatos catholicos habeo plurimos inter quos sunt Reverendus pater pater Coffinus, Nicholaus Roscarrycke homines sancti et nobiles Nullus frater, nulla soror mihi unquam erat.

3. Praecipue et maxime in Rhetoricae studio versatus fui : in Dialectica parum laboravi : in utrisque parvos progressus feci.

4. Non minima aegritudine, animam unquam fuisse affectam , memini : nequeullogravi morbo laborasse corpusin memoria habeo: (ob quas ingentes gratias habeo Deo omnipotenti )

5. A pueritia usque ad tempus reconciliationis meae in Catholicam ecclesiam sempereram schismaticus nisi per spatium duorum fere annorum , cum vixerim Oxoniae Tunc enim haereticosquosdam Jewelli libros legendo vacillare caepit mea fides, donec in librum quemdam incidissem, quem scripsit egregius Dominus Doctor Dominus Hardingus, quem simul ac legissem, Protestantium Anglicanorum fidem aut nullamesse, aut totam ex mendaciis esse consutam, mihi vel luceclarius apparuit, et nullamaliam ecclesiam praeter Romanam posse esse veram et catholicam Atque huius ecclesiae membrum factus eramoperaet industriaReverendi patrisWrightea quoeram reconciliatus quinto die Iulii Anno Domini 1599 : proqua ecclesia nihil omnino sum passus. De Anglia Romam me misit Reverendus Pater Pater Blunte presbiter qui etiam literas mihi dedit praefecto civitatis Dorobrini tradendas missas ab Edmundo Morris praefecti cognato, in quibus ab eo petiit ut me cum socio navem ibi ascendere permitteret, propterea quod Parisiensemurbem in Galliaet non ultra profecturi fuimus. Hoc modo et hisce praecipuis mediis (additis pro literis 3 aut 4 aureis) Angliam reliqui Caletum appuli et Romam veni

6. Avide sane cupio et summo desiderio teneor ecclesiasticam vitam degendi; ut ita patriamab ea qua laborathaeresi liberare pro virili conarer .

SUMMARY

[369] KEMYS Thomas, son of Thomas and Jane Courtney, born 1575 at Cucklington, Somerset; sent byparentsto studyat Oxford5 years; on death ofhis father left the Universityand spent3 yearsin New Inn andLyon'sInn at London Isdependentonthe generosity of his kinsfolk, and especially of his mother who, thoughnot rich, has enoughmoney to provide for his needs as wellas for herown. Is related to Richard Courtney of Cornwall (noble, armigerous, rich and schismatic), to HenryCourtney of Cornwall (noble, armigerous, rich and heretical), to Thomas Arundel of Cornwall (armigerous, Catholic and allegedly rich), to Father Coffin, and to Nicholas Roscarrock (noble and holy). Has never had brothers or sisters.

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Studied mainly rhetoric, and some dialectic ; with little progress in either. Healthy. From childhood to reconciliation was a schismatic, save for twoyears at Oxfordwhen his faithwas disturbed by reading Jewell's books; on reading Harding discovered that the faith of Anglicans was full of lies, and that only the Roman church wastrue and Catholic Was reconciled5 July 1599 byFr.Wright; wassent to Rome by Fr. Blount, who gave him letters to the mayor of Dover from his cousin Edmund Morris, asking permission for respondent and friend to embark since they were going no further than Paris With the aid of this letter, which cost 3 or 4 gold crowns, he left England, reached Calais , and came on to Rome Desires to be an ecclesiastic 10 October 1600.

[370]

IOANNES BROWNE

Novemb : 6. Anno: Millesimo 1600

1. Nomen mihi verum estIoannesBrowne aetatissuntcerciter+ duo etviginti anni locus nativitatis est quoddam oppidum inComitatu Lincolniensi quod dicitur Luda educatio mea semper fuit scholagrammatica et musica studui semper in eodemoppido solum quod ad humanitatem spectat : Cantabrigiae fui, et ibi progrediendum studiis mihi fuit, ubi emerat locum mihi pater in collegio Maudlenae a Gulielmo Wray equite, qui quoniam promissum cum patrenon servaret, Cantabrigia decessi et omnia mea studia reliqui, per spatium trium vel quatuor annorum : in quo tempore secundum placitum meum vixi, aliquando cum patre permanerem, aliquando cum isto amico, aliquando cum illo, donec quidam mihi cognatus accersivit me ad serviendum dominum meum WilloghbieBarwick, ubi credidi ego militiam me aliquam visurum, et quoniam frustratus fui, impetravi ab eodem domino Willoghbycommendationem suam Flandriam ad Eduerdum Norris equitem cuiusdam illic oppidi gubernatorem maximo desideriobelli sequendi; ubi cum quiete per quatuor menses vixeram, et militiae nullam disciplinam potui impetrare, Angliam redii rursum, et amicos meos regione ubi natus adibam ubi et cum quibus turbato animo vivens, nescio quo modo vitam negligere caepi.

2. Conditio mea est ut supradixi : modo haeres sumparentis mei parentes generosi sunt et semper ex terris suis vixerunt : annuus reditus parentis mei terrae quatuorcentum libras valebat, maxima cuius parte consumpta ex parte relicta ut pauper generosus vivit. Fratres habeo tres parvulos, sororemunam, cognatos quamplurimos, quosdampauperes , quosdamdivites: omnes verounacumparentibus haeretici sunt,sola unamihicognatafuit catholica, quaeiam mortua

3. Studium mihi praecipuum fuit lingua latina et ars musica in quarum una (nempelingua latina) progressumfeci donec paratus,ad dialecticam studiendam, quam simul cum greca[?] lingua perdemidium † anni perlegi.

4. Valetudo corporis mei semper fuit bona : perturbatus solum

fui cum quadam febre circiter sexties in tota vita : iam vero non plane recuperatus de quodam fluxu. animae autem aegritudo nimirum varia, semper enim aegrotat ad bona opera et praecipue dedita est solitudini

5. Vocatio prima mihi fuit hoc modo . Ante dixi ; me vitam negligereet male contentum nescioquo modo vixisse. perturbatio autem animi pertulit me in cogitationem meiipsius et iniquitatis meae adeo uti aliquando vehemens esset mihi desiderium omnia mundana relinquere, et sola divina in honoremdei cogitare, et ad hanc rem perficiendam, eremitae vitam aptissimam sensi, de religione nil cogitans : mecum autem quaesiviquinam locus aptissimus in tota Anglia ad hoc propositum, facillime perspexi nullum fuisse: nunc taedium caepi de tota religione Angliae, et religionem nullamnovi : interimsorte confabulatus fui cum quodam amico schismatico de religione, qui mihilibrum antiquum ostendit (quantum teneo) Sancti Augustini , ubi dicitur de ignegehennae, etde alio igne, interrogavitme, amicus quinam iste alius ignis, responsum ignorabam antiquitatemcogitavi libri, et indubiam confirmationem purgatorii. multum molestum fuit, et tandem laboravi Galliam proficscit ut catholicus factus essem (persuasumenim habui veram fuisse fidem) et inter agendum littore navim ascensurus , per quosdam[?] ad eandem rem institutos captus fui : in carcereibi foedissimo per tres vel quatuor dies detentus, adeo uti moriturum credidi prae loci squalore Inde perduxerunt me Londinum coram domino Cobham , qui post longam examinationem utrum sacerdos, utrum litteras a Domina Muntague, vel ab Alexandro Coolpepper aequite† Galliam perferendasacceperam , cum multisaliis quaeomnia denegavimandavit me una cum examinatione, coram domino Thesaurario perferri; qui postquam confessionem perscrutasset, mandav[it] me ad carcerem , ubi opera patris Barnebie, et cuiusdam patris Singleton sacerdotumfide catholica confirmatus fui, et desiderans confessionem dare et veram confirmationem accipere, consiluit † me ipse[?] pater Singleton, non sic facerem donec liberatus : pro maximo periculo vitae, si enim semel me invenissent catholicum, (in conscientia et iusiurando) suspensus fuissem; partim quod tempore periculoso captus, partimquod eodem tempore ad domos praedictorum dominae Muntague, et Alexandri Coolpepper permansi, qui ambo catholici sunt, quamplurimis autem aliis adhibitisnulla vitaefuisset expectatio Carcereisto quod dicitur Marshalseysperdemidium † cerciter+ anni permansi, ubi gravissime tractatus fui, a quo loco quidam amicusliberavitme obligatione centum librarum, quod apparitionem ipsefaceremubicunque vocatus essem viginti diebus: cum liberatus fui, navigavi Hollandiamnomine militis, et ibi per unum mensem sub duce quodam servire coactus fui, donec opportunitatem invenirem huc effugiendi : quam cum inveni magno cum periculo vitae aufugi.

6. Propositum et desiderium ambo beneplacitum reverentiae

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tuae expectant : ipse enim propositum et desiderium ad ordines ecclesiasticosteneo, libentissime autem meiipsius si modo aequum dignitati tuae videaturpericulum facerem.

SUMMARY

[370] BROWNE John, c 22 born at Louth, Lincolnshire . "My education was always the grammar school and music I studied always in the same town only what concerns the humanities : I was at Cambridge and there I should have continued with my studies, where my father had bought me a place in Magdalene Collegefrom SirWilliam Wray, but as he did not keep his promise with my fatherI left Cambridge and gave upall my studiesfor3or 4 years. " Lived duringthis period partlywithhis fatherand partly with friends ; summoned then to serve Mr. Willoughby Berwick Was anxious to serve as a soldier ; being dissapointed in this hope obtained a recommendation from Berwick to Sir Edward Norris, governor ofa town in Flanders ; wasagain disappointed and returned to England after4 quiet months Next livedidlywithhis family near his birthplace Is son and heir to gentry who have always lived on their estates (His father had £400 a year but now lives as a poorgentleman.) Has 3 small brothers, 1 sister,many kinsmen both poor and rich; all heretics except for oneCatholic kinswoman now dead Studied mainly Latin and music, and for half a year dialectic and Greek. Healthy, save for fever 6 times during life, and a flux not yet cured. Is fond of solitude. Tiring of idleness , and repenting ofhis sins, hedecidedto leavethe world and becomea hermit, but not for anyreligious motive; seeing thattherewas no place in England suitable for sucha life, he tired ofAnglicanism and gave up religion altogether. During a conversation with a schismaticfriend he was showna book ofSt. Augustine whichmentioned another fire besides the fire of Hell ; takingthis as a confirmation of the doctrine of purgatory, he became convinced of the truth of Catholicism . Decided to go to France but was captured while waiting on the shore, and was placedfor 3 or4 days in a prison of lethal squalor ; was taken to London and examined by Lord Cobham to see whether he was a priest or was carrying lettersto France from Lady Montague or Sir Alexander Culpeper; on his denial was sent before the Treasurer, who sent him to the Marshalsea , where hewas confirmed in his faithbyFrs Barneby and Singleton ; was advised by the latter not to be reconciled before his release, on the groundsthat, havingbeen captured at a dangeroustime, and beinga former guest ofL.Montague andSirAlexander Culpeper, bothCatholics , he would certainlybe hangedifhewasdiscoveredto be a Catholic. Was released after 6 months ill-treatmentin this prison ona friend's goingsurety for £100 forhis appearancewithin20 daysofanysummons. Sailedat once to Holland as a soldier ; was forced to serve under a general for a month; escaped hither with great risk to life Desires to be an ecclesiastic 6 November 1600

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1. Respondeo, verum Nomen esse Hugonem Andertonum , filium secundum Iacobi Andertoni de Comitatu Lancastriae Armigeri, natum ibi in domo Paterna appellata Clatonia, et educatum prope, in Scholis gramaticis usque ad annum aetatis 14tum. Iam vero circiter 22, vel 23 annos natum.

2. Parentes esse nobiles; habere 3 fratres, et 2 Sorores ; Hos omnes, plurimosque Cognatos esse Schismaticos; paucos vero Catholicos.

3. me, (quando annum aetatis 15tum egerim) studendi causa Academiam Oxon profectum ; ubi circa 17 menses studui , usque dum morbo languenti laborarem : Ob quam causam , valitudinist,et sanitatis recuperandae gratia, consilio doctorum, ad propriam Patriam me contuli; unde intra spatium unius anni sanatus , Londinum veni, et in Hospitio Graio collocatus fui, ut Iurisprudentiae studiis incumberem. In quibus per totos sex annos , nullum, vel satis parvum progressum feci.

4. me bene animo, et corpore valere ; tantumodo † Anhelitum quendam, prae nimia pulmonum angustia, in omni motu violento sentire

5. me semper fuisse Schismaticum usque ad festum Sancti Georgii hoc anno Iubilei : Quando divina gratia, et opera Patris Blunti Catholicus factus fui Cuius consilio, et patris Gilberti Gererdi, motu vero proprio, religionis, et studiorum gratia, circa quatuor ab hinc menses Romam profecturus, Angliam reliqui.

6. me essecupidum agere vitam Ecclesiasticam.

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[371] ANDERTON Hugh, 22 or 23, second son of James Esq. of Lancashire, born in his father's house at Clayton and educated in nearby grammar schools until 13. Son of noble parents, has two brothers and 3 sisters , all schismatic, like the majority of his kinsfolkexcept a few Catholics When 14 went to Oxford, studied 17months ; wasthen advisedbydoctors to returnhomeon account of a languishing disease, was cured within a year and then studied jurisprudence for six years at Gray's Inn withlittle or no progress . Healthy now, except that violent movement causes him to pant, owing to the narrowness of his lungs Was a schismatic until 23 April 1600, when reconciledbyFr Blount ; left England forRomeon the advice of Blount and Fr GilbertGerard. Desiresto be an ecclesiastic.

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CAROLUS YELVERTON 14 Octobris 1601

CAROLUS YELVERTON

1. Sum filius Humfredi et Elizabeth Y de Bawsie[?] in Comitatu

Norfolciae,annos natus 23, pueriliaetate in LynnRegisGrammaticae rudimenta a praeceptore Domino Iuory accepi Postea in Academia Cantabrigiensi per sex annos literis animum applicui post gradum primum susceptumRuri tres vel quatuor annos egi. aliquot menses in Patrui Edwardi Y domo qui tunc temporis erat in villa dicta Wolverton deinde in domum alteram eiusdemPatrui prope Norvicum me contuliubi unum vel alterum annum permansi. Inde persecutioneremotus in Suffolciam Primoin Scotts in domo Domini Antonii Bedinfeld aliquot septimanas consumpsi postquam vero ipsum timore perculsum vidi ad Winson in domo cuiusdam medici me contuliper tres menses meeius operaindigentem simulansdeinde Ad domum domini Ioannis Bedinfeld de Redlingfeld profectus sum ibique mansi per unum annum integrum . Cumquenebulas omnes dispersas et causam timoris remotam vidissem in lucem prodiebam tum Dominus Thomas Cornwallies miles Auratus pro me misit et a me ut secum commorarer petiit quocum breviarum singulis diebus pertres vel4 menses continuos repetebam Cui in principioadventus mei institutum meum dixi & quo tendere vellem, Sicque negotiis meis expeditis statim a pascate Londini accessi.

2. Parentes erant Nobiles sive ut vulgo dicunt generosiquibus non erat rerum magna copia nec inopia Quinquaginta enim libras ex annis reditibus expenderepotuere. Quibus utrisque vita defunctis supererant eorum patres Alter enim meus Avus (cui nomen est Franciscus Bastard) iam (ut per 40 etiam annos fuit) Catholicus est De altero Avo non multa de eius religione proferre possumtantum Armiger erat praedives erat scismaticus etiam erat. Utrique Avo 20 liberi erant e quibus vix 20 vidi Pater meus utcumque vixitin gremio ecclesiae (ut saepius dixit mihi Patruus Edwardus Y) mortuus est . Patris Sorores duae adhuc vivunt quarum altera coniux Domini Philippi Woodhowse equitis aurati altera vidua Roberti Lumner. utraeque erant Catholicae sed altera propter mariti insaniam qua in uxorem saepenumero debacchari soletnuper e sinu ecclesiae est elapsa . Altera Soror patris, in virum habuit, Dominum Higham in Suff nobilem altera Hawkins cuius filii (ut accepi ) Londini agunt Patri fratres quando in Norfolcia novissime essem fuere quinque. Quorum maximus natu Armiger eratet 800vel900 libras per annum expenderepotuit patrimoniisac dotibus iunioribus liberis datis Secundus , Patris frater Iudexest et 1000 libras annuatim potest expendere Tertius qui dicitur Eduardus (quique solus e quinque catholicus est) 300 libras Alter 100 libras alter 50 libras (si istis duobus ultimis patrimoniaab avo relicta salva sint) expendere potest quem postremo posui Reginae pencionarius est Matri tres fratres supersunt Quorum unus Iurisconsultus et dives est duo alteri matris fratres Catholici sunt, alter uxoratus alter Duaci studens Cognatos habeo Dominum Ioannem Townsannd equitem Auratum DominumCarolum Cornwalleis armigerum et alios quam plurimos fratrem unicum habeo quiNobili viro Domino Morleis famulatur, et est Catholicus Soror

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mea unica cuidam diviti nupta est et est haeretica

3. Post 14m aetatis transactum annum Avunculus me parentibus orbatum ad Cantabrigiam misit ubi sub doctore Perce sex annos consumpsi studium certum mihi nullum proposui aliquando studiis humanitatis aliquando philosophiae memet composui et ut moris est ubique esse aliquando graecus statim vero haebraeus esse cupiebam. In artibus Bacchelaureus† fui et factus Catholicus Academiae valedicebam

4. Ingenue profiteor menon valetudinarium esse perdecennium nisi quod post Itinera aliquando caput mihi dolebat et perquatuor vel quinque dies semel forsan in anno de febre laboravi

5. Haereticus fui, imprimisque mihi displicuit heretica opinio quia inter se non consentiebant tunc enim temporis de libero arbitrio vel de fidean amitti potuerit&c ultro citroque disputabant. Calvini Institutiones legi qui liber de rebus tunc in controversia actis minime mihi satisfaciebat incidit in manus meas de contemptu mundi libellus : unde de nostris Castitatem paupertatem & obedientiam exterminantibus multum mecum querebar. amicos visitandi causa in Norfolciam concessi ubi Deo sic disponente Patruus meus Eduardus Y obviam mihi veniebat, qui me nolentem volentem ad suam domum invitavit in itinere nostro de rebus academicis sciscitabatur in eius domo multos libros de controversia agentes inveniquos mihi in mutuum dedit, mihique discedenti librum meditationum accomodavit post aliquot menses ad Academiam reversus enchiridion controversiarum ibi emebam post unum vel alterum mensem templum prophanatum frequentavi ubi maximo pudore suffundebar in animum meuminducensquod singulussivenotus sive ignotus me diredebatt quod haeresim simulabam cum secundum conscientiam essem catholicus tunc timor mortis me domi revertentem excruciebat nusquam pacato animo eram fratrem Cantabrigiae reliqui& iterum ad Patruumconsulendicausa redivi quisummacum humanitate summo gaudio in suam domum me recepit hic inquit manebis usque ad placitum tunc post unum mensem Ad Patrem Edmunds brumalitempore intendebam, non adhuc 5 menses erant elapsi quin fama inter amicos me me nescienteCatholicum esse me vel Hispaniae vel Romae esse percrebuit : pecuniaegratia ad ipsos concessi qui in me iurgia quod Locum academicum reliquissem proiiciebant A caeteris ibidem salutatus fui & post 4 vel 5 dies Literae pseudoepiscopi Norwicensis mei capiendi causa emissae erant ; post partam pecuniam me domi (quae satis tuta erat) recepi post discessum meum vicecomitis ministri ad me capiendum Patrui cuiusdam mei domum scrutabantur De his vero praemonitus eram per 7 aut 8 menses secedebam expediendi negotia causa iterum amicos salutavibenigneque susceptus post spatium aliquod Pater Eduardus Walpole Dominus Gardiner in Norfolciam venere statimque Iusticiarii omnes domus catholicorum literis hanc ob

"Ad Wisbith" erased. H

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causam a concilio missis perscrutabantur Patruus incarceratus erat & pro me per Norfolciam totam et Suffolciam perscrutabantur existimantes quod me capto sacerdotes ipsi apprehenderentur cito. tunc unum et alterum locum in quo secure viverem eligebam postremo Romam versus iter instituens in cymba captus cum 13 aliis & per 6 hebdomadas incarceratus demum pecuniae gratia liberatus , & eodem modoliteris testimonialibus a Pretore Dorobernii comparatis & sic divinoauxiliohuc tandem perveni

6. A principio conversionis meae ad huiusmodi statum vitae mecum decrevi, & ad honorem dei propagationemque ecclesiae in patriamea, pro virili meo laborare, huncque ad finem disciplinam collegii quamcumque observare

SUMMARY

[372] YELVERTON Charles , 23, son of Humphreyand Elizabeth , of Bawsie, Norfolk ; learnt grammar as a child from Mr. Ivory at King'sLynn ; spent six years at Cambridge; B.A.; lived some months with his uncle Edward Yelverton , then of Wolverton, and a furtheryear or twowithanother unclenearNorwich Moving to Suffolk because of persecution lived some weeks in the houseof Antony Bedingfeld at Scotts ; seeing the alarm of his host hemoved to the house of a doctor at Winston, where he remained for three months under pretenceofneedingtreatment ; spentafinalyearatthe house of John Bedingfeld of Redlingfield . When the persecution wasoverlivedfor 3 or4 months withSirThomasCornwallis ,reciting the breviary daily with him ; left for London immediately after Easter. Is son to gentry worth £50 a year, bothnowdead. (The grandparents survive one is Francis Bastard, a Catholic of40 years standing ; the other grandfather, a schismatic esquire, used to be very rich. Each grandparent had 20 children, of whom the respondent has met barely half The respondent's father, according to his brotherEdward, died in the Church ; twoof his sisters arestill alive, one being married to Sir Philip Woodhouse, the other being the widow of Robert Lumner ; both were Catholics, but the former has recentlylapsed owing to the violence of her husband Another sister was thewife of Mr Higham of Suffolk; another was married to a Mr Hawkins whose children are said to live in London When the respondent was last in Norfolk there were five ofhis father's brothers surviving: the eldestan esquirewith £800 or£900ayearto spend after givinginheritances and dowries to hisyounger children, the second a Judge with £1000 a year to spend; the third, Edward, the only Catholic, worth £300 a year ; the fourth worth £100 and thefifth, a pensionerof the Queen, £50 Three of the respondent's mother's brothers are alive : one a lawyer, one a married Catholic and one at Douai ) Is related toSirJohn Townshendand toCharles Cornwallis Esq Has one brother a Catholic, who serves Lord Morley, and one sister, a heretic, married to a rich husband. Was sentto Cambridgebyhis unclewhen 14 afterthe death ofhisparents;

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studied under Dr Perce 6 years haphazardly, reading humanities and philosophy, Greek and Hebrew ; left the Universityon becoming a Catholic. Has been healthyfor 10 yearsexcept for headaches after journeys and fevers 5 or 6 days in the year. Was a heretic, but was shaken by the disagreementsbetween heretics about free will and the possibility of losing faith; read Calvin's Institutes without satisfaction ; on reading a book De Contemptu Mundi grew dissatisfied with heretical opposition to the evangelical counsels. While visiting friends in Norfolk, was invited to home of his uncle Edward, who lent him books of controversy and meditation On return to Cambridge bought an enchiridion of controversies; a month or two later was overcome with shame in church one day, realising that he was simulating heresy while a Catholic at heart; on his wayhomewastorturedby fear of death. Leaving his brother at Cambridge he returned to consult his uncle, who welcomed him warmly; after a month's stay with him, visited Fr Edmunds at Wisbech in wintry weather Five months later was rumoured to beaCatholic in Spain or at Rome ; on askinghisfriendsformoney wasabusedfor having left his place at the University 4 or 5 days later, learning that letters were out from the Bishop ofNorwichfor hisarrest,tookhis money and went homefor safety, whilehisuncle's house was searchedby the Sherriff's servants. After lying hid for 7 or 8 months, he revisited his friends When Fr Edward Walpole and MrGardiner came to Norfolk, and instructions were sent from the Council to search all houses, he was hunted throughout Norfolk and Suffolkin the hope that his capture would facilitate the arrest of thesepriests After lurkingin one or two places, was captured in a boat with 13 others while setting out for Rome ; after 6 weeks' imprisonment was released on payment ; bought letters of recommendation from the Mayor of Dover, & thus came to Rome. Has desired this state of life since his conversion

IOANNIS FORCERUS viginti annos natus 14 Octobris anno 1601

Verum meum nomen Ioannem Forcerum esse respondeo pater meus Thomas Forcerusnuncupatur mater veroMargarita Quodam in loco Episcopatus Dunelmensisnomine Eden natus eram, educatus autem alio in loco eiusdem episcopatus nomine Harberhouse cum avo, ibique octo circiterannorum spatio studuivitamque traduxi. Conditione generosus sum ; parentes enim et praedecessores mei generosi sunt semperque fuerunt. Unus e praedecessoribus meis Prior erat Dunelmensis ordinis Sancti Benedicti Avus meus ex parte patris mortuus est, ex parte vero matris avus meus adhuc ut opinor superstes est Ioannis Trollope vocatur catholicus quondam nunc vero schismaticus sit an Haereticus nescio .

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Parentesmei hoc tempore ob magnam illam catholicaefidei persecutionem valde divites non sunt. Ex quo enim tempore viginti duos aetatis suae annos excesseruntcontinuis in molestiis et persecutionibus vitam duxerunt bis ut recordor tertia bonorum et possessionum suarum parte relicta omnibus fuerunt bonis spoliati , rursus vero illa magna pecuniae summa redimere coacti erant Tres habeo fratres quorum unus studendi gratia in Hispaniam profectus est alius Audomari operam dat literis, tertius et aetate et staturaadhuc parvus in Anglia cum parentibus versatur Sorores habeo tres vel quatuor, cognatos septem omnesquecatholicam fidem profitentur Ex obitu avi mei domi operam studiis dedi semper, excepto unius anni medio quo tempore a parentibus missus in academia quadam publica nomine Chayneforde[?] studui praeceptoreusus haeretico . Înde domum patrisreversusillum habui praeceptoremquimecumin has terrae partes venit quique rursus sacerdos factus in Anglia redivit. Modicum certe in literis progressumfeci, nam persecutione urgente studendi facultas non dabatur.

In Anglia saepius dolore capitis gravissimo vexabar, Audomari semel tantummodo febri laborabam hoc tempore optima Deo gratias utor valetudine nisi quod modicam quandam sentio debilitatem. Quod ad vocationem attinet catholicus sum semperque fuissem si non quatuor abhinc annis londini captus bishaeriticorum rebus maximo meo peccato assensum praebuissemdonec in Bridewellincarceratus eramduorum mensium autcirciterspatio Postea carcere liberatus quia pater Geratt ad alios carceres remotus erat nullumque habui londini, qui me in has partes mitteret amicum rursus ad domum patris me contuli ubi auxilio Reverendi patris Houltbye qui me sacro Baptismatis fonte primum abluit Audomarumveni, inde a Reverendispatribus Patre Flacco et Patre Baldwino missus Romam veni

De proposito et desiderioquod sentio ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam et observandam collegii disciplinam dum hic mansero , respondeo parentes meos, ita me admonuisseantequam ab illis discessi ut sine illorum consensu sacerdotium non inirem, dixerunt tamen si sacerdotium et vitam ecclesiasticam inire desiderarem transactis aliquot in studiis annis quos iam Audomari absque ullo illorum impedimento transegi ab illa intentione & proposito se me revocare nolle, quocircacum me adhucex hispartibus non evocaverint, mecum in animo decrevi deo adiuvante illam sumere vocationem qua me maxime indignum esse fateor, collegiique disciplinam observaturum pro viribus spondeo.

SUMMARY

[374] FORCER John, 20, son of Thomas and Margaret, born at Eden, in the Bishopric of Durham, studied 8 years at his grandfather's at Harberhouse in the same Bishopric . Son of gentry ofa family which included a one-time Prior of Durham O.S.B. (His paternal grandfather is dead; his maternal grandfather, John

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Trollope, a lapsedCatholic, survives His parents, since the age of 22, have been continuallypersecuted; they were twice deprived of two-thirdsoftheir possessions, and forced to buythem backatgreat expense ; hence theyare no longer very rich.) Has 3 brothers, one studying in Spain and one at St Omers , the third still a child at home. Has 3 or 4 sisters and 7 cousins, all Catholics Studied at home afterthe death of his grandfather ; spent half a year ata public school at Gainford under a heretical teacher; returned home to a private tutor; made little progress owing to persecution. Suffered frequent headaches in England, suffered fever once atSt Omers; now healthy except for spasmodic feelings of weakness. Always a Catholic, fell temporarily into heresy when captured in London 4 years ago and imprisoned two months in the Bridewell Madefriends withFrGerard, but on release found that he had been moved to another prison ; returned homeand persuadedFrHoltby, who had christened him, to send him to St Omers . Crossed thesea with his former tutor, who is now a priest. Was sent from St Omersto Rome by FrFlackand Fr Baldwin . Has been told by his parents notto become a priest without theirconsent; but intendsto takeup an ecclesiasticallife, since he has nowspent severalyearsat StOmerswithout anyinterventionby his parents, and believesthey will not now oppose his vocation.

[375] THOMAS

MORUS

anno domini 1601

1. Respondeo , nomen meum verum esse Thomas Morus, patris Edwardus, matris Maria, natum Cantabrigiae, educatum partim in Essexia non longe a Londino, partim Audomari , ibidem et vixisse semperet studuisse.

2. Respondeo , parentes, et praecipuos amicos nobiles esse , nec pauperes fratrem me habere unicum, sorores quinque. cognatos (quantum scio) catholicos omnes, uno excepto.

3. Respondeo, me studiis humanioribus, grammaticae, rhetoricaequeoperam dedisse, et in iis, ut apparet profecisse .

4. Respondeo , me valetudine corporis esse satis firmo, animo satis quieto, parumque perturbato .

6.† Respondeo , me Catholicum semper extitisse, pro religione nihil passum, ex Anglia a parentibus missum duce Anglo quodam Antwerpiae habitante salvum Antwerpiam pervenisse , Bruxellas ab amicis ductum, inde ductore Patre Flacco Audomarum pervenisse

7.† Respondeo , propositum ac desiderium quod sentio ad vitam Ecclesiasticam agendam et observandam disciplinam collegii ab illis non esse aversum Ad maiorem dei gloriam.

SUMMARY

[375]MOREThomas, son of Edward and Mary, born at Cambridge, brought up in Essex, near London, and at St Omers , Son of

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rich and noble family ; has 1 brother , 5 sisters, and cousins all Catholics save one Has studied grammar and rhetoric. Healthy. Alwaysa Catholic Was sent abroad by his parents ; was taken to Antwerpby an English resident there ; thence takento Brusselsby friends and to St Omersby Fr Flack. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

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CHRISTOFERUS CANSFELDUS

14 Octobris 1601

1. Respondeo verum meum nomen esse Briantum Cansfeild ; annum aetatis decimum nonum agere ; et natum esse in comitatu Lancastriae, domus vero nomen, ubi natus, fui est Roberts Hall; meque ibi aliquandiu vixisse, postea ad scholas missum, studuisse autem in variis locis ut Lancastriae, et Tunstal , Blackeborne , Urswicke, Warton et Thornton, annoque aetatis decimo sexto Audomarum venisse ibique tres annos vixisse nec in aliis locis nisi in domo patris habitasse.

2. Respondeo me esse studiosum, parentes vita functos; praecipuos amicos nobiles esse et divites, nonnullosque catholicos nonnullos haereticos, plures vero catholicos; fratres etiam duos habere, qui catholici fuerunt cum ex Anglia discessi, sorores tres catholicas, cognatosvero aliquos catholicos, aliquos haereticos.

3. Respondeo me literis tantummodo humanioribus operam dedisse, in Anglia videlicet Rudimenta, Grammaticam et Syntaxim audivi, Audomari denuo Syntaxi , Poeticae et Rhetoricae studui

4. Respondeo me nullum morbum nec corporis, nec animae sentire, nec unquam febribus graviorem sensisse

5. Respondeo me haereticum fuisse, et anno aetatis decimo sexto a fratre meoiuniori, adhortante tamen patre Stannie, conversum fuisse , et Audomari a patre flaccoreconciliatum ; ex Angliacum septem aliis in Zelandiam veni, deinde Caletum, nec in ullo loco ab inquisitoribus examinatifuimus : nunc demum Romam missus sum ex collegio anglicano in urbe Audomarensi

6. Respondeo propositum ac desiderium me sentire ad vitam ecclesiasticam agendam.

SUMMARY

[376] CANSFIELD Brian, alias Christopher, 18 , born at Robert Hall, Lancs.; studied in schools at Lancaster, Tunstall , Blackburn , Urswick , Wartonand Thornton ; at 15 wentto St Omers for 3 years Has lost both parents ; is of rich noble family mainly Catholic ; has 2 brothers and 3 sisters all Catholics ; has Catholic and heretical cousins Studied rhetoric, grammar andsyntax inEngland , syntax, poetryand rhetoricat St Omers. Always healthyexcept forfevers . When 15 converted from heresy by his younger brother and Fr Stanney ; reconciledat St Omersby Fr Flack. Came from England to Zeelandwith seven others, thenceto Calais ; wasnever examined

by searchers . Was sent to Rome fromSt Omers Desires to bean ecclesiastic

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IOHANNES AMIANNS ALIAS STARKEYUS

Anno domini 1601 die Octobris

1. Respondeo nomen meum esse Starkeyum, aetatisque meae hunc esse 31 m , locum nativitatis meae Hatton vocari in comitatu Cestrii a civitateipsa distantem miliaribus tribus quae domusetiam a paterna domo distat septem miliaribus . paterna vero domus a Cestrio duodecem† miliaribus , in quibus domibus fui in minoritate mea educatuset nutritus, per aliquod temporis spatium vitam degi Londini (cui loco veni postquam studuissem Salopii, Knutsfordi aliisque locis permultis , sillicet in domo Hatton, paternaque domo &c) in quibus locis et in universis meis studiis consumpsi duodecem † annos postea vero petivi Londinum iussu parentum ubi collocavit me per aliquod tempus pater meus servum mercatoris quia omnino fui levis et instabilis tamen parum mecum effecit, quam primum enim tempus erat elapsum cum maxima voluntate Heri fui missus in germaniam ut haberemprivilegiumaliquod ut mos est , quod cum accepi redivi in Angliam quia huiusmodi vita non valde arridebat mihi, et mansi aliquantisper cum patre meorure ut acciperemannuam annuitatem (ut ita dicam) quam cum primummihi eratconcessum decrevi visendi gratia petere Iherosolima venia a parentibus petita et a matre multis singultibus concessa ad iter suscincsi[?] me sed deo nolente me aethiopam lavare : orationibus et multis lachrimis a matre saepissime profusis deo cooperante catholicus fui factus, facto autem[?] catholico tamen porro[?] dsistebam† a priori proposito. parentes mei sunt nobiles pater schismaticus mater vero catholica . amicosfere omnes ignoro quia inter illos non fui multum versatus a iuvinilit mea aetate tamen unum avunculum habeo quem optime novi nobilem schismaticum iudicem confinium Walliae constitutum . fratres habeo tres me excepto, maiorem natu catholicum minorem natu schismaticum alterumpernitiosum, maiornatu duxit uxorem filliam Domini Brocci cuius locus appellatur madley catholicam . habeounicam sororemcatholicam non adhucnuptam.

2. Respondeoquando ultimo frequentavi scholas me didicisse gramaticum et terentium parum admodum profeci licet longum tempus consumpsi ut supra apparet :

3. Respondeo me semper esse corpore valido nec unquam (laus deo) notabiliter aegrotum animo tamen male semper valui tamen nunquam sensi dolorem antequam deus suis bonis instigationibus pulsavit ad cor meum :

4. Respondeo me extitisse haereticum spatio xxv annorum, me factum catholicum anno salutis 1595 (ut opinor) modus quo superius in prima responsione est dictus. me nihil adhuc passum. revocandum in memoriam est quod superius in prima responsione

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dixi me iturum Iherosolymam quo tempore sacerdotes mihi valde amici iterum atque iterumrogarent me ut irem duacum et studerem dantes mihi multa exempla eorum qui venientes nihil aut parum habuerint et in parvo tempore doctos evaserint, quod cum audivi fui contentus et feci, ubi cum veni Dominus praeses me valde humaniter tractavit et animavit me magnopereet constituit unum qui me doceret donec fuero idoneus ut aderem patres. postremo vero puncto puto non opus esse respondere.

5. Respondeo magno cum fervore me desiderareet prae omnibus vitae cursibus elligerevitam sacerdotalem, et hoc praeoculis semper affigo

alte scribere: timeo tamen verum dicere non pudeo :

SUMMARY

[377] STARKEY John, 30, born at Hatton, Cheshire , 3 miles from Chester, in a house 7 miles from his father's house, whichis 12 miles from Chester; was brought up in these houses ; studied there and elsewhere, including Shrewsbury and Knutsford, for about 12 years ; was then placed by his parents with a merchant in London ; was flighty; sent to Germany for a privilege ; returned discontented to England ; lived with his father in the country; on receipt ofan annuitydecidedto visit Jerusalem ; changedplansafterbecoming a Catholic through his mother's tears Is son of noble schismatic father and noble Catholic mother ; has one noble schismatic uncle on his mother's side, who is Judge of the Welsh Marches; has 3 brothers : the eldest a Catholic (son in lawto Mr BrookofMadeley), the next a schismatic, the third pernicious ; has one unmarried Catholic sister When last at school was reading grammar and Terence, with little profit. Has never been seriously ill Became a Catholic in 1595 after 25 years in heresy; was often urged by priest friends to studyat Douai ; at last agreed ; was welcomedby President and given a special tutor. Desires to be a priest.

[377 bis]

John Varder of London sonne unto William Varder Merchaunt ofthe same cittie Whoe hath bene brought up under his afforsayd Father William Varder all his lyff tyme in England and other placesin his affaires untill it pleased allmighti God of his great and Infint† goodnes to calle himfromthat hereticall Doctren and beleffe wich he hath allwayes bene Instructedin by his afforsaid Father. who at this tyme is lyving in the same Citti of London and beleaving the same herektall+ Doctrin

JOHN VARDER

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GULIHELMUS GWIN

Anno domini 1601 Octobris die 18

1. Ad huius capitis particulas successive , Respondeo primo me vocari (si tamen velimus sequi antiquum Britonum usum) Gulihel-

mum Howell Lewis Gwin, vel si hodiernum Gulihelmum Gwin : annos habentem 25 vel circiter, natum in parochia vocata, Llanbaier Gilgiden, in Comitatu Monmothiae, qua usque ad annum nonum educatus fui, hinc Abergavenniam missus biennio literis operam dedi, inde Lanarth, tum Bristolliam, demum Herefordiam , quibus in locis 5 annis literis incubui postea Oxoniam petii, qua denique iubente deo et annuente deipara Virgine Maria Collegium Duacenum, quibus in Academiis 7 vel 8 annis in studiis commoratus sum

2. Ad petitainhoc capite, Respondeo secundo meam conditionem necnobilem nec plebeiam esse, sed mediam, parentesenim inscribuntur yeomen (si utar patrio ritu) licet omnes praecipui amici ad unum fere inscribanturgenerosi, qui omnes cum in patria eram fuerunt divites ; praeterea tres mihi esse fratres, tres sorores, plurimos cognatos , ex quorum numero aliqui sunt catholici , reliqui schismatici , nulla namque (quantum scio) perversusextitit haereticus.

3. Huic tertio dico me in omnibus scholis usque dum Oxoniam veni, dedisse operam literis humanioribus, Oxoniae vero partim logicae partim rhetoricae ; duaci autem maiori cum fructu duobus annis studui logicae et physicae duobusetiam theologiae.

4. Cui quarto Respondeo me corpore et anima sanum agere, nec unquam infirmitatesvel morbos mihi obnoxios fuisse(corporeos inquam) una vel altera vice excepta idque per paucos dies

5. Respondeoquintome usqueadannum 20schismaticum fuisse, quo tempore opere et industria Patris Jaretti una cum Patre Walgrave catholicum effectum fuisse, quorum etiam auxilliot et consilio Londino duacum venisse, ibique in collegii Albumadmissum, inde denique Romam una cum aliis eiusdem collegii duaceni alumnis missum fuisse.

6. Respondeoultimo unicum meum propositum et desiderium esse amplecti vitam ecclesiasticamquam inter alias omnes elegi. †† finis laus Deo B.V.M. &c

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[378] GWIN William Howell Lewis, c 25, born in the parish of Llanbaier Gilgiden in Monmouthshire, brought up there until 8 ; then spent 2 years studyingletters at Abergavenny, and 5 years at Llanarth, Bristol and Hereford ; studied at the Universities of Oxfordand Douai7 or8 years Son of yeomenconnectedwith rich gentry; has 3 brothers and 3 sisters and many cousins, some Catholic, some schismatic, none heretical Studied humanities in his early schools, logic and rhetoricat Oxford, logic and physicsfor two years (withgreater success) and theology for two yearsatDouai Has never ailed more than a few days At 20 was converted from schism by Fr Gerard and Fr Waldegrave and sent from London to Douai, where he was admittedto the College and eventuallysent to Rome with other alumni . Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

18 October 1601

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JOHN BUTLER

thexix of October 1610

1. RespondeoNomenpatris esse , Albanie Butler ; matris, Grace; meum Iohannes ; patrem iam sexagessimum annum ; me vigessimum supravixisse; locum nativitatis, educationisqueper quinque annos Natby. deindedomum D. Andertoni ; ubi circitersexannos fui educatus; tumdomumDominiWestby[?], quadegebamquattuor velquinque annis ; postea Domum Domini Lathwyste [?] ; quibus in locis semper fere privatim studui ; nullum praeterea extra Lancastriae comitatumlocum inhabitasse.

2. Respondeo parentes ambos fuisse (ut aiunt) generosos ; conditionis satis opulentae dummatermea vixit ; nunc vero partim legum severitate, partim amicorum infidelitate; partim denique potentis cuiusdam iniuria patrem meum in pauperiorem statumesse redactum. Respondeo praeterea unum me habere fratrem; duas sorores. cognatos praecipuos Dominum Andertonum , Dominum Worthingtonum; Dominum Haddocke ; reliquos praetermitto affines (putativos[?] ut opinor) optimae familiae, quia non satis mihi liquido innotescit, quo consanguinitatis vinculo istae affinitates conglutinantur

3. Respondeo me semper humanioribus operam dedisse et quicquid in Angliaimperfecte et confuse tenuerim ; id totum melioribus instructus disciplinis Duaci, per triennium (cum mediocri ut opinor fructu) perfectius edidiscisset

4. Respondeo me firma multos per annos fuisse corporis valetudine, nisi quod duobus abhinc annis morbum contraxilatere dextro quocum graviter ad multum tempus afflictus fui ; nunc vere plane est diminutus.

5. Respondeome ab anno 7 usquead decimum aliquoties Haereticorum ecclesiam frequentasse. sedvix decimumattigi quinpaterno consilio informatus catholicus factus sum ; Respondeo praetereame cum Domino Byslao mare transfretasse, et Duuaci appulisse; eoque, iussu superiorum Romam pervenisse

6. Respondeo finem profectionis meae, studiorumque meorum esse ; semperquefuisse , dignitatem assequi sacerdotalem

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[379] BUTLER John, over 20, son of John (over 60) and Grace; bornat Natby and brought up there for 5 years ; spent 6 years at MrAnderton's house, 4 or 5 at Mr Westby's, and some time atMr Laythwaite's, all in Lancashire Son of gentry, rich during the lifetimeof his mother, but now impoverished by the severityofthe laws , the faithlessness of friends, and the ill-will of a certain person in power. Has 1 brotherand 2 sisters ; is related to MrAnderton, Mr Worthingtonand Mr Haydock. Studied humanities, privately and haphazardly, at the houses above mentioned ; re-learnt, with greater profit, during 3 years at Douai From 7th to 10th years sometimesattended heretical services ; when 10 becamea Catholic

at his father's suggestion Crossed to Douai with Mr Bisley ; has cometoRomeat superiors' orders Desires , and always has desired, tobe a priest.

[380 ] GEORGIUS FISHERUS FILIUS THOMAE FISHERI ET MAGDALENAE ASHTON 1601 18 Octobris

1. Annum ago decimum nonum vel circiter. natus sum et partim educatus Bartoni partim Steltoni ubi per tres circiterannos studui . Wisbeci vero dum inter sacerdotes inibi degentes versarer medium annum in studiis consumpsi Quod ad parentes attinet pater mediae sortis, mater nobilis secundum nobilitatem huius patriae, utrique schismatici Fratres habeo tres, duos catholicos , unum haereticum Sorores tres omnes haereticas

2. Humanioribus litteris hactenus operam dedi, in quibus etc.

3. Valetudo fuit bona vix ulla aegritudine intermixta

4. Quatuordecim annos inter haereticos versatus sum , demum mediantibus Sacerdotibus Wisbeci commorantibus ad meliorem frugem conversus , in Flandriam ad collegium Duacenum missus sum, ubi ecclesiae reconciliatus per quatuorannos studui, anuentibust demum collegii superioribus Romam veni.

5. Propositum et desiderium quod ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam, et collegii disciplinam observandam in animo semper habui, firmum adhuc et constansmanet et ut speromanebit

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[380] FISHER George, c 18, son of Thomas and MagdalenAshton, born and brought up at Barton, studied 3 years at Stilton and 6 months at Wisbech withthe priests Son of middle class schismatic father and noble schismatic mother ; has 2 Catholic brothers, 1 heretical brother, 3 heretical sisters Healthy. Converted by Wisbech priests after 14 years among heretics. Sent to Douaiand reconciled there ; sent thence, after 4 years study, to Rome. Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 18 October 1601

[381 ] Ad capita de admittendis particularia RICHARDI HUDLESTONI responsa 1602 [or: 1601]

1. Respondeo me Richardum Hudlston, Andreae Hudlston & Mariae Hutten filium ; vero nomine appellari ; annum decimum nonum attingentem ; natumdomi paternae Farringtonorum ; et ad annum usquedecimum ibidem educatum : parentum non tam nobilis, quam honesta prosapia; non illustris plane neutroversum ; nec plane obscura: sed ex antiqua satis propagine Hudlstonorum Huttenorumque. quam primumvero, annum undecimum (Nimemini male) ingredior, domesticos parietes egredior; Grarigiamque Westmerlandiae comitatu, studiorum ergo meliorum peto ; (elementa enim prima affaniasque pueriles dum sub parentum manu ,

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Lelandiae rudi admodum raucidoque labro dilabaram) operamque Thomae Sommers praeceptori catholico, quinque vel sex annis, fructu Parentum expectationi respondente dedi

2. Respondeo . carptim Parentum genus meumque in supra scriptis perstrinxi, cerosariumquesuperoffero me,sortem ultimam esse R. tres habere fratres unum in Hispania, duos in Anglia; sorores totidem ; omnes et has et illos, una excepta, Romanam decitantes fidem cognatos ex parte Patris Dominum Gulielmum Hudlston de castro Millanensi Hudlstonorum domo tuberativa Haereticum ; Edmundum Hudlston scismaticum, Henricum Edmundi haeredem (non fidei tamen) Catholicum, Peningtonos, haereticos; Katericos, catholicos, ex parte autem Matris agnatos Huttenos Dudleos Sandfordosque habere, et plures sed, brevitati consulens praetermitto, reliquis per saturam responsurus

3. Respondeout in praefatis me Lelandiae uberibus irrumatum; Grarigiae matthiis enutritum. Garstangiaedemum novercaeaconitis ablactatum ; plus minus biennio interquievisse et ad fructum spe et ad spem fructu.

4. Respondeoin Anglia, quatenus ad corpus, nunquam ; Duaci vero crustitie splenis inveterante, me valetudinarium aliquoties fuisse , nec penitus sanitatem, utcunque tamen, comparasse ad animam quod attinet quae inscitiahactenus propria, sentire vix ac ne vix quidem poteram, profundiore iam tactu resarcinata[?] vulnera persensi , medicinam facturus valentiorem.

5. Respondeome annum usque undecimum Haereticorum templa scismatice accessisse: commorans autem Grarigiae domumque Domini Francisci Duketi nobilis viri frequentans (a qua non adeo procul diurnabam ) hic in Ecclesiam Catholicam adscitus eram : uxorenim Dni Fi Duketi affinis meame Catholicum (eo quod Mater reliquique paene omnes) autumans, invitatum ad pascalia (ut meminem[?] sum[?])illic, cognatulis meis transigenda bis terve ad sacrum , ullamante peccatorum Fideique Homologesin, nescia admisit: nec ego et propter annos taliumque ignorantiam , adeo fuerim cordatus, ut, errorem meum ullatenus persentiscerem . posttriduum rogatus a Praeceptoribus an ullibi confessus essem; Nullibi : refero. eundi mentem, quaerunt ? annuo, properiterque ConfessariumReverendum Dominum Gulielmum Smitheum convenio, reconsilior, Deoque ac Beata Semper Virgine Maria adspirantibus, permansi, permanebo. Peste autem interibi quoquoversum increbescente gliscenteque ipse Andreasque Qui mihi in praefatis semper comes maior me natu frater domuitione revocamur hic annua fere studiorum interquies, cum Garstangiam meditullio Lancastriae civitatem , Praestoniamque distinentem mittor Satis unde impendii, compendii parum referens , litteris vix a limine salutatis revertor , etad collegium AudomarenseMatre innuente annuentequelibens cogitavi . quod et ante diu affectum sed variarum interpellatione rerum , ferens saepius repulsari sero at aliquando tandem effectum est eligitur Reverendus Dominus Burskeus qui nos ipse Londinum

conducens cum nauarchis rem tractaret. eius igitur consortio alteriusque SacerdotisSaterford cognominati Londinumventum est interea temporis dum in cubiculo conducto Gulielmi Woodruffii sartoris domusnon ignotae catholicorum frequentatione, versaremur , Dominus Burskeus Missam die SanctaeUrsulae celebraturus pridie cum Jacobo Duketonecessario suo convenerat, ut indumenta sacra , librum ceteraquesuppeditaret : promittitille, sed omittit : comisarius enim Londinensis, et quaestuosi illi quaestores, domum qua immorati fuimus tunc temporis, catholicos presbiterosque anquisituri circumdant noctis erat (ut Lipsius ille) meridies : irrumpunt huc illuc ituriunt, undequaque efflictim perruspantur, † Dominum Dobsonum apprehendunt ostia nostra obtundunt, nec in tanto noctis conticinio nobis audiuntur. sed fortean opportune responsumest, ab aedibus istis iam diu discessisse inquilinum praetereuntes igitur, excubias ipsi inferius agunt ; nos mane superius. sed utrimque frustrati nec enim exspectati nobis, nec illis advenere moramur, miramur visum tergiversationem inquirere. periculum fecit, et vere, sed inscius periculum fecit Frater meus Andreas excubitores securus transmittit J. Duketum adiit: quo stupore (fides numinum!) quo gaudio exceptus ! interrogare illi, narrare, demirari redit ipse meticulosius, tamen aeque securus , enarrat pertimescimus, gratulamur , subterfugimus Duketumque advenientes, perque hebdomadas sex immorantes, navim perstolamur Bronus enim mercator et quidem [m]ercurii extraportam capenam lymphae indiges, pridie antequam discederemus naulum acceperat qui captus interea nostris libertatem suam pecuniis praestinavit . hic autem obviam factus (J. Duketo procurante) Dominus Ioannes Williams iam Duaci Sacerdos, comitem se nobis adiunxit. qui cum A Reverendo Domino Hues[?] praesbitero incarcerato, collegii Duaceni Reverendo Praesidi Doctori Barreto commendatus esset : et nos subito Domini Burskei discessu nobis incognito, nec pecuniis nec commendationibus sufficienter instructos nosipsos existimantes, ut Audomarum aggrederemur, (quippe decem tantum libris Monetae Anglicanae ad manum, decem ante traditis Bruno) eo quod viginti sequentes non prae manibus essent . in maxima hac inter collegia herciscundia, Duacum versus cum ipso declinamus. in via autem fit obviam nescio quis Hanmerus Abevilio; servus Episcopi tunc defuncti : qui nos de collegio Duaceno certiores faciens ut in Hispaniam diverteremur suasit, et paene persuasit progredimur Duacum : collegium non ingredimur; vivitur expensis propriis in domo Procuratoris : quoad res in extrema, minimominus, tegula Hispanum iter e mente nobisdiruminarat. Praesidem adimus, rem aperimus, speculam coartualit[?] ille, nos admisitque quo in loco doctores illi ductoresque iuventutis, Societatis Iesu Patres, me hactenus suis doctrinae pietatisque viridariis atque myrothecis enutrivere.

6. Respondeo de quo tempore a domo paterna abituriebam ; ubi primum hoc menti meae propositum a Dei (ut spero) lumine&

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numine infusum ; hucusque nunquam effusum esse; nec, licet aliquantulumde primo devotionis fervore quandoque remisi, hanc unquam piam ad sacros ordines intentionem , propensionemque demisi

Istis omnibus propria manu subscribo 1601

RICHARDUS HUDLSTONUS alias PARKINSONUS

SUMMARY

[381] HUDLESTON Richard, alias Parkinson, c 19 ,, son of Andrew and Mary Hutton, born at his father's house at Farington, Lancs; brought up there until 9, studying elements at Leyland; when 10went to studyfor 5 or 6 years at Grayrigg , Westmoreland , under Thomas Somers, a Catholic ; recalled home with his brother Andrew because of plague; discontinued studies for over a year; lived at Garstang Son of middle class parents of ancient family ; has 3 brothers, 1 in Spain and 2 in England, all Catholics; has 2 Catholic sistersand 1 non-Catholic sister Hascousins onhisfather's side William Huddleston of Millom Castle, heretic ; Edmund Huddleston, schismatic, and Henry his heir, a Catholic ; the Penningtons, heretics; the Cattericks, Catholics Has cousins on his mother's side : the Huttens, Dudleys and Sandfords. Was healthy in England ; suffered from a splenetic disease at Douai Attended heretic churches until 10 ; became a Catholic during his stay at Garstang, while spending Easter at the house of Francis Duckett; was reconciled by Mr William Smith, priest. FromGarstang went to London en route for St Omers, with two priests, Burscough and Saterford In London stayed in the chamber ofWilliam Woodruff, tailor, in a house which was searched on the eve of St Ursula by the Sherriff of London, who arrested Mr Dobson Unmolested by the searchers , he went next day with his brotherAndrewto James Duckett (a kinsman of Burscough's, who had been asked to arrange forMass on St Ursula's day) and stayed withhim6 weekswaitingto sail. (The merchant, Brown, who wasto have secured them a place on a ship for £10 was arrested and bought his freedom with their money.) Being insufficientlyprovided with letters of recommendation, and havingnow only £10 of English money, he and Andrew , desertedbyBurscough, were persuadedto change their destination to Douai by one John Williams, who had a recommendation toDr Barrett, the President, from Mr Hughes, an imprisoned priest. Though urged to go to Spain by one of the Bishop's servants at Abbeville , they perseveredas far as Douai, and afterliving at their own expense at the Procurator's house untilreduced to penury, were admittedto the College bythePresident andeducatedbythe Jesuits Desires to be an ecclesiastic. 1601

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Proprium meum nomenest IohannesPlatteus

Annumiam vigessimum† tertium etatis† meae perfici Natus fui in vico quodam nuncupato Bucland sito in comitatu Berkes in domo matris meae paterna qui dicebatur Iohannes Yateus ortus ex Lifordiensi familia ubi pater Campianus captus fuit, et fuit filius senior etate† sui patris ex prima coniuge. Educatus fui primo Buclandiae donec decimusAnnus etatis† meae transactus fuit, iuxta quod tempus Oxoniam missus eram ubi in Communi schola collegii magdalensis annum cum medio et alteram partem istius anni cum Doctore Caseo insumpsi Reliquo tempore etatist mansi domi plerumque cum patre meo, interim in venando, accipitres sectando aliisque exertiist maxima ex parte cum aliis nobilibus versatus duobus tantum annis exceptis quorum primum cum domino Bridges Staffordiae sibi familiarisalterumvero in famulatu domini winsoris integrum et plus transegi &c. Pater meus nobilis seu ut in Angliadicimus generosus fuit habensa patre suo sibi possessiones relictas fere ad 500 libras per annum communiter estimatast, quas adversis fortunis et incomodist ob catholicam fidem a filiis et coniuge perpessis aliquantumdeminuit ita tamen ut iuxta statum suum unde bene vivat, sibi adhuc non desit Ipse semperfuit schismatuset contentus ut matermea sacerdotem secum continuo degentem haberet ; novem liberos tres scilicet fillios et sex fillias habuit, quorum sex sunt catholici, nomina praecipuarum domuum ubi solet inhabitare , sunt, Petwick, Chalowe, et Sparsholt et non procul inter se distantium et sibi fetiplaceos, yateos, hideos , aliasque praecipuas istarum partium familias , sanguineaffines et coniunctos habet, inter quos plures sunt catholici et religione bene affecti . &c.

Partim sub tutoribus et partim industriamea Latinum meiocriter+ potui aliquando intelligere tametsi longiore a libris vacatione non parum de illo oblitus sum. &c Sanitate corporis optima ab ineunte aetate mea fruitus sum et raro aegrotavi. &c. Nunquam haereticus aut Scismaticus fui post duodecimum annum aetatis meae, quando factus eram catholicus ope sacerdotis cuiusdem qui dicebatur Georgius Snappus, qui semper mansit cum domino Bridges superius nominato ubi postea apprehensus fuit.

Non alia de causa angliam reliqui, quam ut manus hereticorum effugerema quibus paulo ante captuseram, quod contioni catholicae cum aliis nobilibus interfuissem, et iter meum versus Lotaringiam primo incepi ut in ibi aliquantulum immoratus experientia et linguarum peritia mihimetipsi proficerem, ubi deo ita disponente hanc vocationem ecclesiasticamvitam in posterum subeundi primo habebam illinc vero Lorettam pia peregrinatione profectus eandem cum meipso Beatissimet Virgini generali prius confessione a patre Talbettoexpiatus in sacello suo devota obtuli et ex illo tempore nihil magis desideravi quam ut in hoc collegium admissus eandem

perficerem firmiter mecum statutus omnes regulas et instituta collegii diligenterobservare

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[383] PLATT John, 23, born at Buckland, Berks, in thehouseofhis maternal grandfatherJohn Yate (who was eldest son ofthe family of Lyford where Campion was taken) ; brought up there until 10 ; spent eighteen months with Dr Case at Magdalen College school; sincethen has lived at home with his father, hunting and hawking, except for a year with Mr Bridges at Stafford and over a year in theservice ofMrWindsor (His father, a schismaticnobleman, inherited £500 a year, now diminished through ill fortune and the recusancyofhisfamily; he allowed his wife to keep a priest permanently He lives mainly at Petwick, Challow and Sparsholt ) Has2 brothers and 6 sisters; is related to the Fettiplaces, the Yates , the Hydes etc., who are mainly Catholics Through long absence from books has forgotten the Latin he learnt from tutors. Always healthy. Converted to Catholicism at 12 by George Snape, a priest who always lived with the Bridges and was later arrested there. Was arrestedfor attendinga Catholic sermon; fledfrom England to Lorraine; there felt a call to the ecclesiasticallife ; made a pilgrimage to Loreto and there confessed all his sins to Fr Talbot

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Nomen Fredericus Bentleyus, Patris Edwardus, matris Catharina . Aetatis Viginti annorum die 25° Aprilis praeterito qui est Divo Marco sacer

Natus in Anglia, in comitatu Darbiensi, in domo quae Bentley nuncupatur satis procul ab ullo oppido sita

Educatus in Anglia apud parentes usque ad annum aetatis meae duodecimum. hac aetate in Belgium veni, ubi quatuor annis in collegio Anglorum Audomarensi humanioribus literis operam dedi Inde Duacum profectus tres annos in collegio Anglorum moratus sum . primumannumRhetoricae postremos duos Philosophiae studio impendi in humanioribus exiguum, in Philosophia nullumplane fructum feci

Honesto loco natus, Parentes nobiles, Catholici, iniuria temporum ad tenuiores fortunas redacti Praecipui amici et cognati nobiles, aliqui Catholici, alii Haeretici Fratres habeo quatuor, sororessex catholicos omnes

Valetudine satis prospera sex annis, septimo adversa prorsus et infaelici usussum . ut tamen ex Belgio in Angliamredii (ubi trium mensium, cognatorum visendorum, sanitatisque recuperandae causa moram feci) per Dei favorem pristinas vires recuperasse , sanumque, valentemque me factum esse comperi. Baptizatus, et educatusper Deigratiam in Eclesia† catholica semperfui Londino ad oppidum quod Gravesende dicitur veni, inde solvens , Caletum

ope mercatoris schismatici absque omni difficultate perveni Caleto Bruxcellas, Bruxcellis directa via quadraginta dierum itinere Romam veni

Propositi , ad vitam Ecclesiasticam adhuc incertus plane et indeterminatussum, paratus illum vitae statum sequi quem Dominus Deus menti inspirabit

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[384] BENTLEY Frederick, 20 last St. Mark's day, son of Edward and Catherine, born at Bentley, Derbyshire ; brought up there until 11 ; spent 4 years at St. Omers and 3 years at Douai, onein Rhetoric and two in philosophy, making no progress . Son of impoverished noble Catholic parents, of a family part Catholic and part heretical Has 4 brothers and 6 sisters all Catholics. Suffered ill health in his 7th year abroad, returned to England for 3 months and recovered Always a Catholic. From London travelledwithout difficulty via Gravesendto Calais, with the aid of a schismatic merchant ; from Calais went to Brussels , and from Brussels direct to Rome in 40 days Has not decided to be an ecclesiastic

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1. Nomine proprio Robertus Griffithe dicor Patris nomen Ioannes dicitur ; MatrisMabella AnnoDomini 1602 novendicem† fui annorum . quinque annos Audomari, reliquum vitae tempus saepius Londini consumpsi.

2. Mediae sortis uterque parens fuit; quorum praecessores variis fortunae casibus a quinquagintist annis agitati, magnam bonorum suorum iactura fecerunt adhuc tamen si sua omnia possiderent sufficiens erit pro iis qui supersunt Propinquorum autem aliquorum fortunae maxime sufficiunt Aliqui tamen in obscuris minime nati, qui et fortunae bonis alios omnes, suorum temporum, amicos antecedebant; in paupertate versantur Maxima autem pars vel iam Catholici, vel futuri Sorores tres et omnes Catholicae, Fratres duos habeo, quorum unus, Catholicus est, alterum spero futurum.

3. Latinaesermonisfundamentis Audomariquinque fere annos , operam dedi Retoricae tamen scientiam non adidici.

4. Prosperam fere semper valetudinem habui. Duorum aliquando dierum spatio (idque non saepius) morbo calculario laborare soleo, qui decem annorum circulo valetudinarium laborantem patris fuit exitum et finis. Aliquando dolore capitis propter visus defectum exagitor.

5. Ad decimum usque annum semperHereticus amore tamen matris, patrisque Gareti navitatein Ecclesiamreceptusfui : eiusque opere et consilio in transmarinas partes eram missurus annos tunc temporis undecim habens ; in quo itinerefui interceptus, cum post

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tres menses , pristinam mihi amici libertatem (hac conditione) acquisiverunt, se videlicet quinque centa libra legalis Anglicanae monetae daturos cum primum (sine venia) patriam relinquerem. Attamen post annum Audomarum veni Illinc Hispaniam post annosquinque petens, in Anglorummanus incidi, qui viginti septimanis mare incolenstandem Plimothio me deduxerunt. ubi Gorge (illius loci gubernator) vana spe ductus mihi post medium annum libertatem dedit, non tamen ut amici vel propinqui unquam sine venia me viderent Sed post decolationem Essexii Commitis ,† Gorgius ipsemet in vinculis fuit coniectus; et Insula cum Castello quo praeerat, simulque omnia ipsius bona, Reginae fuerunt confiscata ubi me denuo in custodiam dedere , dicentes se non posse neque velle mihi libertatem donare nisi Ecclesiam adirem ; sic post mensemcum iamomnia paccatat essent, ad ExetrensemEpiscopum me miserunt, qui me in commune carcer mittendum opinabatur: tamen cum causam detentioni meae illi retulissem , simulque intellexisset me nunquam in communi custodia a Gorgio (intimo illius amico) fuisse coniectum, pollicitus est mihi ut supra ; si secus facerem, ad locum communemcoramIudicibus, et prius ad carcerem , me esse ducendum aiebat A quo impetravi ut donec litteras a Gorgio reciperet, me in domo sua deteneret, idque maxime quoniam septuaginta decem milliaria ab ullo amico distabam, nullumque esse qui necessitatibusmeis succurret valeret sed si hocnon condescendere vellet, oravi ut mihi pecunias saltem (sine quibus in carcere vivere non valeret) mutuo daret Sic primum obtinui et in domo illius mansi ; (qui et Schismaticusest, omnesque amiciillius Catholici sunt) ubi post diem primum de nomine me rogare cepit, cognoscensque patrem, libenter me demissurum aiebat, seque velle post paululum temporis pollicitus est : et cum pecuniasa parentibus pro itinere recepissem, humaniter me demisit . Reliquum tempus in visitandis amicis consumpsi, quindecim nempe menses . vero Patrem Bernardinum Gardner adivi , qui tunc temporis pater meus spiritualisfuit ; quique mihi dixit si Hispaniam vel Romam petere vellem, se litteras curaturum vell a patre Garnet ; vel ab Archipresbitero Itaque aliquorum auratorumequitum litteras procurans (quibus me Parisiis iturum ad legatum dixi) Romam veni. Postea

6. Ecclesiasticam vitam aliam omnem antecellerefirmiter teneo et credo, in eaque pro viribus (Dei gratia cooperante) me progressurum sincere polliceor tt

SUMMARY .

[385] GRIFFITH Robert, 19, son of John and Mabel; spent 5 years at St Omers, otherwise has lived mainly in London. Son of middle class parents, whose family have been losing property through ill-fortune for 40 years. (Some of the family are rich, others now poor; most are Catholics or prospective Catholics .) Has 3 sistersCatholics, 1 Catholic brother and 1 prospectiveCatholic brother . Has learnt Latin for5 yearsat St.Omers, butnotrhetoric

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Suffers sometimes , for 2 days at a time, from the stone, which killed his fatherafter 10 years as an invalid; suffersfromheadaches through bad eyesight. A heretic until 9, then converted by his motherand Fr. Gerard, who sent him oversea when 11. Captured on the way, was released after 3 months, on condition that his friends bound themselves to pay £500 if he should ever leave the country without permission. Reached St. Omers a year later. Was captured by Englishmen 5 years later when on the way to Spain ; was put ashore at Plymouth after 20 weeks at sea. Was released by governor Gorges upon condition 6 months later; was re-imprisoned when Gorges was arrested and deprived of his goodsat the death of the Earl of Essex ; was transferred a month later to the house of the Bishop of Exeter, who eventually released him . After 15 months spent in visiting friends, went to Fr. Bernadine Gardiner, who offered to obtain him letters from Fr Garnettor the Archpriest for Spain or Rome. Obtained letters from certain knightson pretextof visiting the Ambassadorat Paris, and then came to Rome Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

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1. Ego Eduardus Williamsonus Eduardi Williamsoni filius. Viginti Duo sum annorum circa festum Nativitatis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae nuper elapsum. In comitatu Lancastriae et natus , et educatus; Woltoniae studui ; quam prope villam, donec ad Anglorum collegium Duaci me contulerim , vixi.

2. Parentes mediae sunt sortis, divitiis satis affluentes. praecipue vero amici hi sunt, Eduardus Pendleton, Robertus Baylie. Gulielmus Williamson . Ioannes Williamson: quorum Eduardus Pendleton est valde dives, caeteri mediocres . Omnes , et parentes, et amici sunt Catholici , praeter Ioannem Williamson , qui est haereticus. fratressunt mihi Tres, tresque sorores .

3. In Anglia decem, vel undecim annos scholas frequentavi , parum tamen studuiparvum progressumfeci ; nisi quod quotidiana lectio ususque audiendi alios aliquid attulerit in literis profectus. Duaci Sintaxi, Poesi, Rhetoricaeque studui ; in quibus nisi in initio Sintaxeos non sensi magnam (laus deo) difficultatem.

4. In Anglia prospera valetudine corporis semper usus fui, nisi quod semel per medium fere annum febribus laborarim Duaci statim post adventum eo tanto capitis dolore afficiebar, ut pene omnes, (quis tamen fuit dolor, aut quomodo mihi accidit ignoro) de vita mea desperarent sed Dei auxilio sanitatem recuperavi ; ex eoque tempore aliquando dolorem capitis, corporisque debilitatem persensi Animae vero aegritudinem nullam.

5. Catholicus fui semper quamvis malus ; ut ad collegium Anglorum Duaci me referrem pater Garretus, patet Hunt, pater Fordes, pater Lambe aliique Sacerdotes mihi persuadebant pater etiam naturalis eorum audiendo consilium non me impediebat.

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Sic Duacum versus me contuli , sed in itinere captus, et in carcere quinque, vel sex diebus detentus posteaad parentesredire cogebar cum quibus aliquandiu manens iteruminceptum semel iter suscepi ; Duacum perveni, in collegium receptus fui, et inde a Domino Doctore Worthintono collegium AnglorumDuaci Rectore Romam missus .

6. Vitam meecclesiasticam(si deo placuerit , bonumque superioribus meis visum fuerit) acturum propono.

SUMMARY

[386] WILLIAMSON Edward, 22 last 8th September, son of Edward , born and brought up in Lancashire ; educatedat Woolton , where he lived until his departure for Douai Son of rich middle class parents; is kinsman of Edward Pendleton, Robert Bailey, William Williamson , and John Williamson , all rich men ; has 3 brothers and 3 sisters ; has Catholic parents and kinsfolk, except for John Williamsonwho is a heretic. Attendedschool 10 or 11 years with little profit ; studied syntax, poetry and rhetoric at Douai, with easeexcept for the beginning of syntax Once suffered from feversfor half a year in England ; on arrivalat Douaisuffered froma pain in the head which made all despair of his life. Since his recovery continues to feel headaches and weakness of body Always a Catholic ; was persuaded to go to Douai by Frs Gerard, Hunt, Forde, Lambe and other priests ; was captured on the way and imprisoned for 5 or 6 days before being sent back to his parents Later tried again and reachedDouai safely Was sent to Rome by Dr Worthington, Rector of Douai Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[387]

1. Verum nomen Edwardus Webb xxvii aut circiter agens annum natus Witherfeild in comitatu Suffolci ; eoque in loco usqueaddecimum septimum aetatis annum educatus. quotempore me ad Londinum contuli: ubi quatuor fere annos prentice cum Hugo Peake[?] Silkeman[?] consumpsi parentes, amicique ex media sorte hominum divitiis mediocriter affluentes, fratres sunt duo, duaequesorores, quarum una (ut audivi) est catholica Parentes, caeterosque amicos praecipuos, scismaticos esse opinor: praeter unicam amitam, quae catholica permanet.

2.† Quatuor fereannos litteris operamdedi, in quibus satislentum (meo quidem iudicio) feci progressum .

3. Valitudine (laus deo) plerumque fui usus secunda ; nisi Londini , ubi nonnihil laboravi adversa. animae morbis nimis diu detentus, sed per dei gratiam peritissimorumque medicorum opem omnes sanatos esse, meque in praesentia, quae dei est gratia, bona animae valitudine uti, et (deo favente) usurum confido.

4. Haeretico more viginti tres annos in Anglia vixi, inde per patrem fludd ex Societatis Iesu in Belgium missus atque ibi per

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Reverendum Doctorem Webb patrum meum reconciliatus, ubi usque ad adventum, sum commoratus pro fide vero Catholica nihil umquam passus. 5.† Vitam ecclesiasticamagere summopere auspico

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[387] WEBB Edward, c 26, born at Withersfield , Suffolk, and brought up there until 16 ; apprenticed for 4 years to Hugh Peake, "Silkeman" . Son of middle class, fairly rich, schismatic family; has 2 brothers and 2 sisters , one of whom is a Catholic, and one Catholic aunt. Studied letters 4 years, making slow progress . Healthy except for one illness in London After living in heresy 23 years in England was sent to Belgium by Fr FloydS.J. andthere reconciled by his uncle, Dr Webb; has lived there ever since. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

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Ego Gulihelmus Caldwallus parentibus Gulihelmo et Elisabetha, Burtonia super Trentam oppido Staffdi natus ibique maxima ex parte literiseducatus, circiterannumaetatis meae 16umOxoniam studendi gratia missus fui ; ubi primo Universitatis , deinde Mertonensi collegio versatus; gradumque Bacchalaureatus adeptus, studioquodam et desiderio alias regiones videndi commotus, insciis parentibus, praecipuisque amicis, perigrinarit mecum institui Accepta igitur commodiori mare traiiciendi occasione, Caletum primo , deinde Duacum veni ; ibi loci per aliquod tempus cum Reverendo Patre Smitheo Societatis Iesu, aliisque collegii Anglicani eruditissimis viris versatus, ad secundumpost mensem Vallesoletum in Hispaniaappuli, ubi in Collegium receptusfui Iam vero statim aderat tempus, quo iuramentum Ecclesiasticos ordines recipiendi, alumnis futuris suscipiendumfuit ; ipse vero, vitaemeae rationem non ita tunc temporis instituens, ac tali suscipienti necesse est , superiorum licentia e Collegio discessi. In Patriam vero reversus haud multo post, firmiori proposito, saniorique (summo dei favore) mente imbutus, impetratis in hunc finem primo ex Anglia, eaquede causa litteris, huc veni Parentum sors conditioque mediocris est , similiter etiam plurimorum paterni sanguinis amicorum ; unum solummodo patruumhabeo ex praecipuis amicisCatholicum Robertum Caldwellum generosumpatris fratrem natu maximum, caeteri omnessunt haeretici ; amici ex parte matris nobilessunt, ex quibus praecipui Gu : Moultonus Armiger et eius frater Robertus Moult. et Iohannes Crockerus armiger haeretici vero omnes, hunc ultimum habeopatruum solummodo ex parte matrissuae non vero patris. Cum ipse ab incunabulis ita inter haereticos parentes et amicos institutus atque educatus fui, ut neque quicquam unquam de Catholica religione accepissem vel audivissem; ab illa mea citra

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voluntatem amicorum ex patria discessione prima mihi conversionis orta est occasio , ut inde ego maiorem divinae soliuserga meintantis animae meae periculis, bonitatis agnoscam semper favorem , quod dum ipse, relictis amicis nescio quo ruerem, misericors deus ansam mihi praebuit et tandem gratiam, quo illis desertis haeresiarum laqueis adhuc irrititis† et deceptis, Aegyptiacis illis tenebris ereptus sua causa huc venirem. Nihil pro fidememoria dignum passus fui, patris solummodominas , qui paulo ante discessum meum iam ultimum ex Anglia, dum existimabat non vero pro certo habebat me fuisse Catholicum dixit se ,si ita reverame inveniret, me statim haereditatis iure privaturum; quam quidem minime, meliorem tamen alibi spero.

GULIHELMUS CALDWALLUS .

SUMMARY

[388] CALDWELL William, son ofWilliam and Elizabeth , bornat Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, and educated there for the most part ; sent to Oxfordwhen 15, member first ofUniversityCollege, then ofMerton ; B.A.; unknown to his parents went to Calais and Douai out of a desire to travel ; made friends with Fr Smith S.J.; 2 months later arrived at Valladolid and was received into the College; later left it, with permission, because of unwillingness to take theoath to receiveOrders ; made up his mind on return to England and has come to Rome with letters of recommendation. Son ofmiddleclass family, all heretics except for his father's eldest brother Robert Caldwell ; has noble kinsmen on his mother's side: William Moulton, his brother Robert Moulton, and John Crocker. Knew nothing of Catholicism before his departure from England. (His father, before his last departure from England, suspecting him to be a Catholic, threatened to deprive him of his inheritance.)

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[390]

[No Responsa extant]

1. Vero nomine appellor Matthias Wilsonus Annum complevi 20m in festo Sancti Matthiae proxime elapso Natus sum in Northumbria, in loco cui nomen Catchburne In studio literarum fui semper educatus.

2. Parentibus honestis natus sum Fratrem, sororem, cognatum qui inter ecclesiam catholicam sit habeo neminem, praeter unum qui patris sororem duxit, quam puto Catholicum : Reliqui sunt ut vulgus in Anglia solet esse , excepto fratre natu maximo qui haeresi adhaeret.

3. In Angliaoperam dedi literis humanioribus. Duaci Philosophiam absolvi ; quo fructu aliorum iudicium esto.

4. Fui semper morbis per intervalla obnoxius, ita tamen ut

studiis aliisque animi corporisque exercitationibus sat temporis ac virium concederetur.

5. Opera cuiusdam catholici amici Duacum missus sum, ibique ecclesiae Catholicae aggregatus.

6. Cupio ecclesiasticamagere vitam.

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[390] WILSON Matthias, 20 last St Matthias' day, born at Catchburn, Northumberland . Son of respectable parents ; has no Catholic kinsfolk except his father's sisters husband. ("The rest are as most people usually are in England, except for my eldest brother who cleaves to heresy".) Studied letters in England and completed philosophy at Douai Suffered from occasional sicknesses, but has always had time and strength for study. Was sent to Douai by a Catholic friend, and there reconciled Desiresto be an ecclesiastic

[1603]

[391] [No Responsa extant]

[392]

Ego Iohannes Yattus generosus filius Edovardi Yatti de Bokeland in comitatu Barks[?]: Armigeri in catholica fide nunc discessi; et frater EdovardiYatti Armigeri in catholica fide nunc viventis: natus in domoGeorgii Giffordii equitis auratiin comitatuGlocestriae appellata Weston : educatus partim domi in Rure, partim apud Alexandrum Brettum catholicum Avunculummeum armigerum in comitatuSomerseti: partim in Academia Oxoniensi apud studium in collegio Magdalensi: partim apud Georgium Giffordum avunculum meum praedictum in Londino : pro reliqua aetatis meae parte foras in bello partim in Hollandiapartim in Hungaria et nuper ab Hungaria Lorettamversus religionis causa discessus posteaque Romam : testor et sine fictione affirmo omnia in hoc scripto inserta esse verissima et sub iuramento meo data et pro veritatis confirmatione manu propriasubsignata.

By me JOHN YATTE

[Endorsed 1604]

SUMMARY

[392] YATE John, gentleman, son of the late Edward Yate of Buckland , Berkshire, a Catholic ; born at Weston, Gloucestershire (the house of his uncle Sir George Gifford), brought up at home and with his Catholic uncle Alexander Brett in Somersetshire; also at Magdalen College, Oxford, and with Sir George Gifford in London ; has fought in the wars in Holland and Hungary; came from Hungaryto Loretofor devotions' sake, and thenceto Rome .

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[393]

1. Vocor Ioannes Iacsonus, annum iam ago 22m et tres menses , natus Londini ibique usquead annum 9m. vel decimum educatus.

2. Patris nomen ThomasIacsonus, cives Londinensis, haereticus, mortuus est, nupsit Mater mea quendam nobilem vocatum Nicholaum Comptonum, Lincolniensem , sororemhabeounam haereticam, nullos habeoamicos vel cognatosCatholicos ut scio .

3. Literis incubui Londini usque 9. vel 10m. annum, et postea villa Sancti Albani per tres vel quatuor annos, ubi Virgilium, Palnigerum , comentar Caesaris et Graecis literis ingressus studiis vacuit, moriente patre

4. Bene valeo, (deo, beataequevirgini gratias) nequesentio ullo me morbo laborantem, neque laboravi per quinque annos elapsos, quod in febrim incidi

5. Mortuo patre Eboracum petii cum quodam Iurisperito cui largita est materpecuniasut per biennium vel triennium me educaret, et vacationibus Terminorum rudimentis Legum Angliae instrueret. Illo Londini existente, movebantur iurgiainterme et fratrem suum Iuniorem ,quocirca (post tres menses ibi transactos) ad matrem redire statui, quibus auditis , frater suus aetate maximus (nam et tres erant) tantummecumagitabat ut Mansioni suae simul periximus+ donec rediret frater, ubi tunc permansafuit nobilis quaedam virgo Catholica, nuper illuc adventa, quacum sepet sermocinans, de fide Catholica multa mihi percontanti dubia refellebat alia aliqua pro tempore illo omisimus, quoniam dixerat se post unum vel alterum diem ad Avitam suam prope habitantem accessuram quae mea dubia removeret, quacum allocuta multa protulit probabilia, de iisque quae tractavimus mihi videbatur a ratione dissentire ; ex cognitione autem fratris Reverendi Patris Patris Wright, opiniones illas reliqui; Cum autem hinc discessi deditmihi nobilis illa, Rosarium, officium Beataevirginiset Psalterium Iesu. Alteram cognovi feminam prope nos habitantem , quae soror fuit dominae Clytherow , devotissimam catholicam et multa de Sacerdotibus proferret, ubi vero moram traxere dicere noluit quoniam ut referrebat valde iuvenis fui et tempora periculosa Comunicantibus demum omnibus domesticis, renui ego, affirmans tenuitatem meam non capacemtam gravissimi misterii† Urgentibus autem ; iuvenes annum agentes decimum tertium capaces esse; penitus recusavi donec unum vel alterum annum transactum, Quibus (inquit Iurisperitus) timeo quod inveniam te iuvenem Papistam, et interrogans ubi talem habui librum, dixime inter alios emisse ex curiositate solummodo; Ille autem Redibis ad Londinum, et amplius non audivi donecredibam.1

Intelligens autem quod Seminarii fuere partibus transmarinis ubi alebantur Catholici iuvenes ut apud Duacum etc. et audiensReverendum Doctorem Worthingtonum ibi praefuisse, quaesivi unde

¹Inthe margin is written "Officium quod perdideram"

literas illi peterem, nullos inveni qui cognovissentpreterquam quendam nominis sui et cognatum sibi habitantem in domo Northamptoniae in quadam villa vocata Brikesworth[?] ubi hospitium exercebat; ad domum suamaccessi tanquam hospitem, et multa de longeab illo percontatus, tandem inveni illum vix faciem suam agnoscere, sed bene et novit et audivit illum Duaci prefuisse .† Revertens autem mecum statui (beatissima virgine adiuvante) Duacum petere, et ad villam Sancti Albaniaccedens ubi commoravit quidam cognatus meus, apud eum querebam de duritia Matris et petens ab eo pecuniasad quosdamusus, largitusest mihi duosAngelos aureos, et mutuo dedit quadraginta solidos , quibuscum ego hillarist discessi .

Londini existente curavi solummodo fugam inire, et quaedam necessaria mecum portare quibus paratis ad Portum Billingesgate pergo, discessa autem Navicula cogebarillam noctem permanereet primo mane in aliam descendere, sed circa horam decimam noctis invenitme pater meus in hospitio fecitque utsecumdomi revertebar. Postea ad alium Iurisperitum progressus sum per tres menses vel circiter ut exinde ad Aulam Reginet cum quodam nobili per unum mensum et dimidium commoratus. Exinde cum quodam nobili Comitatus Warwiciensis unum annum et dimidium vel circiter vixi cui inserviebant tres Catholici nuper attendentes Illustrissimum Baronum Vaux et eodem temporem attigi cognitionem cuiusdam domini Valentii Lincolniensis hospitii Catholici quocum sepissime versatus, permultum mihi profuit in fide Catholica . Iterum Londinum redeo, post tres menses Aulam Reginae tendo , ubi post duos fere annos commoratus cum quodam nobili ; ex sua et aliorum tam Illustrissimorum quam nobilium virorum intercessione , ad Illustrissimum Angliae Legatum Parisiis residentem perveni, qui Mense Decembris ultimi praeteriti in Angliam cum tribus Catholicis et aliis me remisit.

Decembris, Ianuarii et pars Februarii mensibustransactis in Galliam redeo, et post unum mensem vel circiter videlicet ix die Aprilis accepit confessionem meam quidam dominus Ioannes Ley, sacerdos Hibernius , et confessor ordinarius in Ecclesia Divi Severini ; Quo confessione audita, ad Illustrissimum Sanctitatis suae Nuntium Parisiis residentem accessi qui me ab haeresi absolvit et literis suis ad illustrissimum Cardinalem Burghesium ex mea parte scriptis, huic urbi perveni

6. Et deo et mecum (opitulante Iesu et beatissima matre) proposui, sibi primum inservire gratiasque maximas agere, pro infinitis suis beneficiis in me indigne collatis, cumquead nominis sui gloriam et aliorum in Patria nostra conversionem idoneus reperiar sacros suscipere ordines

SUMMARY

[393]JACKSON John, 221, son ofThomas (ahereticalLondoner now dead) and his wife (now married to a Lincolnshire nobleman named

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Nicholas Compton), born in London and brought up there until 8 or 9 ; studied letters there and at St Albans for 3 or 4 years, reading Virgil, Palniger[?], Caesar's commentaries and the rudiments of Greek ; abandoned studies on the death of his father. Has one heretical sister, no Catholic kinsfolk. Healthy, except for a fever 5 years ago. On the death of his father was sent to be educated for 2 or 3 years bya lawyerat Yorkwhom his mother had paid to teach him the rudiments of English Law during vacations. Quarrelled with the lawyer's brotherwhile the lawyer wasabsent in London ; was persuaded by a third, elder, brother not to return home but to remain in his house until the lawyer's return There met a noble Catholic girl ; was impressed by her discussion of religion and answers to his difficulties; on his departure accepted from her a rosary, an Office of the B.V.M. and a Jesus Psalter. Made the acquaintance also of the sister of Mrs Clitherow, who told him much about priests, but refused to reveal their whereabouts because, as she said, he was young and the times were dangerous "Finally all in the house joined in, but I refused, saying that my tender years were not of sufficient capacity for so serious a mystery. They replied that 12-year-olds had sufficient capacity; but I refuseduntil a year or two should be passed. 'By which time' said the lawyer 'I fear that I shall find you a young Papist' ; and when he askedmewhere I had got sucha book I said thatI had bought it among others purelyout ofcuriosity. He said 'Youwillgobackto London'and I heardnomoreuntilIwentback . "

Hearing ofthe seminariesoversea , and learning thatDr. Worthington was president of Douai, he attempted to obtain lettersofrecommendation, but could find nobody who knew him Stayed at Brixworth,Northamptonshire , at aninn kept by a cousin and namesake ofDr. Worthington; but discoveredthat theinnkeeperscarcely knew his cousin's face. Decided nevertheless to go to Douai ; received no support from his mother ; obtained a gift of 10 gold angelsand a loan of40 shillings froma cousin atSt.Albans Having collected necessaries at London wentto Billingsgate, but missedthe boat and had to stayin an inn overnight waitingfor another ; was discovered by his father at the tenth hour of the night and taken home Lived for 3 months with another lawyer, and a monthand a half at Court with a certain nobleman; spent a year and a half withaWarwickshire noblemanwho had 3 Catholic servantswho had previouslybeen in service with LordVaux Madetheacquaintance ofa Catholic , Mr. Valence of Lincoln's Inn, who was a great help in religious matters Returned to London, and three months later went toliveat Court withanoblemanfor about 2 years; washelped byhim and other notablesto reachParis ; was sentbacklast December by the English Ambassador there, along with 3 Catholics and others Returned to FranceafterspendingDecember, January,and part of Februaryin England ; confessed his sins on 9 April to Mr. John Lee, an Irish confessor in the church of St. Severin ; was

absolved from heresy by the nuncio at Paris, who gave him letters to Cardinal Borghesein Rome. Desires to receiveOrders .

[394] [No Responsa extant]

1603

[395]

1. Vocor Iacobus Worthingtonus aetas annorum sedecim et paulo plus eo Ortus e provincia Angliae Lancastria. pueritiam ibidem, adolescentiamcontrivi in Belgis.

2. Pater obiit catholicus superstite matre Dorothea item catholica. fratres superstites quinque omnino habeo. sorores quatuor. propinqui cognati complures catholici haeretici avunculi duo et duae amitae de caeteris non possum dicere .

3. Prima latinae linguae elementa in solo patrio reliquos progressus hactenusfeci in Belgio Audomari

4. Numquam quod sciam graviterlaboravi febres interdum tamen , et fluxus ventris semel satis importunus praeterea magnopere nihil.

5. Ab ortu sempercatholicus

Equidem quod ad reliquum vitae cursum pertinet, in animo mihi est Deofavente ad ea me munia comparare, quae intelligo his, quiin hoc collegio ad virtutem doctrinamque erudiuntur, proposita ad augustissimum dico Sacerdotii fastigium . ††

Ad maiorem Dei virginisque matrisgloriam .

SUMMARY

[395] WORTHINGTON John, 16 plus, born in Lancashire & brought up there until he knew Latin rudiments ; studied at St. Omers Son of Catholic parents (the fatherdead, the mother called Dorothy) ; has 5 survivingbrothers and 4 sisters, and manykinsfolkmainly Catholics ; has 2 heretical uncles and 2 heretical aunts. Never seriously ill ; has sufferedfromfeversandonce from dysentery. Alwaysa Catholic Desires to be apriest.

[396]

1. Vocor Henricus Clyffus, annum iam ago 18um et fere quatuor menses natus Londini ibique educatus.

2. Patris nomen est Ioannes Clyffus, cives Londinensis haereticus vivus est fratres habeo duos et sorores quinque omnes haereticas multos habeo amicos et cognatos e quibus tres solum sunt Catholici (videlicet) Georgius Blackwell Archiprebitert, Elizabetha WilfredauxorGulielmi Blakwelliqui publicus est notarius Episcopo Londinensis et avunculus ; et Ioannes Clyffus cognatus

3. Literis incubui Londini usque12um vel 13um annum et postea Collegio Sancti Petri Westmonasteriensi per unum annum ubi

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Virgilium Ovidium Metamorphoses et Ciceronis orationes legebam , graecisetiam literis ingressus , studiis vacuit, schola relinquente.

4. Bene valeo (Deo beataeque virgini gratias) neque sentio ullo memorbo laborantem neque laboravi per quatuorannos elapsos.

5. Per tres annos elapsos cum quodam Iurisperito de Scaccario habitavi cui largitus est pater pecunias ut rudimentis legum Scaccarii me instrueret in quo tempore Ioannes Clyffus qui (ut ante dixi) cognatus fuit, et Catholicus : multos libros de Catholica fide tractantes, mihitradidit, quibus iam lectis, statimfui Schismaticus, imoet in pectore Catholicus, deinde etiam illius opera avunculum meum Georgium Blakwellcognoviquem (ut cognovi) magistrum reliqui, eius tamen consilio, et cum illo unum mensem et dimidiumvelcirciter vixi : quo tempore, confessionem meamgeneralemquidam Dominus Fletcher sacerdos accepit, et postea licentia avunculi in has partes perveni.

6. Iam vero Deo omnino servire decrevi, quacumque conditione maiestati suae visumfuerit, et ingentesilli gratias agere, pro infinitis suis beneficiis in me indigne collatis cumque ad nominis sui gloriam et aliorum in patria nostra conversionem idoneus reperiar sacros suscipere ordines perlibentissime spiritualem illam pugnam inibo , etquoadviribustotispossim , fideiCatholicaeobedientemmepraebebo tt servum .

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[396] CLYFFE Henry, 17 and 4 months, son of John (a heretic of London, still alive), born and brought up in London . Has 2 brothers and 5 sisters all heretics, and manykinsfolkonly 3 ofwhom are Catholics, viz.George Blackwell theArchpriest , Elizabethwifeto his uncle William Blackwell, notary to the Bishop of London, and a cousin John Clyffe Studied letters at London until 11 or 12 , and later for a year at Westminster school where he read Virgil, Ovid's Metamorphoses and Cicero'sspeeches ; left school soon afterstarting Greek. Healthy these last 4 years. Three years past lived with a lawyer ofthe Exchequer who waspaid by hisfatherto teach himthe rudiments of Exchequer law; during this time was given many Catholic books by John Clyffe; was converted to schism by these books; was introduced to his uncle, George Blackwell ; lived with him for a month and a half, having left his master on his advice ; made a general confession to a priest named Fletcher and came abroad with his uncle'slicence. Desiresto be a priest.

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1. Thomas Lawe nominor, annum ago 18. Remis natus, Duaci educatusfui, ibidem studui.

2. Patrem habeo in comitatu Lancastriae natum nomine Tho: Lawe, qui pro fide catholica exilio damnatus est, unde in flandriam profectus est, ibique matrimonio coniunctus fuit. mater itaque

flandra nomine Vanderbecque. Pater collegii Anglicani Duacensis est procurator, mediis sufficientibus vitam transigit patruos duos habeo in Anglia degentes, unumsacerdotem , alterummaritatumet schismaticum. cognatos ex parte Patris multos habeo , alios aurifabros alios agriculturae operam dantes , qui partim haeretice, partim indifferenter et ad tempus se gerunt, partim chatolice+ sapiunt. Soror una et fratres quatuor adhuc supersunt.

3. Grammaticam , Sintaxim, Poesim , Rhetioricam audivi Duaci in seminario Patrum5 annis studui

4. Aequabilem satis valetudinem a prima pueritiatraduxi (Deo sit gratia et laus) nisi quod tentationem aliquam febris triduanae satis tamen acerbe lacessitustulerim; anno etiam proxime elapso pectoris, et capitis dolore aliquantulum sum acerbatus caetera corpusintegrum constat studiis,vigiliislaboribusquesatismorigerum et par ; neque aliqua quod sciam parte adhuc minatur, animum constantem et tranquillum semper habui et corpori concinnum

5. A pueritiacatholicus et vere Dei cultorextiti

6. Ab adolescentia mea hoc unum semperdesideravi quomodo ecclesiascicam agerem vitam

THOMAS LAWE

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[397] LAWE Thomas, 18, son of Thomas Lawe (born in Lancashire , banishedfor religion, and nowprocurator of Douai College) and his Flemish wife, née Vanderbecque ; born at Rheims and educatedat Douai Has two paternal uncles in England, one a priest, one a married schismatic. Has many kinsmen on his father's side, some goldsmiths, some farmers, some heretics, some time-servers, some Catholics Has 1 sister and 4 brothers surviving Studied grammar, syntax, poetry and rhetoric 5 years at Douai in the Fathers' seminary. Healthy, save for a triduan ague whichhe once contracted, and a pain in the head and chestlast year. Alwaysa Catholic. Has desired since adolescence to be an ecclesiastic

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IOHANNES GROSSE : 1603

1. Iohannes Grosse nominor annum ago 23 in Comitatu Norfolciaeoppido Iermuthae natus ubi Grammaticae operam dedi, indeque annum aetatis 15 agens, missus Cantabrigiam ibi 8 annos exegi.

2. Parentesmei mortem obierepater exfamiliaGrossorumdomus ambigua certe utrum nobilis sit necne id quidem ignoro mater ex Feltonorum generein Anglia domus haud incognita, pateraura dum istac vesceretur ethereaeratmercator in Galliam Daniam Hispaniam etfinitimasregionesnavesillius variis mercatuum generibusonustas solitus transmittere famae (dum viveret) et fortunae satis amplae ; cognatosex utroque parente habeocomplures honoribus in rep. et fortuna florentes, quosdam generosos, nonnullos mercatores, avunculum quoque unum Theologiae doctorem hereticum magnum et

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literatum bene ; hereticos omnes amicos habeo (quantumego scio) multos tempori ut nunc est inservientes, sorores habeo tres, fratres nullos superstites.

3. Ad Grammaticam, Rhetoricam, Dialecticam et Philosophiam animum applicui aliquantulum etiam Theologiae studio incubui, Cantabrigiae 8 annos studui ubi in Artibus magister evasi.

4. Ab incunabulis vitam incolumen semperme traduxisse memoro, semel tantum febre (alio morbo nullo) me laborassecognosco, semper habui & habeo nunc corpus sanum, integrum et omni exercitioet studio aptumet idoneum etiamsi non diu post continuo et successivo labore fuerit lassum et defatigatum. Mens quoque mea fuit semper sana in corpore sano passionibustamen (quod aliis accidit) aliquantulumobnoxia, in dubiis timida, ne partem sequatur deteriorem, admodum propositi tenax, et difficulter mobilis in iis quae noverit certa, cito irata sed placata citius, nunc autem (deo gratias) tam quieta atque ab omni passione libera ut nisi devotioni et cultui divinoin ea locus nullus videtur mihi esse relictus

5. Haereticus natus sum non factus, immo cum lacte matris heresim quoque meam suxisse mihi videor, Calvinismum olebam sicut et caeteri mei parentes et cognati omnes, cuius vestigia sequi et opinionibus adhereret semper magnae operaepretiumexistimavi: De Catholicis si unquam quicquam fama, alarum suarum remigio auribus meis attulisset, statim odium quoddam tam intestinum , animum meum solebat invadere ut vix aut ne vix quidem linguam meam cohibere et refraenarepoteram quin verba scurriliastatimet maledica in illos evomerem. Quam multum iam mutatus ab illo qui prius, et ex illo ramo Calvini inutili, factus sum gratia dei (qua sum illud quod sum) bonus sincerusqueCatholicus Annum aetatis meae 23 agens (quem et nunc ago) paulo ante Nativitatem Domini, dum cognatos et amicos ceteros visitarem Cantabrigiam relique, interea dum apud eos moror, negotio illius sic flagitante, cognatus quidam meus Suffolciensis, nomine Robinsonus illuc quo ego commorabar sese contulit die Sabatti † proxime post Epiphaniam , ad prandium invitatus est ubi simul prandia nostra sumpsimus, inter prandendum de variis rebus (fuit enim vir haud mediocris doctrinae et iudicii) varias retulit historias, inter caeteras (non multum enim distabant illius aedes a castello in quo presbyteri et alii Catholici inclusi tenebantur) retulit tragaediam de sacerdote ibi interfecto narrans quoque necis illiusmodum historia tragediae peracta cepit† , loqui de illorummoribus (cui ego (deo aspirante et inspirante meillius gratia) in neutram obdormivi aurem) dicens eos fuissehomines suae relligioni admodum devotos et deditos et egregie quoque doctos, pernitiosos tamen quia multos ad religionem papisticam (sicut dixit) solebantconvertere, fuisse quoquequendam ibiSuffolciensem , Alabasterum nomine hominem doctum et non diu ante Cantabrigiensem ego illum nominari audiens et illum dum Cantabrigiae viveret cognoscens etiamsi nulla inter nos familiaritaserat conflata, dixi statim apud me, Hac nocte adibo illum et experiar quales

homines sunt isti papistae, statim post prandium paravi equum nihil cuiquam referens quorsum vaderem et illac nocte 12 millia confeci ubi apud cognatum quendam pernoctavi sequenti die post meridiem (restabant enim 15 millia et via erat multo luto et imbre conspersa) accessi oppidum et castellum ubi MrAlabaster teneretur inclusus adivi quem posteanon reliqui ante horam noctis septimam vel octavam, interea sermonemsoli inivimus de adorationeimaginum & sanctorum, de operibus bonis et aliis quorum iam non benememini, cum circiter horam disputacionem provexissemusille videns se non potuisse persuadere mihi sed se surdo (quod aiunt) narrasse fabulam, tanquam Surdus enim tunc eram et non audiebam , me solum in cubiculo reliquit et revertens tulit secum sacerdotem Hybernicum nomine patrem Holywoode qui nuncDuaci commoratur et postquam denuo sermonem inissemus cepimus loqui de ecclesia quaenam esset vera, illi ecclesiam Romanam ipse Anglicanum verum ese affirmavi qui me de statu susceptae provinciae (quoniam Spartam quam nactus essem, tenere vellem et tueri) deiicere non poterant (aut certo (quod verum postea cognovi) potuere sed ego nollem me captum illis tradere) Sacerdos Hibernicus videns me tam pertinacem ecclesiae Anglicanae patronum in sinum manum iniiciens ostendit mihi cartam 7 vel 8 validis rationibus pro ecclesia Romana refertam, quas ego rationes perlegens et eas penitus introspiciens fervor et pertinacia animi remitti cepit† et relaxari , ego tamen dissimulans nolui me illis tanquam viribus suis victum et subversumtradere. postea accessit alter sacerdos Hispanicusnomine Rogerus qui multa mihi dixit de quibus prius cum illis disputarem ille tamen mihi plus persuasit affabili illius loquendi more et sermonis lenitate etiamsi nihil dixit quod non fuit dictum prius quam illi ante vehementia argumentorum etiamsi subtiles erant et vehementes disputatores. nocte ingruente ad cenam invitant circiter horam post cenam me ad hospitium contuli ubi me in lectum coniiciens eorum argumenta in memoriam revocanscepi illas undique ponderare quas ego cum aequa lance omnes illas trutinassem surrexi subito et stans in pedes mihimet dixi Procul dubio haec est vera religio. postridie illum mane adivi ut valedicerem cui cum gratias dedissem pro sua humanitate petii librum catholicum, qui dedit mihi cathecismum Laurentii Vaux quem cum legissem caepi indies lumen divinae gratiae imbibere hancmeam conversionemnon feci cognitam cuiquam amicorum , non diu post denuoadii a quoiniis de quibusdubitarem eramconfirmatus illinc profectussumCantabrigiam ubi expectabam ex Societatecollegii Corporis Christised omnia successere felicius quod socius non sum factus, nam Nordovicensi superintendente mortuo, Collegii nostri magister in locum vacantem electus resignavit locum suum in collegio sine sociorum electione. His rebusita se habentibus omnia mea Iermuthammisi ubi manens mirati sunt amici et cognati quid vellem quod Cantabrigiam reliqueram respondi me parasse locum ut obstruerem illorum ora etsic consulens Magistrum Alabastrum quid melius mihi faciendum

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duxerit, dixit mihi quod si Romam ire vellem ille scriberet literas ad Rectorem Collegii Anglorumut cum illuc venirem receptusessem sic paransmihi viaticumet necessaria omnia ad iter conficiendum maria transnavigavi , ubi Duaci commorabar donec huc venerim. Nihil passus sumnisi quod navimascensurus captus sum ab inquisitoribus de Gravesende et missus denuo Londinum ad Thesaurarium ubi deo favente ipse et ceteri comites mei satis bene nos ipsos excusavimus.

6. Omnes ingenii nervos et vires ab initio conversionis meae intendi, nunc intendo et dei gratiaintendam posthac quod quando deo placuerit meipsum in biviis erroris et damnationis vagantem ad viam veritatis et aeternae vitae convertere, ipse gratia dei conversus, qui operatur omnia in omnibus gratia illius mecum cooperante fratres meos convertam

IOHANNES GROSSE alias non vero nomine Feltonus.

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[398] GROSSEJohn alias Felton, 22, born and educatedin grammar at Yarmouth; spent 8 years at Cambridge Son of a merchant (now dead) who traded with France, Spain, Denmark etc., whose ships carried various merchandise and gave him fame and great wealth. (His mother, née Felton, is also dead.) Has many distinguished and richkinsfolk, some gentry, some merchants ; has one uncle alearned heretical S.T.D.; has 3 sisters , no survivingbrothers; all family are heretics, many time-servers Studied grammar, rhetoric, dialectic, philosophy and theology ; M.A. of Cambridge. Healthy, save for a fever once ; becomes tired afterhardcontinuous work; is inclined to timidity when in doubt, but obstinate when certain ; is quick to anger and quick to make peace ; is nowfree from passion and given entirely to devotion Was born a Calvinist like all his family, and was always indignantat what heheard about Catholics. When 22, went from Cambridge before Christmas to visit friends ; on the Saturday afterEpiphanydined witha Suffolk cousin named Robinson who told the storyof the priestkilledinthe castle near his house where Catholics were imprisoned, remarking that the priests there were learned men, devoted totheir religion, but pernicious because theyconverted manyto Papistry. Learning that an erudite Suffolkman named Alabaster, whom he had metat Cambridge, was imprisoned there, the respondentdecidedto go that night to see him and discover what sort of men Papists might be. Saddling a horse afterdinner, he rode 12 miles, stayed the nightwith a friend, rode a further 15 miles the following day on a wet and muddyroad, and reachedthe castle aftermidday. He talked with Alabaster about the worship of imagesand saints, good works and similartopics ; afteran hour, stillunconvinced, he was introduced to an Irish priest (Fr. Holywood who now lives at Douai) After a long argument about the rival claims of Romanism and Anglicanism, he was greatly, but secretly, impressedby a paper containing7or 8

reasons for the Roman Church which Holywood produced from his pocket ; wasfurtherimpressed byaSpanishpriest namedRogerwho repeated the arguments of the others in a more affable and persuasivemanner After supper, at 7 or 8 o'clock, hedepartedto hisinn; whilein bedhewent over all the arguments in his head; suddenly he rose, stood up and said "Without doubt this is the true religion" Returning to the castle on the following morning to express his gratitude, he was given the catechism of Lawrence Vaux, which enlightened him further. Keeping his conversion secret from his family, he returned to Cambridgeand wasthere disappointed ofthe fellowship which he expectedat CorpusChristi (When the Bishop ofNorwich died, the Master, electedto succeed in hisplace, resigned his place in the College without any election of Fellows) Leaving Cambridge therefore he sent his propertyto Yarmouth and sought guidance from Alabaster ; who promised to give him letters to the Rector if he wished to go to Rome Preparing journey money and other necessaries he went to Gravesend, where he was caught by searchers when about to embark and brought back to London. Was examinedbytheTreasurer, but managed, with hiscompanions, to allay suspicion; crossed to Douai, where he remained until his journeyhither. Desires to convert his brethren 1603

[399] RICHARDUS TOLE 1603

1. Richardus Tole nominor, annum ago 29 in comtatuWarwic Burmingh natus

2. Genus paternum ab antiquo Toleorum stemmateprofatum est quorum possessiones multae magnaeque fuerunt, patris vero hoc tempore non plus quam 4001s per annum attingunt magnum aetatis suae tempus scismaticevixit, iamvero Catholice Maternum genus a Langwithiisdeducitur, splendida veterique prosapia Cognatosex utroque latere complureshabeo, alios cives Londinenses alios etiam rure habitantes, ex his sunt qui Catholice sapiunt, alii haereticevivunt, alii indifferenterse habent, sorores 4, fratres vero2 unus catholice vivit alter scismatice .

3. Grammaticam Poesin Rhetoricam Wigor, studui per spatium annorum 5, unde Burmingh. reversus, ibi 2 annos exegi.

4. Nulla corporis infirmitate laboro, sed totum corpus integrum constat, studiis, vigiliis laboribusque ferendis morigerum. animum constantem et tranquillum habeo, neque de ullis fidei Catholicae partibus dubito. qua religione (deo annuente) perpetuo manebo.

5. Prima aetate donec 16 vitae annum transegissem scismatice et negligenter vixi tandemque propinquorum exemplo et fratris persuasione ductus ecclesiae Catholicae meipsum reconciliavi

6. Omnes animi potentias defixi in hoc proposito, ut hoc unum semper agant et disident† quomodo dei gloriam in hoc bene bono promoveam, hoc intellectus contemplatur , voluntas satagit, memoria

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ruminat, iudicium ponderat, desiderium aestuat, spes captat, totus denique animus versat et agitat

RICHARDUS TOLE.

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[399] TOLE Richard, 28, born at Birmingham , studied grammar , poetry, and rhetoric at Worcester for 5 years, then returned to Birmingham for2. Son of the ancient and once richfamily of Tole ; through his mother descended from the resplendent and ancient Langwiths . (Hisfather, long a schismatic, now a Catholic , has only £400 a year.) Has many kinsfolk, some Londoners, others in the country; some Catholics, some heretics, some indifferent; has 4 sisters and 2 brothers, one of whom is a Catholic, the other aschismatic. 1603.

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IOHANNES LAYTHWAITUS 1603

1. Iohannes Laythwaitus nominor, annum ago 18um, in Comitatu Lancastriae, oppido Wiganiae natus Blacrodii rudioribus literis initiatus; sed inde post parvum temporis intervallum ipse duobus cum fratribus (quod catholici erant parentes) amoti, domum revertimur, ubi a viro quodam catholico vicino instructi, dimidiatam circiter anni partem transegimus Tandem concessum fuit donec ad maturioremaetatem perveniremus Wiganiae, scholas frequentare ubi quatuorvel eo amplius annos contrivi

2. Genus paternum ex Laythwaitorum familia originem suam duxit: quae non nobilis satis tamen opulenta exstitit. Pater autem fidei catholicae adhaerens multumque ab haereticis exagitatus possessiones omnes et facultates relinquere, etin aliam se patriam conferre cogitur donec tandem beneficio Henrici Darbiae Comitis bonis restituitur, sub ea tamen conditione ut praedicto se comitis voluntati et arbitrio subiiceret, qui eum, prout sibiexpedire videretur , committendi vel dimittendi potestatem habuit Domi quiete et secure ab omnibus haereticorum insultibus tutante Comite duorum annorum spatio remansit ; quibus expletis, Lancaustriae, iubente eodem, in carcerem iniicitur, in quo vix duos compleverat menses , cum obcorporis infirmitatem libertati redditur, domumque reversus intra unam atque alteram hebdomadam ab illo ruinoso corporis domicilio evolavit

Mater ex antiqua Boultonorum stirpe post patrisobitum in eadem fide persistens , trium annorum plus minus spatio bonorum amissione iumentorumque iactura affligitur, sed morte tandem ab illis omnibus perturbationibus abripitur.

Fratres habeo 5 quorum aetate provectissimus defuncta matre multorum adhortationibus et minis atque haereditatis amittendae metu in haeresimlapsus est ; attamen vitae suae cursum pertesust divino (ut spero instinctuinde breviemersit.

Secundus aetate catholicus est, et iam ut mihi relatum fuit sacerdos in Hispania.

Tertius haereticus qui primo vel secundo post mortem matrisanno ab ipsis (qui catholicos exagitare solent) satellitibus depraehensust Cestriensi sistitur episcopo ; qui tum minis, tum blanditiiseum ad haeresim pellicere conatus est, frustratamen ; tormenta et mortem ipsam subire maluit quam a religione sua et proposito deviare . sed multum (ut apparet) dissidunt a verbis facta postmodum enim , quod adulta non erat aetate, remissus, a quodam suo familiari seducitur, et iam licet omnium inscius, pertinax tamen, et omnia suggerente (uti ait) spiritu facit.

Quartus et quintus sempercatholice educati : quorum minorDuaci grammaticae operam impendit. Sorores duas (ut spero) habeo superstites, altera nuptaaltera innuba ambae catholicae

3. Duacitres ferme annos exegi, ubi syntaxim, poesin, et Rhetoricam utcumque gustavi

4. Firmum satis et ad subeunda studia bene dispositum corpus semper (laus deo) expertus sum ; nec ullo me unquam dolore (nisi capitis) eumque rarum, brevem, nec multum gravem persentisse memini.

5. Catholicus natus, et educatus semper exstiti fratris mei intensione et beneficio divini numinis Duacum missus ; et ibidem (ut supra) 3 circiter annos consumpsi, nullis antea, vel post negotiis ad religionem pertinentibus implicatus , nec aliquidpassus

6. Ea mihi demum animo et cordi fore (divinoannuentenumine) proposui etinmente infixi quaedeo placida, superioribusmeisgrata, et bonorum morum disciplinis consentanea esse videantur.

JOANNES LAYTHWAITUS

JOANNESKENSINGTONUS[erased]

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[400] LAYTHWAITE

John, alias Kensington, 17, born at Wigan, Lancashire, began his education at Blackrod , but was soon removed with his 2 brothers because of the Catholicism of his parents; returning home was taught for 6 months by a Catholic neighbour ; finally was permitted to go to school at Wigan for 4 years or more. Son of a rich but not noble family. (The respondent's father, a Catholic, was forced by heretics to leave his propertyand liveawayfromhome, untilhe wasrestoredby Henry, Earl ofDerby, on condition that he should be subject to his authority. For 2 years he lived safely at home under the Earl's protection but was then imprisoned on his orders in Lancaster, where he became so weak that he was released afterabout 2 months and died a week or two after his return home. The respondent'smother, ofthe Bolton family, remained a Catholic after her husband's death, suffered for 3 years the loss of her goods and cattle, and then died.) Has 5 brothers, the eldestofwhom lapsedon his mother's death outoffear of losing his inheritance, but has since repented; the second is a Catholic, a priest in Spain, so it is said; the third, when captured by

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the pursuivants a year or two after his mother's death and brought beforethe Bishop of Chester, bravelyresisted all threats and blandishments, but after being released on grounds of youth was perverted by one of his friends and is now a stubborn heretic ; the fourth and fifth have always been Catholics and thefifth studied grammar atDouai Has 2 sisters , one married, bothCatholics Spent3years at Douai studying syntax, poetryand rhetoric Healthyexceptfor rare slight headaches Alwaysa Catholic ; was sent to Douai at his brother's instigation Desires to do whatever pleases his superiors. 1603

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1. Jacobus Hargrevus nominor, annum ago 19, in comitatu Lancastriae opido Bruntoniae natus, educatus, ibique usque ad Rhetoricam literarum studio instructus

2. Pater mercator est (vel saltem isto nomine vocatus) indies[?] a primis annis (meo partu, uxore obeunte) in mercaturis[?]exgeruit+ adversatandem fortuna, servorum fraude iminente bonorum exitio (his quasi coactus) iterum nuptias conserit : marita catholica ; ille vero ut sperocatholice affectus. duosfratres cumsororeuna adhuc supersunt Cognatos haud paucos habeo alios nobilibus inservientes alios aliis rebus incumbentes : aliquos haereticos, plurimos catholice affectos, magis tamen divitias, quam deum sapientes.

3. Duaci partem poeseos audivi : ibique Rhetoricae valedixi.

4. Mediocrem semper corporis valetudinem sensi, magna tamen ex parte fortis et valescens : nisi quod semel in febrim incidissem, et a prima pueritia capitis dolore elaborassem

5. Ab illo tempore, quo ad maturiorem aetatem perveni Scismaticus semperfui tandem Sacerdotequodam (nomine Woodroffus) Framingham carcere remanente, patri vicino, et in scholis antea consuetudine coniuncto, quoddam exercitiorum meorum perlegente, me non omnino istam vitae condicionem in quae nunc versor, suscipere rescripsit, unde suis literiset aliorum patrumibi remanentium acquisitis Duacum veni.

6. Haec quaero, haec cupio : haec volo quantum promeo posse possum.

IACOBUS HARGREVUS .

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[401] HARGREAVE James , 19 , born at Burnley, Lancashire, and educated there up to Rhetoric (His father is a Catholic India merchant , who lost his wife in givingbirthto the respondent, and was forced to remarry, to a Catholic, through adverse fortuneand imminent bankruptcydueto the fraudofservants ) Has2 brothers and 1 sistersurviving; has many kinsfolk, some inserviceandsome in business , some heretics, most worldly Catholics Studied part of

poetryand rhetoricat Douai Enjoysmiddlinghealth; once had a fever ; sufferedheadaches from childhood Since reachingmaturity has been a schismatic ; came to Douai with letters from priests in Framlingham, particularly Mr. Woodruff, a neighbour and schoolfellowof his father's. Desires to be an ecclesiastic

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1. Nomen Eduardus Foulerus, patris Walterus Foulerus , Mater longo ante fato defuncta est cuius nomenMariafuit

2. Natusin Comitatu de Flint Wallia

3. Educatus in comitatuStaffordiae paterna domo promaxima parte, postea ad maturiorem aetatem accedens Oxoniae academiam contulissem, quo loco trium annorum spatio permansissem .

4. Quod ad patris conditionem spectat armiger est, avus per matrem qui appellaturSheldon armiger, Avunculus Siliard eques, Avunculus Standen armiger, Avunculus Trenbon[?] armiger, Avunculus Montfordarmiger.

5. Pater Catholicus est, amici partim Catholici, partim schismatici, partim haeretici ; sed parte praecipua Catholica.

6. Ratio prima quae me ad Catholicam religionem duxit, fuit educatio, postea amicorum persuasio.

6t. Ratio hunc locum remeandi fuit studii et religionis gratia, modus per licentiam quam assequutus fuerima domino Sisil propter transire in Galliam.

decimo sexto die Maii Anni Domini 1604. EDUARDUS FOULERUS .

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[405] FOWLEREdward, son ofWalterand Marylongdead, bornin Flintshire, brought up mainly in his father's house in Staffordshire, then 3 years at Oxford. (His father is an esquire, as also his maternal grandfather Sheldon, his uncle Trenbon, his uncle Standen and his uncle Montford. His uncle Sullyard is a knight.) A Catholic by education and the persuasionof his friends ; has a Catholic fatherand mainlyCatholic kinsfolk, with some hereticsand some schismatics. Receiveda licencefrom CeciltocrossintoFrance. Has comehither for the sake of study and religion 16 May 1604 .

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1. nomen meum . est Iohannes Fowlerus

2. nomina parentum sunt Brianus Fowleruset Ioanna Fowlera

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3. locus ortus mei fuerit in parentum domicilio iuxta oppidum Staffordiae intra equidem limitem et cancellum mille passum illinc.

4. studui Oxoniae apud domum magistri Casei et identidem in aula Glocestriensi

5. vitam egi partim cum amicis rure partim vero in civitate Londinensi et fere viduo[?] defunctae comiti darbiensi viduae et dominae St John viduae et sorori RobertiDormorimilitis inservivi

6. inteneraaetate educatusfui in domoparentum unicum ante circiter annum apud Leilandiam in comitatulancastriae similiterque in scholaAstoniae in Staffordiensi comitatusita temporis consumpsi identidem

7. conditio status mei. fuit instar generosi vitam traducere cum reditu ex terris paternis perque eius donum viginti librorum annuatim recepi pro superstite tantum vitae termino postea vero frater natu maximus domum suo fratri minori et mihi minimo ac utrique diutius viventi libere donavit quam frater ortu minor sibi arripuerit et eandem detinet unde lites et discordiae ortae fuerunt verumtamen nihil inde lucratus sum praeterquam quadraginta solidos

8. status parentum : ipsi sese habuerunt proinde ac generosos eorum enim vectigaliorum et redituum valor (uti coniecturam faciam) ad minimumfuerit trecentum vel quatuor centum perannum librarum in pecuniis pater meus non dives apud mortem habebatur sed aere alieno oneratus : vivens semper catholicam professusest fidem eiusdemqueergo in ergastula saepe detrusus fuerit enutritus semper

9. qua ratione ad fidem conversus sum . proinde ac catholicus donec Oxoniae infeliciter dilapsus in heresim fuerim postea vero cum cognato quodam me conferensin Galliam deo denuo ibi reconciliatus circiter annos tres aut quatuordilapsos ibique in gravem incidens morbum propter instaurandae salutis rationem memet iterum contulerim in Angliam

10. transitus seu potius adventus ratio ex Anglia. fuit sub venia a domino Cecilio concessa et eiusdem literis patefacta mihi transmigrandi in galliamcum famulo meo. Intestimonium veritatisomnium nimirumsupradictorum nomen meum huic presenti scriptoapposui

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[406] FOWLER John, son of Brian and Joanna, born in his father's house near Stafford "within the wall and gate a mile from there" , brought upat home, for a year at Leyland , Lancashire,and forayear at Aston school, Staffordshire ; studied at Oxford at the house of Master Case and at Gloucester Hall ; lived partlywith his family in thecountryand partly in London ; servedthe widow oftheEarl of Derby (now dead), the widowed Lady St. John, and the sister of Sir Robert Dormer. Has enoughmoney to live as a gentleman, viz £20 a year from his father's estates for the rest of his life. ("My

elder brotherpresenteda house to hisyounger brotherand to myself the youngest, and to whichever should livelonger ; but the younger brotherusurped it all forhimself , and still keeps it ; whencequarrels and discords arose ; however, I gained nothing from it besides 40s. ") Sonofgentrywho had £300 or£400 ayear from theirestates . (His father was not rich in cashwhen he died, but burdened with debt ; he was always a Catholic and therefore often imprisoned) Broughtup a Catholic, fell into heresyat Oxford; goingto France witha kinsman was there reconciled3 or4 years ago ; fellseriously ill and returned to England to recover Left England again with written permissionfromCecilto cross to France withaservant

[407] Die 24 Octobris 1604

1. Thomas Pennant nominor, annum ago 25um , in Comitatu Flint natus, in loco qui vocatur Bightan [?], unde aedes paternae nomen traxerunt; primis elementis et Grammaticae in duobus oppidis eiusdem comitatus Harden scilicet et Gwaynerscor operam dedi per sex annos cum dimidio, per duos praeterea Pedagogum habui in domo paterna, posteaprofectus sum in AulamReginaeubi vixi per aliquot septimanas, inde ad Pharmacopaeum virum satis claro et honesto loco natum (cui cognomen Brierton[?]) illius artis discendaecausa me contuli, ubi quatuor annos habitavi, sed tandem eo vitae generemihi amicisque, et praesertim matri minus probato, pacifice, cum voluntate et venia eiusdem Briertonis eb eo discessi.

2. Genus utriusque parentis ab antiquis ortum familiis, et in eo comitatu inter notissimas Paternum cognomen Pennant, Maternum vero Conway. census seu patrimoniumfratris mei maioris natu praeter alias commoditates centum librisAnglicanis per annum aequivalere dicitur, Tres habeo fratres, quatuor sorores et plurimos cognatos ex parente utroque in illis partibus praecipuos viros, tres nempe aut quatuor equites, nonnulli vero generosi satis opulentae conditionis ; in Aula praetereaRegis sex autseptem,quaeofficiaiam tenent ignoro, ex his omnibus ne unum quidem Catholicum, vel Catholice affectum novi.

3. Studui rudimentis et Grammaticae in locis praedictis Poesi vero et Rhetoricae apud PatresSocietatisAudomaropoli deprofectu vero inde partim colligi poterit quod in omni classe quam frequentavi inter primos locum tenui.

4. Corporis optima semper valetudine usus sum (Deo laus) utorque iam et anima a quo pestilentis haereseos morbo curataest bene valuit.

5. Haereticus semper (vel utilius dicam Atheus nam quidprofitebar nesciebam) ad vigessimum† aetatis meae annum extiti, medium autem praecipuum conversionismeae ingenuefuisse fateor librum de resolutione conscriptum a Reverendo Patre Personio hic iam Rectori: quare ipsi merito conversionem meam ad Catholicam Fidem (secundum Deum) acceptam referre debeo , nam post libri

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illius lectionem mundi vanitatibusvaledicerestatui, et post quatuor dies Londino Audomarum veni Romam petiturus, ut illius libri authorem de reliquae vita in Dei servitio traducenda consulerem , verum quodam cruris dolore detentus inceptum iter perficere non potui, sed apud patres Audomari in collegioAnglicano (Deoutspero ad maius meum bonum ita volente) morari coactus fui : ubi per annum infirmorum curam accepi , ipsisque medicamenta interdum paravi deindePatres cum doctrinae fundamentis non carerem ,me in studiosorum numerum cooptarunt ibique tres annos in studiis supradictis contrivi

6. Quamvis ad ecclesiasticumseu sacerdotalemstatum ob meam solummodo indignitatem(ut ex vero loquar) non valde meproclivem sentio tamen si ad functionem tantam indignum me promovere visum fuerit superiori, eius consilio acquiescam, et omnes animi mei potentias ad animarum lucrumet causam catholicam promovendam Deo adiuvante pro viribus collimabo

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THOMAS PENNANT .

[407] PENNANT Thomas, 24, born at his father's house at Bigley, Flint, learnt elements and grammar for 6 years at Hawarden and Gwenusker in the same county; studied under a tutor athomefor2 years ; went to Court for 7 weeks ; lived for4 yearswith a well-born apothecary named Brierton, learning hisart; left him, ongoodterms, because such a mode of life was distasteful to himself and his motherand family. Son of parents of ancient family,wellknown in their county; the mother née Conway. Has 3 brothers (the patrimonyof the eldest is worth about £100 a year) and 4 sisters ; has manydistinguished kinsfolkon both sides, including3 or 4 knights, several rich gentry and 6 or 7 at Court ; no Catholics. Studied poetryandrhetoric withthe Jesuits at St. Omers; wasalwaysamong the first in class Healthy A heretic, or rather atheist, until 19 ; converted principally by Fr. Persons' Book of Resolution , which persuaded him toquit the world ; left London 4 daysafterreadingit, and went to St. Omers on his way to Rome to consult the author about his choice of a way of life Was held up at St. Omers bya pain in hisleg, caredforthe sicktherefor a year, preparing medicines for them ; studied for3 years Is not inclined to be an ecclesiastic ; will obey superiors if they so advise him. 24 October 1604 .

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1. Gulielmus Worthingtonus nominor , annum ago 19 in comitatu lancastriae, opido Praestoni natus, usque ad annum septimum in aedibusThomae Butleri nobilis educatus, posteavero domoGulielmi Cliftoni duobus annis : ad haec in domo Avunculi uno anno vero Audomarum missus, Rudimentis Grammaticae et Syntaxi operam navit , poesin quidem et Rhetoricam Duaci audivi cum compendio logices.

2. Genusparentum, a familia Worthingtonorumprofectum est , non infimae sortis familia: genus vero maternum a Butlerisdeducitur, prosapia non omnino ignobili Pater primis quidem annis haereticus mercaturam exercuit ; mortua uxore rebus non succedentibus ad lumen matris ecclesiae fideique Apostolicae conversus obque eandem coactus mercaturam destituit nunc vero propter molestias diurnas avara satis, et parca fortuna Cognatos ex utroque latere non paucos quorum partimmercatoresiique haeretici, partim honesta familia et catholici partim indifferenter sapiunt Sorores, et fratres nulli.

3. Grammaticam , Poesin, Rhetoricam, et compendium Logices vel magis, vel minus in Seminaris Audomari et Duaci delibavi . Reliqua studia delibaturus ad iuditium† superiorum

4. Aegram satis prima pueritia valetudinem duxi et saepius triduana febricula molestatus usque in annum 10 de reliquo vero corpore (deo grates) sano satis et firmo nisi quod bis plurisit lacessitussatisqueut spero ad studiareliquosque labores robusto et morigero meusvero et animus infirmussatiset inconstanshactenus: iam vero examine et spirituali facto exercitio multo saniorem sentio.

5. Tota ante acta vita inter catholicos educatus natus dum pater esset haereticus et ab haeretico ministro babtismatis sacramento lotus haereticos tamen omnes clandestino odio prosecutus sum ; e contra vero omnes preces omnia studia omnia vota totos denique nervosin bonum ecclesiae refferre† conatuseram

6. Omnes cogitationes, omnes interiores affectus, et potentias, omnes, atque animi conatus in hoc solo proposito defixi, et defigo ut hoc unum mens semper cupiat , desideret, et agat, quommodo dei eiusque matris gloriam in hoc promoveant hoc tres animae potentiae contemplantur , ingenium ruminat, et totus denique mens agitat. ff

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[408] WORTHINGTON William, 18, born at Preston , Lancashire; broughtupuntil6 in the house of noble Thomas Butler, then 2years in the house of William Clifton, and another year in his uncle's house; was sent to St. Omersand studied rudiments, grammar, and syntax there, studied poetry, rhetoric, and some logic at Douai. Son of families not totally undistinguished (His father, once a heretical merchant, became a Catholic on the death of his wife , née Butler, and was forced to give up his business, so that heis now poor ) Has many kinsfolk on both sides, some heretical merchants, others respectableCatholics, others indifferent. Has no brothers or sisters Was sickly as a child, often had triduan agues until 10 ; since then healthy save for 2 attacks of pleurisy ; was infirm and inconstant of mind, but has improved since making the spiritual exercises Was born before his father's conversion and

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hence baptised bya heretical parson; was always brought upamong Catholics, and secretly hated heretics and strove forthe good ofthe Church. Desiresthe gloryof God and of His Mother

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1. Georgius Morganus nominor, annum ago vigessimum† In comitatu Monmothiae Parochi Sancti Michaeli natus, Abergeveniae Gramaticae operam dedi

2. Genus paternum ab antiquo et generoso Morganorum stemate prolatum est Genus maternum ab antiquo et generoso Scudamorum stemate.

3. Pater semper haereticus, at paulo ante mortem factus erat chatolicus+ . Mater a primo aetatis curiculot chatolicat erat et usqueperseverat. Fratres Quatuor sumus quorum tertiussum. Totidem sorores plerumque chatolicit.

4. Syntaxin et Poesin Duasi studui

5. Bonam satis corporis valitudinem semperduxi. Sempercordeeramchatolicus† atuqe in prima aetateinterchatolicost aeducatust. deinde Londinum missus Leges civiles per annum fere integrum studui in quo sacrum Missae sacrificium non audivi nec in quatuor vel quinque annis anteactis non quod de fide dubitabam sed negligentia quadam

Postea cum Mercatore per septem annos in Londiot ligatus cum quo medium unius anni habitavi, atque eo tempore ad haereticorum templa invitus me contuli unde matre instigante Duacum veni

6. Omnes animae potentias defixi in hoc proposito ut hoc unum semper agam, quomodo Dei gloriam in Eclesiae bono promoveam. tt

GEORGIUS MORGAN hic tamen cupio vocari GeorgiusDnigleyt

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[409] MORGAN George alias Dingley, 19, born in the parish of St. Michael, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Son of ancient & gentle families, the Morgans and the Scudamores; had a heretical father who was reconciled before death and a Catholic mother; has 3 brothers (2 elder) and 4 sisters , mainly Catholics Studied grammar in Britain, syntax and poetryat Douai Alwayshealthy. AlwaysaCatholic at heart ; was brought upfrom earlydays among Catholics. Studied Civil Lawfor a year in London, duringwhichhe missed Mass, as he did for the past4 or 5 years , through negligence not doubt Was bound to a merchant in London for 7 years ; lived withhim for half a year during whichhe went unwillingly to heretical service ; went thenceto Douai, at his mother's instigation. DesiresthegloryofGodand the goodof the Church.

1. Vere nominor Iohannes Chapperlin, annum vigesimum vel circiter ago, natus Cirencestria oppido Glocesetrensis Comitatus, quo loco, partibus adiacentibus, et Londinimaximam vitaepartem duxi.

2. Patrem ortum a veteri Chapperlinorum prosapia, quae quanquam infortuniis umbrata, fecialibus tamen firmamentis suffulta, splendoremomnino non omisit. Matrem natam ex Georgiorum familia venerabili et antiqua. Pater satis opulentus habetur, fide totum haereticus Matrem nuperrime SanctaeEcclesiaeCatholicae reconciliari curavi , et spero contra viri iras, atque cognatorum importunitates perseveraturam Fratrem duntaxat unum habeo , consanguineos non nullos divitiis et honoribus satis potentes, quorum omnes fere Calvini opiniones amplectuntur.

3. Grammaticae ac Rhetoricae primum schola Cheltenhamensi, deindeAetonensi collegiooperam dedi, postea, brevitantum,Oxonii degi, unde vix studiis initiatus a patre vitam scholasticam non valde approbante, revocor : revocatus (post multum temporis ociist, et studiorumintermissionibus consumptum) a cognato Iurisconsulto, patre iubente, Londinum trahor, ubi invita prorsus Minerva inter leges municipales Angliae versatus sum . Inter has non multum agens, sensim et occulte flectitur animus catholica veritate, dulcedine cuius raptus, finxi causas, patre et amicis reclamantibus paulatim a legibus me distraho, fine plane recuso . Postea investigationi veritatis fidei solum intensus, lectionibus librorum catholicorum (authoribus haereticis cuiuscumque generis etiam intermistis) tam latine quam anglice conscriptorum totus incubui. Et ex illis praesertim hausisse quicquid scientiae habeo vere ingenueque fateor.

4. Corpushabeosanum, et raro aegritudini obnoxium , bis vel ter in tota vita laboravi febribus, in quas ob nimiamcaliditatemmedici quorum consiliis usus fui, constitutionem dixere propensam: his evasisde corporali valetudine (porobabilitate loquor) quid dubitem nescio Animam semper constantem habui, pacis, veritatis, contemplationis amantem .

5. Puer haeresi totum inbutus eram, iuvenis autem maturescente iudicio aliquibus Catholicae fidei articulis (nempe Liberi arbitrii, Sacramentique Eucharistiae) assensi : sincere et vehementer de caeteris cognitionem et concilium a Deo Optimo Maximo saepe efflagitans. Votum concedit Deus. nam forte cum viro quodam schismatico de his rebus consultans, petiensque libros quibusmihi amplius satisfacerem, rogatu potiebar. libros lego: legendo Catholicus (quoad fidem) fio. Tamen (quod sempermihi deplorandum est) vitam et professionem exteriorem interno fidei dono non statim aptavi, sed periculosissimo atque foedissimo schismatis crimine pollutus annum conversioniproximumego Quo temporeex his partibus Angliam rediit Thomas Strangeus cognatus ob hanc

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causam(ut caeteras erga me benevolentias suas taceam) mihi semper observandissimuset charissimus, a quo iustis et validis rationibus ad cogitationes ecclesiasticae vitae excitabar. assentioconsulenti, qui media assequendi propositum spondet: efficit, curatque Catholicum fieri. His actis, rebus paratis, parentibus et amicis clam relictis Galliam una petimus : quin tempestatibus ventisque adversis Dorobernium impellebamur ibique capimur: coramque Praetore civitatis aliisque magistratibus iussi apparemus. Nobis proponitur iuramentum de Regina (temporibus enim Elizabethae hoc fuit) capite EcclesiaeAnglicanae, quod recusantes Londinumad summos Reginae Senatores admissi sumus, a quibus examinati in carceres detrudimur. Paulo post moritur Elizabetha , Iacobus regnum occupat, quoimperante, e carceribus quibus detenti eramus quatuor circiter menses, sumus emissi, amicis pro nobis sub gravem mulctam spondentibus nos quocumque tempore ab illis postularemur ad domum EboracensemLondinositam viginti dierum spatio venturos. His conditionibus liberati, iter ego retento, iterumque captusreducor (cum quibusdam aliis huius collegii alumnis qui itineris comites erant) Domino Buckhursto Thesaurarii Angliae officiofungenti, qui benigne et contra spem demisit Hoc periculum etiam dei providentia evasus Cirencestriam, ubi inter parentes et amicos manebat cognatus, me contuli : ubi incommoditates ipsius carcerisacerbiores experibar iras et neglectus parentum, obiurgationes atque importunitates amicorum restiti tamen ut aequum erat et causae et temporis memor Cognatus non minima his angustiis spes mea Londinumrevertit paratum itineri iterumetiam faciendo convenientia, mecumque constituit Londino se missurum literas quibus certior essem de tempore quo me illuc venire oporteret : quoque securius ad explorationibus amicorum hoc fieri possit, instituit se scribendo succis citreis usurum esse Abit, literasque secundum pactum mittit, de misterio modoque legendi priusquam discesserat (ut mihi videbatur) satis instruens : ego non recte intelligens quod docuit, nil demeoaccersitu(quamquam praesertim dehocscripserat) more meo literas perscrutans reperio ; literas alias remitto, quibus lectis cognatus tempore et vento opportuno invitatus, discedit, reliquitqueme infaelicit errore deceptum, multismiseriis involutum Curavit tamen ante discessum media quo brevi sequerer, sed fidem de hoc qui pollicebantur , non servabant Interea ego domi multis privatis et publicis gravaminibus onustus expecto ; nihil de cognato accipio. Quam ob causam de vita constituenda meditans de re militari deliberarem, qua cogitatione laboranti occurrunt literaea cognato Audomaropoli degenti efflagitantes adventum , mirantes tarditatem. His perlectis sententiam mutavi, et ad iter suscipiendum omnia paro. Dum haec curarem mittuntur a Summis Regis Senatoribus duo satellites cum literis mandatoriis ad Iusticiarios ut me caperent, coramque ipsis adducerent Res mihi dei Optimi Maximiprovidentianota est, quo cognito fugam meditabar,maximis periculis domum maestam, totamque turbatam reliqui, Londinum

inde Audomaropolum attigi. Unde a patribus ibi degentibus et cognato huc missussum .

6. Ex tempore quo primum Ecclesiae Catholicae me inserui, haeresis extirpationemAnglicano praecipue regno mihi primis in votis fuit: negotioque huic in illo statu et vocatione cui a viris istarum rerum scientissimis iudicarer aptior inservire flagravi Conditionem ecclesiasticam summo semper honore habui , amavi, existimavique primumad Catholicam fidem nostra miserrima patria propagandammecum, quam toto proposito ac desideriostudeo ,sitio, tt spero.

IOHANNES CHAPPERLINUS .

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[410] CHAPPERLIN John, c 19. born at Cirencester, Gloucestershire ; lived thereabout and in London. (His father, of the ancient afflicted family of Chapperlin, is rich and heretical ; his mother, of the ancient family of George , has recently been reconciled thanks to his efforts, to the anger of his father and family.) Has 1 brother, and some rich and distinguished kinsmen, almost all Calvinists. Studied grammar and rhetoric at Cheltenham school and at Eton ; began studies at Oxfordbut was soon recalled by his philistine father who sent him, after a period of idleness , to study English municipal law with a lawyer in London. Attracted by Catholicism, he secretly neglected his law studies, and finally devoted himself entirelyto the reading ofEnglish and Latin religious books mainly byCatholics ; from these he deriveswhat knowledge he has. Twice or thrice suffered from fevers, due, according to his doctor , to the propensity of his constitutionto excessive heat; is otherwise healthy. Has a constant mind and a love ofpeace , truth and contemplation As a boy was completely imbued with heresy; on growing up assented to Catholic doctrine about free will and the Eucharist ; prayed successfully for light about other doctrines . Borrowed books from a schismatic friend, and was converted by reading, though he remained in schismfor some time. Was finally converted, and interested in the ecclesiastical life, by his cousin Thomas Strange, lately returned to England from Rome Set out secretly for France with Strange ; compelled by bad weather to return to Dover, captured and brought before the Mayor and Magistrates who asked them to take an oath that Queen Elizabeth was head ofthe Church of England ; on refusing sent to Council in London, examinedand imprisoned. Fourmonths later, on accession of King James, they were released from prison on their friends giving bail that they would appear within 20 days of being summoned at York Housein London. The respondentset outagain and was again captured with other alumni of this College; being brought before Lord Buckhurst , the Treasurer, they were unexpectedly dismissed. Went to Cirencester, where Strange was staying with his family; was much abused by his kinsfolk.

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Remained at home while his cousin went to London to make fresh preparations for the journey, awaiting a letter written in lemon juice to inform him when to leave ; misunderstanding his instructions how to read the letter was left behind while his cousin sailed witha fairwind ; wasfailed by thosewhohad promised to help him tofollow; thoughtin despairof becominga soldier ; at last received letters from his cousin at St. Omers urging him to follow. Once again prepared for journey ; escaped pursuivants who had been sent forhim by the Council withletters to the local Justices; lefthis family distressed; crossed to St. Omers via London .. Was sent hither by his cousin and the Jesuits Desires to fight heresyand to be an ecclesiastic 1604

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[414] IOANNES EDOARDUS . die 15 Decembrisanno 1604 .

1. Nomen meum est Ioannes Edoardus filius Tomae Edoardi. circiter20os annos aetatis meae. Columptoniae[?] natus, in infantia autem Exoniae nutritus (ibi enim post nativitatem semper commoratus fuit pater) in iuventute Tautoniae diu educatus, in literis et triviis Oxoniae in collegio Exoniae et in aula Cervina per spatium quinque annorum instructus.

2. Scholasticus ego, medicus pater amici alii generosi, alii mercatores, alii pauperes omnes denique haeretici veraequeecclesiae sunt inimici. duo sunt mihi fratres natuminoresquatuorsorores .

3. Aliquando dedi operam Philosophiae aliquando Logicae, aliquando Historiis hisce etiam in rebus magis ludensquam studens fui

4. De sanitate corporis noli dubitare: certe enim valeo. neque vero animo nec anima (deo et animaemeae medicogratias)iam doleo .

5. Ab incunabulis semper haereticus fui tandem vero partim animae causa partim iniuriarum gratia instigatus (veritatem iam vobis depingo) patrem, patriam (volente patre) decrevi. in Anglia sacerdotis cuiusdam praeceptis suavitatem fidei Catholicae animo imbibi, postea fidem in Gallia gradatim auxi, deinde de falsis opinionibus et erroribus a doctissimo Scoto victus, sacramentum Burdigale suscepi perfectus denequet et absolutus Catholicus hic factus fui.

6. Hac in fide catholica promitto et iurabo me usquead mortem perseveraturum et statuta omnia disciplinasque singulas a gubernatoribus institutas dilgenter observaturum. praeterea ex intimis cordis meae partibus polliceor, quod quandocumque superioribus

istius collegii placebit me istud suavissimumecclesiasticae vitae onus humeris meis portaturum et ad iuvandas animas quotiescumquea superioribus meis iniunctum fuerit in Angliam proficissurumt . quibus omnibus meis superscriptis coramdeo et hominibus iuramentum susciperequotidieparatus sum .

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[414] EDWARDS John, c. 22, son of Thomas, a doctor; born at Columbjohn, brought up at Exeter (whither his father moved after his birth) and later at Taunton; for 5 years studied letters and the trivium at Exeter College and Hart Hall, Oxford Is related to gentry, merchants and paupers, all heretics Has 2 younger brothers and 4 sisters Studied philosophy, logic and history unsystematically Healthy. A heretic from his cradle , but left England, with his father's consent, partly for his soul's sake and partlybecause of injuries Was drawn to Catholicism byapriestin England ; grew in faithin France ; was freedfrom errorbya learned Scot, reconciled at Bordeaux and made a full Catholic here. Desires to be an ecclesiastic 15 December 1604 .

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IOHANNES ROGERS die 31 mensis Decembris anno 1604

1. Nomen mihi verum est Iohannes Rogers . annum iamaetatis vigessimum agoin quadam villa oriundus cuius nomenestFeltham (patris mei prius fundus) pertinens ad oppidum quoddam appellatum Froome in Comitatu Somersetensi a teneris, bonis litteris educatus fui, non semper tamen in uno et eodem loco, maximam vero aetatis meae partem consumpsiin quodam oppido in Comitatu Wilt. quod dicitur Haetesburia ubiartibus humanis perseptennium versabar. inde revera Oxoniam petii (sic enim meus patervolebat) ubi in Collegio Oriolensi per dimidiatamanni partem commorabar , etquo tempore domum redii moremeovixi et nihil profeci. biennio propedomi iam consumpto, ad patris mei domum venit quidam miles nomen cuiest Richardus Diar (est a privatis cubiculis regis) qui patrem meum ultrorogavit an sibi bene placitum esset, ut filio Domini Harringtoni inservirem qui principi administrat: miles ad me conversus (patris mei animo cognito) interrogabat , an placeret mihi haec conditio, maxime, inquam. eris inquit relligione purus (puritanuminteligebat) nolui Tandem avunculus meus dominus Stourtona patre meo quaesivit, quidnam ageret, demum (ut breviter dicam) desiderabat ut dominae ipsius uxori administrarem. annuit Pater illuc ego proficiscor, ad dominam advenio, cognate inquit tutelam liberorummeorum tibi committo et in disciplinam tuam trado. cum iam annum illic explevissem, fortuito illuc advenit generosus quidam grandaevusqui nomine dicitur Richardus

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Bray qui per decennium Duaci vixit cuius ope Catholicus fiam et pariter non sine summo labore per Galliam Duacum transeo .

2. Conditionem meam habes : parentes armigeri et semper ex terrispropriis vixerunt : annuus census fundi praedecessorum patris habebatur occenti† librae monetaeanglicanae, cuiusiamquartapars solum remanet unicos habeofratrem et sororemquorum ego natu minor sum mater mea occubuit ineunte mea aetate, consanguineos habeo plurimos cuiusque sortis quorum aliqui sunt catholici , pater tamen est Scismaticus.

3. in artibus humanis precipue versatussum ut supramemini hos tamen tres postremos annos sine fructu transegi

4. quod ad valitudinem spectat semper valui ad ipsum usque diem quo Romam revisi animus diversus fuit pro diversitate locorum et temporum nunc tamen tranquilluset bonus, detque deus ut tendat in meliora.

5. Scismaticus semper fui quoad in supradictum senem incidi, qui meam conversionemnon minus desiderabat quam ut transmarinus sim Quomodo mare transvehebar, breviter exponam dum essem Londini, audita mihi cuiusdam Galli profectione cum fratre meo ad illum me contuli, quem facillimeexoravi ut sub specie servi in Galliam secum proficiscar et sic in tuto ex Angliaevasi.

6. Promitto, et verba mea paratus sum obstringere iurando ut post aliquotannos (interimfelix faustumque deo approbante studium meum sit) cum reverentiae vestrae bene visum fuerit ut sacerdotio fungar me libentissime suscepturum. tt

IOHANNES ROGERS

SUMMARY

[414bis] ROGERS John, 19 , born at Feltham (once his father's estate) near Frome, Somersetshire , educated in various places; studied humanities 7 years at Heytesbury , Wiltshire, and for 1 years atOrielCollege,Oxford; idled for 2 years at home; refusedan invitation ofRichardDyer, of the King'schamber, to servethe son ofLord Harrington at Court, because he did not wish to be a Puritan; acceptedan invitation of his uncle, Lord Stourton, toservehis wife; was given charge of his children ; a year later was converted to Catholicism and urged to cross the sea by the aged Richard Bray who had lived at Douai 10 years ; escaped from England, having persuadeda Frenchman who was leaving London to take him as his servant. Son of armigerousparents who have always livedon their own lands ; had ancestorsworth £800 a year, ofwhichonlyaquarter now remains. Has 1 brother and 1 sister; is the youngest child, having lost his mother while a baby; has a schismatic fatherand some Catholic kinsfolk Was healthyuntilreachingRome. Desires to be a priest 31 December 1604

[415] [No Responsa extant]

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RICHARD GARNETT

1605 3 die Iunii

1. Richardus Garnettus (Alias fisherus) filius Guilielmi Garnetti, et Mariae uxoris eius Natus annos 24 in Comitatu Lancastriae, in villaquadam quae vocaturCansfeild In paterna domo maxima ex parte fui educatus. Literis operam mandavi primo nimirum in oppido quodam nomine Tunstall parum distante a loco natali. Tum in oppido celebriori (Kirbielondsdallnominato) tribus miliaribus (a Cansfeild natali villa) distante deinde secundumparentum arbitrium, et quorundam amicorum persuasu (circiter aetatis annum decimum septimum in quantum coniicio) ad Cantabrigiam, ad capiendum ingenii cultum missus eram . et in Collegio Sanctae Trinitatis (sub Tutoremagistro Roberto Cheko) collocatus, quatuor annorum circiter spacium, literis operam dedi postremo Cantabrigia Relicta, gratiaque videndi parentes (pene senio confectos) aliosque meos amicos, contuli me domum Cumque domi per sex menses fuissem , mortem obiit pater, interea ego in Religione vafrust familiaritatemet societatem quandam cum amicis quibusdam meis catholicis coniunxi eorumque vitam modumque vivendi bene adnimadvertens Statim libris quibusdam catholicis perlectis (desiderio meo satisfacientibus) in ecclesiam Catholicam sum receptus, ipsorumque praedictorum amicorum adiumento divinoque

Auxilio (matrisfratribus sororibus, paucisquealiis Relictis) ad hunc usque veni portum, memetipsum deo consecrandiproposito.

2. Sum Artis bachelaureust, parentes fuere plebeii, non ad modum pauperesneque divites, pro statu et conditione indifferentes , iuxta Regionis consuetudinem ex agricultura victum et alia necessaria habentes et omnes mihi consanguinitate et affinitate coniuncti eundem fere vivendi modum tenent sunt mihi duo fratres, tres sorores parum Religiosi, sed ad communem Regionis modum viventes. multos habeo cognatos et amicos catholicos, unumque Regno Reginae Mariae Sacerdotem ordinatum modo viventem aliosque habeo amicos valde haereticos

3. Studui Cantabrigiae, literis humanioribus operam navavi, et graecae linguae Rudimentis, parumque artem didici logicam.

4. Nunquam me aegrotasse memini (nisi semel in pueritia) corpus quidem sanum robustumque existit, nisi aliquando reuma, pituita, et flegmate laboro .

5. Cantabrigia ut praedixi relicta gratiavidendiet visitandiparentes aliosque amicos, inveniebam quosdam libros catholicos , inter quosdam amicorum meorum, et quibus unus fuit qui inscriptus erat Christiana directio etc vulgo autem Resolutio Reverendi patris R.p. quo perlecto et diligenter animo, ponderato dolere et pigere incepi me tam multum temporis otiose consumpsisse , et in pravis viis tam longe ambulasse sed non dum animo satisfactus, inveni alium de tribus Angliae conversionibus inscriptum, ibi vidi principium et progressumecclesiae protestantium et aliorum haereticorum magnopere inter se discrepantiam, hos et alios quamplurimos

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perlegendo, omnibusque dubiis solutis, a Reverendopatre Iohanne Redmano (cui multas debeo gratias) reconciliatus, et fide catholica instructus , tandem in ecclesiam catholicam eram receptusdeinde ex comitatu Lancastria cum optimo reverendoque patre Rowlando Battie commigravi , eiusque consilio et adiumento fretus, ad hanc usque urbem,iterhabui tutumet divinaprovidentiavaldeprosperum.

6. Cum hoc a principiomecum semperproposui, reverendi patris Rectoris authoritati meipsum omnino submittere, eiusque beneplacito totaliter tradere et cum religionis causa me, omnia reliquisse deum obtestor, ut penitus meipsum eius voluntati consecrarem , nihil magis in votis habeo quam ut in vinea sua dignus operariusevaderem . tt

SUMMARY

[416] GARNETT Richard , alias Fisher, 24, son ofWilliam and Mary his wife, born at Cansfield, Lancashire, brought up at home, learnt letters at nearby Tunstall, then at Kirby Lonsdale, 3 miles from home ; went to Cambridgeat 16 and studied humanities, Greek , and a little logic for 4 years at TrinityCollege, being tutoredbyRobert Cheke, M.A.; B.A.; returned home from Cambridge to visit aged parents, six months before his father's death Began to mix with Catholics and to read Catholic books, especiallyFr. Person's Bookof Resolution ; repented of his idle life ; was converted by reading The Three Conversions of England and other books; was received into the Church by Fr. John Redman ; left Lancashire with Fr. Rowland Battie, came hither. Son of plebeian parents of moderate means , who farm as do all his kinsfolk. Has2 brothers and3 sisters, not religious but living as others do in those parts ; has many Catholic friends and kinsfolk, one a Marian priest still surviving; others very heretical Never ill since childhood, except for colds , rheum and phlegm Desiresto workin the vineyard 3June 1605 .

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1. Richardus Nightingalus est mihi verum nomen , usque ad vigesimum annum aetatis meae sum provectus, Novae Maltonae natus educatusque.

2. Cuthbartus nomen Patris, plebeae sortis, ac conditionis , fratresduo, sorores tres, cognati omnes (uno avunculo soloexcepto) sunt haeretici

3. Cantabrigiae aliquando studui, operamque dabam studio logices

4. Valitudinet corporis semper fruebar, animi vero non.

5. Haereticus fere semper nisi quod circa Pascham ecclesiae (praedicto avunculo sacerdote) eramredactus, pro ea nihil passus.

6. Ecclesiasticam vitam agere, disciplinas institutaque collegii observare, in animo habeo, ac firmiter tenere fidem dabo.

Per me RICHARDUM NIGHTINGALUM Ebroacensem sed vocor

CARLEL:

SUMMARY

[417] NIGHTINGALE Richard, alias Carlisle, son ofCuthbert("of plebeanfortuneandcondition"), bornandbrought upatNewMalton , Yorkshire; studied logic at Cambridge. Has 2 brothers and 3 sisters ; has only heretical kinsfolk except for one uncle a priest Alwayshealthyin body; not so in mind A heretic untilreconciled atEaster by his uncle Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[418]

1. Jacobus Gantus filius Guilielmi Ganti viginti quinque circiter annorum natus in comitatuLancastriae, in eodemque loco educatus ibique etiam studiosus ad vicesimum secundummeae aetatis annum vixi.

2. Conditio parentum , praecipuorumque amicorum est mediae sortis. fratres vero sorores , et cognati fere omnes, quos habeo , vel sunt catholici , vel schismatici

3. Studio literaturarum uno anno in collegio duacensiAnglorum operam dedi ; ac ceteris duobus annis studio Philosophiae ibidem vacavi

4. Valitudinem quidem firmam hactenusfere semperhabui.

5. Ad fidem catholicam, divina erga me bonitate, consilio parentum, qui sunt catholici, ac bono unius sacerdotis auxilio perductus fui, pro qua nihil passus praeter amisionem† parum pecuniae

6. Denique firmam intentionem habeo vitam ecclesiasticam degere: tt

Dato tertio die Octobris : Anno Domini 1605.

SUMMARY

[418] GAUNT James, c 25, son of William, born and brought up in Lancashire, where he studied until 21. Son of middle class family, has brothers and sisters and cousins , Catholics or schismatics Studied letters 1 year, and philosophy 2 years, at Douai Healthy. Brought to Catholicism by the advice ofCatholic parents and the help of a priest ; has suffered nothing forreligion except a small financial loss Desires to be an ecclesiastic 3 October 1605.

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Gulielmus Drureus viginti annorum Exsexia oriundus Londini plerumque educatus, et deinde Audomari Patre natus Guilielmo Drureo Doctore, et iudice curiae praerogativae; matre autem Maria Southwell : Hac adhuc viventeetnuper ad fidem catholicam conversa: illo autem ab annis sedecim, cum paulo ante in Ecclesiam reciperetur converso Fratres, sorores , et cognati paene omnes, quos novi, suntconversi

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Londini humanitati studere incepi ; hanc Audomari perfeci Dolore aegritudine nulla impedior, quo minus institutam hanc vivendi, et studendi rationem prosequar, nec unquam ullo morbo graviter laboravi

Sororis opera, quae Domino Richardo Aringtonio, viro, et nobili et imprimis catholico fuitinmatrimoniumdata in Ecclesiamreceptus sum , abhinc annis quatuor, aut eo amplius, authore Domino Henrico Standish praebyterot , statim autem a conversione ex Anglia discessi. Vitam Ecclesiasticam inire propono, tt GUILIELMUS BEDFORDUS , alias vero nomine DRUREUS .

SUMMARY

[419] DRURY William, alias Bedford, 20, son of William (a Doctor and Judge of the Prerogative Court, converted shortly before his death 16 years ago) and Mary Southwell (still living, and recently converted to Catholicism) born in Essex; studied humanities in London and at St. Omers Has brothers, sisters, and cousins , almost all converts. Healthy. Was received into the Church 4 years ago by Mr. HenryStandish, priest, at the suggestionof his sister , who is married to Richard Harrington, a nobleCatholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

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1. Robertus Bedfordus, alias Drury annos natus octodecim , Midelsexia oriundus, Londini praecipue educatus. converso ;

2. Patre Guilielmo Drury Suffolciensi nobili Iuris doctore , pluribus abhinc annis mortuo, et quidem in ipsa ut opinor morte Matre autem Maria Southwell Norfolciensi similiter nobili, adhuc viva, et ante unum et alterumannum a schismate , in quod plurimis ante annis, ab initio aetatis catholica, delapsafuerat ad eandem ipsam fidem catholicam revocata Fratres habeo Iohannem Georgium et Guilielmum , sorores Brigittam et Elizabetham, omnes, hac ultimaexcepta, catholicos.

3. Londini, ante conversionem praecipue, literis humanioribus, aliquo licet exiguo profectu, operam dedi, inde revocatus, et conversus Audomarum veni, ubi huiusmodi studiorum decursum , multo quam ante faelicius absolvi.

4. Valetudine corporis simul et animae (exceptailla quaprimum laborabam Haeresi ) hactenusdivinagratiaassistenteusus sumsatis firma

5. Anno aetatis 14to ad fidem Catholicam primum perductus adiuvante Brigitta sorore natu maiore, tribusque post mensibusin Belgiam missus , hucusqueAudomari studiis operam navavi.

6. Vitam degere Ecclesiasticam plane proposui tt

ROBERTUS BEDFORDUS , alias DRURY

SUMMARY

[420] DRURY Robert, alias Bedford, 18 , son of William ofSuffolk (a noble Doctor of Law, converted before his death long ago) and Mary Southwell of Norfolk (noble, surviving, and converted a year or two agofrom the schism into whichshe lapsed manyyears ago). Has brothers George and William, and sisters Bridget and Elizabeth , all Catholics except the last Studied letters at London withlittle progress, converted through his eldest sister Bridgetwhen 14 , sent to Belgium 3 months later, completed humanities at St. Omerswith better success Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[421]

1. Ego Iohannes Pluncketus decimum fere aetatis annum octavum complevi, in civitate Londini natus, saluberrimoque literarum studio semper deditus.

2. Parentes habeo catholicos, unicum tantum cognatum catholicum habeo , patrem habeoartificem:

3. magno cum profectu et progressu sapientiae studio operam dedi:

4. numquam ulla aegritudine fui oppressus

5. hos duos tantum annos in catholica religione consumpsi, ad veramque hanc fidem per dominum Flintum fui vocatus, nihil pro ea passus.

6. cupio, et exopto vitam eclesiasticam ducere collegiique disciplinam, dum hic maneo semperobservare.

IOHANNES

PLUNCKETUS:

SUMMARY

[421] PLUNKET John, almost 18, son of an artisan, born in London and educated in letters Son of Catholic parents; has only one Catholic kinsman Healthy Was reconciled 2 years ago by Mr. Flint. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[422]

1. Hoc nomen Richardus Arnoldus , a parentibus acceptum, mihi verum , licet modo non divulgatumesse confiteor Nativitatis pariter educationis locus fuit Hampstall Ridware, quo etiam loco atque aliis deinde pagis eundem circa locum bonarum litterarum emolumenta accepi

2. Ego simul et parentes plebeum vivendi morem secuti sumus. Duos mihi fraternitate coniunctos habeo. Pater fratrumquealter sunt schismatici : mater ac perinde alter Catholici

3. Studia quibus operam dederim, sunt. Sintaxis et Poesis .

4. Nullam ego aegritudinem sentio, vel aliquando permansuram sentii

5. Schismaticae aliquando fui religionis particeps per 13 annos

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in isto statu extiti, et hic decimus octavus vel perinde annus extat. partim per matris , per sacerdotis praecipue auxilium, veritatem fui complexus, in qua modo usque perseveravi, propter quam dirisionemst aliquoties fui perpessus Litterashabui Duaco summo ex sacerdotein Anglia commendatitias.

6. Totum propositum, totum etiam meum quodque desiderium , ad vitam ecclesiasticam quod sentio agendam, dum collegii fruar bonis. est. me, measque actiones ad superiorum placitum dirigi. Quod ut perficiatur , det Deus Optimus Maximus

RICHARDUS ARNOLDUS alias AUDLEUS . Finis

SUMMARY

[422] ARNOLD Richard, alias (and betterknown as) Audley, c 17 , bornand brought up at Hampstable Ridware ; studied syntaxand poetry thereabout Son of a plebeian schismatic father and a plebeian Catholic mother; has one Catholic brother and one schismatic brother. Healthy. Was a schismatic for 13 years, was converted through his mother and a priest, and has remained faithful in spite of derision. Obtained letters to Douai from the Archpriest. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

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1. Gulielmus Shackleton in Comitatu Lancastriae natus vigesimum primum aetatis suae annum complevit, iamque vigesimum secundum agit.

2. Parentes mei nec divites sunt nec pauperes, sed mediaesortis condicionisque Fratrem unum natu maiorem habeo, quam pater (qui iam in vivis est) haeredem ex asse constituit, ambo tamen cum multis ex amicis meis sunt schismatici

3. Per decursum septem annorum in adulta aetate ad literarum cognitionem imbibendam a parentibus ad scholam missus fui, provectiore autem aetate Ministri cuiusdam Lutherani nepotis mei suasu Oxoniam petii ubi annum unum integrum in relegendis classicis authoribus quos rure didici transegi, itemque duos annos in dialecticesspeculationibus (quamvis minimocum profectu)locavi.

4. Quantum ad corporis mei sanitatem spectat, ab eo tempore, ex quo faeliciter ex Anglia discessi, per duas septimanas Audomaropoli semelfebricitans exstiti ; in praesenti tamen (ut mea fert opinio) post longinquum meum iter sum prorsus valetudine integra et confirmata.

5. Ex frequenti lectione decem rationum aP.Campianoconscriptarum fideicatholicaeamorecaptusAcademia post tres annos relicta ad cognatum meum virum catholicum in Essexiae Comitatu habitantem e vestigio me contuli ; ubi per biennium omnibus fere aliis studiis omissis avitae fidei praeceptis institutisque imbui summoperecontendi ; ad ecclesiam tandem catholicam magno erga

me dei beneficio reconciliatus patris cuisdamSocietatis Jesu hortatu transfretavi, Audomarumque appuli ibique annum integrum studiis meis (tam diu intermissis) operam navavi et sic Romam missusfui

6. Me firmo proposito ac incredibili paene ecclesiasticae vitae transigendae studio teneri cum patrem patriamque eapropter reliquerim luculenter satis ostendit

Ad maiorem dei gloriam

GULIELMUS SHACKLETON alias STANTONUS

SUMMARY

[423]SHACKLETONWilliam, alias Stanton, 21 , born inLancashire of middle class parents ; has one elder brother whom his father (still living) has made heir to the whole estate ; both, like most of the family, are schismatics Attended school 7 yearsinadulthood to learn letters ; waspersuadedby his nephew, a Lutheran parson, to go to Oxfordwhere he spent a year re-reading the classicalauthors he had read inthe country, and 2 years in dialectical speculation without profit. Had a fever for 2 weeks at St. Omerson arriving from England ; is now restored to health after his long journey. Was drawntoCatholicism byfrequent reading ofCampion's Tenreasons ; leaving the University after 3 years, went to live with a Catholic kinsman in Essex for 2 years, learning about the old religion ; was reconciled and crossed the sea at the advice of a Jesuit; studied a year at St.Omersand was sentto Rome. Desiresto bean ecclesiastic

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1. Robertus Sewardus Herefordiensis filius Gulielmi Sewardi natus anno 1583 mense Julioet baptizatus xxiiii die eiusdemmensis in urbe Herefordia natus et ibidem studiosus.

2. pater fortunae mediocris, filius primarii civitatis, ipse nunquam dignitatem civicam consecutus . uxorem ex familia Beringtoniana duxit,ex qua xvi liberos habuit quorum xiii adhuc vivunt haeretici omnes excepto uno aut altero schismatico, et meipso catholico.

3. Studui linguae latinae, et musicae usque ad annum xiiii in literis latinisnihil admodum in musica parum proficiens postea cum medico iiibus annis habitavi

4. valetudine semper optima fui nisi duobus hisce superioribus annis iam vero a medio anno convalui

5. In haeresi educatus sum usque ad annum xvii deinde opera domini mei domini Strange, et Reverendi Patris Patris Coffin factus sum catholicus et cum eodem magistro Audomarum veni, et consuptist ibi amplius v annis in literis humanioribus Romam a Superioribus missus sum. anno aetatis meae xxiido

6. Vitamecclesiasticamagere et huius collegii disciplinam servare per dei optimi maximigratiamsummoperedesidero.

ROBERTUS SEWARDUS . vocor autem ROBERTUS BERINGTONUS

SUMMARY

[424] SEWARD Robert, alias Berington, son of William, bornJuly 1583 and baptised 24 July 1583 ; born and educated in Hereford (His father, of moderate fortune, was the son ofthe leading citizen , but neveracquired civicdignity himself ; hemarried a wifefromthe Beringtonfamily and had 16 children by her, of whom 13 survive, all heretics except for the respondent and one or two schismatics.) Studied Latin and music until 13, making no progress inLatinand little in music ; lived 3 years with a doctor. Healthyuntil 2years ago; recovered6 months ago. Was brought up a heretic until 16 , was then converted by Mr. Strange and Fr. Coffin, with whom he came to St. Omers, where he studied humanities 5 years and was then sent to Rome in his 22nd year Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[425]

Thomas Shellaeus annis natus 19 , oriundus ex Sussexeia : educatus, maxima ex parte, in domo Patris et Audomari . Pater adhuc cum Noverca superstes ; Matermortua ; omnes Catholici Fratres omnes et sorores, Cognati etiam (quantum scio) Catholici exsistunt.

Intra domesticos parietes aliquamdiu , praesertim vero Audomari, studiis operam navavi.

Quod ad valetudinem attinet (licet interdum valetudinarius ) plerumque tamen bona usus sum valetudine . Tenera adhuc aetate, priusquam patriam, religionis causa deserui. religione Catholica non sum imbutus ; deinde vero Catholicus semperexstiti. Desiderio vel maximo teneor, cum Ecclesiasticam vitam agendi, tum huius Collegii disciplinam dum hic manseroobservandi.

SUMMARY

[425] SHELLEY Thomas, 19, of Sussex ; educated in his father's house and at St. Omers (His mother is dead, his father has remarried ; all are Catholics, as are his brothers, sisters and kinsfolk) Usually healthy. A Catholic since leaving England for religion's sake Desires to be an ecclesiastic

1605

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1605

1. Verum nomen Edoardus Atslous quod et patris nomen erat Matris vero nomen frances Wingfeild Natus sum anno Domini 1584 decrescente , Londini Educatus sum in Essexiaubi et vixi et studui

2. Conditio parentum praecipuorum amicorum et mea media censu non ita divite fratres habeo duos, sorores tres, cognatum quem sciam unicum, omnes catholicos

3. Studui literis humanioribus et aliquem (Deo sit gloria) feci progressum .

4. Valetudo duobushisannisproxime transactis nonita constans , causa sola et unica obstructio corporis habui enim experientiam laxato corpore rectissime valeo. Laboravialiquando oculis iamdiu vero lausDeonon sensi Quodad animam magnasaliquando molestias habui et certe non sum adhuc ita liber ut desyderaremt.

5. Haereticus fui usquead annum aetatis 15uminductussumad fidem catholicam per cognatum, reconciliavit vero P. Filcocke cuius etiam opera ex Anglia missus sum.

6. Desyderium meum et propositum ad vitam ecclesiasticam agendamet observandam Collegii disciplinam dum hic manserotale est ut quotidie oraverim et posthac orabo (quod ad maiorem Dei BeatissimaequeVirginis sit gloriam) ut multum augeatur.

EDOARDUSATSLOUS , alias WINGFEILD

SUMMARY

[426] ATSLOW Edward, aliasWingfield, son ofEdward and Frances Wingfield, born at London towards the end of 1584 ; lived and studied in Essex Son of middle class family, has 2 brothers , 3 sisters, 1 known cousin, all Catholics Has suffered ill-health theselast 2 years , due to obstruction of body (for when his bodyis relaxed he is healthy). Suffered formerly from bad eyesight. A heretic until 14, converted by his cousin, reconciled and sent from England by Fr. Filcock. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

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Endorsed: 1606]

1. Anthonius Grenewaye filius Anthonii Grenewaye et Wenefridaeuxoris eius, circa 27um aut 28um aetatis meae annum Romam veni; Natus sum Leckhamstediae in comitatu Buckinghamiae, Educatus in paternis aedibus, undecimum agens annum Oxonium adductus, in collegio Magdalenensi totos prope novem annos consumpsi reliquumtemporis variis in locis, plerumque vero Londini et in Belgia profusum, ignoscat Dominus.

2. Anthonius pater, Eques auratus reditus habet ad summam 500 1. Wenefreyda mater ex equestri familia Harecourtiorum fratres tres habeo duos me natu maiores unum minorem sororem unicam armigero cuidam Noacho Fludde nuptam . Deus illos ex haeresi qua decipiuntur vindicet Consanguinitate nobis adiunguntur familiae, Leeorum ex qua reverendus pater Rogerus Lee et Ingolsbeorum. utraeque Equestres, in prima rari, in altera nulli Catholici reperiuntur Gualterus Harecourte cognatus primus ex parte matrisEques auratus, Scismaticushabetur; ipsius filius natu maximus Robertus una cum uxore sua Francisca sorore Francisci Veri militis, fidem Catholicam sincere profitentur.

3. Oxonii cursum philosophiaeabsolvi, quam autem perfecte,aut

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quid ex illotempore effluxeritnon satis habeocompertum Historia, Poetas, et nonnihil etiam in philosophia praeteritis his annis legi,et in illis cum aliquibus eruditis me raptim exercui.

4. Prospera ex dei benignitate sum usus valetudine , nisi quod Oxonii Reumate violentissimo per duos aut tres annos afflictus fui quod tandem mihi depulit Tabaccum, medicis consulentibus acceptum, ipsius vero usum vel morte molestiorem, antequam huc advenerim non potui deponere , nunc autem me spero ipsum penitus effugisse. faxit deus ut una depravatos omnes habitus adolescenti incauto in haeresi et otio contractos, in ipso limine sacrarum aedium excusserim

5. Observata Haereticorum literatorum nequitia, et inter se dissidentia ; primo ex curiositate fidei Catholicae attendebam , ubi vero ipsiusmaiestatem et sinceritatem singulari deigratiaaspexerim, illud quidem partim ex lectione, partimex quotidiano cum familiaribus ea de re sermone, vel primi quidem illorum quibuscum tunc temporis familiariter vixi, extiterunt, praefatus Robertus Harecourte et Thomas Studder miles et quidem Iosephus Davisius qui scientias primis quod aiunt labris gustaverat, et primas inter facetos tenuit, omnes vero Scismatici miserrimum animae meae fluctuantis statum contemplatus Optavi ut aliquem sacerdotem qui mihi succurreret invenirem : quem post aliquantum temporis opera eiusdem Iosephi nactus ; in eo dignatus est Deus me in Ecclesiae sinum recipiendum, cum 21 aut 22 in haeresi egissem annos Nondum dignatus est me Dominus quicquam pro nomine suo pati, ni immensa ipsius misericordia molestias mihi ab amicis haereticis exhibitas, et nonullas fortunas hac decausa repudiatas imputaverit In Flandriam animo militandi primo veni, postea vero illasententia deposita, non praeter divinamuti spero voluntatem ; a venerabilibus amicis confirmatus Romam me sacrorum studiorum causa contuli

6. Vel primummihi est in votis, ut ubi reverendis superioribus aptus videarevasisse, vitam profitear Ecclesiasticam. tt

ANTHONIUSGRENEWAYE

SUMMARY

[427] GREENWAY Antony, 26 or 27 , son of Sir Antony (who has £500 a year) and Winifred Harcourt, born at Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire, brought up in his father's house, sent to Oxford at 10 , spent almost 9 years at Magdalen, wasted much time laterat London and in Belgium Has 3 brothers (2 older) and 1 younger sister married to Noah Flood Esq., all heretics Is related to the Lee family, including Fr. Roger Lee, and to the Ingoldsbys, both knightlyfamilieswith noCatholicsin the latterand few in the former; through hismother is first cousinto Sir Walter Harcourt, schismatic, whose eldestson Robert, likehis wife Frances , the sister ofSirFrancis Vere, is a Catholic. Finished philosophy at Oxford withdubious success ; has recently read and discussed history, poetry and

philosophy. Healthy, except that for 2 years at Oxford he was afflictedwith rheum, which was cured, on the advice of his doctor, bythe use ofTobacco, a remedy which is worse than death. Havingobservedthe wickednessand disagreementofheretics,was drawn to Catholicism out of curiosity; was brought to see its majesty by reading and by talking to schismatics Robert Harcourt, Sir Thomas Studder, and Joseph Davis, dilettante and wit Was brought by the latter to a priestwho reconciled him after 21 or 22 years in heresy; has suffered nothingfor the Faith except forlost niches and rebuffs fromheretical friends Wentto Flanders toserve as a soldier , but changedhis mind and has come to Rome to study. Desires to be an ecclesiastic [Endorsed "1606"]

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ELIAS TOMKINS

Anno 1605 Junii 4°

1. Nomen mihi verum est Elias Tompkins alias Robertus Ashfield aetatis anni sunt septem et viginti, vel circiter Locus nativitatis est quoddam oppidum in Comitatu Herefordiae quod dicitur Withington,Educatio meaad annum aetatis meae decimum quintum maxima ex parte fuit in schola publica civitatis Herefordiae, ubi Grammaticae studui deinde pater me in universitatem Oxoniensem educandum curavit, ibi in Collegio Aenei Nasi per tres annos Dialecticae studui, exinde autem ad patrem reversus in oppido Withingtonpraedicto habitantem ibi et aliis eiusdem comitatus locis ut etiam in comitatuWigorniae in domo cuiusdam Iohannis Goweri generosi quae Woodhall appellata est, liberos in latina lingua erudivi

2. Conditiomea est ut supra, parentes sunt plebei vivuntetiam more plebeiorum non magna rerum affluentiaabundant , nec paupertate gravantur, sed iis rebus quae ad vitaestatumet conditionem pertinent fruuntur me unum vivum habent filium, unam habeo sororem eanquemaritatam, fratrem habui natu maiorem, qui nunc defunctus est, amicos et cognatosplurimos, quosdam divites, quosdam pauperes , omnes autem una cum parentibus sunt haeretici praeter unum patruum qui in Hollandia Germaniae inferioris provincia vivit Catholicus

3. primo et praecipue Grammaticae et rhetoricae latinis literis atque etiam graecis per aliquod tempus operam dedi, in quibus parum profeci deinde in Dialectica progressum feci, multa autem per eiusdem studii neglectum ex memoria evaserunt

4. Bona fuit sempercorporis valetudo et firma, parum admodum aegritudini obnoxia semel tantumin vita idque in itineread Romam per spatium unius mensis febri laboravi nuncautem quantum exbona corporis constitutione , et valitudinet colligere possum me plane liberatum eamque recessam sentio

5. Primum dico quod circiter annum aetatis meae vigesimum fuit mihi confusa quaedam et imperfecta cognitio de quibusdam

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rebus inter Catholicos et haereticoscontroversis, Quam cognitionem ad maiorem perfectionem accrescere maxime desideravi partim quod undique in Anglia Catholicos ab haereticis afflictos, alios in carcere et vincula coniectos alios morte acerbissima mulctatos, et tamen ista omnia maxima tum patientia tum constantia passos viderim atque intellexerim ; praecipue autem ut veram et indubitatam fidem utpote religionis et salutis fundamentum in me locarem ; statui itaque mecum libros de huiusmodi controversiis tractantes pervolvere, quibus post aliquod tempus acquisitis et perlectis, eorumqueinvicem rationibus et argumentis serioconsideratis, multa quae mihi antea ab haereticis tradita pro certis et a me firmissime credita, nunc plane dubia apparuerunt , deinde per divinae gratiae illuminationem cum per aliquod tempus haec mecum diligentius considerassem tandem me diu haereticorum fucatis figmentis vanisquedisceptationibus planeexcaecatumfuisse perspexi : cupiens itaque in rebus tam magnis tamque arduis meliorem instructionem accipere per dei providentiameruditum quendam virum conveni catholicum ,quocum diu sermone habito, omnia ita dilucide et aperte tractandoaperuit et patefecit, ut mihi omni ex partenon sinemagno animi et conscientiae meae tranquillitate satisfecit. Statimque verum et indubitatumconversionismeae testimonium exhibere non dubitavi, Quo facto per aliquod tempus mecum consideravi quo pacto vitae meae cursum instituerem ut in vera et orthodoxa fidei Catholicae religione libere deo inservire possem, tadem decrevi (si fieri posset) in nobilis sive generosi alicuius Catholici patrocinium confugere, apud quem aut liberos erudirem, aut aliud civile vitae genus traducerem Quod meum propositum cum parumfaeliciter cessit ad patruummeumCatholicum in Holandia Germaniaeinferioris provincia habitantem me contuli, quocum vixi dum commodeet per anni tempus iter suscipere possim, atque exinde Romam veni

6. Propositum et desiderium ambo beneplacitum reverentiae vestrae expectant, ipse autem ad ordines ecclesiasticos (si deus me dignum fecerit) promoveri , desidero.

SUMMARY

[427bis] TOMPKINS Elias, alias Robert Ashfield, c 27, born at Withington, Herefordshire, learnt grammar in the public school atHereford until 14, studied dialectic 3 years at Brasenose College, Oxford; returned to his fatherat Withingtonand livedthere and in other places in the same county and at the house of a gentleman called John Gower at Woodhall, to whose children hetaughtLatin. Sonofplebeianparents ofsufficient means ; had 1 elderbrothernow dead; has 1 married sister , manykinsfolk, some richand some poor, all heretics (like his parents) except one uncle, who lives in Holland , a Catholic. Studied grammar, rhetoric, and some Greek; made more progress in dialectic, but has forgotten much Healthy except for a month's fever on the way to Rome, which has now

passed away. When about 19 acquired some knowledge of the points controverted between Catholics and heretics ; desired to learn more, because he saw the patient sufferings of the Catholics in England and because he desiredto possessthe trueand undoubted faith; read and consideredmany books of controversy, and began tohavegreat doubts about heretical teachingand finally sawthat he had been blinded by it ; held long discussions with an erudite Catholic , whocompletely satisfied him. Gave clear evidenceofhis conversion ; triedinvainto enter the serviceof some leading Catholics, perhaps as a tutor ; went to his uncle in Holland and livedwith him until a suitable time of year to journey to Rome Desires to be an ecclesiastic 4 June 1605 .

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1. Vero nomine vocor Eduardus Sprott: sum tum natu , tum educatione Staffordiensis annos ut opinor in festo Pascatis ultimo, vel circa habui octodecim: Vicus in quo natus eram vulgarinomine appellatur Worsley Brige ipsa vero domus Worsley Haull A teneris annis in bonarum artium studiis hactenus semper fui educatus.

2. Sum generosis parentibus ortus; praeterea sunt strenui catholici, et a primo primae conversionistempore in fide orthodoxa sive in secundis sive in adversis semper constantes perseverarunt magnamque bonorum omnium (regnante Elisabetha) ob fidem catholicam iacturam sustulerunt fratrem habeo unicum me seniorem , sorores vero duas ; cognatos plurimos quosdamcatholicos eosque (ad maiorem Deigloriam [)] haud paucos : quosdam etiam haereticos , paucos tamen sed potius schismaticos.

3. Pro tanto temporis intervallo, quanto in Anglia ad libros ediscendos animum appuli (ut verum fatear) non adeo multum profeci, ita enim se res habuitut plus ludis, quam litteris vacare ,pro more habebam. Posteaquam vero Duacum veni studui uno anno integro cum aliquot mensibus praeceptis Syntaxeos : bonos (laus Deo) habui progressus , et praemium reportaviseptimum : in poesi vero ob rationes aliquas, minus diligens minorem habui progressum, tantum tamen quantum unquam expectabam, haud multum enim musisdelectabar, nihilominus primi senatorislocum possidebam tum cum a classe discedebam .

4. In Anglia (laus Deo) valitudine non multum laboravi , sed si quando[?] dentibus praecipue: Duaci vero nonnumquam capite sed rarius, et semel pro duas septimanasfebri laboravi

5. Semper fui catholicus (ad maiorem Dei gloriam sit dictum) In has transmarinas partes me prius contuli auxiliante quodam sacerdoteoptimo viro iam in Anglia permanente nomine fallowes , velaliter Bishop ; neque aliquod offendiculum vel impedimentum in via pertuli.

6. Polliceor bonum me haberepropositum, magnumque deside-

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rium ad ecclesiasticae vitae munera in hoc Collegio rite, faeliciter ut opto obeunda

EDUARDUS SPROTT

Laus Deo, Deiparaeque Virgini Mariae matri

SUMMARY

[428]SPROTT Edward, about 18 last Easter, born at Worsley Hall, Worsley Bridge, Staffordshire, educated liberally in Staffordshire. Son of keen Catholic gentrywho have perseveredin thefaith since their first conversion and who suffered the loss of all their goods under Elizabeth Has 1 elder brother, 2 sisters ; many kinsfolk, mainly Catholic, some heretics or rather schismatics Did not derive much profit from the long time he spent at his books in England ; was fonder ofgames thanofstudy Studied syntax for a yearand some months at Douai, and won theseventh prize ; was not so successful at poetry; but had the place of first senator when he left the class . Healthy in England except for toothache ; suffered sometimesfromheadaches at Douai, and fever for 2 weeks. Always aCatholic ;crossed the sea at the advice of an excellent priest now in England,calledBishop or Fallowes; met no difficulty onhisjourney. Desiresto be an ecclesiastic.

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1. Nomen verum mihi est Gulielmus Forster, parentum alter vocatus Laurentius altera Elizabetha Forster Annorum sum 18 et 3 mensium. natus fui in Essexia iuxta locum qui vocatur Haveril, educatus apud avum in Norfolcia in vico qui vocatur antiquaPucknham[?] post cuius obituminvariiseiusdemprovinciae locis et vixi et studui

2. Parentes sunt ortu nobiles, sed statu deficiente pater oeconomus est Ioannis Carril equitis in Sussexia mater eo quod pater sit catholicus ipsa vero haeretica et (ut vocant) puritana degit separata a coniuge. Neque fratres nec sorores habeo. Cognati a parte patris ut duo patrui sunt quantum scio catholiciet iam per aliquod tempus fuerunt, cum antea ob timorem nunc catholici, nunc schismatici fuissent. Quotquot autem sunt ex partematris, pertinacissimi sunt haeretici.

3. Operam dedi studiis humanioribus, perdidicique Audomari, Grammaticam , artem poeticam et rhetoricam.

4. In presenti (Deo Optimo Maximo gratias) firma utor valetudine anno vero transacto tam capite quam pectore laboravi. de caetero ab aliquot annis nihil incommodi circa valetudinem sensi.

5. Necessitate ita cogente ut inter haereticos, ut plurimum versarer, atque educarerita et ipse haereticusvel magis schismaticus, expectans solam opportunitatemut esse possem catholicus, extiti cum circa 14 aetatis annum evocatusa Patre Londinum, a sacerdote quodam in carcere detento, cui nomen, Piggot, reconciliatus ac

admissusin ecclesiamcatholicam fui, inde opera cuisdam patrisex Societate Jesu, dicti Smith,Audomarum missus litteris humanioribus operam eousquededi, donec finito illo cursu videretur superioribus, me Romam mittere

6. Id propositum meum est illudque desiderium quo et iam flagro et iampridem flagraviut cum primumvisus fuero idoneus, iis, qui mei curam gerunt, ad sacerdotale munus admitti; illud, dei gratia, suscipiam, in illoque servitium quod Servatoret et patriae meae afflictissimae debeo coner pro viribus accuratissime praestare Ad maiorem Dei gloriam beatissimaeque semper Virginis Mariae.

GULIELMUS FORSTERUS . *

SUMMARY

[429] FORSTERWilliam, or Anderton, 18 , son of Lawrence and Elizabeth , born in Essex near Haverhill, brought up at his grandfather's house at Old Buckenham, Norfolk ; after his death lived and studied in various places in the same county. Son ofa noble father who owing to circumstances is now steward of Sir John Caryll in Sussex. (His mother, a Puritan, has separated from his father because he is a Catholic ) Has no brothers or sisters; has Catholic kinsfolk on his father's side, including 2 uncles, who once vacillated between Catholicism and schism through fear; on his mother's side is related only to pertinacious heretics Studied grammar, poetry, and rhetoric, especially at St. Omers . Now healthy; suffered a chest illness last year Brought up among heretics, himself was rather a schismatic ; was summoned to London by his father when about 13, and reconciled by an imprisoned priest named Piggott; was sent to St. Omers throughFr. Smith, S.J., and sent to Rome after finishing humanities there. Desires to be a priest.

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1. respondeo nomen meum esse Adamum baptismatePaulum vero Whittinghamum confirmatione Parentes sunt Ricardus Whittinghamuset Anna Dolman Iam annum decimum septimum ago Natus fui in comitatuLancastriae prope civitatemPrestoniensem in parochia Gusnarchii in vico Whittinghameo vel Ashleo. Studui Gusnarchii, deinde Chippini , deinde Waulei , Postremo Duaci.

2. respondeoParentes mei sunt natu nobiles praecipuique amici tam ex patre quam ex matre nobiles. Fratres habeo duos unum Duaci alterum in Anglia maritatum. Amici et cognati Catholici omnes in quantum scio.

3. respondeo in Anglia dedi operam studiis pueribus et parum

*After "Gulielmus" , "Andertonus" has been erased .

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aut nihil profeci Duaci vero dedi operam classibus humanioribus progressus sum usque ad Rhetoricam exclusive

4. respondeosat belle valitudinet usussum .

5. respondeome nunquam fuissehaereticum. Romam autem a superioribus sum missus

6. respondeo me nihil magis semper expetisse quam ut vitam ecclesiasticamagam nihil vero mihi in hoc Collegioposse accidere arbitrorquinsi a superioribus sit iniunctumlubensvolensquefaciam

LAUS DEO

PAULUS WHITTINGHAMUS.

SUMMARY

[430]WHITTINGHAM Adam (confirmed Paul), 16 , son ofRichard and Ann Dolrnan, born at Whittingham or Ashley in the parish of Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire ; studied at Goosnargh, Chipping, Whalley, Douai. Son of noble families ; has 2 brothers , one at Douai and one married in England ; has only Catholic kinsfolk. Made little progress in study in England ; at Douai reached the end of Poetry. Healthy Never a heretic Sent to Rome by his superiors Desires to be an ecclesiastic

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1. Nomine vocor IgnatiusWatsonus Londinoin parochia Sancti Andreae oriundus ex parentibus qui appellantur Rowlandus Watsonus etIuliana Griffin opibus et genere clari atque in amicosbenevoli ac faciles, septem filiabus ac duobus aucti filiis quorum ego minor natu. iam decimum nonum vel vigesimum annum ago Londini undecim annis , rure tribus cum medio, Audomari vero quatuorcum medio nutritus.

2. Amici ac propinqui omnes sunt paucis exceptis catholici

3. A prima fere pueritiahucusquestudiis humanioribus animum applicavi, at nullos vel exiguos admodum progressus feci, nisi Audomari ubi quatuor annos cum medio ad studia sedulo incubui.

4. Nullo vel corporis vel animi morbo afficior nec unquam affectus fui,nisi ventris quo aliquotmensibusbis graviterlaboravi

5. In haeretica fide ad 13 annum institutus opera Ioannis Personii veram agnovi pro qua spacio duorum mensium Audomarum studii gratia petens carceremsustinui

6. Ad ecclesiasticam vitam, et ad collegii disciplinam animus numquam defuit. IGNATIUS WATSONUS alias IGNATIUS MANSEL

SUMMARY

[431] WATSON Ignatius, alias Mansel, 18 or 19 , son of Roland and JulianaGriffin (bothrich, noble and benevolent), born intheparish of St. Andrew in London, brought up there 11 years, lived in the country 3 years, studied 4 years at St. Omers where alone he

made progress . Has 7 sisters and 1 elder brother; has mainly Catholic kinsfolk. Healthy, except for two stomach illnesses which lasted some months. A heretic until 12, was converted through John Persons ; was imprisoned for 2 months on his wayto St. Omers. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

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1. Nomen verum Ioannes Cooe, anno aetatis vixdum decimo octavo Londini natus, in parochia divi Dunstani atque ibidem in liberalium artium studiis educatus atque adeo a prima pueritia enutritus

2. Pater Ioannes Cooe Hartfordiensis Mater Helena Turnera Londinas catholici tribus aucti liberis filiis duobusuna filia quorum ego maximus. cognati reliqui et affines quotquot equidem novi heretici

3. Operam semper humanioribus navavi litteris Londini in parochia divi Dunstani inde Audomari in collegio Anglicano de profectu fructuque quem in litteris feci mentem in ea explicare difficile possem profeci tamen et ex infima ad supremam evasi classem

4. Valetudine (deo sit laus) satis prospera ter tantum quoad memini laborans licet periculose bis febribus inde veterno[?] at nunc dei gratia liber ab his et sanus aegritudo animi nulla est fuit autem segnitiesquaedam quae nunc tandem dei ope superata iacet

5. Fui hereticusundecimannis usque dum venissem Audomarum ubi primum veram Christi doctrinam agnovi

6. Ad ecclesiasticamvitam a primis fidei fundamentis suspiravit animus quod ad collegii disciplinam animus paratissimus.

IOANNES COOE haec testor

Anno Domini MDCVI aetatis decimooctavo

SUMMARY

[432] COOE John, just 17, son of John (of Hertford) and Helen Turner (of London), born and educated liberally in the parish of St. Dunstan, London. Son of Catholic parents, has 1 younger brother and 1 younger sister; has heretical kinsfolk. Studied at St. Omers and proceeded from the lowest to the highest class . Healthy, except for two fevers and one attack of lethargyin the past ; waslazy but has overcomethis Was a heretic 11 yearsuntil he came to St. Omers; since then has desired to be an ecclesiastic 1606

1606

[433]

per IOHANNEM MORGANUM alias SINGLETONUM

1. Eduardum Morganum a Baptismatis sacramento et cognomine patris, propriumhabui nomen; usque duaci in partes Belgicas studendi gratia traiecerim, ubi mutato in confirmatione nomine

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Iohannesevasi, suppressoque cognomentopatris, ementito vocabulo vocabar Dee[?] et tandem Singeltonus; aetate mihi incerta, quantum autem certe auguror et ex vetere licet memoria repetere, vigesimum attigi annum, si non transcendi quod ad locum nativitatis, in pago qui vulgo appellaturBetisfield, e parochia Hanmer in comitatu flintensi ortum habui, ubi educatus ad decimum sextum , vel circiterannum, quo tempore Walterus foulerus armiger Staffordiensis cuius etiam mansio haud longe a Staffordia distat, indomum suam me admisit, unde cum duobus eius filiis Staffordiam quotidiepetens bonis ibidem litteris operam navabam ; inde, cum biennium fere insumpsisset beneficientia eiusdem nobilis adiutus duacum appuli; ubi alio confecto biennio, et mensibusduobus vel circiter, ex superiorum beneplacito et iussu Romam veni

2. Parentes habui Thomam Morganum et Ioanam, ex faece haereticae factionis ad catholicam veritatem utrosque perductos, conditionis mediocris, aut ut vulgo dicitur a yeoman, paulo inclinatae possessionis ex paterna mea prodigentia , antequam lux ea catholica affulsit ; sorores quatuoruterinas quarum binas resumpsit misericordia divina, praecipuum cognatum vel catholicum vel haereticum, cuius magna sit nota neminem habeo.

3. Primis linguae latinae rudimentis , deindelitteris humanioribus operam dedi haud ita magno profectu antequam mare traiecerim iuvenilibus enim nimius tenebar lusibus ; studui autem antequam Staffordiam (ut ante tetigi) venerim hanmeri, Wemmi Elsmere in villis paternam domum circumiacentibus.

4. Valetudine hactenus satis faelici usus sum, deo gratias ut pote qui intra duodecim annos, nullo laboraverim morbo, exceptis frigoribus , et infirmitate nescioqua, anno elapso duaci habita, quo tempore sine dolore contabui et maceratione lenta consumebar in presenti (deo gratias) recte valeo.

5. haeretica obumbratus caligine per aliquot annos vixi, usque dum pater meusnobilis cuiusdam catholici usus familiaritate, ac in gremium sanctissimaematrisecclesiae eius persuasionibusdivinaque operante gratia perductus mihi quoque haud multo post eandem veritatem ministravit, et ad venerabilem dei confessorem Patrem Pricum alias Benettum societatis Iesu adduxit, cuius ope primus mihi aditus ad sacra ecclesiae catholicae sacramentafactus est, quo tempore comes Essexiae in turri londinensi capite plexus est nihil autem infaelixego pro christiana religione passus sum .

6. Vitae institutum quodcumque superioresmei idoneum senserint, in quantum possum paratus sum adimplere, regulas vero et disciplinam collegii libentissime amplector, in iisque observandis , qua possum (deo adiuvante) utar diligentia dum hic mansero.

SUMMARY

IOANNES MORGANUS

[433] MORGAN Edward (so baptised ; confirmed John at Douaiand so known since, with the alias of Dee[?] and finally of Singleton) ; probably 19 plus, son of Thomas and Jane (both converts), born at

Bettisfieldin the parish of Hanmer, Flintshire, educatedthere until about 15, studying at Hanmer, Wem, and Ellesmere; studied letterswiththe2sonsofWalter Fowler, Esq., living in his house near Stafford for almost 2 years; went to Douai through his kindness , and was sent to Rome by his superiors after 2 years and 2 months there. Son ofa yeoman who wasted his possessions beforehe wasa Catholic ; had4 uterine sisters ofwhom 2 aredead ; has no disting- uished kinsfolk. Studied Latin and humanities with little progress until he crossed the sea, being too occupied with games. Healthy these last 12 years except for colds, and a strange painless disease which wasted him at Douai last year but has nowdeparted Was a heretic some years until his father, converted throughthe friendship of a noble Catholic, introduced him to the venerable confessor Fr. Price or Bennett, S.J., who reconciled him at the time the Earl of Essex wasbeheaded in theTower ; has sufferednothingforreligion. Will accept any life which his superiors consider suitable . 1606 .

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1. respondeo, parentis nomen Egidium, meum vero Abrahamum Honnacott esse ; annum (ut sincere credo) vigessimum† primumago; natus fui in commitatu † Devoniae unum milliareab oppido Magnum Torrington appellato ; educatus vero in paroechia nominata Parkham cum patre ad decimum annum usque inde usque ad decimum sextum modo cum cognato conciliario modo cum avunculo in oppido Torringtonhospitatus sum ubi semperstudui.

2. respondeo, parentes praecipuosque amicos semper mediae sortis fuisse non multis divitiis affluentes nec extrema egestate oppressos sed omnia ad familiam suam honestesatis sustentandam ex[?] se petentes : fratres duos habeo una cum parentibus omnibusque necessariis haereticos.

3. respondeo, non multum me proficisset in litteris sed adhuc rudis cum ex Anglia venirem .

4. respondeo , me a prima aetate (laus deo optimo maximo) semper secunda valitudinet usum fuisse .

5. respondeo; me fuissehaereticum, donecmissusa parentibus Londinum , in domo Southampton inveni Simonem Fenel unum ex duodecim assistentibus a quo etiam conversus sum postea veni ab eodem missus Audomarum , at in itinere interceptus et per tredecem hebdomadas in carcere detentus, e quo liberatus (deo annuente) Audomarum appuli, ubi quatuor annis litteris operam dedi ; absoluto vero quatuor annorum cursu a superioribus huc Romam missus, incolumis veni

ABRAHAMUS HONNACOTT .

SUMMARY

[434] HONNACOTTAbraham, 20 , son of Giles, born a mile from Great Torringtonin Devon, brought up withhis father until 9 in the

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parish of Parkham ; thence until 15 withhis cousin a councillor ,or withhisunclein Torrington Sonofmiddle class familyofsufficient means ; has 2 brothers, heretics like his parents and all his kinsfolk Did not progress much in letters; wasstill uneducatedwhen he left England Was a heretic until hewas sentto London byhis parents; wasconverted bySimon Fennell, one ofthe Assistants, whom he met in Southampton House ; was sent by him to St. Omers ; was captured on the wayand imprisoned 13 weeks ; was freed and reached his destination where he studied letters 4 years ; was then sent to Rome

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1. Ego Eduardus Catcher Londini natus, et educatus fui. Annum ut opinor iam ago vicessimum† primumaut secundumnon enim certus sum .

2. Pater meus Thomas Catcher civis est Londinensis religione haereticus ut et omnes consanguinei mei

3. Studui Oxonii Collegio Bayliolensi gradumque Bacchalaureatus accepi quamvis respectu in studiis incertitudinis ad cuiusvis placitum parum aut nihil Philosophiae studio progressussum.

4. Bona hactenus (Dei favore) valitudinet vixi nec quidem ullo morborum generi memet obnoxium invenio

5. A parentibus Haereticeeducatussic permansiusque adfestum ultimum Sanctorum Petri et Pauli Apostolorum quando Catholicae Ecclesiae reconciliatus fui Conversionis causae (post Deum) maximae fuerunt cum Catholicis colloquium et lectiolibrorum tum Catholicorum tum Haereticorum quibus permultas deprehendens corruptiones simulque detestatus, fidem Catholicam amplecti incipiebam pro qua patris et amicorum omnium odium incurri et patrimonium meum qualecunque amisi

6. Huc adveni nullo alio proposito vel desidero quam vitam degere (Deo propitio) Ecclesiasticam meque huius Collegii et Superiorum mandatis in omnibus dum hic vixero obsequentem praebebo

Die 23 Octobris. 1606

EDUARDUS CATCHER .

SUMMARY

[435] CATCHER Edward , 20 or 21, son of Thomas (a heretical citizen of London), born and brought up in London ; studied at Balliol College, Oxford ; B.A.; made little progress inphilosophy . Healthy. Son of a heretical family ; was brought up a heretic ; was converted by the conversation of Catholics and the reading of Catholic and heretical books ; was reconciled on St. Peter and Paul'sDaylast ; incurred the hatred ofhisfatherandfamilyand lost his patrimony. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

23 October 1606.

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1. Ego Iacobus Bardwell aetatis iam agens annum vigessimum tertium Disso oppido mercatorio Comitatus Norfolciae natus, a parentibus in studiis liberalibus a pueritia educatusfui

2. Pater meus Iacobus Bardwell ex familianon ignobilinatus in medio statu ex propriis scilicet possessionibus vivens, et tribus abhinc annis moriens sex liberos quorum iam quinque supersunt, (tres enim fratres et unam sororemhabeo) reliquit, cognatos verovel propinquos quod novi, nullos

3. Circa 14m aetatis annum in Collegium Sanctae Trinitatis Cantabrigiae admissus , Logicae inde biennio post Londini in HospitioCliffordorumlegum studio per aliquot annos operam dedi.

4. Valetudinem et corporis et animi (deo favente) semperhabui satis prosperam

5. Londini studii causa dum commorabar ad cuiusdam laici propter fidem Catholicam incarcerati notitiam et familiaritatem adductus, eius industria, adiecta salutarium librorum lectione divina praecipue cooperantegratia, ecclesiae Catholicaereconciliatus sum .

6. Disciplinae et statutis huius collegii (dum hic mansero) debitam praestabo obedientiam .

IACOBUS BARDWELL alias FRANCISCUS DENNY

SUMMARY

[436] BARDWELL James, alias Francis Denny, 22, son ofJames , born at Diss, Norfolk, and educatedliberally. Son ofa noblefather of moderate means, who lived off his former possessions and is now 3yearsdead ; has 3 brothers and 1 sisteralive, and one siblingdead; has no cousinsas far as he knows. When about 13 wasadmittedto TrinityCollege , Cambridge, studied logic 2 years; studied lawsome yearsinClifford'sInn, London. Whilein London madethe acquaintance of a lay Catholic imprisoned for religion, and through his friendship and the reading of good books decidedto seek reconciliation.

[437]

1. Ego Franciscus Walsinghamus trigesimum agens annum, natus Barvici; in comitatu Northumbriae ; a parentibus in liberalium artium studiis educatus fui succedentibus annis; variis agitatus fortunae fluctibus; militiae ; per literas commendatitias honorabilis Comitissae Essexiae , sub Domino Roberto Sydneyo Equite, et Vlishing gubernatore ; inde reversus, legum tam civilium quam communium exercitio , sub duobus diversis earundem professoribus, operam dedi: deinde per aliquod tempus Oxoniae in Collegio omnium animorum studui ; inde ad erudiendos pueros a rectore Collegii aliisque eiusdemsodalibusdesignatusKingsburiam

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Middlsexiae perveni : ubi etiam diaconatus ecclesiae Anglicanae gradum consequutussum :

2. Pater meus Edwardus Walsinghamus fuit de Exhall in comitatu Warrenniae generosus ; viginti ab hinc annis mortuus, mater adhuc in vita, mediocri potita est conditione ; catholica : fratres habeo duos ; sorores etiam, catholicam et hereticam : alios consanguineos habeo hereticos omnes, unum scismaticum

3. Quod ad studia ; in Oxonia parum studui, sed quosdam authores hereticos pervolvi, et inde in iisdem perlegendis et ad veritatem catholicam destruendum utendis, oleum et operam consumpsi; perdidi:

4. Nec corporis nec animi aegritudine vel infirmitate quapiam nativa (adgloriam et honorem dei dicam) me laborarescio :

5. Hereticus perdiu vixi ; tandem ex comiserationet divina, quum studiose conabar pervertere schismaticum quendam, catholicam fidem strenue asseverantem; ex perlectione libri cuiusdam ab illo accepti ; qui inscribitur Defensio Censurae et a reverendissimo Patre domino Roberto Parsono scriptu[s] veritatem perspexi catholicam ; falsitatem et pravitatem respexi hereticam ; opera et consilio magistri Edwardi Tempesti, sacerdotis laudabilis, incarcerati, et admartyrium designati ; in communionemsanctorum in ecclesiam dei catholicam fui matriculatus ; nec vincula nec

carceres passus : et

6. Vitam ecclesiasticam semper efflagitatam ; nunc demum viam vereineundi propositam ; et disciplinae huius Collegii observationem libenter amplector et favente deo superioribus in omnibus obtemperarenon desinam; quamdiu hic permansero:

FRANCISCUS WALSINGHAMUS: IOANNES FENNELLUS : alias

SUMMARY

[437]WALSINGHAMFrancis,aliasJohn Fennell, 28, son ofEdward , gentleman, of Exhall, Warwickshire ; born at Berwick, Northumberland, and educated liberally; served as a soldier under Sir Robert Sydney, Governor of Flushing, on the recommendation of the Countess of Essex ; studied Civil and Common Law under two different teachers; studied at All Souls College, Oxford; was appointed bythe Warden and Fellows to teach boys at Kingsbury, Middlesex, where he was ordained deacon in the Anglican church. Lost his father 20 years ago; has a moderately rich Catholic mother surviving; has 2 brothers and 2 sisters, one a Catholic and one a heretic ; has one schismatic cousin, all others heretics. Studied little in Oxford ; wasted his timereading hereticalauthors. Healthy Was converted from heresybyreading Fr. Persons' Defence of the Censure which was lent to him by a schismatic whom he was trying to pervert; was reconciled by Mr. Edward Tempest, an imprisoned priest destined for martyrdom. Has always desired an ecclesiasticallife.

[438] Patrem R. PATREM 1606 . AnglicaniCollegii Confessariummihi exhibitapriusquam ad convictum et habitum eiusdem Collegii fuerim admissus. 1° die Novembris 1606

Respondeoad primum verum nomenhic in codice esse subscriptum ; mequenatum esse lyversiegi[?] in Comitatu Eboracenci; educatum cum nobili domino cognato meo Thomae Hesketho nu[per] de Rufford in comitatu Lancastriae ordinis aequestrist defuncto

2. Nomina parentum fuisse Iohannem Nevill, et Beatrice eius uxorem : statum divitem; conditionem nobilem ; eumque ordinis aequestris extitisse, bonis ac dominiis isti dignitati respondentibus gaudentem, donec pro fide omnibus iis Elizabethae nuper Reginae confiscatis, iisque ipsis a patria quasi in exilium pulsis, infantibus octo sine ope ulla in curam cognatorum relictis, victum et vestitum ab externis principibus postulantibus , per aliquotannos ante eorum mortes ex stipendio annuali per Regem Catholicum illis concesso , residuum vitae suae senilis in flandria, leodiique pauperrime degerunt. Praeterea dico fratrem me habere nullum; sorores quinque cognatosutriusque sortis (Catholicosscilicet et haereticos) nobiles non paucos , eosque inter primos in Comitatibus Eboraci, Lincolniae , Staffordiae, Dunelmensis, et Lancastriae precipue et alibi ; quosdam etiam (ut puto) Barones, alios simili dignitati et honori ex genere equivalente oriundos : Necnon plurimos Scismaticos viros, et mulieres eminentes, et conspicuos .

3. Respondeo studuisse Rethoricae Duaci per integrum annum, ibique audivisse philosophiae per anno ab hinc lapso quarto. Quoad profectum Rethorice par[um] plane ex his ; De progressu philosophiae parce dicendo veniam petam ; verbo tantum, qu[od] dicam, in medio cursusme a studiis evocato, missoquetanquam per super[io]rem meum Reverendum Patrem Patrem Baldwynum in patria, finem studiorum fuisse incompl[etum] commune bonum ante privatum,et obedientiam voluntati propriae, immo sacrificare[?] praetulisse putavi.

4. Valetudinem animae ac corporis non malam esse ; aegritudinem autem ullam sen[tire] valde raram, morbum nunquam ; praeter enim dolorem capitis ex frigore, vel nimio calorevelexstudio non mediocri, aut ex magna carentia natural[is] nocturnae quietis, (quod mihi quidem flandriacommoranti aliquoties contigit) perveniente ; ac etiam praeter cholicam passionem , et febrem tertianam , quarum utraque binis diebus simul, binis annis laboravi, omnem aegritudinem corporis [et] animae prorsus ignoro ; nec certememini me propterullam causam talem per trig[inta] tres annos superiores cubibiculum tertio, lectum uno integro die ten[uisse]

5. Haereticum me extitisse nunquam, Catholicum quandoque, Scismaticum vero plerumque usquead annum aetatis vigessimumt octavum a quo tempore catholicus (deo iuvan[te)] extiti ; ex persuasione vero nullius, nisi ex motu spiritus sancti preveniente quasi in medio delitiarum mearum me nihil tale cogitante idque

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statim consideratione unius tantum sententiae per dominum christoforum Andertonum tunc temp[oris] consocium meum , ad me excitandum ad meliorem egendam vitam allatae, cepi ruminare, cit[o] cedere destinavi ; et quasi eadem hora (quae fuitinseptimana praecedente Pasc[ha] postquam, quasi ioco, servassem ieiunia quadragesimae totius, contra morem solitum, divino certe afflatu permotus fui ; allocutusque sacerdotem nomine Barcroft tunc temporis presentem in eum animum adductus fui, eiusque opera septimana sequente factus fui Catholicus, in aedibus studiosorum Iuris Angliae communis, commorans, et ad libitum studens Persecutionem autem in persona, vel bonis directam nullam unquam passus sum ; indirectam tamen (ut ita dicam) magna me sustinuisse puto; qui omnia bona dicta per parentespro fide (ut supra) amissa, mihi per ius, et successionem hereditariam debita, me amisisse vere possum dicere; praeter id genus persecutionis permulta; si multum laborare; saepe vigilare ; clandestino more vivere; nullibi permanentem domum habere; ab una civitate ad aliam fugere ; persecutorum ministros semperexpectare ; iniuriasferre ; convicia sustinere; curam quatuor sororum habere; easque quodammodo sustentare; pauperes catholicos in carceribus afflictos sine ope dando visitare; ditiores mulctas innumerabiles solventes videre ; alios miseria oppressos, et necessitate , aspicere; dei servos in patibulis pendentes praeterire, denique res sacras , deumque ipsum blasphemia derisum cum silentio audire recte dici potest aliquid pati pro fide, ego quidem aliquid in generali non solum, sed etiam in particulari pro fide catholica passus sum ; 6. Respondeopropositum meum sincerum, desiderium ardens , esse , semperquefore spero, ad vitam deo gratissimam, quam certe scio esse Ecclesiasticam, agendam;

SUMMARY tt per me EDMUNDUM NEVILLUM

[438] NEVILLE Edmund, son of Sir John and Beatrice his wife, born at Liversedge, Yorkshire , brought up with his kinsman Sir Thomas Hesketh, late of Rufford, Lancashire. Son of noble and correspondingly rich parents, whose wealth was confiscated by Elizabeth, and who were forced into exile, where they lived in Flanders and at Liège in poverty on a pension from the Catholic King, leaving their 8 children in the care of kinsfolk Has no brothers , but 5 sisters ; has manynoble Catholic and heretical kinsfolk amongthemost importantin Yorkshire, Lincolnshire , Staffordshire, Durham, Lancashire and elsewhere ; some Barons, others ofsimilar dignity and birth; many conspicuous schismatics Studied rhetoricat Douai for a year, and heardphilosophy there4 yearsago; was sent home by Fr. Baldwin in the middle of his studies. Was rarelyill, never diseased ; sometimessuffers headaches fromexcessive cold or heat or study or lack of sleep (as often happened in Flanders) ; also colic passion and tertian ague, which he suffered

two daystogether in two years; in severalyears has notbeen in bed more than a day Was never a heretic, sometimesa Catholic, but mostlya schismaticuntil 27 when he wasstruckbyareproof from his companion Mr.Christopher AndertonintheweekbeforeEaster ,after he had kept the Lenten fast as a joke ; spoke to a priest named Barcroftwho reconciled him a week later, while he wasstudyingin the house of the students of Common Law ; has suffered no per- secution, except indirectly throughhis parents' losses ; has had to workhard,watchoften, livesecretly, do without a permanent home , fly from place to place, live in fear of pursuivants, bear injuriesand insults, care for4 sisters , visit imprisoned Catholics without being able to help them ; watch the rich paying innumerable fines; see others in necessity; pass the servants of God on the gallows; hear blasphemy in silence. Desiresto be an ecclesiastic .

[439]

1. respondeo me sedecim septemdecimve annorum esse tribus elapsismensibus, utrum 16 an vero 17 sim non equidem liquet, at tum ut fratrum litteris tum aliorum intellexi assertionibus septemdecim me esse existimo de nativitatis loco respondeo me in comitatu Lancastrensi, prope civitatem Wiganiam natum , ibique educatum fuisse

2. respondeo parentes mediae fuisse sortis quantum coniectura valeo: non enim eorum sum memor. fratres quinque habeo, sororesque duas, cognatosomnes ut reor Catholicos.

3. respondeo . me in Angliastuduisse, teneraequeadhuc aetatis litteris rudioribus operam navasse. postmodum vero duacum devotionis litterarumque gratia missum studio Grammatices, Syntaxeos, Poeseos incubuisse

4. respondeo me valetudinem semper habuisse prosperam, nec unquam dolorem quempiam sensisse qui per spatium unius diei duravit

5. respondeo me nunquam haereticum fuisse aut Schismaticum sed catholicum semper.

6. Ultimo de proposito quod in meipso ad vitam ecclesiasticam agendam. Respondeoobtestorque me magnum semper et habuisse et habere desiderium, eamque (quantum in me situm est) fideliter observaturum propono .

Vester in omnibus obedientissimusfilius FRANCISCUS LAITHWAITUS

SUMMARY

[439] LAYTHWAITE Francis, 16 or more probably 17 , born & educated near Wigan, Lancashire Son of middle class parents whom he does not remember; has 5 brothers and 2 sisters; has Catholic kinsfolk only Studied grammar, syntax and poetry at Douai. Healthy, has never suffered any pain which lasted more than a day. Always a Catholic. Desire to be an ecclesiastic.

[440]

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

1. Nomen meum verum Henricus Vines, annos habeo 19 , natus in provincia oxoniensi civitate vero vocata Piddington , educatus pro maiori parte in provincia Bucingamensi

2. Parenteshabeo Hereticos, fratrem habeo unum et illum hereticum, sorores duas et has hereticas, cognatos multos sed omnes, exceptis ut puto duobus, hereticos

3. Tribus annis inAngliasex Audomaropoli sed parum proficiens artibus liberalibus operam dedi

4. Bona valetudine corporis animaeque bene semper sum usus

5. Per 13 annos antequam ad catholicam fidem conversusfui, hereticus exstiti, catholicus per operam Avunculi mei Patris Rogeri Lea factus sum , audivit primam confessionem P. Lambertus

6. Tribus abhinc annis ad ecclesiasticam vitam peragendam animum habui 23 die Octobris.

Anno 1606

HENRICUS LEA

SUMMARY

[440] VINES Henry, alias Lee, 19, born at Piddington, Oxfordshire, brought up mainly in Buckinghamshire Son of heretical parents, has 1 brother and 2 sisters heretics, has many kinsfolk, all save2 heretics Studied liberal arts 3 years in England, 6 at St. Omers, with little progress Healthy A heretic 13 years, was converted by his uncle Fr. Roger Lee, and reconciled by Fr. Lambert. Has desired to be an ecclesiasticfor 3 years 23 October 1606 .

[441 ]

1. Me vere Henricum Belfeild appellatum assero , Wintoniae natum, ibique usque 27 aetatis annum educatum ;

2. Pater meus honestisortus parentibus, et bene institutus, more non infimo (Scismaticus tamen) vixit, et bona fama (dubito vero an dicam catholicus) est mortuus, matermea semperad catholicam religionem propensa, instabat fieri catholica, cum ipse ex Anglia migrarem. Quatuor habeo frat[res] quorum mihi primus est sacerdos, tercius etiam catholicus, alteri duo teneram aetatem agunt. Sunt mihi quinque sorores, quarum minimatantum catholica existit, caeterae vero non sunt perversae Ex parte patris paucos scio cognatos,ex matris vero catholicosnonnullos unumque sacerdotemsi non plures

3. In literis eram Wintoniae institutus donec 17 vel idcirca attigissem annum, quando pater me alium vitae cursum amplecti volens ut studium desinerem , statuit

4. Bene sum inAngliausus valetudine , cum vero patriamrepudiassem ,et meOdomari ad studiumcontulissem, afficiebar hybernot presertim tempore capitis dolore ex humore frigido proveniente aestate tamen melius habui, itaque et ipseperpendebam, et amici ut

hunclocumpeteremsuadebantmefacile tamen veteredolore captum, sum expertus, animi vero imperfectiones non graves sunt, et eas me bene recturum spero

5. Hereticum me fuisse non credo, nam odio vel catholicos vel veterem dei cultum nunquam appetii, sed religionis considerationem fastidivi, donec Londini, in magna superiori peste repentinae mortis timor me magnopere angeret, ita ab illo quidem tempore non modo fratres, reverendum vero admodumque doctum sacerdotem, qui RadumDovet [?] vocari voluit, frequenter consului, per quem breviad sanctaeecclesiae obedientiam redactusetiam fui.

6. Cum operam religionis integritati parum navassem , non poteram diutius mundo inservire licet pater meus spiritualis ut eidem vitae rationem quam aliquando sum sequutus, omino haererem, optimum putavit : ita mundanis desertis , ut Deo inservire disceremmihi proposui quoad potero, ut disciplinam collegianam servem, operam dabo vereor tamen ne aegritudo me impediat. 23 Octobris 1606. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

SUMMARY

HENRICUS BELFILDUS

[441] BELFIELD Henry, born at Winchester and educated there until 16 when he ended his studies at his father's wish. Son ofa father of honourable family and good reputation , a schismatic, who perhaps died a Catholic ; and of a mother always inclined to Catholicism, who intended to be reconciledwhen the respondentleft England. Has 4 brothers, the eldest a priest, the third a Catholic, the other2 children ; has 5 sisters of whom only the youngest is a Catholic thoughthe others are not perverse Knows few kinsfolk on his father's side; has some Catholic kinsfolk on his mother's side including at least one priest Was healthy in England, but while studying at St. Omers suffered from headache , especially in winter; had hoped vainly that the warmer climate herewould cure him. Found religion tedious until he was afflicted with a violent fearofdeathduringthe recent plague in London ; took counselof his brothers and the learned priest Radus Dovet[?] who reconciled him to the church Was advised by his spiritualfatherto continue in his former life, but prefers to leave the world and serve God. Willkeepdiscipline if health permits. 23 October 1606 .

[442]

1. Cristophorum Robinson a baptismatis fonte pro nomine habui, et ad presentemhanc diem sine ulla commutatione servavi, et vigesimum iam aetatis meae annum pro comperto, ut arbitror, fere defluxisseteneo ; in quadam villa quaevocaturWoodsidenatus fui, in comitate Cumberlandiae, tribus millibus passuum, a civitate Carleolensi, ubi in domo patris sexdecim annis educatus fui, tunc Londinum veniens , uno solum anno cum avunculo, duobus autem aliis duaci permanso.

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

2. Pater catholicam fidem non profitetur sed est schismaticus , mediae sortis, quatuor fratres , et quinque sorores habeo , omnes cognati precipui sunt haeretici

3. Nullis studiis nisi doctrinae operam navavi, diversis autem locis, sed precipue Carleoli studui, donec duacum veni.

4. Valitudinem coporis animaeque habeo.

5. Haereticus fui antequam Londinum veni, quando autem ibi habitabam , tribus annis abhinc elapsis, cuiusdam conteranei opera, qui Smartfordus vocabatur, sacerdos, in orthodoxam fidem fui receptus: nulla omnino circa illud negotium acciderunt, neque aliquid pro religione sum passus.

6. Propositum ac desiderium habeo, et semperhabui, ut ecclesiasticam vitam agerem , et in Angliam lucrandarum animarum causa , quando superioribus placebit, procederem, etiamque disciplinam collegii observarem, dumhic mansero .

CHRISTOPHORUS : ROBINSONUS

SUMMARY

[442] ROBINSON Christopher, almost 20, born at Woodside , 3 miles from Carlisle, and brought up there in his father's house 16 years, then lived 1 year in London with his uncle and 2 at Douai Son of a schismatic middle class father, has 4 brothers and 5 sisters; has principally heretical kinsfolk Studied only doctrine, especially at Carlisle, before going to Douai . Healthy. A heretic until he came to London ; was there received into the Church by his compatriot Smartford , a priest ; has not suffered for religion Has always desired to be an ecclesiastic.

[443]

1. Nomen Edwardus Bentleus, Parentes Edwardus et Katharina Bently Locus nativitatis Londinum: Decimum octavum aetatis annum iam praeterii semperin domoparentum educatussumsemper illic litteris operam dedi donec Audomarum remeavi ubi ad hoc tempus studiis humanioribus incubui

2. Nobiles mihi sunt parentes qui pro fidei defensione possessiones bonaque omnia perdiderunt quatuor restant mihi fratres sex sorores catholici omnes amici denique praecipui Catholici

3. Quod adstudia humanioribus solumhucusquesuminstructus.

4. De valetudine corporis animaeve, laus Deo, hactenus non habui aut habeo quod multum sane conquerar

5. Catholice educatus catholicus semperexstiti nihil huc usque pro relligione sum passus ex Anglia à parentibus Audomarum Audomaro a superioribus Romam missus .

6. Bonum est mihidesiderium ad vitam ecclesiasticamsuscipiendam . ††

EDWARDUS BENTLEUS

SUMMARY

[443] BENTLEY Edward, 18, son of Edward and Katherine , bornin London and educated in his parents' house, studied letters there until he went to St. Omers for humanities Son of noble parents who have lost everything for religion. Has4 brothers and 6 sisters surviving; has principallyCatholic relations Healthy Alwaysa Catholic, never suffered for religion ; was sent to St. Omersbyhis parents and to Rome byhis superiors Desires to beanecclesiastic .

[444]

[445] [No Responsa extant]

1. Robertus Forster vere appellor : sicut et Pater Chrisopherus, et Mater Elisabetha Forster appellantur De aetate: utrum anno hoc MDCVI circa natalitiaDivi Ioannis Baptistae decimum octavum an decimum nonum agam annum non satis mihi constat. existimarem tamen potius decimum nonum. Natus in Suffolcia in paroechia quae Stanningfeild dicitur. educatus ad nonum circiter annum ibidem loci ; inde in Northfolciam , atque protinus inde rursus in Suffolciam avocatus annum apud Dominum Hinsloum aliquando didascalum tum vero nescio quem mercatorem panni, literas edocendus sed parum edoctus traduxi unde ad pristinum locum ibi natus eram commigravi ubi ad quartum decimum vixi annum : nullas alias colens litterasnisi quas Mater polleret praeterquamquod raro sacerdotisalicuius auxilio uterer reliquumtempus hucusque Audomari in collegio Anglicano cum fructu quamvis non maximo , non tamen inutiliter admodum in litteris insumpsi De conditione : ea non aliaest nisi quae in studiis semperversata est, Parentesnon ignobili propagine orti, non etiam pauperiei succumbunt nisi (quod me latet) persecutione huius Regis urgente sint ad paupertatem redacti : Fratres sunt Bartholomaeus et Dominicus Forster, soror unica Mariareliquos qui ex quo mare transmisi nati sunt non satis novi de Henrico uno audivi De cognatis ii sunt plerique quoad scioCatholici , quorum unus avunculusAmbrosius Rookwoode cuius frater sacerdos hoc in collegio studuit, de proditione illa quae pulvere tormentariocomposita toti regis consilio exitium machinabatur, exploratus supplicio affectus est avia tamenexpartepatris ut nomen apud amicos et bona tueatur, cum catholicam fidem satis probet haereticam et pestiferam illam ecclesiam in menses audet nescio qua fronte frequentare. De studiis, quibus operam dedi humanioribus nempe omnibus ; ut Grammaticae. Poesi et Rhetoricae De valetudine ea ut plurimum rectissima, aliquando vero infirmior utrum Haereticus extitero: Dei beneficio nunquam Quomodo ex Anglia egressus sim: cuius opera non satis scio, Londino Gravesendenavicula delatus navimibi ascendi Caletasque proxime appuli . Romam veni unus e missione annua Audomaro Romam proficiscente

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Dedesiderioet proposito : Stultissime profecto egisse viderer si post totannos in studiis consumptossi post tantumtemporis quo parentes amicosquedeserui, si denique post iter tam longum tantoque cum labore confectum : susceptime propositipaeniteret. ROBERTUS FORSTERUS alias WILSONUS

SUMMARY

[445] FORSTER Robert, son of Christopher and Elizabeth, born c 24.6.1587 (or 1588 or 1589), at Stanningfield , Suffolk, brought up there until8 ; then went to Norfolk ; returned to Suffolk, spending ayearwith Mr. Hinslow once a teacher and later a cloth-merchant ; returned to birthplace until 13, learning only what letters his mother knew, helped rarely by a priest; since then has studied letters with some success at St. Omers Son of noble parents who have not succumbedto povertyunless perhapsin the latest persecution by the King Has brothers Bartholomew and Dominic, and one sister Mary; does not knowthe others born since he crossed the seas; knows that one is called Henry. Has mainly Catholic kinsfolk; is nephew to Ambrose Rookwood whose brotherwas a priest of this College , and who was executed for complicity in the Gunpowder Plot. (The respondent's grandmother, thoughCatholicat heart, goes monthly to heretical churches) Studied grammar, poetry and rhetoric Mainly healthy, sometimesweak Alwaysa Catholic. Went from London to Gravesend by boat, there took ship forCalais; was sent to Rome as one of the annual missionfrom St. Omers Would be stupid if he changed his mind now [about becoming an ecclesiastic] after so many years of study and such a difficult journey 1606

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1. Nomine sum vero Henricus Comberfordus, natus in comitatu Staffordiensi , opido† Wednisburio, educatuset instructus , primuma schismatico praeceptore, deinde haeretico, tertium a catholicis Societatis Iesu patribus Audomaropoli

2. Mater mihi fuit catholica, iam defuncta. Pater autem est schismaticus superstes , catholicam fidem maxime assertans . Sorores omnes et fratres in Angliacatholicae fidei studentes reliqui Atnon ita diu abhinc accepifratremmeum natu maiorem Romanae fidei nuntium remisisse sed in incerto habeo Cognatosexceptis duobus Dominis Schevingtono et Stanleo cum tota familia, catholicam fidem firmiter tenentesreliqui.

3. Humanioribus tantummodo studiis vacavi, tum in Anglia, ubi oleum et operam perdidi ; tum Audomaropoli, ubi non mediocrem (ut opinor) feci progressum.

4. Bis in Anglia graviadmodum morbo multabar, adeo tempore, nullo, nisi dolore aliquando capitis non ita molesto ut morbi nomen

habeat, qui cum omnibus paene communis erat ; insuper oculorum me dolor tenetquo a primispueritiae annis premebar

5. Vixaliquidmihi hic dicendum; etenim eorum quaeadutramque religionem pertinerent fui minime capax: tamen hoc proferam , aliquoties interfuisse me documentis haereticorum , et cum illis impie Deum coluisse, a quo veniam humiliter peto, partim ob timorem praeceptoris quicum eram, partim ob patrem quicum saepius interessecoactusfui, partimdeniqueob delectamentum quod indeaccepi.

6. Mecum statui ac proposui divino aspirante numine , vitam Ecclesiasticam traducturum: tt Romae in collegio Anglicano 26 Octobris M.D.C.VII.

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[446] COMBERFORD Henry, alias Tayler, born at Wednesbury, Staffordshire ; educated first by a schismatic tutor, then by aheretic, then by the Jesuits at St. Omers. Son ofa Catholic mother , now dead, and a schismatic father, surviving; left all his brothers and sisters Catholics, but has heard rumours ofthe apostasyof his eldest brother; left all his kinsfolk Catholics except for Mr. Skeffington and Mr.Stanley with their families Studied humanities in England wasting his time; and at St. Omers , successfully Was twice seriously ill in England ; since then healthy except for occasional headaches ; since boyhood has suffered pains in the eyes Sometimes attended heretical teachingand worship out offear of his tutor, orto accompanyhis father, or forpleasure. Desiresto be an ecclesiastic. Rome, in the English College, 26 October 1607 .

1607

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1. Nativum mihi nomen est Thomas Cooke , annorum ero duodeviginti ubi vigesimusprimus decembrisdies (qui Divo Thomae apostolo sacer est) advenerit Londini natus sum, ibidem aliquamdiu educatus, unde in Hartfordiamadaliquantumtemporis deductus aviae, matris meae matri committer, iterumque paulo post Londinum matre, si memini, comitante revehor Aliquantam inde temporis intercessit cum ecce mihi admodum puero matereripitur, causa quaemortisfuerit equidemnon facile affirmavero : esttamen quaecuraeexpatris mei incuria susceptae imputet, cui,quod optime noscat (est enim matrismeae germana soror) non dubitem assentiri. Matreiam mortua , cura cuiusdam aviunculi mei, matrisgermani, in Cantium ductus nutriri trador, quocum tres circiter annosmoratus, eodem quantum novi, qui me miserat revocante Londinumredeo iterumque ab eodem in alia Cantii parte cum ministro quodam haeretico mihi ut videor audivisse aliquunde cognato collocatus ab

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eodem avunculo Londinum denuorevocor, et civi cuidem Londinensi committor, quem brevi reliqui, impetraverat enim matertera mea Domini Colfordi uxor quae illa tempestate in Anglia degebat, a fratre suo, ut secum me in Belgium traduceret , quacum et cum avunculo semper egi quoad in Audomarense collegium adscriptus

sum .

2. Parentem habui quantum scio haereticum utrumque simulet alios omnes consanguineos , una excepta matertera eiusque marito domino Colfordo. Matrem habui familia nobili oriundam : pater nobilis necne fuerit non possumaffirmare matri tamen, ut ex verbis etfactisaliorum colligo, imparfuit, sed nescio quo factum est ut illi se mater spoponderit magna cum omnium consanguineorumindignatione et ira, aviae praesertim quae indignissime tulit, ubi in concilio de illa pari alicui, cuius nomen nescio, nubenda hoc audivit. fuitautem pater meus vagabundus postea nescio per quae mariaper quas terras, meque aliosque suos deseruit Consanguineorum omnium et nomina et statum cum puer adeo ex Anglia excesserim non potui novisse

A parte matris avunculum unum bene nosco cui nomen est sicut et matri cuius est germanusEduardus Cooke¹ ; alterum eius fratrem non ita bene , etvix nisi nomine, Gulielmus vocatur Germanaminde ipsius materteram meam Domini Colfordi uxorem, novi optime, nomen puto est Thomasena , alios nisi in aere non novi Unum memini me vidisse patris mei fratrem cuius praenomen nisi sit Gulielmus nescio cognomen est Cooke Sororem habeo natu maximam , tres aliosfratres meminores. Novercam intellexihabere me , quaem nec vidi nec ex ullo audivi qualis esset , solum hoc ,quod aliquando substantiarum eess videretur

3. Et Londini et in Cantio scholas triviales frequentavi utrobique etiam rudimenta humaniorum litterarum operamdedi, aliquid an nihil profecerim illicexcidit : caeterum summam doctrinae meae Audomari acquisivi in collegio Anglicano ; ubi etiam antequam collegium ingrederer scholas triviales linguae gallicae et scripturae causa adivi.

4. De valetudine corporis habeo quod Deo gratias agam : talis enim ipso volente ea semper fuit ut de meliore non ausim deinceps praesumere Quoad animae aegritudinem quam ego scrupulos vel dubia circa fidem interpretor, equidem a quo tempore fidem agnovi, dubii circa illam nihil habui nec iam habeo, in iis quae non capio, intellectum meum ecclesiae opinioni subiiciens, antequam vero anglia excessi talium dubiorumminime capax eram.

5. Haereticus, ut ante dixi, quoad Anglia excessieramt, in Belgio operaavunculi mei domini Gabrielis Colfordi catholicam sum edoctus religionem.

6. Disciplinam collegii deo iuvante observabo; de vita ecclesiastica agenda certi aliquid definitique quod respondeam nondum

2 Or: "Tooke

habeo; hoc tamen dico nullo modo ab illa abhorrere me et sperare brevi fore ut optimam eam Mariae magdalenaepartem eligam quae a me non auferetur, quod ipsa Diva Magdalena, Deus Optimus Maximus et Beata Virgo faxint.

Romae in collegio anglicano die Octobris 15to anno 1607 . THOMAS CLOFORDUS alias COOKE

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[447] COOKE Thomas alias Colford, born 21.12.1589in London , brought up first there, and later with his maternal grandmother in Hertford, then again in London with his mother until her death (due, so her sister said, to her husband's neglect) ; thenspent three years in Kent in the care of his mother's brother; was recalled to London ; was sent back to another part of Kent to live witha heretical parson, a kinsman ; was recalledby the same uncle tolivewith a citizen ofLondon; was then taken to Belgium by his aunt , Mr. Colford's wife, with the permission of her brother; lived with her andher husband until he entered St. Omers College. (The respondent'sfather,probablya heretic, married abovehimself ; themarriage causedgreat angerin therespondent's mother's family, especiallyto his grandmother, who had been planning to marry her to some peer. Hewasavagabondwho wanderedoversea and deserted hischildren ) Knows few of his kinsfolkexcept for his mother's brothers Edward and William Cooke heretics, and his mother's sister, Thomasina , and her husband Mr. Colford, bothCatholics Once sawa brotherofhis father called William Cooke Has one elder sister and 3 younger brothers . Has heard that he has a stepmother whom he has never seen and who appears to have been rich Attended common schoolsin London and Kent, studying rudiments ; forgetswhether he progressed; learnt most ofwhat he knows in theEnglish College at St. Omers, having first attended common schoolsthereto learn French and writing. Very healthy. Was too youngto have doubts against faithwhen he left England ; since acceptingthe faithhas had none. Was aheretic until he left England,andwas taughttheCatholic faith in Belgium through the good offices of his uncle Mr. Gabriel Colford. Has not decidedwhether to be an ecclesiastic , but is not repelled by the prospect and hopes that hewillshortly choose thebetterpart withMary. Rome, in the English College, 15 October 1607 . [448]

1. Nomen patris mei fuit Lancelotus Machellus, et matris Iana, in comitatu Westmorlandiae vixerunt, nomen loci est Whinfall, qui aboppido,cui nomenest Kendalia , quatuor milliaribusdistat,ibi natus et cum parentibus educatus eram, et prius decem annos compleveram, quam ad scholam missus eram, tunc circa annum et paucos menses praeceptor haereticus me docuit, sub cuius manibus

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nihil omnino profeci, nullamcuram habuitquia orationes eiusaudire recusavi, a patre petii ut mihi facultatem adeundi praeceptorem Catholicum daret, quitribus fere miliaribusa paterna domo scholam apparuisset, annuit: praesenti animo ad illud me contuli, tamen tertio anno (antequam Aesopumtriveram ) ab haereticiscaptuserat, primoanno matere vita emigravitsequenti pater, quibus mortuis,a fratribus ad meum avunculum deductus eram , apud quem moratus sum tribus annis ;

2. Parentes mediae sortis fuere, duos fratres habeo , (ego sum aetate minimus) quorum maximus natu est haereticus, alter Catholicus ; avunculus meus est schismaticus, ille habet duos filios, quorum maiornatu est bonuset probatus catholicus, sed altermalus, et procax haereticus, hic Cantabrigiae studet, et concionibus suis et scriptos animos auditoruma catholica religione laborat avertere ;

3. In anglia sub praeceptore illo catholico gramaticae operam dedi, et non male pro tempore profeci, et anno praeterito Duaci poesios cursum audivi.

4. Sum sano corpore, et spero me satisvalidumesse ad studiorum labores alacriter tolerandos

5. Nunquam haereticus extiti, sed in catholicam Ecclesiam instanter desiderabam ascribi, quod per operam Richardi Personi avunculimei filii factum erat ; nihil unquam passus sum , uno loco manere non potui, haeretici enim me persequi inceperunt, propter quam causamuno anno in domo nobilis cuiusdam degi, caeteroscum fratre ; pecunias quas mihi pater moriens reliquerat frater ille qui schismaticus est, in suis manibus habuit, sed mihi dare recusavit, tandem autem ad instantiamcognati mei Personi decem minas , ex centum , recepi ; quibus receptis, avolavi

6. Proposito et desiderio vitam Ecclesiasticam agendi ; et disciplinam Collegii in quo manerem, observandi. Romae in collegio Anglicano 9. Octobris Anno Domini 1607 anno aetatis meaevigessimot primo. LANCELOTUSMACHELLUS .

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[448] MACHELL Lancelot, 20, son of Lancelot and Jane, born and brought up in his parents' house at Whinfield, Westmorland, 4 miles from Kendal ; when 10 went to school; was taught for overa year by a heretic who neglected him because he refused to go to prayers ; obtained hisfather's permission tostudy grammar with a Catholic teacher who had started a school 3 miles from home; had not reachedAesopwhen this teacher was captured by heretics in his third year ; lost his mother in the first year and his father in the following year ; on their death was taken by his brothers to his uncle where he lived 3 years Son of middle class parents, has 2 elder brothers, the eldest a heretic and the second a Catholic. (His uncle is a schismatic, and has 2 sons of whom the elderisagood Catholic, and the younger an evil and stubborn heretic , who studies

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at Cambridge and writes and preaches heretical propaganda.) Studied poetry at Douai last year Healthy. Never a heretic ; ardently desired to become a Catholic ; was helped to do so by Richard Persons , his uncle's son ; was driven fromplace to placeby heretics ; lived one year in the house ofa noblemanand the rest with his brother; was refused by his schismatical brotherthe money whichhis father had left him; at last received£10 outof£100 at the instance of his cousin Persons ; ran away on receipt of them . Desires to be an ecclesiastic . Rome, in the English College, 9 October 1607 .

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1. respondeo , appellor vero nomine Henricus Copingerus , sum annorum circiter viginti septemut opinor, natus sum Buriae Sancti Edmondi in Suffolcia, educatus ibidem usque ad decimum quintum aetatis annum, deinde Cantabrigiae per septem aut octo annos, ubi etiam gradum Bacchalaureatus in Iure civili accepi

2. respondeo , patrem meum Henricum Copingerum nominari, matrem per viginti annos mortuam fuisse, patrem vero adhucsuperstitem ,qui status et conditionis est, mediocris, artificio sutor vestiarius nullum fratrem in vivis, unam tantum sororem habeo , quae etiam catholica est, consanguinei mei omnes sunt aut haeretici, aut saltem non Catholici, pater vero meus Catholicam religionem exoptat, sed se catholicum prae timore profiteri non audet .

3. Respondeo , me parum temporis philosophiae, deinde sex vel septem annos studio iuris civilis impendisse, postea historiae et controversiis operam dedisse, non tamen cum debita attentione , animique intentione , ita quod non multumin his studiis profecerim; studui vero plerumque aut Cantabrigiae, aut Buriae Sancti Edmondi

4. respondeo , me quamdiu vixeram in Anglia bona semperfruitum esse valetudine, ita quod rarissime aegrotarem, semel tantum incidi in febrem octo aut novem ab hinc annis, dudum vero laborabam vertiginequadam capitis pene per quatuordecim dies, cuietiam adiuncta erat aliqua debilitas corporis, et non multo post accessit fluxus corporis per decem aut undecim dies continuus, praesenti vero tempore me penitus liberum ab omni infirmitate, debilitate, et aegritudine animaevel corporissentio

5. respondeo , me Schismaticum fuisse usque ad annum aetatis vicesimum , aut vicesimum primum, tunc vero consilio domini Gulielmi Alabastri, opera vero reverendi patris Bicklei Societatis Iesu sacerdotis in gremium ecclesiae Romanae receptusfui, aliquid vero incarcerationis pati pro religione non fui dignus, tantumadomo paterna per aliquot annos ad declinandam persecutionem exulare coactusfui.

6. respondeo. me Romam venisse eo proposito etintentioneut

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per aliquot annos studens in hoc collegio Anglicano aptior postea fierem ad offerendum memet religioni Societatis Iesu, †† Datum Romae, quinto Novembris anno domini 1607 . Per me HENRICUM COPINGERUM

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[449] COPINGER Henry, c 27, son of Henry (a tailor), born at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, educated there until 14 , then studied 7or 8 years at Cambridge ; B.C.L. Lost his mother 20 years ago; has no survivingbrother, one Catholic sister ; has only non-Catholic kinsfolk. (His father would like to live as a Catholic but does not dare ) Studied philosophy briefly and Civil Law 6 or 7 years, then history and controversies superficially Was mainly healthy in England, but fell into a fever 8 or 9 years ago ; long ago suffered vertigo for 14 days with weakness of body and laterdysentery for 11 continuous days; now perfectly healthy Was a schismatic until 19 or 20,then reconciled by Fr. Bickley, S.J. on the advice of William Alabaster ; was forced to stay away from his father's house for some years to avoid persecution. Desirestostudyin the English College for some years and then to join the Jesuits Rome 5 November 1607

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1. Mihi nomen est Ioannes Mannock, Patris Gulielmus Matris Audria; Iam ago aetatis Annum20um. Natus eram in Norfolcia; educatus vero in Suffolcia apud Parentes in quorum aedibus privato quodam Praeceptore per aliquot Annos studui; inde ad Collegium Anglicanum Audomari in Belgio Aetatis Anno 15° veni, ubi in hoc tempus vixi.

2. Ex nobilibus natus eram Parentibus Parentes et praecipui amici sunt nobiles et satis ut opinor divites. duos habeo fratres unum maiorem alterum natu minorem . unam Sororem , Cognatos multos et praecipuosCatholicos

3. Studiis humanioribus operam dedi, in quibus me video aliquos progressus fecisse, mea tamen incuria et negligentia longe minores quam et debuissemet potuissem.

4. Nonrecordor me vel Animi vel Corporis ullas cuisvist ponderis sensisse aegritudines; et ideo Deo Optimo Maximo (qui me ab his conservavit) reddo et debeo gratias.

5. Semper in Catholica fide sum educatus, primo autem reconsiliatus per Reverendum Patrem Patrem Rogerum Floyde fratrem Reverendi Patris Patris Ioannis Floyde ; Nihil autem circa illud negotium mihi accidit ; semel tamen cum venturus eram exAnglia Audomarum in Belgio litteris operam daturus, cum caeteris sociis captus, etin Carceremmissus, post unam vero septimanam dimissus fui. Ex Anglia egressus sum 15° aetatis Anno, et ultimo Reginae ElisabethaeRegniAnno Anno autem 20° aetatis Romam veni

6. Nondum proposui me vitam Ecclesiasticam acturum , nec adhuc sentio mead illud munus obeundum aDeo esse vocatum ; me licet indignum paratissimum tamen ad illud officium promitto si ita de me constituere divinae suae Magestatit placuerit, tt Romae in Collegio Anglicanae die 16° Octobris Anno Dominicae Incarnationis MDCVII

IOANNES MANNOCKalias BRONUS

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[450]MANNOCKJohn, alias Brown, 19, son ofWilliam andAudrey; born in Norfolk, brought up by his parents in Suffolk; studied at homewitha privatetutor for some years ; when 14 , inthelastyear ofElizabeth,went to St. Omerswhere he studied until now. Sonof rich noble family ; has 2 brothers, one older and one younger, and 1 sister; has many kinsfolk, mainly Catholic Studied humanities , with poor progress dueto negligence Healthy. Waseducatedas a Catholic but was first reconciled by Fr. Roger Floyd, brotherofFr. John Floyd; on his way from England to St. Omerswas captured with hiscompanions and imprisoned for a week. Does notthink he hasavocation tobe an ecclesiastic, but is quite ready tofollowoneif given Rome, in the English College, 16 October 1607 .

[451] Anno Domini 1607. Octobris 14to

1. Nomen verum est Radolphus Greene . Parentum nomina fuere Henricus GreneAnna Ellerker 20 annos habui mense ultimo Maiiiam elapso. Natus eram in Comitatu Eboracensioppido vocato Burne, et ibidem ad undesimum annum educatus, inde ad 16tum oppido vocato Selby, postremo usque ad vicesimum Oxon Academia.

2. Pater erat generosi filius, matermilitis filia, uterque mortuus: pater haeritice, mater catholice Fratrem habeo unicum coelibem et catholicum : Sorores duas alteram nuptam, utrasque catholicas . Qui matri fuere cognati plerunque omnes sunt catholici aut schismatici, quorum praecipui sunt Dominus Henricus Constable. Dominus Rodol Ellerker patris autem cognati inferioris sunt condicionis, et haeretici omnes .

3. Ruri ab infantia usque ad 16tum annum humanioribus studiis operam dedi, deinde Oxon Logicam audivi et philosophiam. Ultimo ad medicinae studium me contuli, et in eodem usque ad discessum meum ab acedemiapermanebam, permaneremquediutius nisi hic quem iam suscepi vitae cursus propositum permutasset: in hisce studiis talem feci progressum qualem ii qui magis vanitatum amoenitate quam scientiae desiderio tenuntur facere solent.

4. Corpus semper habui infirmum, et variis obnoxium morbis , praecipue vero cholicae et capitis dolori Animumetiam et multis distractum affectubus et humoribus plerunque autem cholera et melancholia ,ex quibus graves exuperunt † motusimpurietinstabiles

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circa mores et fidem, ita ut adhuc in neutroeorum est satis sedatus

animus

5. Spatio 16 annorum totus vixi haereticus, quo tempore plerunque separatus ab amicis vix unquam de religione cogitavi, postea vero dum domi aliquantisper vixi frequentem matris et sororis devotionem, et pia earum colloquia animadvertens, meliorem mihi visaesunt vitam agere quam alii, et melior tum visa estetiamearum religio Verum cum illicstatimOxoniam esset proficiscendum, pene econtrario eorum conciones diverteruntanimum. Tumsaepe mecum volvere solebam argumenta varia, quibus aliquando ad hanc , aliquando ad alteram religionem inclinavit animus Praeterea intervenerunt varia mundi oblectamenta quibus omnibus cum catholicos orbatos vidi, me fore catholicum non assentiret animus denuoautem domum rediens : denuo etiam pro amicorum exemplo commotus est animus Tum assidua oratione peterea Deo decrevi, ut me in recta religione institueret. deinde libros quaesivi, quibus animum a rebus mundanis avocarem, et controversias discuterem Et utrique ab amico suppeditati Quos cum legissem nulla mihi visae sunt remaneredubia aut difficultatesquae me a conversione detinerent Cum vero iam vitae cursum mutare resolvissem: ipsumque conversionis tempus adesset, occurrebant dubia et difficultates pene infinitae, quas tamen (ut potui) aufugebam et resignata mea in dei voluntatem, hanc vitae condicionem assumere proposui. Reconciliavit me Pater Iacksonn sacerdos secundo die Dominico post Pascha nuperrime lapso. reconciliatum autem in festo Pentecostes secum traduxit vir dignissimus Dominus Guiel : Munson[?]

6. Desiderium habui plurima, quibus mihi saepissime proposui istam vitae condicionem quam nunc cooperantedei gratia propono : sed intervenientibus aut molestiis aut voluptatibusvisum estpropositum debilitari. Istud unicum tamen (quoties haec mecum repeto) angit maxime, quod cum adeo instabilis sitanimus, tantisque obnoxius impuritatibus et infirmitatibus ; sacerdotali dignitate plane mihi videar indignus.

Romaein CollegioAnglicano Octobris 16to annodomini1607 . per me RODOLPHUM GREENE .

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[451]GREENERalph,20 last May, son ofHenryand Anne Ellerker, born at Bourne, Yorkshire, and educated there until 10 , at Selby until 15 , andat Oxford until 19. (His fatherwasthe son ofagentleman , his mother daughter of a knight ; both are dead, thefathera heretic,the mother a Catholic.) Has one unmarried Catholic brother and 2 sisters bothCatholics, one married. Is related on his mother's sidemainlyto Catholics and schismatics, including HenryConstable and Ralph Ellerker; on his father's side is related to heretics of lower status. Studied humanities beforegoing uptoOxford; there read logic, philosophy and medicine, in frivolous fashion . Isweak

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inbodyand tends to illness, especiallycolic and headaches ; is given tocholer and melancholy, whichgives rise to motions ofunbelief and immorality whichupset his mind Was a heretic 16 yearsandrarely thoughtofreligion ; wasattractedto Catholicism by the devoutness of his mother and sister, and attracted to heresy by the sermons which he heard at Oxford and the worldly pleasures which were incompatible with Catholicism ; took to prayer and read spiritual and controversial books borrowed from a friend; wasconverted by reading, though doubts still crowded in, and was reconciled by Fr. Jackson on the second Sunday afterEaster last. Wasbrought oversea lastWhit byWilliam Mounson Desiresto take upthis course of life ; but hesitates because of his unworthiness to be a priest. Rome, in the English College, 16 October 1607 .

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1. respondeoquod nomen mihi verum est AntoniusStauntonus , dictus Antonius per confirmationem nuperime in Belgia, per baptismum autem Henricus nominatus, et Henrici nomine Anglia notus Patrus mei nomen Richardus Stauntonus, matrisque Iana Natus Cirencestriae in comitatu Glocestriae anno Domini 1586. 17° Ianuarii, ibi educatus, ubi et vixi et studui usque ad xvim annum aetatis meae .

2. respondeoortum me fuisse ex parentibus generosis, et per 10 vel 12 annos Catholicis pater iurisperitus est, haud dives, mediocrem tamen habet substantiam ratione autem saevientis persecutionis, vix satis ad suam conditionem unicum habeo fratrem, 5, sorores , cognatos alios catholicos, haereticos aliquos, praecipue autem patruum quendam haereticum iurisperitum divitem ; sub cuius protectione pater agit ut iurisperitus .

3. respondeostuduisse me Oxoniae in aula Glocestrensi, ibique dedisse operam Rhetoricae, deinde Dialecticae parti. hoc tamen sine accessu ad publica illius domus exercitia , ut, disputationes, lectiones, nisi etiam ad orationes.

4. respondeo , non sentio ullam aegritudinem corporis, nec animae, nec sensi, ut assidue contingentem, nisi quod aliquando periculoso morbo affectus semel morti vicinus, dei autem misericordia ad hunc usque diem salvus sensi etiam aliquando dolorem capitis, ratione aestus ; tanto autem huius peregrinationis calore tantaque agitatione corporis vix semel (laus Deo beatae virgini Mariae) eodem dolore aggravatus.

5. respondeo (nec sine contritione ) quod extiti Schismaticus usquead xvii , aetatis meae annum, quo tempore memor imminentis paenae, amoris Dei amissi, bonique Catholicorum consortii praetermissi ; factus sum catholicus. quod cum paulatim praedictus patruus tandem percepisset (cui ego antea amore devinctus , quique mihi omnia sua in posterum promittebat) (non enim habet liberos) consuetum erga me amorem et humanitatem detinuit :

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mutata ut videbatur illius intentione; egressus sum igitur ex Angliaprivatim consensu patris et amicorum, invito autem patruo, venique Audomarum , inde Romam unus ex missione.

6. respondeoquod sentio firmum propositum ac desiderium ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam, tt Romae in Collegio Anglicano 16° die Octobris anno 1607 . ANTONIUS STAUNTONUS

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[452] STAUNTONAntony (so confirmed in Belgium ; known in England byhis baptismal name Henry) ; son of Richard and Jane , born 17.1.1586 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire , and educated there until 15. Son of gentry, who have been Catholics 10 or 12 years. (His fatheris a lawyer with barely sufficient means owing to savage persecution.) Has 1 brotherand 5 sisters; has both Catholicand heretical kinsfolk, including a rich lawyer uncle who is his father's patron Studied rhetoricand some dialectic at Gloucester Hall ; was unable to attend the disputations and lectures of the house without attending prayers also. Healthy, except that he once nearlydiedof a dangerous disease ; sometimes suffers from headaches through heat, but not on his recent journey. Was a schismatic until 16 ; was then converted and thus lost the friendship and promised inheritance of his rich and hitherto loving uncle. Left England secretlywith the approval of his familyexcept for this uncleand went to St. Omers; was sent thence as one of the mission. Desires to be an ecclesiastic Rome, in the English College, 16 October 1607 .

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1. Ego Gulielmus Whittinghamus die Purificationis Beatae Virginis postremo elapsa natus annos sexdecemt, invilla Lancastriae non admodum celebri oriundus ibidem per duos tantum annos cum parentibus catholicis Richardo et Anna puer catholico ritu baptizatus remansi Postea occasione postulante ad aviam , oppidum prope Eboracum nomine Poclinton incolentem, sum deportatus , ubi ad annum aetatis decimum tertium mestudiis applicui, et (proh dolor) bonarum institutionum indigus in haeriticorum superstitiones incidi, et sine ulla necessitatesodales proptermeram familiaritatem in illorum ecclesias sum comitatus Verum hoc exacto tempore ad patrem remeavi, et post medium annum priorum librorum lectione commotus me ad pristinam fidem recepi, et ante alterius anni finem Duacum patris consensu adnavigavi

2. Quod ad parentum statumet vitae conditionem attinet, sunt ambo ex nobili prosapia oriundi, divitiis hoc instanti satis abundantes et quod caeteris praeferendum est catholicam fidem profitentes. Fratres tantum duo mecumin hunc usquediem vixere, quorum natu maior uxorem duxit et in Anglia catholicus vivit Cognatos

habeo plurimos sed praecipui sunt avunculi quatuor matris fratres, (Pater enim nullos habet vel unquam habuit) illorum maximus aetate Robertus Dowlman et minimus Gulielmus sunt catholici ; aliiduo Marmaducus et Petrus[?] haeretici, non tamen seditiosi.

3. Prima literarum elementa cum avia habitans Poclintonii didici, ibique tamdiu studui dum latina vocabula aliqua ex parte intelligerem, tum alterum praeceptorem Whaulei in comitatu Lancastriae per annum audivi; et demum adii Duacum ubi Poesios Rhetoricesque cursum perfeci

4. Optima (laus Deo) tota fere vita sum usus valitudinet, integerrimisque corporis viribus: pro anima non hactenus tam malam valitudinemt, quam in posterum bonam me consecuturum spero.

5. Haereticus quidem fui seu potius scismaticus(utsupradictum est) sed sanis consiliis et piis sacerdotis admonitionibus ad mentem redii, nec quicquam postea scriptu dignum pro fide sum perpessus.

6. Firmiter statuo et propono si Deo complaceat nullam aliam vitam quam ecclesiasticam agere; †† Romae in Collegio Anglicano die nono Octobris anno aetatis meae decimo septimo Anno Domini Millesimo sexcentesimo septimo Romae

GULIELMUS WHITTINGHAMUS

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[453] WHITTINGHAMWilliam, son of Richard and Anne , born 2.2.1591 in Lancashire, baptised a Catholic ; was later sent to his grandmother at Pocklington , near York ; studied there until 12 ; fell intoheresyand accompaniedhis companionsto church ; returned to his father, and repented six months later on reading pious books and receiving an admonition from a priest ; returned to his former faith and withintwo years sailed to Douai withhis father's consent . Son ofrichnoble Catholic parents ; has 2 survivingbrothers ofwhom the eldest, a Catholic, is married in England ; has many kinsmen , notably four maternal uncles, Robert, Marmaduke, Peter and William Dolman, the eldest andyoungest ofwhom are Catholicsand the others moderate heretics ; has no paternal uncles Studied rudiments at Pocklington , and later at Whalley, Lancashire; finished rhetoric and poetry at Douai Always healthy. Desires to be an ecclesiastic Rome, in the English College, 9 October 1607 , aet 17.

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1. Nomen mihi patriquemeo verum est Sherwood; cognomen illi Iohannes , mihi Thomas aetatem habeo 24 annorum : natus fuiWelliae anglicedictae Welles ; educatusBathoniae,ubiteneriores annos in literis humanioribus sub praeceptoribus, Adamo Arnoldet Henrico Slyman, quorum alter Societatis Iesus reverendus pater

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nunc est, alter in Hispania Ducessae Ferariae secretarius, posui Vitam, ut plurimum cum parentibus, sub eisque usqueadbienium+ hoc ultimum traduxi totam Bathoniae, praeter duos annosid circa , Londini, quos studiis item dedi ; et praeter otiosas ad amicosvelper diversas partes Angliae peregrinationes.

2. Mater haud ignobilis, cui de patre suo nomen est Knowell; matrem habet illa nomine Martin, de Adlamstone domus utraque antiqua ; sorores nuptas omnes, nimirum unam et primam natu Iohanni Parrham de Adber Armigero, cuius filius et unica proles equestri ordine duxit haeredem Elizabeth Tyllye nuper id est ab anno defunctam et catholicam ; postea duxit idem unam e filiabus Thomae Tressam equestris: Idem Ed: Parrham, pridem et a multis annis catholicus, nuperrime , quemadmodum audivi, frequentavit haereticas ecclesias, licet opinione, ut opinor, a re catholica non alienus: mater euisdem egregie quidem constantiam suam de religione et pietate catholica patefecit, quum et impetui praecipui Iusticiarii Io: Poppam, et insaniae impatentissimit puritani Franc : Hastings frequenter et longanimiter obstiterit: Idemque Iohannes Parrham tanta de uxore sua pertulit imo carcerem ipsum, nec illi idcirco inhumanioraliquo modo, ut habeampro certo conscientiam haberese catholicam quantumvis aetatisit adhuc servus haereticae: possessiones suae valent octingentis minis aut circiter annue . Aliam habuit mater mea sororem nuptam domino Ed : Keines armigero qui possit ex haereditamentis suis expendere, ni fallar, 300 libras annue, catholicus est cum uxore sua et liberis. Aliam habet sororem catholicam iam schismaticam uxorem Io: Lond, qui licet haud multum sibi vendicet † , ut opinor, de maioribus nobilitatis; tamen apud omnes, ratione divitiarum, nescio quo sinistro modo coactarum, habetur aut saltem appellatur nobilis duas etiam habet alias, quarum altera cuiusdam Iohannis Bishop Educati Oxonii, quonam in collegio non occurrit , et sub episcopatu Welliensi Regesterii uxor erat quo cum honeste satis vixit ; post autem , dicto Iohanne defuncto, multoiam vivit asperiuscum secundo suo marito nominato Willisse ; altera et ultima sororum cum viro suo Coxon, ut audivi saepius , fortunis haud mediocri, sed fortuna, qua fretus erat nimium, nimium despecto , bonis omnibus et vita casso ultima una est experta etobiit

Mater (cuius frater maior natu, nomen Will ; Knowell nunc, ut accepi, schismaticus, uxor licet sua catholica sit quae sic instruit suam prolem, tenet, quod reliquum est, haereditamenta 300 librarum annue) ritunuptiali ad patrem meum Iohannem Sherwoodunun absqueterrisaliquibus vel haereditate sibi decretis vel emptis praxi sua medicinae in qua Doctor est adiungitur His una vivit nata illocata: septem autem filii, quorum maior natu duxit paucis abhinc mensibus Margaretam filiam domini Prater de Nunnye, quaenamsintillis media, nil audio, credo , parcasatis ; sunt autem in Hibernia catholici ambo; ubinobisest cognatusnomine Sherwoodqui valet1000libriscirciter Quinqueetiam alioshabeo fratres omnesme

natu minores; Ipse nunc quidem superstes natu secundus sum , sed habeo me solum et vere tanta hac vocatione secundum Sunt etiam quatuor filiae, ni fallar, et haeredes supradicti Martin optimae nuptu locatae mihique per matrem meam consanguineae ; quarum alterius vir Flere catholicus, alterius White, puto schismaticusalius Scroupe Calvinista cum quarta cuius nominis non memini, ut nec ipsam bene novi. Per patrem meum habeo Rich: et Henr: Sherwood patruos et sacerdotes ; paucos aut nullos alios coniunctos sanguine; amicitia plures Nihilominus inopi me valde condicione iam esse fateor; nec enim aliquem istorumomnium novi qui simul et velit et possit opitulari mihi quantum ad pecunias , plus autem in his partibusab ignotis agnosco beneficiorum accepisse me, idque a Patribus Societatis Iesu, quam unquam ab illis, vel sperare possim

3. Dedi operam, ut supra dixi studiis humanioribus in quibus ex resupina negligentia mea partim, partim exoperaremissiorepraeceptoris in Angliamei postremi, ne dicam indocti, valde parumprofeci, imo quae a priore percepi sub illo multa oblivionitradidi Londini cum nausea quadam iuri communi studui, in quo nihil per id biennium profeci Posteain CollegioAnglicano Audomariputome plus operae dedisse et literarum percepisse, quam tota vita mea praeterita ; ibi fere biennio studui

4. Semel, a 14 annis sunt ex quo laboravi fluxu sanguineocum periculo vitae semper erat mihi pituita molesta, idque ex defectu exercitationis quae mihi semper erat et est molestior per quadam+ ut arbitror, animi torpedinem Animus affectus est ex quo sum catholicus scrupulis illosque patri meo confessarioretegendi pudore, et ingenio semper, ut etiam nunc haud satis excitato Praeterea saepe novae diversaequecogitationes aliae a lias extrudunt, quod et memoriaein ediscendo , et inexcogitandoingenio, caeterisqueoccupationibusanimae sive inter studia, seu devotas cogitationes, impedimento solet esse mihi non minimo.

5. Non solum haereticosmoreset templa, verum etiam opiniones amplexus sum: tandem a Iohanne fratre meo natu maiore, necnon scientia et praxireligionis catholicae me longemeliore,quum sitiam a 10 annisad minimumcatholicus, tandem, inquam, ab eodem accepi sermones interdiu, quos ausus fuerit mihi tum puero proferre, ex quibus multa dubia coepi mecum in animo versareper quae videbar ab haeretica securitate, qua vixeram avelli ; adeo ut in genua prolapsus omnisciens numen quam potui ferventissime adoravi , et brevi, veritatem ipsam de veritate religionis aperienda mihi caeco dubioque indies frequentavisuppliciter. Posteaquum ex instantia cuiusdam amicissimi patri meo Thomae Emerson iurisconsulti , mihi Londinum abeundum esset iuri studendi gratia, de hoc inter alia me valde sollicite praemonuit pater meus ; ne, quum sit verisimileforeut in consortestum puritanos tum alios pro suo arbitratu diversae sectae saepius et familiariusinciderem, memoria et sententia ecclesiae catholicae semperamplectendaemihi unquam exciderit (quamvis, ut superaddidit , temporibus eundo ad templa etc.

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inserviendum est, quo susceptumistiusmodi negotium commodius ac utilius peragerem: quod me caepit aliquidmovere, et dubium omne quae vera fuerit religio omnino paene tollere. Dein statim in itinere Londinum versus de causa iam dicta defecit equus antea sanus, ut memini, et specie spirituque vigens; me verocadens praeiecit is humi graviter ac periit in via: hinc mecum cogitavi, et dubitavi ut deo placuerit hoc a me susceptum Tamen Londinum perveni, et ibi postea parum immoratus studiis in hospitioLeonino casu quodam et opera catholice quorundam affectorum in librum meditationum authore reverendo Ludovico Granatensi incidens magis, magisque huius legendi desiderio ducebar; adeo ut libros de iure vix unquam postea sine taedio tractarem : tamen quo liberiore animo progressu in institutis uterer, deposui divinum illum librum e manibus quidem; sed ex animo non potui : nihilominus operam quasi per annum post his studiis dedi ; et rarius eundem Granatensem inspexi solito ; si vel aliquidibi perlegerim, non a duabus postea septimanis absqueturbato quidem animo potui libros de iureconsulere ; unde praesertim affectum erat ut parum aut nihil emolumenti per id anni spacium acciperem Ad finem huius anni venit ad me patruus meus Henr. Sherwood; is mihi significabat hoc se de fratre suo Rich e Flandria accepisse inter alia ; nimirum, si frater meus Iohannes aequo ac libenti animo subiret sacerdotium in patriam viginti solum libris veniat instructus et sufficiet. Ille vero potius optavit ut ego fratris mei Iohannis vicem subirem ; affirmans et rationeaetatis meae quaetunc erat 18 circiter, et profectus in literis, futurum fuisse me aptiorem ad id munus subeundum : Ego vero respondi partim propter matrem, ne eam cura et dolore nimio confeceroquae me nimium dilexit, partim ne patrem ex inobedientia offendero, qui mihi contrarium iniunxit invitum esse me nec audere; Ille cum me pueriliter adeo obstinacem advertisset, discessit; quem ex tuncnunquam vidi Deinde ad patrem domum reversus, fratri meo Iohanni hoc idem retuli qui etiam mihi patefecit quantam oportunitatemneglexerim Duobus annis post haec , aut plus eo, fratrem meum eundem adverti cum alio nobis affine Henr : Sherwoodnoto etiam mihi catholico saepe colloquentem idque valde submisseetin secreto, quod totumerat, utetiamex aliis se prodentibusindiciis habui suspectumde matre reconcilianda ; tandem nactus occasione quum fuerimeiusdemfratris mei contubernalis etcum illo tum cubitum ituro, rogavi eumut de re mihi pene certa satisfaceret; respondit, velle se : nunquid de matre mea, dixi, reducenda ad ecclesiam tu cum Henrico : Sherwood cognato meo consilium tam secretumet frequensinivisti? verum est, aiebat ille ; et si velis,tu etiam fieri tum possis catholicus, DieDominico venturoveniet, qui matrem reconciliabit : et ex illo die, Mercurii scilicet, (sic enim puto) paravi me quam potui diligentissime, sed ut debui, breve quidem illud spacium inpedivit, quo minus potui Ergo die illo dominico circa festum divi Michaelis Archangeli ad annum aetatis meae vigesimum in sanctam matrem ecclesiam resipui Nec aliquid me

passum ex tunc memini praeter habitum infestum vitiorum ex quibus ante laboravi Duobus post annis in Anglia remansi (quamvis ab anno medio post reconciliationem mei cogitavi de hoc vitae, in quo nunc versor, instituto) quum Ed : Parrham ut in se quodammodo curam paternam quatuor filiorum patris mei susciperet per literas rogabat quum in Belgium capitaneus esset iturus: tum ego cum illis 20 libris quas habui de parentibus, et supra, ad illum Londinum discessurus valedixiparentibus ; demumeiusopera transfretaviin Belgium ipso die Sancti Petri ; ubi, expensa fere tota pecunia mea , causam hic et modum taceo, veni BruxellisDuacum , admittendus , ut speravi, ex literis patrui mei Richin collegium ibi, Veni autem eo post inchoata studia ; unde me distulit recipere reverendus dominus praeses Tuli vero literas de me commendaticias, ut opinor, ex effectu a reverendopatre Baldwino ad reverendum patrem Gibbonium, qui paulo post accepit inde occasionem recommendandi me reverendo patri Baldwino ut admitterer in collegium Audomarense, quod effectum erat. Ibi paulo ante natalitia DominiSyntaximaudivi; anno sequenti e poesi Ad collegium hoc Romanum indignissimus inde missus sum .

6. Propono vitam ecclesiasticam , ad quam sentio desiderium quantulumcunque, sentire vero desideroquam maximum . t Romae in CollegioAnglicano die, 16to Octobris Anno Domini 1607° THOMAS : SHERWOOD

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[454]SHERWOOD Thomas, 24 , son ofJohn and Knowell, born at Wells and educated at Bath in humanities under Adam Arnold (now a Jesuit) and Henry Slyman (now secretary to the DuchessofFeria[?] in Spain) ; lived withhis parents at Bath until 2years ago, except for2 years in London, and journeys to friends in England during holidays (Therespondent'sfatherhas no property, but is a Doctor of Medicine. The respondent's mother, daughter of Knowell, of Adlamstone, and hiswife Martin, is of noble stockand has one elder brother, William, a schismatic with a Catholic wife and children, who has estates of £300 a year. She has also 5 married sisters, as follows 1. The wife of John Parham, Esq.of Adber, a staunch Catholic woman much persecuted byChief Justice Popham and Sir Francis Hastings ; she has caused many sufferings, including imprisonment, to her hereticallytimeserving but patientand internally Catholic husband; her onlychild is Sir Edward Parham, who married Elizabeth Tilly, Catholic heiress to aknight, and afterher death ayear ago married a daughter ofSirThomasTresham; having long been a Catholic he is now said to have begun attending heretical churches, though still Catholic at heart. 2. The Catholic wife of Ed. Keynes, Esq , a Catholic, who has £300 a year to spend, and who is bringingup his children Catholics. 3. The schismatic wife of Jo. Lond, a man of ignoble birth whois looked upon as noble because of his ill-gotten riches

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4. The widow of the late John Bishop, who was anOxford graduate, Registrar totheBishop ofWells,andfairlyrich ; she has nowmarried one Willis and lives in reduced circumstances 5. The wife of a bankrupt speculator named Coxon, who shared her husband's sufferings and died )

The respondent has one unmarried sister who lives with her parents ; and six brothers, one older and 5 younger . (The elder brother recently married Margaret, daughter of Mr. Prater of Nunny; they nowlive in Ireland, probablyin poverty, though they have a kinsman there, a Mr. Sherwood, worth £1000 a year.) Heis related to four Martin heiresses, oneof whom is married toaCatholic named Flere, another to a probable schismatic named White, another to a Calvinistnamed Scrope, and the fourth to a husband unknown. Is nephew to the priests Richard and HenrySherwood; has few other blood relations. Is very poor and knows no kinsman whois willing and able to give him money ; has receivedmore from the Jesuits abroad than he has received or is likely to receivefrom his family. Studied humanities but made little progress because of his own laziness and the incompetenceof his last tutor in England

AtthesuggestionofThomasEmerson, a lawyer friend ofhisfather's, studied Common Lawin London with some nausea and little profit Learnt more in 2 years at St. Omers than in all the rest of his life. Almostdied ofa bloodyflux 14 years ago; has always sufferedfrom colds through lackof exercise joinedto sluggishness of mind; since being a Catholic has sufferedfromscrupleswhichhe is shy to reveal to his confessor; has a volatilemind . Was a heretic until he was broughtto pray for light by his elder brotherJohn, now 10 years a Catholic. Was struckby the advice given him byhisfatherwhenhe wasleaving for London to studylaw: viz. to rememberCatholicism whileliving among Puritans, but to attend heretical churchesfor the sakeofhis career. OnhiswaytoLondon wasthrownfroma hitherto healthy horse; took this as a sign from God. While studyingin Lyon's Inn came upon Luis of Granada's book of meditations, which distracted him from his law studies despite himself; aftera year's profitless studywasvisited by his uncle HenrySherwoodwho advised himto cross to Flanders to studyfor thepriesthood, in place of hisbrotherJohn who had been invitedby his other uncle Richard, then living in Flanders, to cross the sea with £20 Therespondent, though more fitted by age and studies than his brother, replied that hedidnotwishto grieve his mother and disobey hisfather; bythis reply he alienated his uncle for ever. Returned home, and was upbraided by his brotherJohn for losingsuchan opportunity. Two years later observed his brother plotting with another Catholic kinsman, Henry Sherwood, to convert hismother ; had hissuspicions confirmed by his brother when going to bed one Wednesday night ; was himself reconciled along with his mother on the following Sunday, about the feast ofSt. Michael in his 20thyear Six months later conceived a desire to be a priest, but remained in England a

further 18 months ; was then invited by Ed. Parham to accompany him toBelgium, whitherhewasgoing as a captain ; tookleaveof his parents, went to London and crossed to Belgium on St. Peter's day with Parham . Havingspent most ofhis money, wentfrom Brussels to Douai with letters fromhis uncle Richard ; was not receivedinto the Collegebecause term had already begun ; went to Fr. Gibbon with letters from Fr. Baldwin; was recommended back to Fr. Baldwin for admission to St. Omers, began to attend the class of syntax there shortly before Christmas ; was sent from Poetry to Rome in the following year. Desires to be an ecclesiastic Rome, in the English College, 16 October 1607

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1. Nuncupor Ioannes Rudgleus, annum vigesimum duodecimo Aprilis ultimo elapsi explevi, natus fui Londini, educatus in domo paterna toto paene vitae tempore

2. Pater est mihi iurisconsulti peritus, scismaticus, mater Catholica, uterque ex nobili familia, fratrem habeo natu maiorem Thomam catholicum, et alios duos, quantum nunc temporis scio , haereticos, nimirum, Petrumet Guliaelmum, sorores, ut opinor, sex haereticas. Cognati sunt mihi plures, quidam Stonor appellantur , alii Lentol alii Atkinson ,SusceptoremmihivendicoDominum Suthcot Catholicum , Avunculumet amitam, hanc Christi amatricem, illum errore scismatico caecum .

3. Hactenus humanioribus disciplinis operam navavi, nimirum Rudimentis latinis, grammaticae, syntaxi, poesi, et Rhetoricae, hisce me disciplinis Audomaropoli imbui, progressus vero mediocres satis consequutus esse videor

4. Optima (Deo laus) et corporis et animae valetudine in praesenti utor, ex quo vero hancce Catholicae religionis vestem induit anima mea , non raro et corpore et animo urgeri, gravarique me sensi ; corpore, quod fuerimvariisinfirmitatibus morbisque vexatus; anima, quod tantum me viderimpeccatorem.

5. Ad decimum sextum usqueaetatis meae annum haereticorum in morem vixi, eorum autem vivendi rationem ex cunis acceptam, usque ad dictum annum observavi. Istud conversionis meae est initium. salutare sanctae crucis signum formare, edocuit me Susceptor meus Dominus Suthcot, quod, licet virtutem eius nullam cognoscerem , neque quam ob causam id facerem, scirem, tamen quam potui diligentissime observavi, potissimum vero cum cubitum concederem , et cum in itinere, procedentesobviam faeminas cernerem , eas enim , si vetulae essent veneficasesse et incantatrices (quod plures istiusmodi pestes in illis partibus grassarentur) existimabam , quae sane multum saepe timoris iniicere mihi solebant. Hoc toto tamen tempore profana haereticorum templa, vel potius diabolorum aulasfrequentabam, post tamen aliquam temporis intercapedinem, idem ipse, qui me, quinam signo sanctae crucis uterer, instruxerat,

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me in Belgium missum, Audomari in Collegio Anglorum collocavit, ubi me ReverendusPater Georgius (Deo Laus) convertit; hic annos consumpsi4 cum dimidio absoluto iam studiorumcursu Audomari , Romam, ut quod reliquum in studiis meis desideratur, perficiam, sum missus.

6. Propositum meum ad Ecclesiasticam vitae traducendae rationem, firmumet stabile (divinaopitulante gratia) volo et in spem venio fore, ut desiderium meum illius consequendae , aliquando impleatur. tt

Romae in Collegio Anglicano decimo sexto Octobris, anno 1607.

IOANNES RUDGLEUS

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[455] RUDGLEY John,born in London 12.4.1587 ,brought upalmost allhislifein his father's house. Sonofaschismaticjurisconsultand aCatholic mother, bothof noble family ; has elder brotherThomas, a Catholic ; has 2 younger brothers Peter and William, probably heretics ; has 6 probably heretical sisters Is related totheStonors, the Lenthalls , the Atkinsons ; is godsonto Mr. Southcott , a Catholic, and hasa schismatic uncleand a Catholic aunt. Studied Latin rudiments, grammar, syntax, poetry and rhetoric at St. Omers , with average progress . Healthy at present, but has suffered various infirmities since becoming a Catholic Was a heretic until 15 ; learnt thesign ofthe cross fromhisgodfather Southcott , and used to make it while going to bed or if he met women on the road who might bewitches or enchantresses , whichwere alarminglyfrequent in those parts. Went to heretical churches until he was instructed and sent toSt. Omers by his godfather ; was there reconciledby Fr. George; after4 years there was sent to Rome to complete his studies. Desires to be an ecclesiastic. Rome, in the English College, 16 October 1607 . [456]

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1. Ioannes Portus, vere Layton, ago decimum nonum vel vigesimum annum, natus in partibus Eboracensibus, in episcopatu Dunelmensi iuxta locum quem vocant Gaterlay rase, educatus tum ibi tum aliis in locis, ut in Lancastriae Darbiae, Buckingamiae provinciis

2. Parentes Catholici statum tenent mediocrem, incertam vero ob persequtionemt habitationem , quorum divitias mille libras valere puto, de usu harum nihil certi possum affirmare, tanta est in Anglia rerum mutatio, et fortunae vicissitudo ; fratrem unicum Audomarihabeo, sororem nullam, duos vero alios uterinos quorum unus duxit uxorem alter studuit per quatuor annos Valisoleti, ibi vocaturWebbus, verum nomen est Peckam Avunculorumalterest eSocietate, alterhaereticuseques hi sunt Gerardi

3. Hactenus vacavi dumtaxat humanioribus, studui tam in Eboracensiprovincia quam Darbiae et Buckingamiae, sed ad profectum vel nihil vel certe admodum parum, quicquid enim habeo Audomarensi Collegio et Societati referre debeo, ubi quadriennio abhinc Grammaticam aggressus sum .

4. Gratias Deo Optimo Maximo bene valeo et constitutae sum valitudinist, quod vero ad animam, post hoc exercitium bene valiturum me non dubito.

5. Semperlaus Deo fui Catholicus .

6. Desidero (si ita superioribus visum fuerit) vitam Ecclesiasticam ducere , et huius Collegii disciplinam observare. Ita testor IOANNES LAYTON .

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[456] LAYTON John, alias Port, 18 or 19, born at Gatherley Rase , Yorkshire , in the diocese of Durham, brought up there and in Lancashire, Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire Sonofmiddleclass Catholics who moved from place to place because of persecution and who are worth, at present at least, £1000 ; has one brotherat St. Omers, no sisters , 2 uterine brothers, one married and onewho studied at Valladolid, where he was called Webb , being really Peckham. Has one unclecalled Gerard S.J., and another a heretical knight. Studied humanities in Yorkshire , Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire ; made little progress until he went to St. Omers4 years ago to start grammar. Healthy in body ; will be healthyin soul afterthe Exercises. Always a Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic. 1608

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1. Nomen est Thomas Manlius de aetate non constat credo 19 esse me annorum . Natus sumin Broughton in comitatuNorthamptoniae et in comitatus eiusdem variis locis in literis educatus

2. Patris nomen Manlius matris Nichols oriundus uterque nobili id est generosa ut vocant familia et habentur in patria ubi vivunt divites Pater schismaticus est mater Catholica Fratres habeotres quorumàduos meipsoiuniores promisitmihi pater se ad me missurum nondum tamen est quisquam eorum Catholicus Sorores habeosex quarum duae seniores sunt Catholicae

3. Studiis semper operam dedi humanioribus, et sine fructu NorthamptoniamBoughton et alios huiusmodi vicos missus in domo patris cum fructu laboravi et sub eodem magistro in Burton inutiliter laboravi Tresannos iam a studiis abfueram cumSanctum Audomarum veneram . ubi tres annosutiliterin studia impendi.

4. In corpore per aliquot annos nullam sensi infirmitatem (Deo gratias) excepto dolore quodam inter oculos et frontem bis in anno oriri solitohoctamen annoitaextenuato ut sperem omnino amissum .

5. Ad annum 15met ultra inhaeresivixi Prima conversionis

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occasio fuit concio cuisdam haeretici contra sacrum illud nomen

Iesus: Hincinquam aversiofuit ab illa religione quaehocnomen ita convitiis et vituperiisinsectabatur Descendentemdeinde Londino (nam ibi fuit) exceperunt sorores praedictae Catholicaerogaruntque ut tempus (ne inutiliter consumeretur) in lectionem bonorum librorum impenderem. Lectis igitur Christiano directorio , Testamento Rhemensi et libro quodam Radfordi (ni fallor) de controversiis abunde est mihi satisfactum et resolvi non amplius adire templa haereticorum . qua resolutione commotus fuit pater meus sed opera Dominae Brudenall sedatus ille et ego per praedictum Dominum Radfordum sacerdotem in Ecclesiae gremium receptus Pro fide autem Catholica nihil sum ab haereticis passus. Quaesivit me avunculus quidam sed qua intentionenon ausim asserere .

6. Statutumomnino divinaauxiliantegratiavitam agere Ecclesiasticam et quoad hic vixero regulas mihi praescriptas perfecte observare

THOMAS ROGERIUS

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[457]MANLEY Thomas, alias Rogers, probably19,bornat Broughton, Northamptonshire , and educated in letters in various partsof the same county Son of a schismatic father and a Catholic mother (née Nichols), both gentry; has 3 brothers, the 2 younger not yet Catholics ; has 6 sisters of whom the 2 eldestare Catholics Studied humanities fruitlessly at Northampton, Broughton and other villages ; studied successfully at home, but profitlessly under the same master at Burton; neglectedstudiesfor3years and then spent 3 profitableyears at St. Omers Has been healthyforsomeyears except fora pain betweenthe eyes and foreheadtwice a year, which is milderthis year and appearsto bepassing Lived in heresy until 15 ; wasdisgustedbya sermonagainst thenameofJesus inLondon ; on hisreturnhome was encouragedbyhisCatholic sisterstoread The Christian Directory and a book of Mr. Radford , priest, about controversies; resolved to avoid heretical churches; after Lady Brudenel had calmedhis father, was reconciledby Radford himself Hasnot suffered for religion ; wassought by an unclewithunknown intent. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

[458] [Endorsed "1609"]

1. Huic respondeo , nomen meum esse Straungum Godfrey , locum nativitatis fuisse in oppido ma[riti]mo quod vocatur Holme , commitatut Norffolciae, et catholice fuisseeducatum.

2. Secundum parentes, nominantur Egidius Godfrey, et Maria Godfrey, ambo fuerunt catholici , et in fide ea defuncti sunt, status quem reliquerunt, valet quadraginta libris anglicanis, conditiones eorum non ignobiles, fratres habeo quinque, et quatuor sorores , cognati ex plurima parte sunt catholici.

3. Ludisliterariis operam dedi, progressumfeci usque ad Vergilium, locus ubi studui, fuit Alishamiae, in Norffolcia;

4. Corpore semper valebam, et iam bene dispositum habeo; anima plus olim egrotabamt quamnunc

5. Nunquam fuihaereticus, sed semel schismaticus ,etperoperam reverendi Patris Roberts qui pro fide sua incarceratur,reconciliatus fui.

6. Bonum habeo desiderium ad vitam Ecclesiasticam agendam, sed quia aliquantulum propriis domesticisque negotiis impedior, aliquid temporis spatium, ad deliberandum, suppliciter oro, interea , dum hic mansero, disciplinam huius Collegii, obedienter observare polliceor.

SUMMARY

[458]GODFREYStrang, son ofGilesandMary, born atHolme-nextthe-sea, Norfolk, and brought up a Catholic Son ofnoble Catholic parents who died leaving estates worth £50 ; has 5 brothers and 4 sisters; has mostly Catholic kinsfolk Studied letters at school at Aylsham, Norfolk ; progressed up to Virgil Always healthy . Once a schismatic; was reconciled by an imprisoned priest, Fr. Roberts. Desires to be an ecclesiastic, but is hamperedby domestic business and wants timefor deliberation [Endorsed "1609" .]

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1. Vero nomine Ioannes Heathcote appellor annos natusoctodecim cum medio, in opidulo quodam Comitatus Derbiensis,Kirkby nominato in bonarum artium studiis fui nutritus

2. Moriens Pater annos abhinc septemdecim, velcircitermatrem reliquit viduam, et quod ad divitias attinet mediocris (ut coniicio) sortis, ab ipsa enim non sum educatus; sed ab avunculo quodam Haeretico qui nunc obiit. Fratres et sorores non habeo . Avum adhuc habeo superstitem Catholicae Religionis cultorem,: unum praeterea habeo Avunculum Catholicum ; duos et amitam unum Haereticos; de caeteris nil scio.

3. Quatuor vel quinque diversa loca duorum annorum spatio studiorum gratiasum expertus, sed parum vel omnino nihil profeci; duobus annis sequentibusLondini sub PraeceptoreCatholico studui, a quo cum discessi facilem aliquem authorem potui intelligere, et aliquo modo Anglicanam sententiam Latine reddere Inde Audomarum veniens in Seminario septem annis studui Grammaticae, Poesi, Rhetoricae etlinguae Graecae ; in quibus tantotemporis spatio non potui non magnosprogressus facere. Musicaeetiam concessum tempus et aliquam recreationis partem insumpsi

4. Nunc (Deo sint laudes) bona utor valetudine . Puer semel febri correptus fui quinque vel sex abhinc annis, pustulis laboravi exinde nullus alius morbus, nisi aliquando exiguus aliquis dolor capitis, infestavit.

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5. Usqueadnonum circiteraetatis annum in Haeresivixi : aqua, authore avunculo felicis memoriae Beato Patre Henrico Garnetto, Ecclesiaegremio sum restitutus Sed non tam fortunatus fui ut a tam feliciviro felicem hunc vivendistatum reciperem; necenim tam felix fui ut conspectu vel semel (quod sciam) fruerer. Ad sacerdotem quendam perductus fui in carcerem, qui tamen iam Regem supremum Dei vicarium in terris confessus est iuramento, a quoin numerum filiorum sanctaematris Ecclesiaesum receptus

6. Propono, cum divina gratia, superiorumque facultateSacerdosfieri , tt

Laus Deo beataequeMariae Virgini

IOANNES CRIPSIUS

SUMMARY

[459] HEATHCOTEJohn, alias Cripps, 18 , born at Kirkby, Derby- shire. Lost his father 17 years ago; was brought up not by his fairly poor mother but by a heretical uncle now dead Has no siblings ; has one surviving Catholic grandfather and a Catholic uncle ; has 2 heretical uncles and one heretical aunt. Studied without profit in 4 or 5 places in 2 years; studied at London under a Catholic tutor until he could read any easy author and translate English sentences into Latin ; studied grammar, poetry, rhetoric, Greek and music in the Seminary at St. Omers, makinggreat progress in a long time Nowhealthy; has occasionalslight headaches; caught a fever when a child ; suffered pimples 5 or 6 years ago. Lived in heresy until about 8 ; was converted by his uncle Fr. Henry Garnett whom he never saw; was reconciled by an imprisoned priest, who has now taken an oath that the King is the supremevicarof God on earth. Desires to be apriest.

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1. Adulterinum quidem nomin† Walkerus verum autem ac genuinum Bentleus : itaque anno a nativitate Domini millecimot sexcentesimo8 , paulo post annum decimum octavumaetatis meae , Romam ut studiis philosophicis ac theologicis incumberem, memet contuli, natus Lincolnii Northamtonii vero in paterna domo educatus:

2. Parentibus Catholicis et generosis ortus sum, fratribus item ac sororibus in Christi Ecclesia militantibus, uno vero aut altero avunculo haeretico

4. Extiti ab ineunte aetate Catholicus, nihil tamen pro fide perpessus, nisi totius familiae commune malum.

3. Classes humanioresin seminarioAnglicano Audomari percurri

5. Cum per Angliam totam pestis haereseos adeo contagiosa grassetur, pro viribus mihi elaborandum erit, eam, per vitam Ecclesiasticamac sanctameruditionem longius amovere,neego unus inter tam multos laborantes in Dei vinea, muneri defuisse videar ;

tum demum merito de meipso gloriosius praedicando, si ego inter tot fortiter decertantes, coronam martirii reportare valeam ; non tamen ad haec tanta ausim aspirare, ni prius hic remanens solida virtutis iaceamt fundamenta, regulas ac disciplinam collegii diligenter observando, quae omnia in votis habeo ac semper Deo favente habebo.

IOANNES BENTLEUS .

SUMMARY

[460] BENTLEY John, alias Walker, 18, born at Lincoln and brought up in his father'shouse at Northampton Son of Catholic gentry, has Catholic siblings and one or two heretical uncles Always a Catholic ; shared his family's sufferings for the faith. Passed through the classes of humanities at St. Omers ; came to Rome in 1608 to study philosophy and theology. Desires to be an ecclesiasticto drive heresy from England and to be amartyr.

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1. Ioannes Goode annorum circiter 25. natus in parochia de Greenbrough comitatuWarwicensi literis a primis annis studuit

2. Parentes Ioannes et Margareta Goode pater agricola qui de propriis terris et bonis vivit haeres natus satis locuples, sed ab avunculo cui patre mortuo tradebaturhaereditate privatus fraudatus pater Schismaticus, Mater Catholica fratres duo sorores tres in fide Catholicam propendentes omnes exceptis duabus sororibus. Avunculus Nicolaus Towne Yeoman, et Alii Avunculi Georgius Eales Agricola vel yeoman satis locuples, ambo tamen de fide catholica sentientes

3. Studui Lemingtoniae Latinis et Graecis cum profectu et progressu bono ; ab inde Oxonium missus Logicae ibi philosophiae atque humanitaticumaliquo sed eo non multoprofectu et progressu; factus autem ibi in artibus Bacchalareus; Oxonium relinquens iuvenes erudivi, deinde instigante quodam Ministro Minister factus eram, et curam (ut ipsi aiunt) animarum temere suscepi postremo Sancti Audomarihumanitatioperam dedi

4. laesus aliquando capite et pedibus. ordinarium sensi pro tempore dolorem et[?] nuper ex lapsu laesus latere laev[o] aliquem sensi aliquando in itinere molestiam, nullam in toto corpore aut animo .

5. Haereticus per 22os annos vel circiter Schismaticus per tres menses vel circiter extiti modus conversionisiste. uno sabbatorum ita conventum erat ut essem filiae Ministri proli unigenitae desponsandus ; in isto mane ita accidit ex divina (uti credidi) providentia, Pater meus (qui pro more adesse debuerat) in morbum nescio quem vehementem subito incidit, ita ut sponsalia in aliud tempus essent necessario deferenda, quo tempore venit ad me Schismaticus quidam Ioannes Whaleyqui post concertationem de

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fide catholica misit statim, ut promiserat, librum illum quem Mr Dorman contra Nowellum inscripserat quo diligenterlecto haereseosodium concepi, et oravi ut SpiritusSanctus veram salutis viam praemonstraret, eamque agnitam (relictis filia Ministri et beneficio quem voluit mihi relinquere redditus 50 librarum vel circiter) libentissime ingrederer multum turbatus in somnis, conclusio autem haec, nulla fides nisi catholica atque ut me in hanc ecclesiam Catholicam Romanam quam citissime reciperem. somniavi per duas noctes, nulla intercedente, debere me ex peste mori statim apud me cupivi studiorum gratia e patria proficisci . quodnotum feci Militi cuidam Domino Basilio Brooke qui me patri Ioanni Garriot commendavit. et hic (mereconciliatum ) in has partes misit, bis conatus irritos feci ; deprehensus enim bis et incarceratus, novem menses vel circiterin custodia consumpsi effugi tandem a custode, et missus a patre Superiori qui nunc est, in Sanctum Audomarum veni

6. Vitam propono ac desidero Ecclesiasticam, hic studiorum finis

IOANNES GOODUS

SUMMARY

[461] GOODE John, c 25, son of John (schismatic) and Margaret (Catholic), born at Granborrow , Warwickshire Son ofa farmerwho lives on his own lands, born a rich heir but defrauded of his inheritance by the uncle who administered it after his father's death. Has 2 brothers and 3 sisters, all except two sisters inclined to Catholicism . Is nephew to Nicholas Towne, yeoman, and toGeorge Eales , rich yeoman, both Catholics Studied Latin and Greek successfullyat Leamington ; studied logic, philosophy and humanities with less success at Oxford; B.A.; taughtyouths and becamea parson, accepting a cure of souls ; finallystudied humanities atSt. Omers. Was once injuredin headand feet, felt pain ; recently hurt his left sidein a fall ; felt some discomfort on his journey; is otherwise healthy. Was a heretic for 22 years and a schismatic for 3 months ; one sabbath was dueto be betrothed to the only daughter of a parson when his fatherwas suddenly taken ill so that the ceremony had to be postponed; meanwhile discussed Catholicism with schismatic John Whalley who lent him Dorman's book against Nowell Filled with hatred for heresy; prayed for light ; left the parson's daughter and the£50 benefice offered by her father; twice dreamt ofdyingfromplague ; decidedto be receivedinto the Church as soon as possible; was recommendedby Sir Basil Brooke to Fr. John Gerard ; was reconciled by him and advised to go abroad ; twice attempted to cross the sea, was twice captured and imprisoned, altogether for 9 months. Finally escaped and reachedSt. Omers with a recommendation from the present Superior Desires to be an ecclesiastic

462]

1. Nomen Edwardus Laythwayte; aetatis meae incertus sum , vigessimum quintum circiter annum (qoad coniicere possum) agens, in comitatu Lanchastria natus, ibique per sexdecem † plus minus annos chatholicae fide natus, atque educatus Inde Londinum missus post aliqot menses oportunitatemexpectans duacum proficisci, suadente cognato cui curae commissus partim fui, pro more ac tempore potius quam vero foedus londini cum haero sancsivit, et pro more chirographo firmavi : ubi postea per septem circiter annos permansi, tandem tempore non toto finito iubente fratre, invito tamen haero servitium reliqui

2. Parentes Habui Henricum Lathwite, et Ianam Bolton: morte iam defunctos, honestoque familia oriundos : fratres toto numero vivos sex sumus: sorores duae, qorum† fratres 2° , soror una religiosam vitam ducunt Reliqui omnes in quantum scio a nativitate (me tantum excepto) Religionis praecepta ab omni haeresi, et schimatet inviolate tenerunt Amicorum alii pauci, (mea quidem certa cognitione nulli) Chatholici existunt Patruus unus Avunculus unus, Avitae tres, ut spero vitam ducunt, sed schismatici omnes .

3. A pueritia ad decimum sextum annum circiter operam literis pro captu meo dabam, qoadt persecutioqaet tunc temporis nostras partes turbavit, patiebatur , locis paterna domo sempernon procul distantibus . qof tempore non aliumprogressumin literis feci qamt officium Beatae Virginis posse legere nequidem intelligere. Post octo annis servitio, et alias inutiliter sumptis, duacum veni qot tempore cum a superiori propter aetatem approbatum, et iussum habui sintaxi a die cinerum circiter vacationes usque operam dedi, cum prius a nativitate usque ad classis frequentationem privatim domi ad elementa latinae linguae perdiscendainsumpsissempostea integro anno poaesi, insequenti anno Rethoricae deindeLogicae usque eo iudicavit expediens. superior me Huc mittere sed an aliquid negligentii mei an aliunde impedimenti obstiterit parum me profecissemihi saltem constat.

4. Qoadt recordor ab infantia usque ad mensempraeteritumde valitudine corporis nihil passus fui, neque nunc sentio(deoidcirco gratias refero). de anima cum Haereticus fui per aliqost annos 2os circiter desperatione vel potius infidelitate fui correptus, qat factus catholicus non statim liberatusfui

5. frater natu secundus in hispaniis sacerdos ordinatus , post finitum cursum in Angliam remigrans captus in comitatu devon : Exceter in carseremt detentus per aliquod spatium. fuit et cum ille mei praesertim aliorum amicorum causa plus fortasse nimis festinabatur. hac occatione praeventus, ut nos adire non potuit: fratrem natu maximumvisendi causa ad illum iter facientem, ut me nomine mitteret exoravit, et haec causa fuit cur haerum† scitiust reliqui ibi interrogatiunculis paucis et nihil solidi continentismeis abunde satisfecit, et demisit Postea vero mense uno vel altero

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ellapso utquumque libertatemadeptus me in Catholicae Ecclesiae ritum reduxit, recoliavitt, et absolvit Cum nunc Ecclesias Haereticas per septem annos frequentassem, primo suasu aliorum et metu haerif, ut me aliorum obliquia† opprimerem : postea spontecogente nullo et cum approbatione.

6. De alio nequecogito, net aliudintendo qam vitam Ecclesiasticam agendam

Ita rem se habere testor

Ego EDWARDUS KENSINGTONUS

Alias LAYTHWAITUS

SUMMARY

[462] LAYTHWAITE Edward, alias Kensington, c 24 , son of Henryand Jane Bolton, born in Lancashire and brought up there a Catholic for about 16 years ; was sent to London ; whilewaiting months for a chance of crossing to Douai was persuaded by the cousin who had charge of him to bind himself to a master, whom he servedfor7years and then left beforehis time had expired Son of respectableparents now dead; has 5 survivingbrothers (2religious) and 2 sisters (1 religious) ; all Catholics throughout life, unlike the majority ofthe family Has one uncle on each side, and 3 aunts, all schismatics Studied letters near his father's house until 15 , as far as persecutionpermitted; progressed onlysofar as to beabletoread , but not understand, the Office of our Lady; after 7 years as an apprentice went to Douai, studied Latin elements privately from Christmas untilAshWednesday ; joined the class ofSyntaxuntilthe vacation ; studied poetryone year, rhetoric one year, and logic until sent hither ; made little progress Healthy from infancy until a month ago ; now healthyagain While a heretic spent 2 years in despair and infidelity, which lasted after his conversion Was converted by his second eldest brother who, ordained priest in Spain, hastenedhome to visit him on his returnto Englandand was captured in Devon andimprisoned at Exeter. Leaving hismaster to answeran appealbythis brother(passed on bythe eldestbrotherwho had visitedhim), he talked withhimuntil hisdifficultiesweresolved , and was reconciled by him on his release 2 months later, having frequented heretical churchesfor 7 years, at first throughfearofhis master and latervoluntarily Desiresto bean ecclesiastic .

[463]

1. Ego Richardus Lynly vere nominatus Horner, filius Thomae Horner de Warrington in Comitatu Lancastriae, generosi , omnibus fidem facio me natum fuisse Knarsburyensi in Comitatu Eboraci, exinde autem in infantia translatus, ad praedictam Warrington praedicti comentatus† Lancastriae, ibique educatuseram usque ad decimum septimum annum aetatis meae, deinde a parentibus ad Oxoniam missus ad literis profisciendumt , ubi per annum unum

novemquemenses vel circiter, vixi, nihil vel parum (si sincere dicam) ex studiis utilitatis capescens : his factis deum pro testimonio adhibeo, (causis quibusdam urgentibus quas ex catholica fide tunctemporis ponderabam) mecumconstituipraedictam academiam relinquere, et deo, mari, et ventis totas fortunas meas comittere, locum aliquem extraneum quereret ubi salva conscientia vita quieta paceque fruar : dum his animi angoribus versabar, occurrunt mihi duo haeretici, Collegii aenei nasi, (quo, eodem tempore vixi) nomine Iohannes Pickeringe, et ThomasPeacock, qui mihinarrabant se intellexisse patrem meum (ut ignominiose vocabant) Papistam esse, quodque ego eiusdem religionis, fautor eram superstitiosus, quodque unum in me notassent, quod per spatium duorum fere annorum nunquam communicassem vel pias eorum conciones (ut Pseudo titulo vocabant) frequentassem. Petebant ergo a me ut cum illis comunicarem, quibus respondebam quod non communicarem , non si a collegio me expellerent, his quibus auditisconsilium ineunt,ut a collegiome demittant, ita igitur ab illis constitutumerat, ut a collegio expellar ; his autem mihi notis mecum statim existimavi, infamiam istam expulsionis evitare, sicque nomen meum illico ex Catalogo collegiano abstersi ; rebusque meis paratis ad Cantabrigiam me contuli, ubi admissus eram in Collegium Divi Iohannis Evangilistae ; ibique unum annum septem menses vel paulo minus ut prius nugose consumpsi, donec per inexpectatam dei gratiamet bonum medium occurrensad meipsum revertebam et ad chatholicam fidem reconciliatus eram : postquam ergo huiusmodi deus mihi fautor fuisset, in patriam meam (mortuo iam patre) proficiscor, ubi Sacerdotum, Catholicorum aliorumque bonorum , familiaritatemet notitiam renovavi quorum ope et comendationead Duacum veni, et huc tandem (deo optimo iuvante ) in vicessimo primo anno aetatis iter faustum profeci, 2. Pater meus filius erat Thomae Horner, Londinicivisetmercatoris, filii (ut audivi patrem dicentem) cuiusdam Richardi Horner armigeri de Somersetshire, (locum vero certam nativitatis memoria non teneo,) Hic avus meus patrem meum ad annum undecimum provectum ad Parisios misit ad negocii† cultum capiendum , ubi per dei graciam† cooperantem in rudimentis Catholicae religionis confirmatus erat quamquam infinevitae per nimio timore aliquando in ecclesia aliquando extraecclesiam fuit Causa quiaLondininatus etvixitin comitatuLancastriae, erat, quiaAva meanata erat prope istis partibus qua ratione pater meus aliquam parvam habebat mansionem, filia fuit Thomae Brooke de Lighton in comitatu Cestriae armigeri cuius omnes successores (uno tantum excepto armigero quivocatur Starkyde Darly in Comitatu Cestriae) paternique consanguinei haerese laborant unum fratrem sororemque pusillae tantum aetatis habeo haecquede parentibus sufficiant.

3. Pro valitudinet (deo optimo maximoque gracias† ago) ego a cunabulis non aliquem dolorem sive egritudinem sensi hoc tantum excepto ut nimis quondam solitus aquas inire, propter[?]

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magnum frigus quod inde capiebam, quandam tumescentiam in inferiori parte ventris habebam quae cuiusdam medici consilio cito depressa fuit, cingendome balthaeo quodam pro tali proposito facto, ita ut per hos duosfere annos non aliquos omnino sensi dolores .

4. Quatenus ad fidem et vocationem attinet, coram omnibus obtestor me totam fere per vitam vel catholicum vel schismaticum vixisse , hoc tantum excepto, quod semel per quorundam amicorum persuasiones fere perversuseram et mercedeductus, parvam schedulam scripsi me penitus (quod absit) renuerechatholicam religionem pro reconciliatione satis supra dictum est .

5. Pro proposito intentioneque fideliter promitto, me nullum aliud magis habere desiderium, quam ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam , ††

RICHARDUS LYLNY alias HORNER

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[

463] HORNER Richard, alias Lynly, 20, son of Thomas, gent., of Warrington, Lancashire ; born at Knaresborough, Yorkshire; was takento Warringtonas an infant and educated there until 17 ; studied fruitlessly at Brasenose College, Oxford, for 13 years ; became interested in Catholic doctrine, and thoughtof leaving the University to seek peace oversea ; was denouncedas a hereditary papist by two heretics of his College, John Pickering and Thomas Peacock, who had noticed that he never communicated or attended sermons; removed his own name from the College register before they could have him expelled ; joinedSt. John's College, Cambridge, and trifled there for 19 months ; repented and was reconciled to Catholicism ; returned homeafter hisfather's death, and kept company with Catholics and priests; went to Douai ontheirrecommendation (His father, theson of ThomasHorner, merchant, of London , and grandson of Richard Horner, Esq. of Somerset, was sent by his father to learn business at Paris when 10, and was there confirmed intherudiments ofthe Catholic religion ; in old age hevacillatedout of cowardice He lived in Lancashire because his mother, the daughter of Thomas Brooke, Esq. of Leighton, Cheshire, had been born near there and he had a small mansion there. All Thomas Brooke's successors, except- Starky, Esq ofDarly, Cheshire , are heretics.) Healthy, except that he once had a swelling in the lower part of his belly, caused by excessive bathing in cold water, which soon disappearedwhen his doctor advised him to wear a belt ; has felt no pain for 2 years Alwaysa Catholic or schismatic ; but was once persuaded, or bribed, to write a paper renouncing Catholicism Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[464] Anno Domini 1608 : Die mensis Maii: 7°: 1. Iacobus Rosier : annos natus circiter triginta duos: natus in villa vocata Winson iuxta Gippiwicum in Suffolica : orbatus patre

educatus erat a Roberto Wolfrestono armigero cognato matrissuae in Gippiwico, et post aliquot annos in aedibus et cum filiis Domini Philippi Parker militis, semper incumbens litteris, donec inde Cantabrigiam petiit : et in Aula Penbrochiam processitMagister in artibus Academiam relinquens, multos annos habitavit cum Domino Philippo Woodehousomilite in Comitatu Norff : ubi (Dei gratia) Catholicus factus Londinum petiit, ubi moratus sub Magistro Thoma Sackvillo Nobili infra duos annos Romam profectus est.

2. Pater fuit Minister vel ParsonusSuff: Mater generosa Norff : fratres habuit duos, nunc nullos, nec sorores habet habuit ullas, Cognatos affines multos haereticos, nullos quos novit Catholicos praeter unicam cognatam habet.

3. Operam dedit Philosophiae &c: et Theologiae.

4. Bona valetudine plerumque usus est, nullo (quem novit) morbo laborat, laboravit.

5. Haereticus diu, opera et colloquiis Eduardi Yelvertoni armigeri, Domini Thomae Woodehowsi militis et Dominae illius matris praecipue vero assidualectione Novi Testamenti Rhemensis Resolutionis Reverendi Patris Personii : Enchyridii Patris Costeri, Catholicam amplexus est fidem, circa annum milessimum† sexentesimum secundum .

6. Ecclesiasticam vitam multum desiderat, utpotequaeproxime accedit ad Deum, et ad eius honorem maxime spectat Collegii disciplina pia, prudens, et relligiosa videtur, cognoscit se velle, sperat posse, promittitse niti observare Dei gratia confisus, quiut dedit velle, dabit et perficere.

IACOBUS ROSIER

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[464] ROSIER James, c 32, born at Winston near Ipswich in Suffolk; having lost his father was brought up by RobertWolfrestone,Esq., a kinsman of his mother's, at Ipswich ; someyears later wastaken into thehouse ofSirPhilip Parker and brought upwithhis children ; went to Pembroke College, Cambridge ; M.A.; lived for manyyears with Sir Philip Woodhousein Norfolk; on becoming a Catholic wentto London and livedwith the noble ThomasSackville; setoutfor Romewithin two months. Son of a parsonand a Norfolk gentlewoman ; had 2 brothers, bothdead, and no sisters; has many heretical kinsfolk, and one Catholic female cousin. Studied philosophy and theology Healthy. Was long a heretic, was converted about 1602bytheconversation of Edward Yelverton , Esq , Sir Thomas Woodhouse, and his mother , and by reading the Rheims New Testament, the Resolution of Fr. Persons, and the Enchiridion of Fr. Coster. Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 7 May 1608 .

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1. Vero nomine et paterno appellor Wolf, annos natus 24 proximis natalitiis patria Eboracensis, in quodam oppido Scar-

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borough dictopraedicti Comitatus ibi vero loci solummodoad 10m aetatis annum aut circiter educatus, postea a quodam avunculo qui in Comitatu Oxon habitabat eodem meo nomine , susceptus , eius impensis litteris incumbebam .

2. Parentem habeo utrunque (quantum scio) adhuc superstitem, patrem satis obscuri generiset loci vitae officioCoriarium : matrem verogenere nonita ignobili, divinatamenprovidentia , pene extirpato, cuius tamen nomen usurpo quasi minus noto, partim ut parcerem nomini avunculi mei a quo huc veniens discessi, partim quod quorundam istius nominis vestigiis insistere magis desiderem . fratremunicum habeo, sorores vero plures, cognatosnomine tenus quos novi, hereticos plane omnes vel schismaticos excepto unico quem dixi avunculo Catholico, curiae Chanceriaeclerico, industria suo loco et fortuna satis honesta.

3. primolitteris rudioribus apud avunculum meum ruri interfui deinde Oxoniam profectus etiamDialecticae studui : post sexdecem demum terminos presentatus eram primo Bacchalaureus , eo insuper Consilio ut sequenti Quadragesima secunda praesentarer, et debitis pro Bacchalaureum officiis fungerer. discedens vero exinde paulisper melius quorundam consiliis acquiescebam; qui pecunias, quas officiis praedictis absolvendis eram proiecturus, commodius , suscepto in partes transmarinas itineri insumendas persuadebat eo usque tantum pro gradu illo sum progressus .

4. usus sum valitudine† pene semper integra, nequeunquam me egrotassef memini nisi causa aliqua violenta, ut ex nimia fructuum comestione vel eiusmodi vel quod nimio aliquando humore obruor.

5. fui aliquando puer, admodum existensfabulis seductusnescio quibus martirum scilicet Foxinorum , plane hereticus , quo tempore avunculus pene solus de familia sua, schismaticus fuit, sed cum inter catholicos diutius versarer, non ita diu animo meo falsa ista opinio residebat, saltem aliquid catholici eorum convictu et consuetudine imbibebam, postea vero Oxoniam me conferensstudendi causa, ibique clericorum nostrorum mores et vivendi rationes , penitus introspiciens et agnoscens, tum demum opinione mea, dere catholica mirabiliter eram confirmatus, adeo ut brevi iam nihilaliud superesset , quo minus catholicus esse vellem, nisi ut nequam esse desisterem; quod ut facerem, illud demum multifariam (quoniam hic longum esset recensere) divina miserecordia† et providentia effectum est. primum confessarium (et cui primo consilia mea impertiebar virum habui Reverendum dominum Morylum[?] alias Dowltonum secularem sacerdotem Societati tamen deditissimum. illius posteasubsidio usus et consilio sequutussum tanquam servus ipsius Dominum Wyndsorum equitem exulantem Anglia : qui cum ad Sanctum Audomarum divertisset , et me patribus commendasset, Tandem a Reverendo Patre Tomsono, qui amicos meos in Anglia novisset, et causam meam intellexisset, omni charitatesum acceptus, neque ita diu post in collegium admissus.

6. Maiora desideroquam propono, quod si desideriameafecundet Deus, propono et statuo paratissimum me fore in hiis maiori Dei gloriae et superiorum expectatione inservire.

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Per me GULIELMUM LACIUM .

[465] WOLF William, alias Lacey, 24 next Christmas, born at Scarboroughand educatedthere until 10,then went to an uncleofthe same name in Oxfordshire and was taught letters at his expense. Son of an obscuretanner and a mother of extinct nobility, whose name he uses because less known, so as to spare his uncle whom he leftto come here, and because hewishes tofollowits lustre ; has one brother and many sisters; has mainly heretical and schismatic kinsfolk, except for the Catholic uncle already mentioned, an honest and industrious clerk of the Chancery Court. Studied dialectic at Oxford; proceeded Bachelor after 16 terms and was intendingto complete his examinations in the followingLent, but was persuaded instead to spend his money in crossing oversea Was never ill except through eating too much fruit or through excessive damp. As a boywas led astrayby Foxe's fables; was a heretic while his uncle was the only schismatic in the family; was influenced by mixing with Catholics and observing the behaviour of Anglican clergy at Oxford ; was reconciledby Mr. MorylorDowlton , a secular priest very devoted to the Society On his advice went abroad as servant to Sir [William] Windsor and was recommended by the latter to the Jesuits at St. Omers; was warmly welcomed by Fr. Tompson, who knew hisfriends in England,and was receivedintothe College. Desires more than he intends ; hopes that Godwill render fruitful his desires

[466] Octobris 30 Anno Domini 1608.

1. Nomen mihi verum est Gulihelmus Williamson ; patri Thomas, Matri Brigetta: annum iam complevi trigessimumt primum, die festi Sancti Michaelis ultimo elapso: Natus fui in CommitatutNorthampton: Educatus in scholisvulgaribus usquead annum decimum septimum vel octavum. deinde in universitate Oxoniae studui per annos septemet ultra viro cuidam nobilissimo interfui per annos tres, reliquum tempus domi, et cum patribus Societatis impendi

2. Redditus nullos habeopraeterquam qui sunt in iure et voluntateparentum, quos inter mediassortes libentercollocoexpendentes redditus annales 280 librarum. fratres habeo, Edmundum , et Thomam schismaticos, qui mihi annis praeeunt, Georgium Catholicum , et Robertum schismaticum natu iuniores: Sorores Brigittam catholicam, viduam Petri Pooli, Hellenam catholicam uxorem Iohannis Weedon generosi, Alliciam Schismaticam uxorem Guilelmi Whelpdale generosi ; Catharinam , Ianam, Iodoicem Catholicas .

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3. Operam navavi Rethoricae, dialecticae et philosophiae in universitate Oxoniae.

4. Valetudine sum semper prospera (Deo gratias) fretus

5. Schismaticus diu fui, et desiderio saepe desideravi fieri catholicum, obstabant parentes, et frater meus Nicholaus, qui morte occumbens me statim Londinum contuli ibique Catholicus sum factus anno (ni fallor) 1598

6. Semper fere ab anno aetatis meae duodecimo in votis habui vitam agere ecclesiasticam, et nunc eam desidero quasi Deo gratissimam etanimaemeae salutiutilissimam et Collegii disciplinam undique pro virili meo observabo .

per me GULIELMUM WILLIAMSON.

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[466] WILLIAMSON William, 31 last Michaelmas, son ofThomas and Bridget, born in Northamptonshire ; educated in common schoolsuntil 16 or 17; studied over 7 years at Oxford; lived for3 yearswith a nobleman and for the rest of his life at homeorwiththe Jesuits Has no revenues except what he is given by his parents, who are middle class and have £380 a year to spend Has 2 elder brothers (Edmundand Thomas, schismatics) and 2 younger brothers (George , Catholic, and Robert, schismatic) ; has 6 sisters (Bridget,a Catholic, the widow ofPeterPoole ; Helen, Catholic, the wifeofJohn Weedon, gent.; Alice, schismatic, the wife of William Whelpdale, gent.; Catherine, Jane and Joyce, Catholics) Studied rhetoric, dialectic and philosophy at Oxford Always healthy Was long a schismatic ; desired to be a Catholic but was obstructed by his parents and his brotherNicholas, onwhose death hewent to London and wasreconciled c . 1598. Has desired to be an ecclesiasticsince 11

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1. Proprio meonomine, appellor Humfredus, cognomineLeecheus , aetatis annum iam ago trigesimum octavum, nativitatis locus dicitur Dratoniain Hales in Comitatu Sallopiensi, educatio libera, et scholastica

2. fateor, me non illustri aliqua prognatum prosapia, honesto interim loco, generequenatus sum . Parentes inter plebeios fateor etiam, tamen optimae in eo quo vixeruntloco, conditionis et fortunae extiterunt. oleum et operam quam potuerunt, impenderunt omnem, ut liberos suos omnes honeste, et in timore dei aeducarent , sed immatura morte a vivis excesserunt fratres superstites (uno

natuque maximo in bello defuncto habeotres, Edwardum , Richardum, Thomam, sorores duas, (totidemque defunctas) consanguineos et affines permultos, Hereticis potius credentes, quam Hereticos

3. operam literis in utraque Angliae nostrae Academia praecipue Oxoniensi navabam, sed immaturamorte Parentum charissimorum a studiis Academicis avocatus, eram postquam Bacchalaureatus gradum in Cantabrigia suscepissem hinc interceptus erat omnis in artibus, et humanioribus literis progressus , etsi Tutoris pessimi incuria, ne ipsam dialecticam multo minus reliquas artes primis degustassem labris animum tunc temporis doctrinae sitibundum , variisque perturbationibus molestiisque ea de causa excruciatum , subiit cogitatiotraiiciendiin partes transmarinas ; instabant mihi immo pene persuaserunt nobilissimus, (sed perditissimi Heretici Doctoris Bulkeley) frater natu maximus Rolandus Bulckley Catholicus, una cum doctore Bishop, et patre sanctissimaesocietatis alio. hi inquam mihi pene persuasissentut Catholicus fierem, et traiicerem studendi causa . sed evanuitcogitatio haec et persuasio, quoniam tunc temporis non omnino persuasus eram, de veritate Romanae et Catholicae Religionis, verabarque ne animae propriae iacturam facerem, dum literis humanioribus nimium inhiando, erroneam et superstitiosam religionem inter amplexus et oscula retinerem. sed suspicionemmeam ex ignorantiaortam condonabit deus. permansi igitur in statu priori, et proprio marte fretus, horas multas cum fructu perexiguo vel potius nullo consumpsi tandem ad magisterii gradum post tres annos alios, sed sine artibus aspirabam praesumptio haec mea. a studio literarum et artium humaniorum accessi theologiam in qua progressummeliorem quam in caeterisme fecisse existimo Haecque de literarum progressu.

4. Optima sum corporis et constitutione et valetudine (faxitdeus ut debitas illi gratias ob tale beneficium rependam) nullis obnoxius sum infirmitatibus nullis perstringor difficultatibus. animus autem licet non potest non quandoque turbari et excruciari peccatorum preteritorum recordatione tamen optime ad studendum dispositus est.

5. fateor me hereticum, et cum id sit peccare fateor etiam extitisse schismaticum ; primo ex ignorantia(deum testorimmortalem) posterius ex scientia provenit, sed conscientia fidei lumine Ecclesiae canone spirituque dei principaliter ducta mota et exagitata me a crassissimishereseos schismatisquetenebrisrevocavitCatholicumque constituit. Hereticus dum extiti quasdam pro more calviniano conciones, sine sale, sine sole, sine succo, sine sanguine, compositas habui, scripturamque sacram non tam exponebam, quam temerario precipitique spiritustunc temporis privati impetu presumptioneque audacter pervertebam, sed misericordiam adeptusfuiquiaignoranter feci, ut verbis utar Apostoli Post annum igiturunum vel alterum , in vetustissimum quendam authorem, vincentiuminquam lyrinensem incidi. aureussane libellus hic, et si quis alius inter Patres,non immeritoille Hereticorum malleus nuncupari potest librum hunc a

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capite ad calcem iterumiterumque perlegi, exindefactusschismaticus Patrum vestigiis per omnia insistebam, eorumqueprovinciam patrociniumque contra caninos hereticorum latratus in me suscepi propugnandam, dumque mordicus Patrumadherebamlectionibus, et infelicissimas huius senescentis mundi saeculi controversias, ad patrum examen tanquam ad lydium lapidem revocabam, in pontificias quasdam (uti calumniabantur adversarii) me vel nescientevel non animadvertente incidi hinc prima mihi Anglicanae religionis orta suspicio, nam postquam compererunt, indignissime tulerunt. rebus sic stantibus coram summo Academiae tribunali, accessi quosdam e familiaribus meis totius Academiae doctissimos viros , quosque maxime noveram orthodoxos, nominatim vero, doctorem Lillium, Dominum Williams, praelectorem publicum , Dominum Kilbeum, Dominum Hensonum, Dominum Buckeridge, omnes collegiorum prepositos rem totam illis aperui, querelam de iniuria mihi et patribus universis oblata edidi, consilium auxiliumque illorum petii consentiebant doctrinae omnes (tanto enim Patrum consensuiut optime noveram contradicere ne auderent) sed intempestivam dixerunt doctrinam, cumque temporibus minime quadrantem, ideoquene manum ad vindicandam veritatemadmoverent Quae cum ita se haberent in Oxonia, a vicecancellario ad Cancellarium, ab inferiori magistratu Ecclesiastico, ad summum Angliae primatum rem detuli, ut finalem sententiam euis et decisionem intelligerem,exposui illi omnia ordine suo, videlicet doctrinam ,quam predicaveram,iniuriamquamsustinueram,opemauxiliumque eiusut mihi et Patribus iniustitia oppressis succurreret petii, idque duabus de causis, primum quod esset honoratissimus noster Cancellarius, 2 quod totius Regni metropolitanus extiterat

Responsumquod ab illo tunc temporis accepi, vel nullum, prorsus, vel nihil ad propositum , Iuratus enim in verba Calvini, a partibus stabat vicecancellarii sui, causameius et dignitatem , una cumsumma hominis et eruditione et pietate egit : praetereatextumillum mathei 19 de Paupertatis consilio vade vende&c pervertebat , idque contra Evangelica consilia Adolescentulum qui venerat ad Christum tanquam hipocritamarguebat. summa hereticae illius ex magistro Calvino expositionis haec erat Christus (inquit) fucum et fraudem intrinsecus in adolescentulo delitescentem detegit, non consilium aliquod perfectionis ab illo suscipiendumproponit. huic expositioni et sententiae verbo uno vel altero interpositooccurrebam ex Sancto marco Evangelista Christus intuitus dilexit eum ergo non erat hypocrita deinde appellabam ad patres omnes illum textum aliter exponentes mecumque consentientes provinciam igitur priorem in me suscepi neclatumutaiunt unguem a Patribus discederem Patrum testimonia in medium produxi quae scriptis commendata una cum concionis prototypoilli obtuli concionemmeam accepit Patres ferre nollet huic mihi primum suspicio orta illum nolle suppetias aliquas

1 At thispoint there appears to be something (a page ?) missingintheMS .

veritati ferre nec vindicare oppressam interim tamen per septimanam unam vel alteram expectabamfinalem eius determinationem et quid de causa nostra futurum foret conveni illum saepissime et allocutus fui sed quo tenderet sententia eius finalis nullo modo intelligere potuissem quo perspecto Archiepiscopum per alios quatuordecem dies interpellare destiti nec presentiam meam ut antea illi exhibui. Absentia meacomperta et suspecta misit ad me Archiepiscopusduos capellanorum domesticorum qui honestissimas conditiones mihi obtulerunt videlicet reconciliationem cum Doctore King restitutionem in locum priorem et statumuna cum favore dominisui modo iam desisteremdoctrinamque priorem ulterius non urgerem oblatas has conditiones recusabamomnes veritatem enim conniventia aliqua nostra pessimaprodere nollem petii tantum ab illis ut cum essent e familia Archiepiscopi et a consiliis illius secretioribus consulerent illi vel si hoc non auderent exorarent saltem ut dignitati Academiae cuius esset cancellarius reverentiaeque tot Patribus debitae pro loco statuque suomaxime prospiceret presertim in re tam publica tamque aperta nam si doctrina haec conniventia domini vestripreiuditium+ huiusmodi ferre debeat in posterum de Patribus in Academia actum est quis enim vel legere vel fidem illis adhibere curabit si patres ad unum omnes reiiciendi. Accepto responso cognitaqueresolutione exorabant tandem ut ad dominum suum cum illis redirem quod quidem protemporeexcusabamsed suspitio† quae iammihiinciderat alias avocabat traiiciendique maria intra biduum opportunitas optima mihi per unum aliquem Patrum parata instabat Et iam iustissima mihi confugiendi ad deum et conscientiam propriam oblatavidebatur occasio pro temporis igitur quibus iam coarctabar angustiis ratione collegi me postquam multas orationes lachrimas et suspiria (quae peccatorum praeteritorum recordatio ab intimis animi mei visceribus ut verbis hieronimianis eliciebat) anima mea mirum in modum intrinsecus turbata vel potius spiritusdei internis caelitusque illapsis inspirationibus animam meam sic allocutus est exitoexitoa babilonica ista Heretica Anglicana congregationequoties tevocavero, quoties te vocavi in Dratoniain Sallopia et iam tandem in Oxonia inspirationibus meis internis et renuisti persecutionibus externis concitandis et noluistimonitisaliorumsacerdotum meorum salutiferis et excusasti. hactenus te nolentem renuentem excusantem sustinui ulterius non sustineboarripe arripe inquam occasionem presentem ultima haec tua vocatio haec ad Ecclesiamsi obtemperaveris salvus eris sin minus in aeternum peribis o tremenda districtio rationibus ad persuadendum non opus est multis perpaucas tamen accipe

1. An ista potest esse EcclesiaChristiquae Ecclesiaefirmamenta et fundamenta patres inquam Ecclesiae amicos patronosquereiicit. minime

2. an illi possint esse Ecclesia Christi quae Ecclesiaeet veritati sunt hostes infestissimi minime

3. An ita potest esse sponsa Christi ubisecreti veritatisamici non audent pro temporis inquitate prodire in publicum ad vindicandam veritatem oppressam et sub pedibus iniquissimorum conculcatam sed contra scientiam contraque conscientiam prodi turpissime sinunt minime. non sic fecerunt patres non sic Athanasius

4. An ista potest esse Eccles a Christi quae nec normam fidei habet ullam nec certam scripturas interpretandi regulam aliquam sed unusquisque privatus spiritus tremendum illud spritus sancti numen horribili blasphemia mentitur dum spiritum dei arrogant minime

5. An ista potest esse EcclesiaChristi quae hereticorum omnium vestigiis insistit quaeHereses veterespene omnes ab inferis revocant profanaque manu ventilant minime

6. An ista potest esse Ecclesia Christi quae canonem fidei praeter illum hereticorum omnium communem Arii Pelagii Nestorii &cliteramvidelicet scripturae et spiritumprivatum habeat nullum? minime

7. An ista potest esse Ecclesia Christi quae triticeam illam et salutiferam consiliorum Evangelicorum doctrinam (quae ad omnem et viae et patriae perfectionem acquirendam tendit et cui omnis in Ecclesia dei Religiosorum ordo innititur) ferre nequit ? minime

8. An illa potest esse Ecclesia dei quae etiam hac in re heresim Iovinianam recipit orthodoxamque consiliorum doctrinam reiicit minime. hisce et infinitis huiusmodi rationibus (quas mihi suggerebat spiritus sanctus) adductus eram ut omni posthabita mora quae in aeterna animae salute periculosissima est reciperem me intra Ecclesiae gremium sinumque, et quis ego ut divinis resisterem monitis consului igitur societatis sanctissimae doctissimum gravissimumque virum quendam dictum Patrem Richqui me misit ad Patres Audomaropoli ibique post prestitumspirituale exercitium receptus fui in Ecclesiam per Patrem Lloyd pium et doctum virum haecquede quinto articulo sequitur ultimum.

6. quod ad ultimum articulum attinet polliceor idquein verbo Catholici fidelissime promitto me omnia Collegii huius statuta leges consuetudines superiorumque omnium mandata placitaque religiosissime observaturum sicut me deus adiuvet sanctaque Ecclesiae quam profiteor Catholicae fides Iam quod ad vitam Ecclesiasticam subeundam spectat deum testor immortalem conscientiamque propriam nihil magis in votis esse quam ad hunc sanctissmum presbiteratus gradum ordinemque promoveri cum deo optimo maximo et superioribus meis bene visum fuerit ut Patriae meae in utramqueiam aurem dormitanti pessimo haereseos veneno infecto et intoxicatae succurram

Postremo ut omne animi mei consilium patefaciam expediamque verbo ut aiunt uno hoc unicum significandum esse existimo viz. Cum penitius† bonitatem deiet vocationis meae modum introspiciam non possum non me meaque omnia in sanctissimam eius resignare

voluntatem nam ut melliflui sanctissimique Divi Bernardi verbis utar si totum debeo pro me facto quid igitur pro me refecto quid prome sic vocato cum nec creatio nec redemptio profuisset sine vocatione in priori creationis scilicet opereme mihi deditin posteriori se mihi sed in vocatione utrumqueconiunxit et me sibi et se mihi dedit reddiditquedatus ergo redditusque immo datus redditus et vocatus totum me debeo et bis immo ter me debeo sed quid debeo domino pro se dato pro me vocato nam etsi me millies rependere possumquid sum ego ad dominum meum huius tam aureaesententiae consideratio intimas animae meae penetravit medullas inflammavitquetandemque coegit ut novae vitae capescendae rationem ineam Consilia Evangelica ore tenus verbisque asserui sed non successitdoctrinanon recipiebatur experiar igiturin posterum deo volente ancordefactisque exprimere possim nam licet apud Hereticos Consiliorum doctrinam docere non licet tamen apud Orthodoxos Catholicos exercere licet sed de hac re plura in tempore locoquesuo debito.

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[470] LEECHHumphrey, 37, born at MarketDrayton, Shropshire, andeducatedliberally; son ofplebeianbut honourableandfortunate parents, who strove to educatetheir children wellin the fearofGod, but who died early Has lost his eldest brother in war; has 3 survivingbrothers, Edward , Richardand Thomas ; has 2 surviving sisters; had 2 others who died ; has many kinsfolk, followers of heretics rather than heretics. Studied letters at Cambridge and Oxford; obtained B.A. at Cambridge though hehad hardlytouched dialectic, owing to his tutor's negligence; was called away fromhis studies by his parents' death ; was almost persuaded by Roland Bulkeley (Catholic brotherof heretical Dr. Bulkeley) and Dr. Bishop and a Jesuit to become a Catholic and cross the sea to study; abandonedthis idea because not yet convinced ofCatholicism ; was afraid that he might be embracing superstition for the sake of humane studies. Studied fruitlesslyalone ; after 3 yearsaspired to a master's degree, but without arts ; took up theology and made better progress Healthy Was once a heretic and schismatic, at first from ignorance, later from study ; wrote Calvinist sermons and made presumptuous expositions ofthe Scriptures ; came upon the works of Vincent of Lerins, the hammer of the heretics, who converted him to schism; became a great readerand admirer ofthe Fathers ; used them as a test of modern controversies . . . Asked help from some of the most learnedandorthodox menintheUniversity, Dr. Lilly, Mr. Williams (public lecturer), Mr. Kilbey, Mr. Henson, Mr. Buckeridge, all Heads of Houses ; told them that an injury had been done to himself and to the Fathers ; secured their agreement to his doctrine but was told that it was unseasonable Appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellorof

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the University; told him of the doctrine he had preachedand the injury he had received, securedno satisfaction from this Calvinist prelate, who defended the Vice-Chancellor and gave a tendentious Calvinist interpretationofthe textofMt. 19 about poverty;gavehima copyofthe sermon, whichwas accepted, and a set ofcitationsfrom the Fathers, which he refused Had to wait several weeks for the Archbishop's decision ; at first called on him repeatedly, butlater arousedsuspicionby failingto call for 14 days; was visitedby twoof the Archbishop's domestic chaplains, who offered to reconcilehim to Dr.King and restore him to his former place and favourifhe would cease to urge his doctrine ; refused these conditions and sent a challenging reply to the Archbishop. Was offered by a Jesuit a chanceofcrossingthe sea within two days; heard thespiritofGod saying within him : "Leave this Babylonish Anglican congregation, from which I called you so often in Drayton and now in Oxford"; wasconvincedby theSpirit that a ChurchwhichrejectedtheFathers, which was inimical to the truth, where the friends of truth dared not comeforth like Athanasius, wherethere was no norm offaithnor certain rule of interpretingthe Scriptures, where all the old heresies wererevived, wherethere was no canon offaith except Scripture and a private spirit such as Arius, Pelagius and Nestorius claimed , and where Jovinianism was accepted, could not be the true Church. Consulted Fr. Rich, S.J. who sent him to St. Omers where after spiritual exercises he was received into the Church by Fr. Floyd. Desires to be a priest and to keep the evangelical counsels Quotes St. Bernard. 1609

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1. verum nomen meum est Iohannes Capseus nomina parentum Iacobus et Maria : locus nativitatis milvertonia educationis vero Wivilscombia ibique vixerim[?]

2. Parentes et praecipui amici sunt neque nobiles neque plebeii vel mediae sortis sed generosibonis prognatiparentibus quorum alii divites alii pauperes habeo fratres sorores et Consanguineos et haereticoset Catholicos.

3. Studiaquibus operamdedi hactenusfuerepaucaaliquos tamen authores et poetas in liberaTauntoniae scholaperlegerim ex quibus aliquid progressus mihi attulerim.

4. Valetudinem tam corporis quam animae habeo, tandemque posthac deo iuvante me habiturum spero

5. De vocatione, id est utrum haereticus vel schismaticus fateor me aliquando haereticum extitisse, quinque vero annis praeteritis divinagratia et opera Sacerdotis alicuius praestantissimi factus Catholicus : tempore vero quo Catholicus fuerim perturbationes quasdam et molestias pertulerim. Egressus ex Anglia venetias per mare navigatione fuerit, deinde Romam per terramiter fecerim

6. Propositum et desiderium quod ad vitam ecclesiasticam attinet agendam deo opitulante me non solum promptum reperio observare: verum etiam disciplinam Collegii quamdiu hic mansero retinere spero.¹

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[471] CAPES John, son of James and Mary, born at Milverton , brought up at Wiveliscombe Son of gentry of good family ; has brothers and sisters and kinsfolk, some rich some poor, some Catholic some heretical Studied authors and poets in the free school at Taunton with some progress Healthy A heretic until 5 years ago when he was converted by an excellent priest; suffered some inconvenienceat the time SailedfromEngland toVeniceand journeyed thence to Rome overland Desiresto be an ecclesiastic . [Endorsed "1600" .]

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Nomen. Georgius Mainwaringus, aetatis 19 plus minus, natus in Comitatu Lankastrensi educatus ut plurimum procul a paternis aedibus modo cum Barone Waltonensi cuius erat uxor Catholica mihique in Baptismo susceptrix. Huius post obitum , accessi quendam Iureconsultum † cuius itidem Coniux Catholicam fidem profitebatur; utrisque in locis minimo licet vel potius nullo cum fructu ad annum usque 12 aetatis classes frequentavi intervallo nihilominus, iam medii iam integri aliquando anni, adeo ut adhaeserit nequitiae et libertatis quam doctrinae et pietatis , amplior seges.

Parentes: Parens uterque nobilis hic fratres inter 7 natu minimus nomine Oliverius Main : originem trahens ex domo Piverensi in Cestria ; illa Gerardis propinqua quorum conditiotumobliberorum multitudinem, tum ob temporis iniuriam, (cum non semel Pater fuerit incarceratus et semper improborum malitiae patuerit) inter mediocres numeranda Fratres me ex ordine sequentes sunt 4 sorores totidem ; omnes Catholice instituti et quoad patitur sors parentum diminuta, humaniter et liberaliter educati : Propinqui (Deo laus) et consanguinei quantum novi omnes Catholicae fidei professores , excepto inter reliquos quodam Patruo nomine Christophoro qui peiorem Dominumsequutus praeter haereditatem paternam et gratiamet magnosapud Reginam ultimo extinctamhonores obtinuit

Studia. Quoad studia, ut antea aetas usque ad 12 annum sine fructu elapsaest, ex quo, magno Deobeneficio, in Belgium deveniad Seminarium Anglicanum Audomarense, ubi studiis incubuihumanioribus ab ovo, quod dicitur usque ad malum, celeri tamen cursu

1 Endorsed "1600" and included among the Responsa for 1600

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unius in singulas classes inpenso anni spatio Progressus (sit Deo laus , undeomnia manat progressus ) nunquam non inter primos. Valetudo Valetudo Corporis solida et intentata Attamenquemadmodum Corpus infirmum aggravat animam ita etiam ab infirma anima Corpusquandoque aggravari necesse est Hinc est quod non erubescam fateri Libertatem illam primis inustam annis, cum ad strictiorem vitaecursumaccederem plurimumrefragatam, atque adeo plus semper internum torruisse animum quam exterioribus signis erupisse ; hic idem morbus, propter obvias (sic enim omnia videbantur) difficultates ad Melancholiam, novercam pessimam me remisit quae adeo vehementer animam agitavit ut in Corpus etiam redundaret, illudque suis functionibus ineptum plane et inidoneum ad tempus redderet ; haec sola est infirmitas, sola invaletudo , quae me unquam vel uspiam attentavit quae tamen Superiorum cura et Charitate Divina succurrente gratia iamdiuabstersaest

Vocatio. Semperilla Romana quam cum lacte nutricissuxiinscius semper et intactus ab omni erroneaopinione

Propositum. Propositum quidem, ex quo gustum aliquem rerum spiritualium dignatus est Deus immittere, illud semper colui, eam vitae rationem maxime sectari quae ad ipsius gloriam potissimum factura videretur, quae procul dubio cum sit Ecclesiastica nihil unquam habui antiquius: ††

Finis

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[472] MAINWARING George, c. 19, son of Oliver, born in Lancashire, brought up far from his father's house ; lived with Lord Walton, whose Catholic wife was his godmother ; after his death wenttolivewithajurisconsult married toa Catholic ; in both places attended classes fruitlesslyuntil 11 with intervals of a year or half a year. Son ofa noble father, the youngest of 7 sons ofthefamilyof Peoverin Cheshire ; and ofa noblemother ofa branch ofthe Gerard family, impoverished by the number of their children and the imprisonment of the father. Has4 younger brothers and 4 sisters, all Catholic and liberally educated, as far as their parents' diminished means would allow ; has only Catholic kinsfolkexcept for oneuncle Christopher ingreat honour withthe late Queen At 11 wenttoSt. Omers and attended the whole course of humanities, spending a year in each class ; was not among the first in class . Healthy in body, but suffered from melancholy when first he turned from liberty todiscipline . Always a Catholic. Has long desired to be an ecclesiastic

[473] [No Responsa extant]

[474] [No Responsa extant]

]

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1. Verum nomen est Thomas Gauntus, aetate, sum annorum viginti duorum intra unum vel alterum mensemplus minus. locus nativitatis estSingletonum in Lancastria educationisque.

2. de parentibus natus schismaticis conditione honestis; sub finem tamen vitae ambo in ecclesia Dei recipiebantur eoque in statu, ut intellexi, felici mortui sunt. unusquisque fratrum, sororumque est catholicus, maiorque cognatorum pars.

3. Gramatica cum ceteris classibus inferioribus Duaci a me auditis, uno abhinc anno progressumfeci ad logices studium, in quo integrum paene perpendi annum.

4. Bonam plerumque corporis, laus deo deiparaeque, sensi valetudinem ; sentioque, animae vero ut plurimiscontigit.

5. Ab infantia semper catholice educatus fui, sed pro fide illa catholica parum vel nihil passus.

6. Mihi certe a longo temporis intervallo ecclesiasticamvitam magno ferventique cum desiderio proposui, proponoque nec minori profecto proposito desideriove huius collegii disciplinam observandi me induo.

Laus Jesu eiusque matri

SUMMARY

[475] GAUNT Thomas, 22 in a month or two, born and brought up at Singleton, Lancashire. Son of respectableschismatic parents who died Catholics ; has brothers and sisters, Catholics like most of his family. Studied grammar and other elementary classes at Douai ; has spent a year on logic Healthy Always a Catholic; has not sufferedfor religion. Has long desired to be an ecclesiastic

[476]

Nomen mihi parentibus eo tempore Schismaticis, et utroque sponsore aut pari aut peiori errore imbuto Seth impositum est Annum egero vertente decembri decimum nonum. Natus sum Erswerci[?] vico, secundo ab Eboraco lapide in errore autem nescio quo usque ad annum 14m quo Audomarum litterarum caussa sum profectus vitam agebam

Parentes mihi Gulielmus et Margareta Forsteri hones[ti] nominis quorum haec iam Catholice in supradicto vico dies vitae finivit, ille ex eo per Reverendum Patrem Patrem Holtbaeum in ecclesiam receptus relictis iis quae possedit maiori natu filio obitis multis ob fidem difficultatibus migravit in Belgium. Fratres habeo plures Catholicos duos, reliquos haereticos : sorores itidem plures germanam unam ulissippone in monasterio Anglicano Sanctae Brigittae sacro, reliquas unic[a] excepta, Schismaticas. Avunculos pariter plures, unum Ulisippone in praedicto monasterio qui excipiendis

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virginum Confessionibus et rebus monasterio necessariis procurandis operam praebet, alterum in Anglia Catholicum, reliquos hereticos Cognatosdenique plures unum e Societate ante nominatum Reverendum Patrem Holtbaeum ; alterum in Anglia e benedicto Sancti Francisci ordine reliquos haereticos

Dum in Anglia manerem diversis in locis humanioribus litteris (aliis nusquam) operam dedi inde in Belgium ex patris desiderio litterarum caussa missus , ubi illam quantulamcumque possideo messem litterariam collegi

Corporeisviribus, quominus studiorumdifficultateset molestias, aut alios quosvis labores ad maiorem dei gloriam qua par est alacritate possint sustinere nullum intervenit obstaculum. inest tamen pectori quadam cruditas ex inconsiderato scribendi modo, et pulpiti gravi inclinatione concepta, neque ulla inde infirmitas, aut morbi aliqua caussa. Cruris dexteri , libenter fateborinfirmitatem annis abhinc undecim per puerilem imprudentiam importatam, nunquam tamen, dicam liberaliter, ad ullos labores quoscumque, annis convenientem sensi me imparem.

Haereticumne me an Schismaticum , an potius omnis sectaepuerum fuisse melius dixerim nescio , pariter enim in omnes fui animatus, pariter ab omnibus distractus, in una, quam veram atque unicam a longe perspexi salutis viamid est Romanam Catholicam veritatem libenter, adiuvante Reverendo Patre Georgio Keino qui me reconciliavit, sum amplexus. Exeo quo primumAudomarum veni vitam Ecclesiasticamproposui, propositumque usque nunc tenui, teneoque. tt

SUMMARY

[476] FORSTER Seth (so named by schismatic parents and godparents), 19 come December, son of William and Margaret, born at Earswick 2 miles from York ; lived in error until he went to St. Omers to learn letters when 13. Son of respectable parents (His mother died a Catholic at Earswick ; his father was reconciled by Fr. Holtby, left his possessions to his eldest son, and migrated to Belgium after manytribulations for religion ) Has many brothers, of whom 2 are Catholics ; had many sisters, one a Bridgettineat Lisbon, the others all schismatics except one ; has many uncles, one confessor and procurator in the same monastery at Lisbon, another Catholic in England, the rest heretics Has many kinsfolk including Fr. Holtby, S.J. and a Franciscan in England ; the rest heretics. Studied letters in various places in England ; was sent to Belgium by his fatherand learnt there all that he knows. Healthy, except for a rawness in his chest caused by bending over his desk while writing ; 11 years ago brought on a deformity of his right leg through boyish imprudence, but has never felt unequal to any tasks fitting his years Was a boy of every sect, was reconciled by Fr. George Keynes Has desired to be an ecclesiastic ever since reaching St. Omers

[477]

1. Petrus Haslehurstus aetatis 24, natus Nottinghamiae ibique literis educatus usque ad decimum septimum annum aetatis aut circiter.

2. Parentes Robertus et Agnes Haselhurst erant mediae sortis civium Nottinghamensium pater schismaticus et mortuus, mater adhuc vivit haeretica : unicam habeosororem, omnes fratres mortui sunt , cognati omnes (tribus Catholicis exceptis) sunt haeretici sed non praecipui

3. Studui Cantabrigiae quatuor annis, Rhetoricae , Logicae, et Philosophiae perficiebam cursum sicut caeteri sociorum .

4. Hucusque a primapueritiararo aegrotusfui, sed semperbona valetudine et utiquespero studia ac laboresstrenue tolerare possum .

5. Usquead vigesimum secundumannum aetatis me haereticum extitisse fateorpostquam vero dei gratia librorumque catholicorum vi ac virtute factus eram catholicus et per magistrum Ludovicum Barloum reconciliatus

6. deus ab initio conversionis (uti spero) me ad Ecclesiasticam vitam agendam interne vocavit, et ab eo usquetempore nihilmagis desideravi, nec ambire studui: et ob hanc causam Romam peregrinatus fui, itaque libentissime disciplinam Collegii omnes [que] eius regulas observare conabor quamdiu hic mansero

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[477] HASLEHURST Peter, 24, son of Robert and Agnes, born at Nottingham and educated in letters there until about 16. Son of middle class citizens of Nottingham, the father a schismatic now dead, the mother a heretic ; has 1 sister; has lost all his brothers ; has unimportant heretical kinsfolk; has 3 Catholic kinsfolk. Studied rhetoric, logic, and philosophy 4 years at Cambridge. Rarelyill since childhood A heretic until 21 , was converted by reading Catholic books and reconciled by Mr. Lewis Barlow. Has desired to be an ecclesiasticever since his conversion; to this end has come to Rome.

[478]

1. IoannesCurtesius, agens annum 46. natus Longae-Parochiae in Provincia seu ComitatuSouth-Hamptoniae inAnglia Educatus ibidem in infantia per AviamCatholicam, postea Andovariin eadem Provincia per patrem et Matrem Schismaticos: reliquum vitae temporis Londini plerumque consumpsi Scriptor Literae Curialis eiusdem civitatis existens, donec duacum in Belgia profectus, ubi quinque annis ultimo praeteritis remansi alumnus Collegii Anglicani

2. Pater vivit, plebeus, conditione mediocris, status tamen eius est iam labefactatus et multo pauperior quam vivente matre: Fratrem habeo Catholicum Religiosum Societatis Iesu, Sororem et Amitam Catholicam. Ceteri plerique sunt Schismatici, praeter

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unum fratremMinistrumProtestantem qui tamen non est malitiosus, nec (ut puto) ullius religionis valde tenax ;

3. Operam dedi literis humanioribus, Andovari praedicti, Philosophiae et Casibus ConscientiaeDuaci in CollegioAnglicano.

4. Aegritudinem coporis nullam per annos multos sensi (laus Deo) quaeunquam impedivitcommunia et quotidiana mea exercitia: Animae vero non novi ullam nisi communemomnibus.

5. Vixi per annos multos secundum morem Protestantium in Anglia, donec opera et industria fratris mei praedicti Catholicus factus sum annis abhinc septem Nihil notatu dignum accidit circa hoc negotium ut memini : nihilque passus praeter ea quae ab omnibus communiter patiuntur.

6. Accepi ordinem Presbiteratus. disciplina Collegii fuit unum ex motivis cur me huc contuli

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[478] CURTIS John, 35 , born at Longparish, Hampshire ; brought up there as a child by his Catholic grandmother, later at Andover by his schismatical parents ; spent the rest of his life as a Writer ofCourt Handofthe cityofLondon ; for the last 5 yearsan alumnus oftheEnglish College at Douai Son of a plebeianfather, a widower, who is now much poorer than in his wife's lifetime; has a brother a Jesuit, a sister and an aunt Catholics; has schismatic kinsfolk except for one brother who is a Protestant parson, not however malicious or bigoted. Studied humanities at Andover , philosophy and cases of conscience at Douai Has not been ill for manyyears. Lived for manyyears as an English Protestant ; was converted to Catholicism by his brother 7 years ago Has been ordained priest; has comeherepartlyfor the discipline of the College.

[479]

1. Verum nomen estHugo ap Henry. Annos habeo utminimum viginti natus (ut puto) Flintiaeibique plerumque educatus

2. Parentes sunt mediocris conditionis Catholici ut minimum a triginta annis fratrem unicum habeo sorores nullas. Cognati praecipui et alii omnes sunt utriusque generis

3. Studiis plerumque domi operam dedi : Duaci in collegioAngl: vixi quatuorannos cum paucis mensibusubi et cursum phylosophicum absolvi

4. Non multum fui morbis obnoxius, aliquando tamen aegrotavi.

5. Semper fui catholicus educatus

6. Cum ad hunc vivendi cursum divino (ut spero) beneplacito evocatus fui[?] in eodem summa animi alacritate summaque constantia perseverare propono ,

SUMMARY tt

[479] Ap HENRY Hugh, 20+, born probably in Flintand brought up there Son of middle class parents, Catholics at least 30 years,

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM 223 has 1 brother and no sisters . Has kinsfolkof both kinds. Studied mainlyat home ; lived over 4 years in the English College at Douai and completed the course of philosophy. Has occasionally been ill. Always a Catholic Hopes he has been called to this way of life by God

[480]

[481]

[No Responsa extant]

[No Responsa extant]

[482] 1610

1. Mihi cognomen EVERARDUS, praenomen in sacrosancto Baptismatis lavacro inditum IOANNES: Aetatis autem annum ago, si bene memini vigesimum quartum, currente scilicet anno, quem intra binos menses, aut non multo secus completurus sum. Natus sumin parvo quodam oppidulo cui nomen DEENE, nobilitato alioqui clarissima BRUDENELLORUM familia, quorum ibi antiquitus floruit, et florescit adhuc domus, sedente iam nunc ad clavum THOMA BRUDENELLO Armigero, viro ab ineunte aetate Catholico, et de quibuscunque Orthodoxae fidei sectatoribus bene merito. Situm est istud oppidulum in comitatu NORTHAMPTONIENSI et in diocoesi PETRIBURGENSI qua HUNTINGDONIAM spectat, in media fere via, si de UNDELA iter instituatur ad UPPINGHAMIAM, quas nos ambas villas appellamus more nostro mercatorias, ac proinde quorumvis, circumquaque degentium notioni subiacentes Quoad vero educationem, quales quales progressus fecerim , non inficiabornavasse me operambonis litterisa teneris usque unguiculis : ac primo quidem auspicante per septennium IOHNSONO quodam, quem CANTABRIGIAE in artibus Baccalaureum, pater meus ad id domi secumaluerat, ac demum ad ecclesiasticam dignitatem promovit, postquam vero ORBILII huius plagosi manum ferula subduxeram, aequiparandus paedagogo discipulus, annum agentem iam plus minus undecimum , ablegavit pater, cui decepto imagine veri (liceat enim impune istudsaltem de mortuo coniectari) curae imprimis cordique fuit, ut religionem, ac pietatem, quam dixit, veram una cum litteris imbiberem, is inquam meablegavit ad STRICKLANDUMquendam, summasibi familiaritate coniunctum, qui titulo Doctoris Theologici tunc temporis nuperrime insignitus, non mediocrem prae se ferebat eruditionem : quo duce, ex amaenis Latialis eloquentiae campis, in horridula ac spinosaGraecorum idiomata deflexi, quae sane ut eratin hoc genere versatusadmodum, seduloex intimis authorum latebris deprompsit : obiter tamen ubique sua de fide dogmata admiscens , ac magna voce bonisque lateribus assidue in Papismum Tapeрya quaedam detonans, facillimeeffecit, ut mens informis adhuc et crepundia tantummodogestans,religionem illamquam non noverat nedum suavitatem

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eius gustarat, cane, quod aiunt et angue peius odio prosequeretur: Sic exantlatoapud eundem, in hunc fere modum sesquianno , magnae apud alios spei, nec mediocrium ipse mihi bene conscius progressuum, aetate duodenus, ac maturus iam Academiae deputabar.

2. Parentum , quos quisque habet geminos, alter biennium abhinc fato functus est, altera superstes , secundis eius nuptias inhiantibus quam plurimis ex communi amicorum consilio SMITHO cuidam se iunxit, Theologiae doctori , Archiepiscopo qui nunc est CANTUARENSI a sacris, Rectorias occupanti de BULLWICK et de ALLERTON utrasque opulentas satis, Praebendario insuper de WESTMINSTERitidemque de LINCOLNIA, Canonico PETRIBURGI, ac Archidiacono Archidiaconatus UNDELAE ; qui ipse non ita pridem uxorem quacum per annos 22 vixerat, susceptisex eadem 7 liberis, extulerat Cuius et ista laus est praecipua, quod utriusque iuris scientia insigniter pollet, quam tamen exercitatione potius et usu, quam lectione vel doctrina, sibi comparasse videatur Ex propriis autem parentibus utrisque sane honesto loco natis, ut nobilitatem mihi non vindicarim, ita neque denegarim ingenuitatem: Matri innuptae nomen erat DIGGLES, dotis attulit 300 minas edidit novem partus, quorum quatuor immatura morte praerepti non sunt in vivis, supersunt mihi tantummodo bini fratres, totidemque sorores, quos germanos dixerim et genuinos, adopticiorum vero plebs qui aliunde accesserunt , bis numerum superat Sed quid refert quotisint ? cum quot haereticorum capita totfaculae et titionesex igne erepti, et ni celeriusad fidem convertanturpostquam mundum seditionibus incenderint, in ignem proiiciendi aeternum ? Sin de patre quaeratis ? utinam tacereliceat erat enim is, quales nostis plerosque esse Anglos, qui vivunt hodie : integerrimae alias famae, et aliquantulum literatus: vixit ex proprio censu , quiilli erant centenae minae per annum : Reliquit moriens matri quincentas minas ; fratri meo maiori natu, qui nunc Capitanus in BELGIA militat et stat ab Haereticis, terras omnes ac tenementa reliquorum liberorum singulis tercentenasminas, praeterquam mihi, cui supremis tabulis , libros solummodo aliquot, et centum insuper minas legavit, solvendas nimirum intra binos menses, postquam vigesimum quartumaetatis annum attigissem; nec hoc sane, quod illi prae caeteris despectior eram, sed quod tantam se pecuniae vim in mei educationem insumpsisse , saepenumeroattestatus sit. Sed neque penitus Deum familiam nostram reiecisse sperem , dicente nescia mentiri veritate, non defuturum unum ex tribu quem perducat ad Sionem. Claruitenim iamdudum fides MARIAE BRUDENELLIpatris geminae germanae, quae viro affatim diviti nupta, quantafuit in Catholicorum, catholica ipsa, tum aliorum tum praecipue religiosorum necessitatibus subveniendis, vos non latere arbitro Iam vero viduata viro, cum iuncturae quae morte eius amplissima contigerat non tertia sed trinis privetur partibus, neque vacillat fides, nec ad recuperanda temporalia spiritualia prodit :

quem Deo

Itidem et R. EVERARDUS Lecestrensis, quem pater nepotem dixit,Armiger, uxor, liberi, familiatota ecquid ignorantur? Et his sunt fere ex cognatis mihi, de quorum fide ac constantia aliquid certi, ausim adfirmare : Caeterumnullum est ex omnibus Apostata, nullus tam non λόγου verum αισθήσεως δεόμενος dante, ac mediante vel memet Catholicum futurum foredesperem .

3. Postquam decerneretur inter amicos acpatris necessarios ,quos ille confertim hac de re consuluit, idoneum iamesse me qui CANTABRIGIAM, ea quippe OXONIO longe fuit vicinior, ablegarer, obtinuit STRICKLANDUS ille ut ad CLARENSEM AULAM, cuius ipse fuerat alumnus, mitterer: Suscipit tutelam mei Dr BINGUS, tunc temporis Collegii praefectus: Initior sacris, et impiis nescio quibus votis, iam tum obstringor, puer trimestris scilicet, et qui ne vapulem centies iuremque peieremque, sed istud άπρoσdióvvσov et extra oleas : Enimvero Poeticam, Rhetoricam , et Graecas litteras edoctus antehac, primo quod fieri solet anno vacabam Logicae, Ibi mihi familiares SETONUS, AGRICOLA, TITELMANNUS, FLAVIUS, PACIUS ; dein producto ad umbilicum anno, innotescit paulatimZABARELLA, PORPHYRIUS, ALEXANDER APHRODISIUS, ac ipse ARISTOTELES, cuius öpyavov, ut moris est ter quater revolvi, paratus, quod et hic usuvenit , in quodvis Magistri verbum iurare tametsi ipse sibi mentiendi conscius esset, et plurima praesertim in Topicis loca aspergeret , quae non ad veritatem sed ad victoriam facerent, attestante D. THOMA, et Alexandro Aphrodysio comment in Top lib 6.c.3.

Elapso anno, instauravit mihi studia subsequens annus, cum ad Aristotelis Ethicam philosophiam ad Nichomachum inscriptam , ad Politicam etiam conversus, opera ut plurimum DONATI , MARTYRIS, CASI, et FOORTHI usus sum, admistis quotidie lectionibus Graeca, Rhetorica, Logica, Philosophica, Mathematica, disputationibus , declamationibus, oratiunculis , sophismatis, problematibus, aliisque item exercitiis , quibus ex Academiae statutis et Collegii regulis interesse tenemur.

Irrepsit demum tertius annus, cuius cum quarto communia fuere studia, Naturalis philosophia, ex naturae Genio praecipue, dein etiam ex probatissimis interpretibus petenda, quos mihi adscivi praeter supra commemoratos TOLLETUM, SCALIGERUM et CARDANUM, nec caeteros contempsi quoscunque mihi fors vel casus obvios dabat Sub finem quarti anni, post ter publice defensas, et novies oppugnatas theses, factus sum Baccalaureus in artibus, et non ita multo post in Collegii societatem adscitus , assumpto gradu, et illato turgido honore, ovans incedebam .

Iamque rebus ad voluntatempropriam gerendis, etsi meae ipsius πроάípɛσ derelictus plurimum de anteacti temporis intensione remittebam, succisivist tamen horis et priora studia recolebam ,et addebam indies metaphysices, mathematicesque aliquid, dum prioribusquatuor, tribus ulteriusadditis annis, tandem Magister in

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artibus evaderem: Ex eo tempore, praeterquam quod huc atque illuc divagatus, ruri plerasque aestates transegerim, nescio quid me fecisse dicam, per tres praesertim annos, quibus legendis Burris, Quisquiliis, ineptiisque efficere enitebar, ut ipso Critici nomine cunctis horrorem incuterem : Nihil iam tum spirabam, praeter Apuleium , Plautum, LIPSIUM, Gellium, Quintilianum, Caelium Rhodiginum, Varronem, et si quis aliqua protulisset ad ipsum antiquitatis cylindrumminus adaequata verba, naso protinus suspendebam adunco, ita omnes censurammei expavescerecupiebam. Mox vero meminens statim futurum fore ut candidatus essem

Baccalaureatusin Theologia, ad magis seriaaliquantulumstudiame converti, eos mihi legendos proponens libros, quos maxime usui futuros putarem.

4. Ex quo natus sum , praeterquam tribus vicibus, infestatum me adversavaletudine non memini, anno scilicet aetatis octavo per duos menses , febricitantem , decimo colica passione laborantem, octavo deniquepostapud Belgaspeste correptum: morbosvero quosmedici Xpóviкous vocant qui statis temporibus recursitent nusquam sum expertus.

Quoad animam vero, etsi corporis temperamentum ex atra bili et cholera constitutum arcte sequendo , ad eiusmodi Traen et perturbationes paulo sit proclivior, non tamen eousque prorumpunt violentiae, ut adimatur electio, nec imperium refugiunt, proinde aliter mecum agi non dicam, quam unusquisque mortalium sibi quandoque usuvenire experiatur

5. Ubi igitur ad libros qui divina tractarent legendos memet convertissem pruriginosa magis scabie auditorumaures demulcendi, et quae de me magna fuit expectationi aliquatenus satisfaciendi, quam desiderio mihi met ipsi proficiendi , incidi certa Dei voluntate , in libros quosdam Bellarmini, nec non Stapletoni , itemque alios controversias tractantes quibus singulis appensaerat adversariorum responsio Bellum hoc ad primum videtur certamen , et pugna Saturnalitia Dein quoniam utrinqueclamatum violatum authorum fidem, corruptum sensum integritatemque sacrosanctaescripturae, et loca ex Patribus citata, aequoMarte contenderent partim falsam esse, partim non facere, venit mihi in mentem (cum egregias sane Bibliothecas, alteram Academiaepublicam, alteram Collegii privatam pro arbitrio esset adeundi copia) paulum temporis huic negotio insumere, ut viderem a qua parte veritas staret, nequaquam tamen dubiosus fore ut nostra palmam reportaret: Ex illo temporis momento fateor me qui usque tum Chatholicorum acerrimus fuissem hostis, paulo aequiorem fuisse iudicem, et oculatius in veritatem intendisse, sed Deus bone, omnia deprehendi paria, et eiusdem pistrini, arces de cloacis, lapides de sepulchris pro numine, quin et glacies tanta Neronianas quanta refrigeret thermas.

At a Catholicis omnia adeo perspicua, plana, aperta inveni, ut ni quis cucurbitas lippire velit, veritatem obviis ulnis amplexantem videat necesse sit : Quid multa ? Tacitus et cogitabundus eos ex

amicis adeo, quibus putares grandiorem aetatem, et studium provectius firmasse judicium ; hi vero dum scrupulum evellunt, lanceam iniiciunt ; Quae enim stribligines , lemae Saturnae ? quaenam oratio ? quam rebus flaccens, strepitu vigens, quam digna, et risu et sale et omnibus cachinnis : Sed quid expectem ab iis quorum neque commentari neque commentisci non emissim titivillitio ? Libuit tandem exclamarecum Tertulliano, Tantumveritati obstrepit adulter sensus, quantum corruptor stylus, quocunque enim converteram oculos, fucus subinde patebat, et dolus malus, ut iam mirarer, quorsum PatrumOrthodoxorum scripta non penitus sublata essent e medio, et igni tradita, ita exsertim enim et copiose Romanam agunt causam, ut bellutus sit non intelligens Cynomyia negans Iam igitur evicta mente, ut enimlancem, inquitorator, inlibra ponderibus impositis deprimi , sic animum perspicuis cedere necesse est, quid restaret ulterius? nisi ut qui non essem sani, saltem sanabilis me praeberem ingenii, et quod Divus Augustinus suadet, cum non possem habere primas sapientiae, ut habeam tamen secundas modestiae: At Reluctata est aliquandiuvoluntas , Traxit et invitum nova vis, aliudque Cupido, Mens aliud suasit : Dum indies succrescens fides, ad mundi illecebras obsurduit , ut proripiens memet velut invitum AUDOMAROPOLIM , ibidem a Reverendissimo Patre Ioanne Floid reconciliatus ad Ecclesiae sinum et saluberrima sacramentorum pabula admitterer : Quod simulac factum est, huc usque Romam per quaecunqueóxuрwμαтα calcato mundo, siccis oculis, ad vexillum cruxis confugi 6. Sed cum unicuique Christo militanti , post praecipuam suae salutis incumbit etiam aliorum cura, et liberanti fratris animam corona debeatur, non, qualis apud Romanosolim data est servanti civem , quercina, sed immortalisgloriae ; Istud mihi apprime est in votis, quin et firmiter, ut si quo modo, tanto presbyteratus honore dignus evadam, in Angliamdeinde ablegarer, ut in conversioniseius tam arduum opus, talentumquod mihi deditDeus, unanimitercum aliis operariis impendam

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[482] EVERARD John, about 23 and 10 months, born at Deene , Northamptonshire , about half waybetweenOundle and Uppingham (the home of the Brudenels, where now lives Thomas Brudenel Esq. , a devout Catholic) ; studied letters 7 years under a Cambridge graduate named Johnson, who was kept by his father and later raised by him to ecclesiasticaldignity; when about 10 was sent by his father to learn piety and letters from one Strickland, recently D.D., who taught him Greek most learnedly and inculcated hatred of Papistry; eighteen months later, aged 12, went to Cambridge. Son of an Anglican father, well-lettered and of good fame, a gentleman of £100 a year, who died leaving £500 to his wife, née Diggles, who had brought him a dowry of £300 and bore him 9 children of

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whom 4 died young (The respondent's mother, on his father's death, was much sought in marriage ; she chose on her friends' advice one Smith D.D., chaplain to the present Archbishop of Canterbury , Rector of Bullwick and Allerton, Prebendary of Westminster and Lincoln, Canon of Peterborough and Archdeacon of Oundle , a widower who had 7 children from his previous 22-yearlong marriage, well versed in both branchesof law, from experience rather than study.) Has 2 surviving brothers and 2 sisters, all heretics on their way to Hell unless they are converted. (The eldest brother, a Captain with the heretics in Belgium, inherited allthe lands and tenements of his father; £300 went to each of the other children, except for the respondent who inherited only some books and £100 to be paid when he is 23 in 2 months time. This was because he had had much spent on his education The respondent's father'stwin sister, Mary Brudenel, is a charitable Catholic ; shewas married to a very rich man, but is being deprived of much of the jointure which she inherited on his death His father's nephew, R. Everard of Leicester, is also a Catholic, along withhis wife and family ) Was sent by his family to Cambridge, whichwas nearer than Oxford; was admittedto Clare Hall on the recommendationof Strickland, a former alumnus ; was tutoredbyDr. Bing, then head of the College; was ordained in spite of his youth. In his first year, being already familiar with poetry, rhetoric and Greek, hestudied logic, reading Seton, Agricola, Titelmans, Flavius and Pacius; later he read Zabarella, Porphyry and Alexander of Aphrodisia ; he went through Aristotle's Organon three or four times, readyto swear by any word of the Masteras happenshere alsoeven though Aristotlewas himself conscious of the sophistical natureofsome of the arguments used in theTopics (CfSt. Thomas , and Alexander in Top. 6, 3.) In the following year he turnedtothe Nichomachean Ethics and the Politics, using the works ofDonatus , Martyr, Case and Foorth; reading each day Greek, rhetoric, logic and philosophy, and disputing, declaiming, speechifying, discussing sophisms and problems and attending all statutory academic exercises . In his third and fourth year studied Natural Philosophy both practicallyand theoretically , usingtheapproved commentators such as Toletus, Scaliger and Cardanus. At the end of his fourth year, having thricepubliclydefendedtheses and nine times attacked them, he took his B.A. and was elected a Fellow of his College. He continued his studies of metaphysics and mathematics for 3 years, and then proceeded M.A. For 3 further years he studied trifles and became an exacting critic of style, devoting himselfto Apuleius, Plautus , Lipsius, Gellius, Quintilian, Caelius Rhodigius, and Varro; he then turned to more serious studies in preparation for his S.T.B. Suffered a fever 2 months when 7, colic when 9, took plague in Belgium when 17; never suffered from any chronic disease . Has a temperament compounded of blackbile and choler ; but does not find the resultant motions of his soul uncontrollable.

Hetook to reading books of divinityout of curiosityand ambition , and came upon some books of Bellarmine and Stapleton and other works of controversy ; began to checkthe references to the Fathers and to Scripture in the excellent libraries of the University and College; lost his hostility to Catholicism Describes , with a wealth of classical allusion, how he began to find Anglican writingsfrigid and hollow, Catholic writings clear and compelling ; consulted learned and venerable friends about his difficulties ; became convinced that the Fathers bore witness to the Roman cause . Crossed to St. Omers and was reconciled by Fr. John Floyd; came immediatelyto Rome. Desires to be a priest and to work for the conversion of England.

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1. Carolus Gwin est mihi nomen (ab illo tamen tempore quo ex Anglia sum egressus Boduelum mihi pro cognomine assumpsi) vigesimum octavum annum nunc ago, locus nativitatis atque educationis fuit in illa Angliae parte quae Cambria nuncupatur , provincia autem Carnarvon nominatur, ubi non aliis rebus nisi gramaticae studio operam dedi, illinc in aliam Angliae provinciam progressus ubi in cuiusdam nobilis familia servitioque per septem vel circiter annosvitam egi.

2. Sum oriundus parentibus nobilibus, qui propriis vivunt reditubus et bonis, meus parens est mortuus, mea mater haeretica adhuc vivit, duos habeo fratres quorum neuterest catholicus, sorores similiter habeoduas quarum una est catholica, altera vero haeretica, nullum habeo cognatum aut cognatam catholicum, nisi unicam tantum amitam

3. Tornaci et Duaci per tres annos cum dimidio humaniorum studiis incubui, praeterea per trimestrem Logicae operamnavavi, ex quibus omnibus mediocrem fructum exhausi

4. Sum corporis constitutionis satis infirmus habens caputet stomachum ceterasque fere corporis partes frigidis quibusdam humoribus gravatas

5. Fui enutritus ac educatus in haeresi, et usque ad annum vigesimum primum haereticus vixi, tunc proficiscens in flandriam meum avunculum invisendi causa, Bruxellis directione et opera Reverendi Domini Ioannis Chambers Anglicanarum Religiosarum confessarii fui conversus .

6. Quamprimum ferme ad humaniorum studia me contuli magnum sensi desiderium ut alios adiuvarem, quapropter in animum induxi meum ut fierem sacerdos cum doctrina et aetate ad illud munus dignitatemque essem idoneus, idque praecipue ut meos parentes amicos caeterosqueab haeresi abducere possem, illudque votum hactenussemperfovi et servavi, ac in eodem proposito adhuc

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maneo, et Deo volente manebo, nisi aliter ipse Deus de me disponat, me videns ad illud negotium tractandum, non esse aut aptum, aut capacem, ††

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[484] GWYN Charles , alias Bodwell since leaving England, 27 , born in Carnarvonshire, where he studied grammar ; later served a nobleman for 7 years in another county Son of noble parents who live on their revenues; has lost his father but not his mother , who is a heretic ; has 2 brothers non-Catholics, 1 sister a Catholic and 1 sister a heretic ; has only one Catholic aunt Studied humanities 3 years at Tournai and Douai, also logic for 3 months Is weak in body, his head and stomach and otherpartsbeing weighed down by cold humours. Was a heretic until 20 when, on a visitto his uncle in Flanders, he was reconciled by Mr. Chambers, the confessor of the English nuns Has desired to be a priest since startinghumanities ; wishes to convert his parents and compatriots.

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1. Edouardus Fentonus est mihi verum nomen ; aetatem habeo circiter triginta duo annorum. Nativitatis meae locus est villa de Fenton in Comitatu Nottinghamiae , quae mihi ex maxima parte educationem dedit.

2. Parententes† mei denominati sunt Nicholaus Fenton ,armiger, et Gratia uxor eius, nuper et adhuc (ut spero) viventes schismatici , non obstinantes haeretici de septemmeis fratribus, duo tantumin vita supersunt : unus (Gulihelmus) maior, alter (Thomas) natu minor, in religione haud bene constituti ; Sororemnunquam habui. Habeo cognatosmultos utriusque conditionis , tam catholicos, quam haereticos Viz : Domina Disney deNortonin ComitatuLincolnet soror eius domina Barnby; vidua Ridges de Fulbecke in Comitatu praedicto Domina Powdrell de Westhallome in Comitatu Darbiae Wms : Stillington et Richardus Anne de Frickley in comitatu Eboracensi, affinesmei, et optimi catholici De haereticis numerum magnum, non digna eorum nomina scribendi.

3. De studiis parum, hoc tamen dico In paterna domo subter gubernationem diversorum magistrorum a pueritia usque ad iuventutem educatus eram Ex ephebis discedens per Cantabrigiam ad civitatem Londini proficiscor, nullo gradu ; Scholastica dignitate praeditus Postea prodigus vixi de tempore secundum morem loci, et adolescentium Aliquando in rure , aliquando in civitate, ut occasio negoti, v 1 voluptates attraxerint neque

4. Raro aegroto ; et ab omni infirmitate tum animitum corporis me bene liberumsensi, et sensiot. Nec reminiscor me de ullo morbo graviter, aut omniro hos decem annos ultime praeteritos laborasse Laus deo, Beatae Mariae.

5. Hic dolor, hic lachrymae ; hic gaudium, hic consolatio.

Recordatio vitae anteactae est acerbissima; recipiscentia ad meliorem est iucundissima Erubesco quidem dicere quam ignarus, et negligenter respectu christianitatis vixi Propter formam non proptervirtutisamoremfrequenter ad ecclesiam haercticorum veni: inter eos quotidie vixi, conciones saepe audivi; sine sensu tamen sanctitatis diu permansi

Crescentibus annis liberior fuit mihi vivendi potestas; ita Uti circiter quinque vel sex abhinc annos transmigravi in regionem Hiberne, ubi sub quodam nobili mei nominis, et patriae honestum locum occupavi ; post cuius mortem, vixi in urbe Dubliensis proprio sumptu, et expensis meis hac occasione multos cognovi Catholicos, unum autem mei loci, atque ordinis prae ceteris charum habui erat enim a Secretis uno viro magnifico, ut ego altri Appellatur Henricus Sherwoode, homo quidem intigert, et plenus fidei. Sic etiam oportunet accidit: in hospitio domo cuiusdam viduae una viximus: hospita erat haeretica quam ille maxime cupiebat ad veritatem reducere: Illa semel, atque iterum petiit me ad interponendum et ad causam defendendum: Quod ego libenter feci; quod ille dixit, negavi, quicquidprobare conatur, dubito ; ille satis bene doctus ; mea tantum cognitio composita potius fuit ad contradictionem, quam ad veritatis intelligentiam: tandem ille (magis, magisque de me sollicitus) omnes suos nervos intendit, me sui similem facere: multa de paenitentia , de reformatione, de aeternitate dixit, summa cum humanitate , et modestia me tractavit, et consulit dum tempus est etiam, atque etiam cogitare deinde dedit mihi librum scriptum per doctorem Kellison , et concionem quandam praedicatam obsequiis serenissimae reginae Mariae . Quid opus est verbis, memetipsum sibi grate applicavi , intentionem hominis honestam, et ab intimo corde vidi Cum ad deum omnipotentem confugio, precibus impetravi, ut sibi placeret oculos meos caecos aperire, et lumen veritatispraebere, et quo magisanima mea in istis cogitationibus versatur, eo uberiorem fructum cepi Cepit etiam mecum cogitare, haec forte erit ultima oportunitas qua, tu (deus) me ad tuamamicitiamvocabis, certe non hunc salutis aditum mea ingratitudine praecludam. Tandem propensam inveni mihi animam ad aliud cursum currendum, carnales silicet affectiones exterparet, et novum induere vestimentum pietatis , continentiae, et omnis modestiae, eamqueresolutionem praefato amico denuntiavi; ille privatis colloquiis me multum adiuvavitt, valde gaudebat, et tandem rus proficiscitur. Memetipsum ad privatum studium conferebam. Libroshistorias, etAnglicanas annales legi, etperlegi ; rerum multarum fluxum, et refluxum observavi Libidinem, et incontinentiam regis HenriciSvi Avaritiam spei libertatis coniunctam in proceribus suis ; minoritatemEdwardi6ti ; effeminatam animam, et credulitatem in Regina nuper Elizabetha ; Successionem et accessionem ad magnam hereditatem regnantem Iacobum ultra virilem animum transportare ; haec notavi ; Et ex contrariovenit mihi in mentem consideratio antiquitatis ecclesiae Romanae, et

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Catholicorum probitatisqua in contractis, et rebus agendisutuntur; Nec oblitus fui de singulari charitate inter eos, de respectu etamore erga presbyteros ; quae omnia verum veritatis signum iudicavi; sic fine catholicus resolutus affectus eram. Nunc ad praedictam civitatem revertitur Henricus Sherwoode , amplectimur , tandemque in Angliam una transvehimur ; ad cognatos, et familiares suos , deinde ad patres me conduxit; illi postulaverunt meam conversionem ad Ecclesiam; quam ego gratiam extensam submisse apprehendi, ea conditione habere satisfactionem in quibusdam controversiis, quibus haeretici dixerunt Catholicum nullo pacto potuisserespondere Ethocmododivina providentiaeteorumopere confirmatus eram mense Maii ultimo praeterito.

6. Nunquam sane mihi erat in proposito vitam ecclesiasticam ducere; Tantum devotionis caussa in Italiam concessi Lingua loquitur auribus ; visus autem, et inspectio animo et intelligentiae ; Non solum ergo audiendo ; sed etiam videndo, et cognoscendo putavi me oportere super petram strenuam fidem edificaret . Et quanquam hoc, vel illo temporali officio, nihil dubito me deo, et patriae bene posse inservire : Non tamen ita sum ingratus spiritualem functionem recusare , si commode, et ad gloriam dei mature fieri possit. Collegii disciplinae libenter , et submisse obtemporaret promitto.

Laus deo et Beatae Mariae per me EDUOARDUM FENTON

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485] FENTONEdward, about 32, son of Nicholas Esq. , and Grace , born and mainly brought up at Fenton, Nottinghamshire Son of a surviving schismatic ; has 2 surviving brothers, William (elder) and Thomas (younger), both non-Catholics ; has lost 5 brothers ; never had a sister. Has many kinsmen of both classes, Catholics and heretics, including Mrs. Disney of Norton, Lincolnshire , and her sister Mrs. Barnaby ; Widow Ridges of Fulbeck, Lincolnshire ; Mrs. Powdrell of West Hallam, Derbyshire ; William Stillington and Richard Anne of Frickley, Yorkshire , kinsmen by marriage and excellent Catholics. Was educatedas a boy by various private tutors at home ; went to Cambridge and then to London, without any degree or academic honour ; lived prodigally in town and in the country. Has never been seriously ill ; completely healthy these last 10 years Was once neglectful of Christianity; attended heretical churches as a matter of form; frequentlyheard sermons but had no feeling of holiness ; crossed to Ireland 5 or 6 years ago and became secretaryto anobleman ofthe same nameandcountry , after this man's death lived in Dublin at his own expense ; made the acquaintance of many Catholics, including Henry Sherwood , the secretary of another nobleman, a man of integrity and faith, who shared the same lodgings as himself Was frequentlycalled in

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byhis widowed landladyto defend her against Sherwood'sattempts to convert her to Catholicism ; became involvedin argument about penance, reformation , eternity; was lent by Sherwood a book of Dr. Kellison's and a sermonpreachedat the funeral of Queen Mary; feeling that this might be his last chance of salvation, began to pray for light and to practise piety and continence; withdrewto the country to study privately; read the history of England ; reflected on the lust of Henry VIII, the avarice of his nobles , the youth ofEdwardVI, the credulityof Elizabeth, and the evilchange wrought in James by his accession ; considered the antiquity ofthe Roman Church, the probity of Catholics in business , and their love for priests Finally resolved to become a Catholic ; on the return of Henry Sherwood crossed with him to England and was introduced to his family and some Jesuits who satisfied him on certain points in dispute ; was reconciled by them last May. Has come to Italyfor devotion's sake ; has no intentto bean ecclesiastic , but will not refuse a spiritual office if he can undertake one convenientlyand without delay.

[486] Synceret respondeo , (si mea me nonfallit memoria)

1. Nomen mihi Thomas Pultonus Anglus inPagoBortoniae in provincia parochioque Buckinghamiae ; transacta infantia mea, ab octavo usque ad 15 aetatis annum in domo paterna a pedagogo quodam in humanioribus litteris aliisque rebus illi aetati convenientibus, et ad scientiam spectantibus, educatus Aetatis modo annos ago 33um 11 Iulii praeterito . matris Catherina

2. nomen Patris Ferdinandus

Quoad Parentes, qui Dei beneficio mihi adhuc supersunt licet decrepiti, Pater semper desiderio, et iam per 12 annos re Catholicus, Mater vero nimis faemina, legum asperitate deterrita, in scismate persistit Ambo armigero parente oriundi, idemque titulum successive hac tempestate retinent Annui reditus et supellectile satis amplum illis non deficiunt, Pater ab incunabulis semper studiis addictus, maxime Philosophiae, et Iurisprudentiae , nec non Theologiae hisce temporibus praesertim decrepitae suae aetatis, scripsit enim et impressit de4 novissimis; transtulitquein vulgarem linguam primumtomum Cardinalis Bellarmini, de infantia nascentis Ecclesiae scripsit duos praeterea libros de legibus Anglicanis et adhuc scribit. tres habeofratres ; Maior et minimus Catholici, tertiusex unitate fratrum merito excludendus, qui se ab unitate Ecclesiae sponte et proterve secludit 6. sorores Catholicas omnes habeo , 5 earum honesto matrimonii vinculo adstricto fidem suam publice profiteri eandemque causam pro viribus tueri atque fovere non erubescent sexta vero altius adspirans in Religioso statu Christo militat Quo ad Cognatos et affines multos habeo in haeresi demersos ; plures tamen Christi vestigiis inhaerentes; et pro fide

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Christiana vitam fortunasque suas omnes hilari vultu adexponendas paratos.

3. Superius dixi me elementa studiorum in paterna domo posuisse ; inde adres mundanasmercemoniasilicet memet per 10 annos Londinicontuli ; adeo ut quae antea didici iam dedidici Hucusque in haeresi paene persistebam idque pertinaciter nam avide haereticorum concionibus inhiabam Noluit divina misericordia ut longius diutiusque in hoc erroris labyrintho detenerer aut in illa damnosa haereticorum opinione ulterius procederem, sed ut caligantes oculos apperirett , Patris Personii faelicis memoriae librum inscriptum de Resolutione instrumentum conversionis meae mihi porrexit ; quo lecto mirabile quoddam lumen mihi affulsit; imbres lacrimarum per multos dies de oculis decurrebant, tremendum insuper Dei iuditium† semperin auribus meis insonuit, adeo ut nec cibus nec somnus nec alia solita solatia mihi cordi fuerint, sed in orationibus pernoctare, fortunas in elemosinis impendere, Bedam Stapletonum aliosque de ConversioneAngliae libros lectitaremundum relinquere etiam antequam Catholicus factus essem gratum tuncmihividebatur. quidmultistanquam in caelumraptus terram sordidam despiciebam Neque hic quievit mecum illa multiplex misericordia Dei, nam per ministerium proprii parentis ad temporalem carcerem adductus ut de vinculis et ergastulo peccatorum meorum liberaret ; Hic notandum est officium boni parentis quinon solum corporibus sed praesertim filiorum animis consulit Annum post conversionemmeam mortuaest Regina Eli: et ipsenegotiandi et tempestatesfuturas vitandicausa (liberenimnon eram eo tempore) inHyberniam missus inde postannum fermereversussumlondinum, ubi ut ventum est, lues ingravescebat adeo, ut spatio 7 dierum 3300 hominum fato subripiebantur quo periculo perterriti parentes me e vestigio in patriam sibi avocarunt ubi non duobus mensibus integre peractis, occurrit ille reverendus et mihi sempervenerandus Pater Pater Ioannes Gerardusqui me dulcibus colloquiis et adhortationibus ad spirituale exercitium degustandum allexit, in quo igniculi pristinae meae bonae voluntatis tantam flammam accenderunt ut praeter Iesu eiusque nominis Societatem nihil animam satiare potuerat Patriae parentibusque valedicere studiisque aptissimis ad finem intentum consequendem memet enixe applicare mihi decretum fuit quod quidem prohibentibus causis ante 3 annos efficerenequebamtandem 27° aetatis meae peractiset feliciter valedictis rebusmundanisAudomarum veni, ubifundamenta humanitas secundo posui ; illiusque rei finem secundum satis per Dei gratiam post 4 annos obtinui, teneoque. 33um annum vero peragrando Italiae Civitates Illustresque Romanorum res gestas conspirantibus etiam et aliis rationibus consumpsi

4. Quoad nobiliorem hominis partem silicet animam nil est quod gravat hoc enim die optimus ille animarum chirurgus omnes meos livores sanavit adeo ut (grates Caelitibus) ne minimaquerela intusin pectore latet. at Corpushoc terrea suo pondereet querelis

nonnumquam mentem aggravat Querit enim caput aliquando de debilitate, coxendix et genua de infirmitate, augurantur etiam futuram inserenitatem ex lento dolore ; in quibus tamen multo melius solito me reperio

5. Ad maximam partem huius interrogationis exoblata occasione in tertio articulorespondi Hic tamen ipsemetsummamet paternam Dei providentiamcum quadam mentis iubilatione semperexinde et in omni loco admiratus sum: Dominum enim habui non solum potentem sed etiam in magna autoritate constitutum, qui me et muneribus et minis aliisque diversis rationibus agressus est,ipsevero in Domino confidens nihil prorsus perterritus set erecto in Caelum vultu fidem meam palam intrepideque profitebar, quo effectum est utsociusmeusingenii et iuditiipraecoxsociumin socia etvera fide se mihi adiunxit, Quod non solum illi ipsi sed et mihi incredibile attulit gaudium ; Infremuit ille municeps[?] illumque in carceremducisine mora curavit. Hic infelix ego, ut socium, qui me in fide associatus est, in vinculis associare non potuerim inter fluxo insuper anno frater natu minor modo studiorum causa Audomari commorans , munitushorumque exemplorum impulsu una nobiscum sese in fide adiunxit, haeresimquepenitus et toto animo abiurans. Praeterea hoc notatu dignum existimavi Ipse enim variis negotiis per 3 annos in Anglia detentus, maximeque londini, pro more 2 Cubicula in illa Civitate sempertenui (maxime post conversionem meam) alterum, in media parte Civitatis situm ad negotia mundana expedienda: alterum, in suburbibus quod tanquam sacellum ad sacra exercitia exercendasacerdotes virosque Religiosos excipiendos detinebam quod in ipso Penticostesfesto proditum, sacro et profano supellectile abrepto aegreque Christianis evasis meque una cum sacerdote citato cursu ad asylum longe distans confugere res ipsa coegit Hic prius proditorispatriae nomen obtinui; O pia proditio mihi sempercolenda! Anno 1608 multis de causis a superioribus in Angliam missus, ubi per 2 menses commoratus rebus et intentis negotiis meis satis feliciter perfunctis impulso remigio Deoque secundanteDomum incolumis remeavi. sed ecce vix limineCollegii tacto occurrunt a patribus in Anglia litterae narrantes me a Regio concilio per universum londinum quaesitum, non ob amorem credo; sed, quia opera bona ab eorum haeresi et institutione semper alienissima (versabar enim ex parte in colligendo elemosinas piorum virorum ad novum Collegii templum extruendum) ut in illorum fautores animadverterent , etiamque ut illos in carceres ducerent

6. Hac ipsa de re ex occasione occurrente superius mentem summumque desiderium ad hoc vitae genus suscipiendum narravi. Utque ergo uno verbo sententiam meam in Collegiana disciplina insectanda proferam, finemque imponam, dico asseroque id ipsum mihi gratum utile iucundum semperdesideratum nec minus aptum ad proposita intentaprosequendafenemquet ultimumDeum silicet† fruendum consequendumque.

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Habitum ergo vobis Reverendissimi patres peto, ut internum externo congruentem in dies magis magisque ad perfectionem amoremque Dei adspirare queam .

THOMAS BROOKUS

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Deo gratias.

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[486] PULTON Thomas, or Brooke, 32 or 33 last 11 July, son of Ferdinand and Catherine, born at Bourtonin the parish of Buckingham, educated in his father's house by a tutor from 7 to 14. Son of decrepit parents of armigerous family and ample means; the father a Catholic, the mother a schismatic through fear. (His father was always a Catholic at heart, and became one in fact 12 years ago. He has been a student since childhood, specialising in philosophy, theology and jurisprudence ; has published a bookon the four last things, and has translated into English Cardinal Bellarmine's first volume on the infancyof the Church ; has written two books on English Law and is writing others.) Has 3 brothers, the eldest and youngest Catholics, the third an apostate ; has 6 Catholic sisters , one a religious and the rest respectably married and openly professingtheir faith; has manykinsfolkheretics, and many brave and cheerful Catholics. After elementary studies became a merchant in London for 10 years, forgetting all that he had learnt Was long a heretic, avid of sermons, but was converted by reading Fr. Persons' Book of Resolution , which caused him to weep copiously each day, to care little for food and sleep , to spend nights in prayer and fortunes in alms, and to read Bede and Stapleton and other books ofthe conversion of England. Even beforebecoming a Catholic he conceiveda desire to leavetheworld. Bythe ministry of his father he was brought to an earthly prison in order to be freed from the prison of his sins A year after his conversion , on the death of Queen Elizabeth, he was senttoIreland on business and to avoid trouble; returningto London a year later he found plague raging, which killed 3300 men in 7 days ; was summoned home by his terrified parents, and there met Fr. John Gerard who persuaded him to take the Exercises Feeling that nothing but Jesus and his Society would satisfy his soul, he decided to leave home and devote himself to study; when 26, after3 years delay, he settled his affairs and crossed to St. Omers to study humanities a second time Completing his course in 4 years, he occupied his 33rd year in travelling round Italian cities and in other business . Suffers from weakness in the head, and infirmity in the hip and knees, but is now better than usual; has had his spiritual bruises cured today by the surgeon of souls Was bribed and threatened by his powerful master, but refused to give up his faith; converted a precocious companion who was thereupon imprisoned ; persuaded his younger brother to abjure heresy and to study at St. Omerswhere he nowis . During the 3 years he was

delayed on business in England he used to keep2 rooms in London , one in the centre of the city for business , the other in the suburbs as a chapel for spiritual exercises and the reception of priests and religious ; had this chapel betrayed one Whit Sunday and had to flee from it with a priest while it was searched and stripped ofits furniture ; was proclaimed a traitor. In 1608 was sent again to England by his superiors; spent two months settling his affairs and collecting alms for the building of the College chapel ; on returning to the College learnt by letters from Jesuits in England that he was sought by the Council throughoutLondon. Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[487]

1. Nomen mihi Robertus Wigmorus De aetate non plane constat; illud certe scioannum me 19mvel 20mextrema Pentecoste attigisse. Natus sum (quod ab aliis me accepisse memini) in vico comitatus Herefordiensis qui Kinsamappellatur , tribus milliaribus a domo paterna Is quidem vicus iam Patri subest, prius autem aviae in cuius ego familia natus sum. Ad annum circiter 8 aut 9 domi educatuset a Praeceptoredomesticoinstitutussum Exeindet ad prosequendastudia partim in Cognatorum aedibus, partim Herefordiae versatus Anno aetatis 15° ad Seminaria me transmittere parentes decreverunt, eoque consilio cuidam me avunculo tradiderunt, qui quod in transmarinis partibus diutius egisset id commodissime effecturus videbatur . Is accepta qua opus erat a Parentibus pecunia negotium in se recepit Enimvero Societati quod postmodum agnovi, minime favens, itaque promissis sese imparem agnoscens , alteri me commisit quem in causa mea summoperevalere, et brevi cum filio suo in transmarinas partes profecturumaiebat. Ipse interim me relicto , traiecit atque haud ita multo post in bello occubuit Ex quo factum est ut variis postmodum difficultatibus implicitus aegre admodum voti composeffectus sim. Tandem anno iam inutiliter effluxo patrui cuiusdam opera qui Londini meo nomine cum Patre quodam Societatis agebat, diu expetitum iter inivi et matrequidem dissentiente, Patre, vero utpote qui et spe et pecuniis elusus erat, aliquantuluminvito, progressus sum Anno circiter 10°[?] ex commendatione P. Antonii Hoskini seminarium Audomarense intravi.

2. Patre natus sum Guilielmo Wigmoro Armigero Comitatus Herefordiensis, matre vero Anna Throgmortona filia Ioannis Throgmortoni equitis Glocestriensis Pater quidem, (quae est multorum apud nos nobilium deploranda consuetudo) cum primum impuberes annosexcessit, atque haereditatem ipse suam cernere debuit, cessit tempori, atque exinde semel bisve quotannis templa Haereticorum frequentavit, quem tamen summa mea cum consolatione pridem accepi ad Ecclesiae gremium rediisse Et quamquam sibi et suis inique consulensfortunae se potius quam fidei servum ostenderit ,

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nunquam tamenliberos suos nisi Catholiceinstitui permisit. Matera prima ad extremam lucem Catholica et in suis ex disciplinae christianae regula informandis accuratissima. Sacerdotem multis annis secum tenuit, et mortua quasi extremo testamento liberis et familiae suae haereditarium reliquit Diem suum ex quo ipse ex Anglia discessi faeliciter obiit. Cognatos Patris nomine novi paucissimos qui vero proxima necessitudine attingunt sunt ii plerique nobiles Comitatus Herefordiensis partim Catholici, partim, ut antea dixi tempori servientes quorum uxores et liberi omnes avitae fidei cultores remanent. Matris vero stirps adeo est et nomine et cognatione per Angliamdiffusa ut aliis paene omnibus quam mihi longe melius innotescat

3. Studia quibus hactenus vacavi sunt humaniora tantum, quorum Audomariquatuorannis cursum confeci Grammatices autem classem secundam primo adventu intravi; ad hanc vero idoneum tenuis illa cognitio reddiditquam inAnglialocissupracommemoratis acquisivi

4. Valetudine (Deo laus) firmissima utor, et a puero sum usus , nequeex quo Angliamreliqui ulla me parte graviter affectum sensi Levis sane atque exiguusquidam dolor capitis mebiennio iam tenuit qui nec moderato studio quidquam intenditur, nec otio quidem multum remittitur , denique est eiusmodi ut in ipso per nasum cruore, quo quidem naturae beneficio frequentissime utor, facile decidet et qudammodo evanescat Anima certe quod merito deplorem suis vitiis et defectibus laborat, animus vero habet optimeid est pacatissimus, et ad studia atque labores est paratissimus

5. Est sane quod DivinaeBonitati plurimum tribuam, quae me praeter omne meritum a sacro fonte filium lucis et Sanctissimae Matris Ecclesiae voluit esse et permanere.

6. Exquo vel nomenpaene accepi seminariorum eorundemadhuc puerulus ardentissimo studio flagravi: ex quo quis esset sacerdos intelligere potui, eius dignitatem mecum ipse Imperatoriae praetuli et praefero (Deus scit quia non mentior). De disciplina collegii observanda det Deus factu exprimamquod amplector animo atque sententia, semper[?] profecto hoc est quod inquit ille perfectionis Magister Thomas Dek.[?] Qui se subtrahitab obedientia subtrahit a gratia. Quare sic breviterconcludo, Ego me totum Deo voveo, fidei Catholicae vel ad mortem tuendae et quad potero dilatandae consecro , denique saluti animarum sub imperio obedientiae et superiorum nutu omnia mea studia, omnes conatus, omnia consilia dedico et destino

Confirma hoc Deus quod operatus es in nobis Ad maiorem Dei Deiparaeque Virginisgloriam.

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[487] WIGMORE Robert, 18 or 19 last Whit, son ofWilliam Esq., of Herefordshire, and Anne, daughter of Sir John Throckmorton of Gloucestershire; born at his grandmother's house at Kinsham ,

Herefordshire (which now belongs to his father), 3 miles from his father's home; brought up at home and educated by a private tutor until 7 or 8 ; later studied in the houses of kinsmen and at Hereford. When 15 was entrusted by his parents to an uncle who had livedlong oversea , with moneyto send him to a seminary; was passed on by this uncle to a friendwho was dueto cross thesea'with his son ; but was left behind by this man who was later killed in war abroad Learnt afterwards that his uncle had been unable to keephis promises because he was no friendto the Society. After wasting a year crossed the sea with the aid of a Jesuit who was contacted bya paternal uncle in London ; went to St. Omerswith the approval of his mother, but against the will of his cheated father; entered the seminary on the recommendation of Fr. Antony Hoskin Son of a Catholic father who, like many nobles, attended heretical worship once or twice a year when he came of agefor the sake of his inheritance, but who later returned to the Church and brought up his children Catholics (The respondent's mother belonged to one of the best-known families in England ; she kept a priest for many years and at her deathafter the respondent'sdeparture from Englandbequeathedhim to herfamily.) Knows few of his father's kinsmen, who are mainly Herefordshire noblemen, some Catholics, others timeserverswithCatholic families. Completed the course of humanities at St. Omersin 4 years, having entered the second class of grammar on arrival. Is healthy, and has not been ill since leaving England, except for a slight pain in theheadduringthe last 2 years, which is not increasedby studynor lessened by rest, but is relieved by thefrequent bleedingofhis nose . Has a tranquil mind and is keen to study Always a Catholic Has wanted to go to a seminary ever since hefirst heard theword; has desiredtobe a priest ever since he learnt whatpriesthoodmeant. Quotes The Imitation of Christ and Psalm 67 . [488]

1610

Thomas Southwellus vero nomine Baconus, decimum octavum annum agens, natus Sculthorpiiprope Walsingamiam in Norfolcia , educatus honestedomi paternae usquead decimum quintumannum . Parentes Ioannes et Elizabetha , quae a 4 annis circiter est mortua, pater superstes , nuper factus Catholicus, loco nobili natus, vir privatus, sortis mediae Fratres quatuor unum maiorem, tres habeo minores, sorores duas alteram maiorem me natu, alteram minorem Inter quos unus solum frater est Catholicus caeteri haeretici vel Schismatici. Linni, ea civitas est Norfolciae , literis humanioribus operam dedi, ande post aliquot annos decedens Audomarum veni ubi studia illa busolvi

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Vires corporis sunt mediocres , valetudine plerunque bona utor et usus sum nec unquam laboravi morbo aliquo periculoso, subinde tamen diliquiis opprimor , et capitis dolore a duobus annis sum obnoxius.

Semper credidi catholicam fidem esse veram, nunquam tamen fui Catholicus antequam Audomarum commeassem , quo pater meus tum schismaticus suasu quorundam Catholicorum me misit. Semperex quo sum factus Catholicus sensi me vocatum ad sacerdotium et semper hoc firmiter decrevi studere, viz sub disciplina collegii ubi essem usque dum superiores me mitterent in Angliam . Hoc tamen ultimo anno Audomari proposui et decrevi deo iuvante, si possum admitti, intrare in societatem Iesu

THOMAS SOUTHWELLUS .

SUMMARY

[488] BACON Thomas, alias Southwell, 17, son of John and Elizabeth, born at Sculthorpe, near Walsingham, Norfolk, and educated at home until 14. Son of a nobly born father, a private gentleman of average fortune, recently converted to Catholicism ; lost his mother about 4 years ago. Has 1 elder brother, 2 younger brothers ; has 1 elder sister, 1 younger sister ; only one brother a Catholic, the rest heretics or schismatics. Studied humanities at King's Lynn for some years before going to St. Omers to complete his studies Usually healthy; sometimes suffers from a flux; has had headaches for 2 years ; of average strength Always believed Catholicism to be true, but became a Catholic only when sentto St. Omers by his then schismatic father on the advice of Catholics Has felt called to the priesthood since becoming a Catholic ; in his last year at St. Omersdecided to becomea Jesuit.

[489] [No Responsa extant]

[490 ] [No Responsa extant]

[491] [No Responsa extant]

[492] [No Responsa extant]

[493] [No Responsa extant] 1611

[494]

1. Respondeo nomen mihi esse Henrico Constable, viginti quatuor annorum , natus fui Everenghami in comitatu Eboracensi, variis in locis educatus fui, ut plurimum tamen Everinghami , Pocklintoni, Cantabrigiae, et Audomari

2. Respondeo Parentes mihi esse Philippum et Margaritam Constable Equites auratos Scismaticos fratres habeo, Marmaducum , Robertum , Michaelem, Rogerium, Gulielmum, Franciscum. Catholicos Sorores Franciscam Scismaticam, et Ianam Catholicam. Cognatos, Barrones Sheffildios Haereticos, Georgium Broonum et uxorem equites auratos, et Gulielmum Landelium nobilem Catholicos; Thomam Mettamum Equitem auratum et Gualterum Rudstonum Nobilem Hereticos

3. Respondeo litteris tantum humanioribus, mediocri cum profectu, locis in quibus educatusfui operamme dedisse .

4. Respondeovalitudinet corporis animaeque (deo gratias ago) et frui me et fruitum semper esse, nisi quod brevibus aliquando aliquot abhinc annis febribus interceptus fuerim, et communi reipublicae malo heresi laborarim

5. Respondeo(ut supra dixi) Hereticum, vel potius Scismaticum aliquando me extitisse, fratris tamen melioraque sentientium amicorum percipiens inclinationem motu proprio Catholicae ecclesiae per Patrem Pollardum e Societate Iesu reverendum Presbyterum reconsiliatum fuisse, quo facto paulo post Audomarum veni.

6. Respondeode vita Ecclesiastica me nondum quicquam certi statuisse deo illud, quemadmodum ad maiorem eius honorem et gloriam esse possit eius secuturus voluntatemcommitens: HENRYCUS ROBINSONUS . tt

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[494] CONSTABLE Henry, alias Robinson, 24, son of Sir Philip and Margaret, born at Everingham, Yorkshire , educatedin humanities there and at Pocklington , Cambridge and St. Omers Son of schismatic parents ; has brothers Marmaduke, Robert, Michael, Roger, William, Francis, all Catholics ; has schismatic sister Francesand Catholic sisterJane Is related to LordSheffieldand his family, heretics ; to Sir George Browne and his wife, Catholics ; to thenoble William Landel, Catholic ; to SirThomasMetham, heretic , and to Walter Rudston, noble heretic Healthy except for short fevers some years ago. Once a heretic, or rather schismatic , but through the influence of his brother and Catholic friends was reconciled by Fr. Pollard S.J. and went to St. Omers soon after Has not decided to be an ecclesiastic 1611 .

1611

[495]

Etsi testibus non opus est, (minime etenim dubito quin mihi soli fidem estis habituri) tamen ut omnem dubitationiscausamadimam quamplurimos huius collegii alumnos testor qui me nomine Ioannis Simmons appellari satis manifeste norunt Sequitur nunc ut de aetate loco nativitatis et educatione vos faciam certiores. Utigitur

candidesincerequefatear novendecemt abhinc annos in pagoquodam prope oxonium natus sum ibique dum rationis beneficio essem donatus a parentibus educatus, postea vero cum in decimum vel duodecimum annum adolevissemme litteris bonisque moribus imbuendum variis praeceptoribus tradiderunt. Mater autem animae quam corporis magis studiosa hac mea conditione non acquievit mirifice enim timuit ne animum iam tenerum haeresis suo veneno pollueret ac proinde mihi in Collegio Anglicano Audomarilocum comparavit Si parentum meorum status, vitaeque conditio vobis ut innotescat desideretis, sic habete. Mirum profecto est quanta sit auri argentique vis? quam acuta et intoleranda tela secum circumfert ut vix quisquam reperiatur tanta fortitudine tantoque animo qui huius invicti hostis impetus valet propulsare Ille patrem cum plurimis aliis affinibus a recto virtutis tramite deducens animos variis erroribus informavit: Mater vero invicto animi robore seque suosqueliberos a daemonis fallaciis integros reservavit.

Nemini sane vestrum ignotum esse arbitror me Audomari litteris humanioribus quatuor integros annos operam dedisse ibique rhetoris locum obtinuisse de aliis vero inferioribus scholis quas in Anglia frequentavi verba facere opere pretium non iudicavi

Non magnum hic scribendi argumentum suppeditatur : quantum etenim ad corporis conditionem, me forti integraque hactenus usum fuissenon possumnon fateri, aliquando vero vel ob caeli temperiem, vel nimiam corporis exagitationem cephalalgia laborasse Quantum autem ad animam sic repondeoillamnunquam in pestiferum aliquem morbumincedissequin sponte et voluntarieillum contraxerit. Hac de re multis non opus est, in superioribus enim nos omnes fratres scilicet ac sorores ab incunabulis catholica fide a matre imbutas fuisse lucide declaravi, nec vero ut memini quisquam adeo nefarius extiti[t] qui nos ab illa vel minis vel verberibus deterreresit conatus

Etsi huius Collegii disciplina nondum mihi longa aliqua experientia fuit comprobata tamen cum certissimo constat tot praeclaros iuvenes eam maxime pietate et observantia custodisse , me idem facturum deo opitulanteaudeo polliceri Quantum vero ad ecclesiasticam vitam, eam omni vitae generi longe censeo anteponendam, quique illam amplectunturquasi compendiarium ad caelos consecuti sunt, illam igitursortem (quam nunquam tamen coactussuscipiam) mihi spero quoque eventuram.

IOANNES SIMMONS alias SILLINGERUS .

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[495] SIMONS John alias Sillinger, born near Oxford 19 years ago, brought up there until 9 or 10 , then entrusted to various tutors; was sent to St. Omers by his mother who feared that he wouldfall into heresy. Son of an erring and money-loving father and a Catholic mother Studied humanities 4 years at St. Omers , up to Rhetoric , and at schools inEngland notworth mentioning. Healthy,

except for occasionalheadaches due to climate or excessive exercise

Alwaysa Catholic like his brothers and sisters; never suffered any attempt to pervert him. Desires to be an ecclesiastic 1611 .

[496]

Nomen mihi Iacobus Graftonus aliter Griffidius, patri anno abhinc mortuo Ambrosius Griffidius, matri adhuc superstiti Iana Tomson: natus sum in comitatuGlocestriensieducatusin civitateHerefordiae, ubi iam indea parvulo usque eo degi dum in Flandriamsum transmissus

Filius sum iam unicus: nam frater natu senior multis abhinc annis obiit diem suum: at a parente credo quod futuro sacerdoti aliunde consultum iri crederet, nihil quod sciam testamento mandatum est: parentesmediocribus fortunis, at genere et origine clariores: patruus Iacobus Griffidius doctor medicinae: amita Iana Watson vidua et opulenta: cognatus Guilielmus Watson et fundo et pecunia dives: omnes hi et Catholici et superstites: nam de patruis Guilelmo Griffidio Laico, Hugone Griffidio et Richardo e Societate Iesu utroque quia mortui sint idcirco nihil dico Avunculi Ioannes Tomson Schismaticus, latifundiis et reditibus † dives, Franciscus Tomson e Societate Iesu Sacerdos Sorores habeo quatuor , omnes aetate me minores, et Catholice educatas, at quid sit iis a parente demortuo relictum , ignoro. In studiis literarum iam inde ab infantia sum enutritus: linguam Latinam intelligo, aliquid etiam Graece possum In Anglia dedi operam literis humanioribus in schola regia quae est Herefordiae: inde cum adulta iam aetate videbar esse Audomaropolim missus eadem quae antea studia sum prosecutus.

Valetudine corporis secunda utor nisi quod, dolore capitis subinde vexari soleam : ad animam autem quod attinet melancholia me Audomaropoli quandoque afflictum memini : scrupulis etiam vexatum unde arbitror melancholiam istam ortum habuisse. Conciones Haereticorum aliquando frequentavi sed cura atque industriamatris a novem annis vel circiterCatholicae Ecclesiaesum reconciliatus per quendam Sacerdotem vita iam functum quem Herfordiae Dominum Williams vocitabamus Sub initium regis huiusce Iacobi una cum centum et quadraginta plus minus aliis missam iam audituris die purificationi Beatae Virginis sacro sum deprehensus , triduoque detentus in custodia sistor coram pseudoepiscopo Herefordiensi qui nos omnes ita congregatosdeprehenderat Ille posteaquamme infideconstantem comperit , etsi puerum, noluit tamen e custodia prius emittere quam darentur vades qui duobus post hebdomadisme denuosisterent Quarecum praestitutus eluxit dies iterum pro eodem iudice compareo, qui ab Ecclesiaegremio ad pestilentem Haeresim me traducere conatus ubi se nihil proficere intellexit, obiurgatum , increpitumque dimisit. Haec prima fuit tyronis lucta quam alia gravior excepit. Etenim aliquando post

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cum cursum vitae solitumtenerem, scholamque adirem nihil minus expectantem me una cum commilitonibus decem Catholicis vel circiter qui eodemmagistro utebanturinvidus Episcopus nescioquo auctore impulsus e schola ad palatium suum accersit Eo cum pervenissemus, primo quidem genus singulorum nomen ac parentes, deinde an parati essemus e mandato regio templa obire, concionibus interesse , tum quo auctore, qua de caussa, quibus inductirationibus segregassemus nos abecclesiaAnglicana sciscitatur Adquaeomnia cum ita respondissemus omnes , praeterquam unus qui tempori cessit, ut constaret et Catholicos nos esse et in perpetuum fore, iratus ille quod in societatem nefandi sceleris pertrahere non potest scholae accessu prohibet, vocatumque ad se magistrum omni cura nostri penitus solvit. Haec nimirum parentibus antea cupidis caussa non exigua fuit, cur ad seminarium aliquod metransmissum magnoperevellent Itaque duobus post annis vel non multo secus ex eorum mandato Londinum proficiscor, ibique instructus pecuniaa patre, literis commendatitiis a Reverendo in Christo Patre Patre Richardo Griffidio mihi patruo post interpositam duorum, triumve mensium moram adiunxi me cuidam viro generoso quiAngliae egrediendae licentiam obsignatam patentibus literis a consilio regio impetrarat. Itaque partim huius opera partim pecunia mare mihi aperui, traiectusque literarum beneficio in Audomarense collegium admittor unde post annos quatuoret dimidium in literarum studio transactos huc unus a missione perveni. Equidem suscipere sacerdotium etiam ante egressum ex Anglia in animo mihi erat ; qui mihi animus tunc fuit idem nunc est , et in perpetuum erit: Superiorum potestati me permitto quibus quandocumque libuerit tantam mihi dignitatemconferre, submisso animo libentiquecomplectar:

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[496] GRIFFITH James, alias Grafton , son of Ambrose deceased and Jane Thomson, born in Gloucestershire, brought up from infancy in Hereford until he crossed to Flanders Only surviving son of parents of distinguished family and average means, the elder son having died many years ago; was unprovided for in his father'swill, because as a future priest was not likely to be in need Nephew of JamesGriffith, a Catholic physician, and ofrich Catholic widow Jane Watson ; is related to William Watson, a Catholic rich inland and money. Is nephewtoWilliam Griffith deceased, Catholic layman, and to Hughand RichardGriffith, both deceased, Jesuits; is nephew also to John Thomson, schismatic, rich in land and revenue, and to Fr. Francis Thomson, S.J. Has 4 younger Catholic sisters. Educated in letters from infancy, knows Latin and some Greek ; studied at the royal school at Hereford and at St. Omers. Healthy apart from headaches ; suffered from scruples and melancholy at St. Omers At one time attended heretical sermons , but throughhis mother's care was reconciled by a priest nowdead who

was called at Hereford Williams . At the beginning of the reign of James was captured by the Bishop of Hereford with about 140 others waiting to hear Mass at Candlemas ; after three days in prison was brought before the Bishop who found him constant and released him after bail had been given for his reappearancetwo weeks later. On his second appearancewas released with areprimand after a vain attemptat perversion Some time later wassummoned from schooltothe Bishop'spalacewith ten schoolfellows; theywere asked name and family, and whether they were prepared to go to church, why and on whose advice they had left the Church of England ; all save one were constant and were expelled from the school. For this reason and others was destined byhis parents for seminary oversea ; two years later was sent by them to London and given lettersfrom his uncle Richard Griffith, with money from his father ; 2 or 3 months later joined a gentleman who had letters patent from the Council authorising him to leave England ; was admittedto St. Omers and after4 years study of letters was sent as one of the mission to Rome. Has desired to be a priest since before leaving England

[497]

Verum mihi nomen Rodolphus Babthorpe Patriqueest Matri Gratia Burnum. Natus fui in domo Patris nomine Babthorpe, ibique educatus; quae in comitatu Eboracensi est vixi in urbe quadam nomine Knasbrooke quatuorpaene annis quae urbs etiam in eodem comitatu est

Natus sum Parentibus e familia satis honesta oriundis, amicisque pluribus Parentibus divitibus, si divitias Relligioni catholicae praeposuissent, multa enim pro fide sustinuerunt multaque perdiderunt, satis tamen ad honestevivendumrelictum est. Mater in carcere pro fide catholica quinque annis aut circiter detenta fuit, fratrespraeter me tres habeo et totidem sorores omnes catholicos, et omnes in illa ecclesia natos studui Duobus in Angliaannis in urbe Knaesbrooke Grammaticae, Audomari litteris humanioribus, Rudimentis Grammaticae, Syntaxi Poesi, deinde[?] Rhetoricae.

Valitudinet usus semper firmissima, nulla unquam quoad recordor infirmitate impeditus , nulla animi molestia vexatus, aliquando tamen melancoliae deditus fui Catholicus natus fui et in illa Ecclesia semper permansi ExAnglia a Parentibus studendi causa Audomarum missus fui et finitis ibi studiis a Patribus Romam missus veni. Propositum firmum habeo disciplinam collegi accuratissime observandi ad Ecclesiasticam autem vitam nondum in me sentio quare a parentibus monitus ut convictoris in collegio hoc locum desiderarem quod Patri Antonio Hoskino Caeterisque ibi Patribus placuit, et vobis hic Patribus ut spero placebit.

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[497] BABTHORPE Ralph, son of Ralph and Grace Burnham ; born and brought up in his father's house at Babthorpe, Yorkshire ; lived 4 years at Knaresborough. Son of respectable parents of sufficient means who would have been rich except for their losses for religion. (His mother was imprisoned for the faithfor about5 years.) Has 3 brothers and 3 sisters , all Catholics since birth. Studied grammar 2 years at Knaresborough, and rudiments of grammar, syntax, poetry and rhetoric at St. Omers. Healthy except for occasional melancholy. Always a Catholic ; was sent by parents to St. Omers and by Jesuits to Rome. Has not decided to be an ecclesiastic, so desires, on his parents' advice, to be a convictor , as Fr. Anthony Hoskin and other Fathers agreed.

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Nomen meum verum est: Ioannes Winsor patrem habui Eduardum

Winsor, Matrem vero Helenam Wiborne non valde obscuros , natus sum in comitatu de Kent, ibique partim educatus, partim etiam in comitatu de Bucingame et etiam Londini ubi aliquantulumstudui reliquo vero tempore domi otiose vixi.

Parentes habui satis nobiles, sed pauperes, cognatos etiam nobiles , quorum aliqui diviteset haeretici, aliqui pauperes sunt etCatholici. fratres habeo duos totidemque sorores, qui omnes sunt Catholici mequeiuniores

Studiis et literis humanioribus operam dedi quatuor annis idque

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Corpus habeo firmum, valetudinem integram

Haereticus aliquando fui, et dum avunculusmeusSirWilliam Winsor milites in Flandriam transportaret ego similiter cum illo et cum militibus eius illas regiones petii cum quibus ego ad aliquod tempus vixi, donec morbo correptus Bruxellas me contuli; ubi avunculus meus dum ad castra proficisceretur sub tutela patris Sherwod (qui tunc temporis Bruxellis degebat) me reliquit, qui et religione Catholica me imbuit: cum quo etiam dum rediret in Angliam avunculus meus me reliquit, i[bique] duobus annis vixi partim ut linguam regionis isti[us] addiscerem , partim ut in studia incumberem: cumque ipse pater Sherwod Italiam peteret ego similiter post aliquod tempus in Angliam redivi, Londinumque veni ubi avunculum meum carcere mancipatum offendi cum quo in carcere partim vixi et partim domi cum avo meo, donec avunculus in exilium mitteretur cum quo et ego Audomarum deveni, ubi eius auxilio in collegio Anglicano locum obtinui, ibique tribus annis cum medio literis operam navavi donec cum missione Romam mitterer Ego per Dei gratiam ad vitam ecclesiasticamaspiro

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[498] WINDSOR John, son of Edward and Helen Wiborne , born and brought up in Kent; educated also in Buckingham and

London ; spent the rest of his life idly at home Son of noble but poor parents ; has rich heretical kinsfolkand poor Catholic kinsfolk. Has 2 brothers and 2 sisters , all Catholics and younger than himself. Studied humanities 4 years at St. Omers Healthy. Was once a heretic, crossed to Flanders with his uncle Sir William Windsor, who was ferrying troops across the sea ; after living with him for some time went to Brussels suffering from a disease ; was left there in charge of Fr. Sherwood when his uncle went back to camp and back to England ; learnt Catholicism from this priest, and studied for 2 years ; returned to England when Sherwood went to Italy; found his uncle imprisoned ; lived partlywith his uncle and partly with his grandfather at home ; on his uncle's banishment crossed with him to St. Omers and was admitted to the College on his recommendations ; studied letters 3 years; was sent to Romewith the mission. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[499]

Vocor Cyprianus Shelleus , Pater vero Ioannes: Shelleus , mater autem Elizabetha Owen . Natus fui in Anglia in loco quodam qui anglice dicitur Mapledurrum quae domus prope abest a campo sancti Petri ibique maximam vitae partem duxi reliquam vero in Galliaet in Belgio in anglicano CollegioAudomari . De stirpe mea nil dicam cum plus de illa quam ipse siatist, fratres mihi sunt tres , sororesque totidem Catholicae fidei adictissimi Operam dedi studiis Audomari per quinquennium quemque progressumin iis feci literis superiorum Audomarentium plus constabit vobis quam scriptis meis

Nunquam in gravem aliquem corporismorbum incidiquantum memini, quamvis saepissime in anno capitis dolore fuerim afflictus , animo sum potius hilerit quam tristi.

Dum parvulus eram in haereticorum protexione † variis de causis saepe hereticorum consionibus† interfui, revocatusfui vero a peste illa opere parentis mei instructus vero in fide catholica fui a sacerdote quodam in anglia quidominus Hill vocaturet inilla fide firmiter aliquamdiu steti donec tempestate magna in zelandiam actus fui ubi ab haereticis captus et in carceremconiectus, tunc eorum minis commotus semel atque iterum haereticas sermones audivi, quo in loco duodesimt aut tredecim hebdomadum spatio mansi demum in Galliam veni ad parentem meum ibique reconsiliatus† fuietineadem fide firmiter hactenus steti

Deum optimum maximum unumquemque ad aliquod vitae genus particulariter vocare constat, cui vocationi nonnulli sunt qui nullo modo respondent dum aliud vitae genus amplectantur , constat etiam hominem difficulter admodum posse vocationem suam cognoscere , Itaque cum sit adeo difficile cognoscere veram vocationem suam non ausim dicere vellem esse Iesuita , quamvis maxime arridet

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mihi illud vitae genus, si non sim saltem deo favente sacerdos ero si deus mihi vitam concedat, ††

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[499] SHELLEY Cyprian, son of John and Elizabeth Owen , born at Mapleduram near St. Peter's field, lived there most of his life except for some time in France and 5 years at St. Omers . Knows little about his family ; has 3 brothers and 3 sisters all Catholics . Healthy except for frequent headaches ; of happy disposition When a child in the care ofheretics, used to attend heretical sermons until stopped by his parent ; was instructed in Catholicism by Mr. Hill, a priest ; once, when driven to Zeeland by a storm , was captured and imprisoned by heretics, and attended sermons once or twice under duress ; after 12 or 13 weeksthere went to his parent in France and was reconciled; since then has remained constant Wishes to be a Jesuit, or at least a priest

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1. Verum mihi nomen est Ioachim Baal Eodem nomine vocatur pater meus . matri autem nomen fuit Margerita Tomson . Natus fui in oppido quodam Suffolciae, quod Hadley appellatur,et ibidem per septennium educatus, postmodum Londini et Oxonii; hic quidem per medium annum, ibi reliquo vitae tempore, quo in Anglia vixi; ultimo medio anno excepto, quem ob pestem Londini tunc temporis debacchantem, septem mille passibus ab urbe, in domo qudam campestri, transegi

2. quod ad propriam attinet conditionem: mater cum ultimum obiret diem, testamento mihi reliquit domum quandam, cum fundo. quis autem sit unius vel alterius valor et aestimatio, prorsus ignoro. Pater est mediae sortis homo, fuitque antequam ad veram fidem converteretur, satis diveshabitus (ab iis, qui quaesunt veraedivitiae ignorant ) post conversionemautem, spoliatus est iis quibus antea fruebatur vitae subsidiis, nunquam tamen defuit ad vitam honeste transigendam, nisi his ultimis annis, quibus tantum debacchata est haeresis; quibus multa propter fidem passus est eius amicisunt omnes ad unum (quod scio) haeretici, de matris (quae me adhuc parvulo mortua est) amicis et consanguineis , nihil scio credotamen omnes esse haereticos, ut fuit ipsa. Novercam habeo nomine Elizabetham Standen catholicam et consanguineam Domini Antonii Standeni fratres et sorores, quos habeo (habeoautem quatuor omnes me iuniores) sunt omnes Catholici, et Catholice educantur

3. In AngliaOxonii , et Londini, in Belgio Audomari operam dedi litteris humanioribus In Hispania Hispali Logicaeet Philosophiae

biennium et amplius impendi, cum aliquo fructu, licet cum minore quam ipse desiderabamet alii exspectabant.

4. Corporis aegritudinem nullam sentio (Deo sit laus) neque sentio ex quo veni ex Anglia, ullam quae aegritudo dici posset, aut morbus. Anima, ob praedominantem in corpore atram bilem, saepe ex illa parte infestatur.

5. Usque ad decimum aut circiter annum fui ab haereticis haeretice educatus, patre tandem converso, receptus sum in Catholicae Romanaeque Ecclesiae gremium a patre Barrows, qui tunc temporis vivebat Londini in carcere qui Clink nominatur. Nihil peculiare circa hoc negotium mihi contigit. Ex Anglia furto, ut fere omnes solent, egressus sum, et Audomarum veni, ubi quatriennium in Grammaticae et Rhetoricae studiis transegi, inde in Hispalim missus sum; inde post tres annos ac totidem menses partim in studiis partim in religione transactos Audomarum sum reversus unde nunc tandem venio, multum terris iactatus et alto .

6. De vita Ecclesiastica dico hanc esse quam quaesivi, et (si altius ascendere non potuero) hanc esse, quam diligit anima mea: haec mihi desiderabilis super aurum et lapidem pretiosum multum, dulcior super mel et favum.

Disciplinam Collegii inviolatam semper servare promitto quod si per humanam fragilitatem verbo vel facto, etiam minima in re contra leges peccaverim cuivis paenae, cuivis supplicio libentissime subiacebo: Et si per malitiam quidquam egero vel molitus fuero quodad Collegii disciplinam non dico violandam aut perturbandam, sed ullaratione laedendampertineat: non solum tanquam seditiosus , et publicae quietis perturbator, sed tanquam omnium bipedumimmo quadrupedum nequissimus severissimis paenis castigari; atque e collegio, quid dixi e collegio? ex omnium hominum consortio tanquam indignus qui inter homines vitam agat, in silvas ad vitam inter bruta animalia transigendam, exturbari minime recuso

Atque ut nemo hic fuci aut fallaciae quidquam suspicetur, his quae ad singula quaestionum capita respondi, iureiurando fidem facere paratussum,quandoet ubicunque Reverendis Patribus Superioribus visum fuerit. Nunc subscripto nomine, quam possum, fidem facio.

IOACHIMUSANTONIUS BASSETTUS

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

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[500] BAAL Joachim, alias Joachim Antony Basset; son of Joachim and Margaret Thomson ; born at Hadleigh, Suffolk, and brought up there until 7 ; studied humanities at Oxford for half a year ; studied also at London where he lived until the year before his departure from England, when hewithdrewto a countryhouse 7 miles fromthecityto avoid the plague. Inheriteda house and farm , of uncertain value, from his mother who died when he was a child. Son of a middle class fatherwho was rich before his conversion but has lost much in these recent years of raging heresy. Has mainly

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heretical kinsfolk; is stepson to Elizabeth Standen, a Catholic kinswomen of Sir Anthony. Has 4 younger siblings, all Catholics Healthy since leaving England ; suffers from a predominance of black bile. Was educatedas a heretic until about 9 ; on his father's conversion was reconciled by Fr. Barrows, then in the Clink. Left England secretly, spent 4 years studying grammar and rhetoricat St. Omers; was sent to Seville where he spent two years in unrewarding studyof philosophy and theology, and one year and three months in religion ; returned to St. Omers and has come thence to Rome Desires to be an ecclesiastic if he can go no higher. If he disturbs College discipline he should be driven out to the woods as being the worst ofquadrupeds.

[501] [502] [No Responsa extant]

LaurentiusMartinus natus Melfordiiin Suffolcia ibique maxima parte aetatis educatus

Ortus sum a parentibus generosis nullo reipublicae munerefungentibus; at suis bonis, parum iam iniuria temporis, debilitatis. fruentibus. Unam habeo sororem unumque fratrem ex parte patris, ambos catholicos, cognatos habeo varios eosdemque catholicos. dedi aprimaaetate operamstudiis humanioribus. scilicet latinitati, usque ad decimum quintum in Suffolcia, reliqua aetatis parte Audomari in Belgia. progressus feci mediocres

Quod ad valitudinem corporis spectat, valitudine† utebar firma quamdiu in Anglia mansi. Audomari vero bis terve aegrotabam a quibus morbis iam prorsus sum liber: quod ad animae aegretudinem spectat morbos habui satis graves sed tamen confessio eos levavit cum paenitentia , iamque anima est eolevior. Qui vocavit parentes me vocavit, Deus nimirum, Ideoque authoribus illis catholice nutritus sum et ita sempereducatus Nihil vero adhuc passus sum pro fide.

Statuo, favente deo Ecclesiasticum munus subire, et disciplinam collegii pro virili observare Et etiam (quia parentis est voluntas ut ex ipsius expensis victilem solvere pro cibis.

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[502] MARTIN Lawrence, born and mainly educated at Melford , Suffolk. Son of gentrywho live on their own diminished property; has 1 sister and 1 brother on his father's side, both Catholics ; has several Catholic kinsfolk. Studied Latin in Suffolk until 14 , since then atSt.Omerswith averageprogress HealthywhileinEngland ; was twice or thrice ill at St. Omers Always a Catholic ; has not sufferedfor religion Desires to be an ecclesiastic. Wishes his board to be charged to his father.

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[504] [No Responsa extant]

1. Verum mihi nomen est Nicolaus Waldegravus, annorum circiter viginti, locus nativitatis in Essexiaest, qui Borley nuncupatur, ibidemque simul et aliis in locis ab illo non procul distantibus, Plerumque sum educatus.

2. Parentes sunt mihi Catholici, iidemque nobiles: Paternae dignitatis nomen, dicitur anglice a squier, fratres habeo duos , et unum leviram non Catholicum, qui vocatur Richardus Wessonus . ordinis Equestris, sorores habeo et omnes, ut spero, Catholicas Cognatum habeo Gulielmum Petrum ordinis equestris, quantum scio, non Catholicum, etiam Eduardum Waldegravum ordinis equestrisnon Catholicum, Gamalian Capellnon Catholicum, Edwardum Sarott[?] Catholicum .

3. Literis humanioribus studui variis in locis in Anglia: nempe Londini, Chensfordii, Melfordii, Sudburii , domi, et aliis in locis, sed parum imo vix quidquam profeci; deinde Audomarum veni in collegium Anglicanum, ubi aliquos saltem, licet mediocres progressus feci

4. firma corporis valetudine, laus deo, ut plurimum usus sum, quandam tamen corporis infirmitatem a natura ut puto accepi quam, si videbitur, Reverentiae Vestrae vocetenus latius exponam, quem ad modum et animae .

5. semper, laus deo, Catholicus sum educatus

6. Satis frigidum certe adhuc desiderium sentio ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam, ob difficultatesnonnullas, quas Reverentiae vestrae sum expositurus,

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[504] WALDEGRAVE Nicholas, alias Pelham, c . 20 , born atBorley, Essex , brought up there and nearby. Son of Catholic squires, has 2 brothers and some sisters , all Catholics ; has one non-Catholic brother-in-law, Sir Richard Weston ; is related to Sir William Petre, non-Catholic ; to Sir Edward Waldegrave, non-Catholic, to Gamalian Capel non-Catholic, to Edward Sarott , Catholic Studied humanities at London, Chelmsford, Melford, Sudbury, Borley and elsewhere, withlittle progress ; then went to St. Omers and progressed as well as most Healthy save for an infirmity whichhe willreveal, if asked, orally Always a Catholic Does not greatly desire to be an ecclesiasticbecause of difficulties whichhe will explain.

1612

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1. Cum illud sit huius Collegii institutum ut singuli ad habitum convictumque admittendisiinceret ad proposita 6 capita candideque

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respondeant et hoc mihi etiam imponatur ego me pro virili quam possumsyncerissimet candidissimequeresponsurumpromitto cum itaque prima de vero nomine instituatur quaestio, prima de eodem dabitur responsio Antonius Lambe est mihi nomen, de certo autem annorum numero non adeo sum certus 21m annum egisse me arbitror, natus vero Cufouldii in Comitatu Hamptonensi, educatus ut plurimum cum parentibus in Sussexia

2. De parentibus eorumque statu sic respondeo , in timore Deiac singulari perseverantia et constantia vivunt qui nec bonorum affluentia extolluntur neque inopia deprimuntur fratres habeo duos, sorores quatuor, cognatos quam plurimos , sed haereticos vix memini ullos

3. Humanioribus litteris in Anglia per annum incubuiin iisdem autem Bruxellis tribus et ultra impensis Audomarum veni ubi etiam in iisdem studiis triennio consumpto Romam petii.

4. Quoad valetudinem, nunquam me melius sensi quam iam hoc tempore, quid Romae aegretudinis habuerim scitis, alias prospera semper usus sum valetudine.

5. Ad hoc facile respondetur Catholicus nunquam non fui, sed qoud dolendum est vix quidquam pro fide perpessus.

6. Quantum ad Ecclesiasticam vitam pertinet, hanc unicam mihi ineundam sensi.

ANTONIUS LAMPTONUS .

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[505] LAMBE Antony, alias Lampton, c 21. , born at Cufaude , Hampshire, and brought up mainly by his parents in Sussex . Son of constant God-fearing parents neither rich nor poor ; has 2 brothers and 4 sisters ; has mainly Catholic kinsfolk Studied humanities 1 year in England , more than 3 years at Brussels, 3 years at St. Omers before coming to Rome Is healthier now than ever, thoughwas ill on arriving in Rome Always a Catholic, has hardly sufferedfor religion Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 1612 .

[506]

Verum nomen est Forster, sum annorum viginti, natus quantum scio in Suffolcia in domo avi matris parentis non procul a civitate quae vocaturSt. Edmunde his bury, educatusvero usquead octavun annum in domo patris parentis iuxta civitatem vocatam Ipsige, ab octavo autem anno usque ad decimum quintum quo Audomarum veni fui semper apud matrem alias alibi in doctrina et virtute informatus

Parentem habeo utrumque superstitem et catholicum , resatis tenui in tantis praesertim ecclesiae difficultatibus, genere tamen non omnino ignobili, Avus meus qui fuit patris mei parens cui etiam nomen eratForster , obiit cum ego iam essem tenellus, ut arbitror me audivisse, catholicus, ava tamen ipsius coniux, quando eram in

Anglia, schismatica erat, et etiamnum talis perstet necne , nescio , Patruus meus nomine Henricus est catholicus bonus, hunc si excipias, praeter unumpatrem haud scio an supersint aliqui ex paterna familia quos vel nomine voces catholicas, Avus vero matris meae pater cui nomen erat Rookewood simul et ava eius uxor mortui sunt ambo optimi catholici , nec multas novi ex eorum familia haereticas, Fratres habeo tres, sororesduas. Etsi non ignarus omnino Audomarum veni, utpote aliquid saltem quanquam parum id quidem a praeceptoribus haereticis dum apud avam patris mei matrem ut antea dixi essem, tum etiam ab ipsa matre deinde multo plus edoctus, est tamen profecto cur Audomarensi collegio doctrinammeam quantulamcunque habeo tribuendam censeam , ubi quinque classes quinque deinceps annis non sine fructu percurri

Est capitis quidam importunus dolor, qui iam a medio anno misere me subinde vexat quanquam iam remisissese non parum videatur, huc etiam accedit totius corporis gravis quaedam molestia, prurigo inquam, quae etsi, iam, cum per quadriennium integrum ante vix unquam est passa quiescere, indulgere mihi aliquantulumvideatur, non tamen etiamnum libera; Ad animam etiamquod attinet sensi non raroin confessionibuspraecipue intentas ab illo omnium saluti invido molestissimas quasdam difficultates qui etiam iam videtur quasi nubibus obducere velle aggredientem confessionem .

Haeretica quaedam usque ad octavum annum quasi innocens frequentavi templa, octavo vero ineunte anno sum revocatus a patre domum, apud quem fui institutus semper in fide catholica dum Audomarum pergerem . Ego sane divina opitulantegratia prorsus statuo firmiterque propono tum disciplinam collegii pro virili observare, tum ecclesiastica munia, ubi idoneus visus fuero , suscipere. BARTHOLOMAEUSDARCAEUS

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[506] FORSTER

alias Bartholomew Darcy, born in his mother's father's house in Suffolknear Bury St. Edmunds ; brought up until 7 in his father's house near Ipswich; from 7 to 14 lived with his mother in various places ; at 14 went to St. Omers. Son of Catholic parents, both still alive and poor ; when young lost his paternal grandfather who died a Catholic, so it was said, leaving a wife who was still a schismatic when the respondent left England ; has a good Catholic uncle Henrybut otherwise no Catholic kinsfolk on his father's side; has lost both maternal grandparents, of the Catholic family of Rookwood ; has 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Was taught a little by the heretical tutors at his mother's father's; more by his mother herself; and most during his 5 years in the 5 classes at St. Omers . Has suffered from headaches for 6 months, whichare now improving; for 4 years has sufferedan itch over his whole body. Finds difficulty in confessing his sins. Until 7 went

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innocently to heretical churches; was then called home by his father and instructed in Catholicism . Desires to be anecclesiastic .

[507]

1. Ego, ut vere et synceret respondeam appellor Georgius Holtbeus, ipso die festo annuntiationis Beatae Virginis annum attingam vigesimum secundum, natus sum in diaecesi Eboracensi apud villam quandam, cui nomen Scacton[?], haec distat ab Eboraco milliaria circiter duodecim. Annos egi circiter quatuordecim sub continua disciplina parentum ; postea opera Avunculi Sacerdotis in Anglia traditus fui curae faeminae cuiusdam nobilis, filiae Comitis Vestmorlandensis. Haecpost unum plus minus annum Audomarum me misit, ubi propriis expensisusque in praesens tempus me aluit.

2. Pater Robertus Holtbeus; Mater MargaritaBullocke uterque nobilis; ante duodecim annos per operam Avunculi Richardi HoltbeiSocietatis Iesu sacerdotisad fidem catholicam suntconversi (cum antea essent satis frigidi Schismatici; nunc (quemadmodum a variis auctoribus accepi ) Pater, quod iusiurandum sibioblatum ante medium circiter annum, repulerit, spoliatus omnibus bonis addictus est perpetuae incarcerationi , Matre cum quatuorliberis ex liberalitate caeterorum victitante Nullos habeo fratres, sorores , nec cognatos praesertim propinqua aliqua affinitate coniunctos, haereticos, paucos schismaticos Antonius Metcalfus Iurisperitusex parte Patris affinitate coniunctissimus et Antonius Holtbeus Avunculus cum amita, quae cognominatur Franke multum pro fide passi sunt

3. Quod ad studia attinet; traditus fui prima pueritialudimagistro, cuius opera effectum est, ut satis expeditam et linguae Anglicae et latinaeassequerer lectionem; caeterumpostquam unum atque alterum annum sub huius disciplina consumpsissem , ex consilio Patris mei ad quinque annorum spatium incepta studia interquierunt Postmodum contigit ut curae istius nobilis faeminae cuius ante mentionem feci committerer , quae me ad oppidum quoddam nominatumknayseburrow transmisitinformandum a magistro quodam proptermethodum docendi notatissimo hic ubi vix medium annum in studiisposuissem , domum protinus revocatus ad collegium Audomarensemissusfui, cui quod in praesenti et in lingua latina et in graeca possum praestare acceptum refero . 4. Ut varium fuit caeli temperamentum sub quo vixi, ita et varia fuit corporis tum aegritudo tum valetudo. Siquidem quamdiu in Anglia mansi ea semper usus sum corporis sanitati ut vix unquam vel minimum capitis dolorem senserim , tantae praeterea [er]ant eiusdem vires ac robur ut nulla vel caeli iniuria vel aeris mutatio posset concutere: Post quam vero Audomarum veni, eam expertus sum loci naturam quae febribus mihi ingenerandis esset infestatum ferme quotannis graviore aut leviore implicitus aliquod passus sum studiorum detrimentum , Harum caussam nullam existimo potiorem fuisse quam exercitia vehementiora quae cum hic

laxiora nec adeo [violenta] reperiantur spero fore ut valetudo confirmetur potius quam debilitetur [Accidit quoque] interdum ut tempore plerumque matutino post cubitum sentiam melancholiam quandam obsidentem animae ita ut difficilius possit sese erigerevel ad studia vel ad alia exercitia antequam dissipentur quidem humores qui tunc temporis aliquando infestantcaput, quibus dispersisilla ex parte ad quidvis agendum fit promptissimus.

5. Annum attigeram prope duodecimum antequam ad catholicam fidem eram vocatus, quo tempore ita vixi, ut, quid haereticus quid schismaticus, imo quid catholicus esset penitus ignorarem, unde religionum omnium imperitus tamdiu in luto haesi donec aliorum auxilio fui extractus : quod ipsum, qua ratione factum fuerit paucis perstringam. Inprimis, cum Pater meus multos iam annos inschismateconsumpsisset , tandem aliquando (quod cohortationibus Avunculi Sacerdotis effectum est) ita animo perculsusfuit, utquo commodius fidem catholicam amplecteretur , in Episcopatum Dunelmensem commigrarit, eam existimo caussam , quod Haereticorum omnium, quibus antea familiariter usus fuerat, oculos tam subita mutatione habuisset in se coniectos Praetorii nomen quo commigrarat erat Stanlay sex milliariis a Novicastria disiunctum, a Dunelmo totidem: huc ubi res domesticaevix adhuc essent compositae, venit Avunculus non alio credoconsilio quam ut oves aberrantes ad Christi gregem adduceret, quod eventus probat; etenim vix tertium ibi commoratus fuerat diem, cum me ad se vocatum piis cohortationibus ad fidem catholicam amplectendam incepit sollicitare, necmora quin protinustam salutariconsilio acquieverim, nam alteri sacerdoti (Patri nimirum Ia[c]sono) traditus, ut primis rudimentis informarer, proximo die ad sacrum missae officium audiendum admissusfui. Haec de vocatione. Ex quo Audomarum missusfui, is semperfuit animus ut aliquando Sacerdos fierem, qui adhuc permanet, et, ut spero, permanebit firmus et constans Reliquum est, quod ab aliquot annis amor et studium Societatis me ita incesserit ut totum me illi animo et pectore dedicarim, itaque quorum me curae commisi, eorum etiam erit istis de rebus disponere ††

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. GEORGIUS DUCKETTUS 1612

SUMMARY

[507] HOLTBY George, alias Duckett, 22 next Lady Day, son of Robert and Margaret Bullock, born at Scackleton, about 12 miles from York ; brought up by his parents until about 14 , then at the suggestionof a priest uncle was entrusted to the Earl of Westmorland's daughter who looked afterhim for a year or so and then sent him to St. Omers, paying all his expenses. Son of noble parents who were converted from schism to Catholicism about 12 years ago by his uncle Richard Holtby, S.J. (His father, because he

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refused the oath six months ago, has been sentencedto life imprisonment and has lost all his property, so that his wife and 4 children have to liveon alms.) Has no heretical brothers orsistersor near kinsfolk; has few schismatic kinsfolk Is related through his father to Antony Metcalfe, lawyer, who has suffered much for religion ; is nephew to Antony Holtby and a woman named Frank, who have also suffered greatly. As a boy was taught to read English and Latin in about 2 years by a school-master ;then abandoned studies for 5 years at his father's advice ; was sent by the Earl of Westmorland's daughter to a master at Knaresborough renowned for his skill in teaching ; was recalled 6 months later and sent to St. Omers where he learnt what he now knows ofLatin and Greek. Enjoyed unbroken healthin England ; suffered yearly fevers which interruptedhis studies at St. Omers; hopes for better health here; suffers from melancholy, and a disinclination to study, on rising in the morning before the humours have dispersed from his head. Was ignorant of Catholicism until almost 12, when his father was converted by a priest uncle and moved to Stanley, 6 miles from Newcastle and 6 miles from Durham, to avoid notice from his heretical friends ; was converted by the same uncle , instructed by Fr. Jackson, and admittednext day to hear Mass . Has desiredto be a priest ever since going to St. Omers ; forsome years has felt a great love for the Society, to which he wishes to devote himself entirely 1612

[508]

Nomen verum fardinandus Pultonus , natus annos viginti septem, locus nativitatis Borton, pagus, in parochia Buckingamiae; atque ibidem ad decimum quintumaetatis annum educatus, ex eo Londini apud Mercatorem per sex annos commoratus sum, inde Audomarum veni ubi per sex ferme annos operam litteris humanioribus dedi Parentes fardinandus Pultonus et Katherina; Pater Iurista; nobilis uterque Fratres, Franciscus, Egidius et Thomas Pultonus; Sorores

Anna, Martha, Maria, Eugenia et Ursula Pulton; cognati Gabrielis et Robertus Iacmanus Haeretici, Studiis operam dedi a pueritia per 6 annos in pago ubi vixit Pater , cum tenui sane profectu, inde interiecto vacantiarum septennio

Audomari studia denique inchoavi Corporis valetudo mediocris, animae, uti spero, bona, an animae status melior unquam fuerit nescio quamvis alias sentire videbar internas consolationes atque iucunditatem maiorem quam nunc temporis, fortassis ante ob integram mei in Deum resignationem Haereticus extiti ad vigesimam aetatis annum; ad fidemcatholicam conversusopera Beati Patris Jarratti mediante atque primo agente Anna Pultono Uxore fratris mei francisci Pultoni; propter fidei Catholicae susceptionem a Magistro Haeretico cive Londinensi

dimissus; Dumiter intenderem Audomarum ad studia in ripa Maris captus passus sum duorum septemamarum† incarcerationem Propono ac desidero vitam Ecclesiasticam agere

SUMMARY

FRANCISCUS BROOKUS

[508] PULTON Ferdinand, alias Francis Brooke, 27 , son ofFerdinand (a jurist) and Katherine; born at Bourton, Buckinghamshire, and brought up there until 14 ; lived for 6 years with a merchant in London ; studied humanities 6 years at St. Omers . Son of noble parents ; has brothers Francis, Giles and Thomas and sisters Anna, Martha , Maria, Eugenia and Ursula ; is related to Gabriel and Robert Jackman, heretics Studied profitlessly 6 years in boyhood in the village where his father lived; started afresh at St. Omers, 7 years later Enjoys average health; is inagoodstate of soul, though once felt greater consolation, perhaps because of completeresignation to God. Wasa heretic until19, whenconverted by Fr. Gerard throughthe mediation of Anne Pulton the wife of his brother Francis ; on being converted was dismissed by his master , a heretical Londoner ; was captured on the seashore on his way to St. Omers and imprisoned for 2 weeks Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[509 ] [510]¹ [No Responsa extant]

1. Quod ad nomen attinet, vocor Robinsonus, aetatis iam annus vigesimussecundus impletur 13° Martii proximo, natus vero londini, educatus vero ibi per 7 annos , item in Comitatu Hamptoniensi 7 annos, item audomari 7 annos.

2. Parentes non divites ad bene tamen vivendumaccommodati Pater erat, Domini Iohannis Fortescuti equitis procurator in eoque officiomortuus est, mater vero 5° aetatis meae anno e vita decessit . Sorores iam nullos, fratrem unicum, cognatum unicum, neptem similiterunam,hic haereticus,illa vero semperCatholica, alios habeo cognatos de illis audivi sed ununquam vidi

3. Studiis operamdedi Midhurstiae in illis nunquam magnum feci progressumquod diligenterillis incumbere vere non potui sed potius practicis rebus deditus, semi anno Londini studui Reliquum vero tempus Audomariconsumsi

4. Anima (ut a melioreparte incipiam ) laus Deo optime iamvaleo corpore similiter, morbum aliquando habui gravissimum, aliquando quoque ruptura vexatus sed iam maxime liber et sanus.

5. Semper Catholicus, et patre et matre catholicis, educatus neque aliquid unquam sum passus Religionis causa tantum a parte patris quod ipse sit aliquando passus.

¹Included among the Responsa for 1610 .

6. Infimum ecclesiasticae vitae ordinem saecularium supremo propono desideroque tam amplecti ac vivere secundam regulam ipsius, quam perfectissime potero, EDOARDUS RODNEUS

Laus Deo Beatae Virgini Mariae semper ac Angelo custodi meo.

SUMMARY

[510] ROBINSON

alias Edward Rodney, 22 last 13 March , born in London and brought up there for 7 years; brought up in Hampshire 7 years and at St. Omers 7 years Son of rich Catholic parents. (The father, when he died, was procurator to Sir John Fortescue; the mother died when the respondent was 5.) Has now no sisters and one brother; has 1 heretical cousin and 1 Catholic niece

Studied at Midhurst ; made little progress because of his practical bent ; studied six months at London and the rest of his time at St. Omers Now healthy; once suffered from a grievous disease ; was troubled witharupture, nowhealed. Always a Catholic ; has suffered nothing for religion except in the person of his father . Desiresto be an ecclesiastic .

1613

[511]

Vocor Robertus Stanfordus, natus annos viginti et amplius: locus nativitatis fuit in comitatu Staffordiensi educatus sum usque ad 16um aetatis annum partim sub parentibus, partim in locis vicinis ubi dabam operam litteris Ab illo tempore mansi Audomari, nisi quod semel revisendi parentes causa in Angliamremigraverim, ubi trimestri spatio mansi

Parentes sunt nobili familia; sunt (quantum ego scio) semperque fuerunt Catholici , sicut et fratres , sororesque , ac paene cognati omnes, praesertim ex parte matris

Humanioribus solum studiis operamdedi, idque vel in domopaterna, vel aliquo loco vicinoquamdiu mansi in Anglia: reliquum temporis transegi in eiusmodi studiis Audomari

Usus sum semper satis firma valetudine, quemadmodum et iam in praesenti utor.

Semper fui Catholicus, quoad caetera nunquamfui dignus aliqua persecutione, nequememini aliquidnotabile mihi accidisse . Decretum habeo vitam Ecclesiasticam agere, ROBERTUS STAFFORDUS

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[511] STANFORD Robert, alias Stafford, 20+ , born in Staffordshire and educated in humanities at home and thereabout ; went to St. Omers when 15 ; returned once to England for 3 months to

visit his parents. Son of noble Catholic parents; has Catholic brothers and sisters ; has mainly Catholic kinsfolk, especially on his mother's side Always a Catholic, never persecuted Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

[512]

1. Sepositoiam ficto nomine Russelli, sumo quod mihi proprium est Io: Waldegrave et quod ad aetatem pertinet vix adhuc vicesimum primumannum excessi, natus sum Buthorpiincomitatu Norfolci atque in eodem loco educatus et litteris imbutus sum .

2. Parens uterque superstes et (quoniam obedientia veritatem exigit) utrumque clarafamilianatum dico,nec dissimili ut sperosunt conditione, ambo enim ut arbitror catholicae religionis sunt propugnatores acerrimi quod ad fratres et sorores attinet eramus in universum viginti quorum novemvix citius in lucemediti sunt quam terra obruti qui adhuc sunt, omnes unico proh doloreoque natu maximo excepto, catholicis institutis fideliteradhaerent

Atque hic uxorem haereticam duxit eamque perversam valde et suae et ministri sui opinionis tenacissimam. Iam tandem a pauco temporemelioris vitaeinstituendae spem deditut speronondubiam ex octo sororibus quae adhuc superstites manent quinque sunt nuptae viris natu maximis iisque catholicis probis.

3. nullis studiis nisi humanioribus unquam dedi operam in illa vero dum in Anglia versarer anglicano more per septem aut octo annos nullo vel exiguo admodum exhausto fructu incubui ex Anglia vero Audomarum annum aetatis circiterdecimum quintumtendens in Collegioeodem Audomarensi quinque annos eoque plus in studiis magna cum utilitate consumpsi

4. de hac regula non est quod multum dicam quod enim attinet ad aegritudinem corporis non nisi unica vice sensi semper enim prospera utabar valetudine . De anima quid dicam nescio sed si aliquid desit spero fore ut spiritualibus medicinis sanetur.

5. De hac prima petitionevix scio quid respondeam nunquam enim haereticis opinionibus adhaesi , nec tamen eram in recta via Qui erantemt in viam duxit, is erat pater Societatis Iesu nomine Stanneusnamcum Audomarum attegissem† studiorum gratia, statim ad Reverendum Patrem Stanneum missus eram a quoreconsiliatust studia in eodem collegio aggressus sum .

6. Proposui dudum ecclesiasticamvitam mihi sectandametiamsi nunquam in me illius magnum sensi desiderium sed tamen spero fore ut Deus proposito meo maius addat desiderium

IOANNES RUSSELLUS alias WALDEGRAVE .

SUMMARY

[512] WALDEGRAVE John, alias Russell, 21, born and educated at Buthorpe, Norfolk. Son of parents of distinguished family and status, both still alive and keen Catholics Had 19 siblings of whom 9 died in infancy ; all are Catholicsexcept the eldest brother,

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who married a stubborn heretic, but has recently shown signs of reform ; has 8 surviving sisters , 5 married to noble Catholics Studied humanities 7 or 8 years in England in the English waywith little profit ; went to St. Omerswhenabout 14 andstudied profitably in the College for over 5 years Was only once ill Never a heretic, but fell from the true path and was reconciled by Fr. Stanney S.J. to whom he was sent on his arrival at St. Omers before beginning his studies . Has long intended to be an ecclesiastic; hopesGod will increase his desire.

[513]

Nomen meum est Henricus Thomsonus, aetas annorum 23ium natus in comitatu Hartfordiensi , loco cui nomen North Mimms, educatus semperinter haereticosin comitatuBedfordiensi. Parentes mei nobili loco nati sunt, eorumque status nobilitati consentaneussunt vero protestantes (ut opinor): duos habeofratres , quorum alter est me maior natu, estque eques auratus, alter vero me minor natu, duae mihi sorores , altera annorum 13, altera 12 aut circiter; pater meus habet unam sororem, quae iam est viduaet habet filias quatuor quae omnes nuptae sunt quatuor equitibus auratis, omnes (ut arbitror) protestantes. Linguae latinae studiis a puero operam dedi, cum vero ad aetatem quindecim annorum perveni, ad Academiam Catabrigiensem a parentibus literarum causa simul cum fratre maiore natu missus sum, ubi annum circiter consumpsimus , quo tempore vix studiis operam dedi

Út a parente audivi cum qua infans fui, saepius male valebam , et aliquando usque ad mortem fere, atque etiam in adolescentia mea bis adeo male valebam, ut de vita dubitandum esset , hoc tamen tempore Deo Optimo Maximo ago gratias satis bene valere me sentio.

Haereticus semper fui usque ad decimum nonum aetatis annum , quando fui octodecim annorum aut circiter accidit ut frater meus maior natu Angliam deserere cogeretur atque ut ipse eundem comitarerex Angliaegressi in Italiam venimus Venetias appulimus, ubi quatuor aut quinque mensium spatio simul mansimus postea fratri meo in mentem venit redire in Germaniam, sed mihi placuit Italia itaque relicto fratre Venetiis mansi circiter tres menses , tuncexhaustis fere pecuniis, inveni hominem Anglum, qui nescioqua de causa invitavit me Romam cum illo proficisci, et postea in Hispaniam, placuit consilium, loquebatur etiam de religione de iuramento quod catholicis in Anglia obtrudunt haeretici, mihique videbatur res plane illicita, mecumque statuebam nunquam tale accipere iuramentum, non tamen decreveram fieri catholicus, quia non fui instructus , venimus Florentiam ubi mihi meus persuasit ductor ut eo relicto Romam solus pergerem, feci ad seminarium Anglorum potius necessitatis causa, quam religionis mutandae

desiderio veni, locutus sum cum Reverendopatre Personio, qui me supra meritum tractavit, paulo post, divinae placuitprovidentiae ut gravi afficerer aegritudine, quo tempore Dei gratiafui reconciliatus, et factus catholicus, post duos annos in Angliam redii ubi simul cum sacerdote in suo cubiculo ob fidem catholicam fui apprehensus , et tenebar in custodia circiter tres dies tandem dato ducentorum aureorum pretiofui liberatus

Nondum mecum proposui vitam Ecclesiasticam agere, disciplinam Collegii observare omnino statui dum hic mansero , (Deo favente). Laus Deo semper, BeatissimaequeVirgini Mariae.

SUMMARY

[513] THOMSON Henry, 23, born at North Mimms , Hertfordshire , brought up among heretics in Bedfordshire Son of noble and probably Protestant parents; has one elder brothera knight and one younger brother; has 2 sisters , one 13 the other about 12 ; has one paternal aunt a widow who has 4 daughters all married to probably Protestant knights Studied Latin as a boy, went to Cambridge when 15 with his elder brother, stayed there withhim a year but spent hardly any time at study According to his mother was near to death several times as an infant ; was twice in danger of death in adolescence ; nowhealthy. A heretic until 18, when he accompanied his elder brother (then forced to leave England) to Italy ; stayed with him 4 or 5 months at Venice ; remained there a further 3 months afterhis departure to Germany ; when running out of money met an Englishman who invited him to accompany him to Rome and thence to Spain, and who spoke of the oath imposed on Catholics in England ; consideredthe oath unjust and decided never to take it, but did not yet become a Catholic because uninstructed ; at Florence was persuaded to continue on alone to Rome, leaving his companion behind ; came to the English College rather out of necessity than in order to change his religion ; was kindly treated by Fr. Persons ; fell ill and was reconciled; returned to England after2 years ; was captured with a priest in hischamber, and held in custody ; was released after 3 days on payment of 200 gold crowns . Has not yet decided to be an ecclesiastic .

THOM. STILLINGT . 1613

[514]

1. Cum nihil sit, in quo magis, quam in prompta obediendi ratione, societatis cuiuspiam disciplina nitatur, huiuscollegiihabitum suscepturus, ac suave disciplinae illius subiturus iugum stabile primum verae obedientiae fundamentum iaciam, oportet: Synceref itaque illis, quibus ex obedientia respondereteneor, quaestionibus satis me facturumpolliceor Quod ad nomen verum attinet, vocor Thomas Oglethorpe, annum ago vigesimum: in comitatuEboracensi natus, ibidemque in literis ut plurimumeducatussum .

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2. Parens uterque honesta familia oriundus erat Mater me admodum puero, ex hac vita, ad meliorem, uti spero, migravit Pater nuper defunctus est. Statum ignoro penitus, utpote, qui a teneris annis praeceptoribus externis literis informandus tradebar nunquam vel minimumrebus domesticis me interponere permissus. Condicionem Patris Schisma peiorem reddidit Mater, quam a parentibus hauserat, veram tenuitreligionem Fratres habeo binos , quorum natu minor nuper conversusin collegio Audomarensi literis operam navat maior haereticus est Sororem unicam habeo. Avunculi mihi bini sunt natu maior Catholicus, minor haereticus. Patruus unicus, isque Schismaticus.

3. In Anglia tribus vel quatuor in locis literis operam dedi Audomari paene integrum humanioris literaturae cursum peregi, ubi fructum, Deo, Beatissimaque Virgine iuvante, mediocrem feci.

4. De valetudine certi nil audeo asserere, hoc tantum, me in praesenti, ut spero et animo sano esse et corpore Ruptura (ut vocant) aliquando laboravi, ex qua ope divina prorsus convalui

5. Ad religionem meam quid dicam non habeo, necenim haereticus in Anglia extiti, nec Catholicus, ad hunc siquidem quid pertineret nescivi, illius pertinaciam nunquam secutussum . Haereticas tamen Ecclesias adivi, eorum cioncionibusquet interfui Opera cuiusdam Avunculi specie artificii , cui fore dicebat utdarem operam, Londinum perveni, inde amicis insciis Audomarum missus sub Reverendo Patre Georgio Keenes piae memoriae primis Catholicae fidei elementis imbutus sum .

6. Statuo quidem, Deo, Beataque Virgine Maria favente, ubi dignus a Superioribushabitus fuero, quimunus tam sanctum obeam , sacerdotio initiari:

Laus Deo, Beatae Virgini, Sanctisque Patronis. THOMAS STILLINGTONUS .

SUMMARY

[514] OGLETHORPE Thomas, alias Stillington, 19 , born and educatedin Yorkshire. Son of respectableparents ; lost his Catholic mother as a boy and his schismatic fatherrecently ; was entrusted to outside tutors from infancy and hence knows little of family affairs . Has 2 brothers, of whom the elder is a heretic ; the younger was recently converted and is studying at St. Omers ; has 1 sister. Has 2 maternal uncles , the elder a Catholic, the younger a heretic ; has one paternal uncle a schismatic Studied letters in England in 3 or 4 places ; completed almost the whole course of humanities with average success . Hopes he is healthy ; once had a rupture but recovered by divine help. In England was not a pertinacious heretic, but knew nothing ofCatholicism ; went to hereticalchurches and sermons ; went to London at the suggestionof an uncle, on the pretext of learning a trade ; thencewas sent to St. Omersunknown to his family ; was instructed in Catholicism by the lateFr.George Keynes. Desires to be a priest. 1613.

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1. IoannesArmestrongus parentibus natus Roberto et Margareta Armestronge in comitatuNorthumbriae ubi partim, partimin comitatu dunelmiae vixit

2. Condicio sua et parentum sat tenuis, quamvis non inhonesta apud suos sit familia, catholica tota, uno fratre maximo natu excepto, de quo valde dubitandum videbatur eum nimium ad tempus se accommodare. consanguinitatis, et cognominationis suae (unus si dematur) sunt vel haeretici vel Athei, qui(ausimdicere) intra 60 milliaria Anglicana suntsexcenti

3. Litteris humanioribus studuithactenus, in praefatis educationissuae locis,inde Audomari sub Patribus Societatis Iesuutproficeret ultra meritum meum divina gratiaeffecit.

4. Corporefirmusanima infirmior

5. A sacerdote baptisatus ita semper permansit, a praeceptore semel in scholis publicis , quod templum haereticorum frequentare nollet virgis caesus, postea a Rogero Withringtono per duos annos filii loco habitus, atque tractatus . ab eodem dem[um] pecuniis instructus Audomarum transmissus.

6. Utrumquedesiderium sentit non vulgarem; atque utrumque dei gratia subveniente, disponenteque proponit

IOANNES ARMESTRONGUS

Alias STRANGIUS

SUMMARY

[515] ARMSTRONG John, alias Strange, son of Robert and Margaret, born in Northumberland and brought up thereand in Co. Durham Son of a poor and respectablefamily, Catholic except for his elder brother who appears to be time-serving. Has 600 kinsmen within 60 miles, all except oneheretics or atheists. Studied humanities in Northumberland and Durham and at St. Omerswith undeserved success. Healthy. Was baptised by a priest ; was once beaten by his master in the public school because he refused to go to heretical church ; was treated as a son by RogerWiddrington for 2 years, and sent by him with money to St. Omers Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[516]

1. Thomas Colles septendecim annorum, natus in Comitatu Wigorniae, ibique partim, partim in Comitatu Warwicksiensi, partim Audomari educatus.

2. Parentum nomina Guilielmus Colles Maria Colles paterprimo Catholicus, deindeschismaticus, iam vero catholicus, mater quamdiu vixit semper catholica fratres, et sorores omnes catholici, cognati et affines plerumque haeretici.

3. Studiis semper humanioribus operam dedi, mediocremquein illis progressumfeci

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4. Corporis constitutionem semper usus sum satis firma, animi aegritudine minime turbatus.

5. Extra Ecclesiam catholicam mansi usque ad 12um annum , tandem a cognato sacerdotein Ecclesiam admissus fui

6. Vitam disciplinae Collegii conformem (Deo favente) agere propono, quoad vitam Ecclesiasticam quia nondum ullam sentio vocationem certe respondere nequeo.

THOMAS BUTLERUS

SUMMARY

[516] COLLES Thomas, alias Butler, son of William and Mary, born in Worcestershire and educated there and in Warwickshire and at St. Omers Son of a Catholic mother and a Catholic father who fell into schism but is now again a Catholic ; has brothers and sisters all Catholics ; has mainlyheretical kinsfolk. Studied humanities with average success. Healthy. Was reconciled to the Church when 11 by a priest kinsman Does not yet feel anyvocation to be an ecclesiastic .

[517]

Nomina parentum Rodulphus et Maria Miles , meum Franciscus Miles natus Londini educatus vero in comitatu Checestriensiper septem vel octo annos postea circa Londinum

Pater mediocris fortunae eo quod nimis fuit in alios liberalis,prae[ci]p[ui] amicorum eius sunt divites aliqui nobiles aliqui magis mediocressed ex matris parte omnes nobiles et divites cuius nomen erat Maria Armstrong orta ex illa familia in comitatu Notingham, fratrem habeo unum satis divitem, sororem nullum, sed omnes amici et cognati cum ex patre tum ex matresunt haeretici imo aliqui obstinati puritani

Studui aliquando in Nantwichin Comitatu Checestriensialiquando Londini et postremoAudomari

Fui semper bona valitudine† semel tantum periculoseaegrotavi in Collegio Anglicano Audomari

Fui usque ad annum decimum quintum aetatis meae semper cum haereticis versatus, deinde cum quodam Iuvene catholico mei amantissimo de religione sermonem habebam cui[us] sancta persuasione fui ad carceremnominatum Clinkadductus quo in locosum reconciliatus nomen autem sacerdotis mihi excidit, cum hoc matri fratrique maiori natu erat notum libros meos catholicos abreptos ignicomiserunt, eodem temporepropterpestemquaecirca Londinum grassabatur missus fui, in comitatum kent et ibi haereticorum insidiis persuasus ad eorum templum frequentandum In illo statu per duos vel tres annos permansi cum autem maturior aetate, iterumfidem catholicam in mentem revocabam, mortuo vero amico meo catholico; quo me verterem ignorabam, solum igitur ad Deum omnium adiutorem qui ad illum confugiunt accedebam illum-

que orabam ut ad verae fidei cognitionem me deduceretnec inanes ceciderunt praecest paulo enim postfamiliaritatemhabui cumnobili quodam cui nomen erat Gulielmus Covet, et nepos reverendi patris Stannei, is me ad carceremad patrem Robertum monachum etiam gloriosum martyremduxit a quo fui reconciliatus Anno Domini 1607 ut arbitror e tempore quadragesimae , a quo tempore contra amicorum suasiones minas et lenocinia in fidecatholica perseveravi sit Laus Deo Post annum vero me ad carceremqui vocatur Nugate conferebam in honorem Sancti Petri cuius festum erat ibi tunc temporis celebrandum et post du[o] vel tria sacra audita, satellites intraverunt meque cum multis aliis detenuerunt† , quam cum audiebat frater ad Episcopum Londinensem accessit ad quem postocto vel novem dies fui vocatus, petiit bonus Episcopusan iuramentum acciperem, dixi me ignorare quid sit iuramentum , et deniqueplane negavi. tandem post multas alias inanes questiones fui liberatus ea tamen lege ut bis in hebdomada cum cognato quodam ministro haeretico de religione agerem cognomentoEltono Bonus cognatus ubi semel atque iterum illum convenissem , parce inquit cognate laborituo video enim teesseobstinatum , libenter feci eiquevaledixi. Anno cum dimidio iam exacto, redivit in Angliam Pater Robertus, erat enim statim post conversionem meam expulsus secundoque captus atque in eundem carcerem nominatim Gathouse inclusus simul cum glorioso illo martyre Patre Thoma Garnetto, cui propter amorem et benvolentiam erga me valde fui obligatus cuiusque persuasione ad studia redivi,et unum annum in illis Londini privatim consumpsiquo exacto ex Anglia cum Patre Roberto Patre Broughtono eiusdemordinis et alio sacerdote qui omnes erant tunctemporis religatif, decessi, cum Calletum appulimus Pater Robertus in Hispaniam proficebatur †, egoautemAudomarum cumpatre Broughtono qui habebat litteras meas commendaticias, ibi etisit indignus in Collegium a reverendis patribus acceptus et quatuor ipsos annos litteris humanioribus operam didit et ab illis Romam missus

6. hoc Deo favente Beatissimaque Virgine auxillite+ firmiter propono ac saepe mihi proposui me societatem quandocumque superioribus placuerit ingressurum, interim quam possum diligentissime regulas huius sancti Collegii observare.

SUMMARY FRANCISCUS MILES alias MUMFORDUS

[517] MILES Francis, son of Ralph and Mary Armstrong , born at London, brought up in Cheshire and later for 7 or 8 years near London Son of a too liberal father belonging to a rich and partly noble family; on his mother's side belongs to a noble and rich Nottinghamshire family; has one rich brother , no sisters ; is related on both sides to heretics and puritans only Studied at Nantwich , London and St. Omers. Healthy; was once dangerously ill at St. Omers Lived with heretics until 14 ; discussed religion with a young Catholic who took him to the Clink; was there

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reconciled by a priest ; had all his Catholic books burnt by his mother and elder brother when they learnt the news ; was sent to Kent to avoid the plague in London ; was persuaded to go to heretical churches After two or three years began to think again of Catholicism , but did not knowwhere to turnowing to the death of his Catholic friend; prayed for help and becamefriend to the noble William Covet, a nephewofFrStanney, who took himin Lent 1607 to a prison where he was reconciled by Fr Roberts , a monk and futuremartyr who was banishedimmediately after; sincethen has remained a Catholic in spite of threats and bribes offamily. A year laterwent to Newgate to celebratethe feast of St. Peter ; after hearing two or three Masses was arrested with manyothers : after 8 or 9 days was summoned to the Bishop of London to whom his brotherhad gone on hearing of his arrest ; was asked to take the oathbut refused; was released , aftervain questioning, on condition that he discussed religion twice a week with a heretical parson, a kinsman of his named Elton ; met him once or twice but was allowed to give up when the parson saw his obstinacy. On Fr Roberts' returnand recapture eighteenmonths later, the respondent was persuaded to resume his studies by Fr Thomas Garnett, the martyr, who was imprisoned with Fr Roberts in the Gatehouse; after a year's private studyin London he crossed the channel with Fr Roberts, Fr Broughton of the same Order, and another priest banished with them ; on arrival at Calais went to St Omers with Fr Broughton who had his letters of recommendation, while Fr Roberts went to Spain ; was admitted to the College and spent 4 years there studying humanities until he was sent to Rome. Desires toenter theSociety as soon as he is accepted.

[518]

1. Nominor RichardusDorrellus, decimum septimum ago annum , natus fui in comitatusussexiensi, domoSchotny[?] angliceappellata, ibidemque ad annum educatus, tum Londinumdelatus septem illic cum parentibus annos habitavi, inde in comitatum Linconiensem discedens inter haereticos tribus circiter annis commoratus sum , postremum vero revisis ad aliquantulum temporis parentibus

Audomarum studendi gratia veni, factisque inferioribus literarum cursibus Romam ad superioresmissusfui

Parenteshabeo catholicos atque honestaecondicionis; item fratres ac sorores; consanguineos vero ex parte patrishaereticoseiustantum sororibus exceptis; at ex matrisplerosquecatholicos, Haereticis ut plurimum praeceptoribus subfui in Anglia, ubi anglicanae grammaticae operam dedi, postea vero omnes classes inferiores Audomari percurri

Bis ex morborum gravitate acerrime afflictatus in discrimen vitae adductus fui, ceterum bona utcumque valetudine usus sum . Nullius unquam, nisi verae, Romanaeque fidei, ac catholicae

religionis cognitionem habui: opera quidem Reverendi patrisBlunt Societatis Iesu collegium anglicanum Audomari ingressus sum , eodemque procurante Romam petii. Mirum certe in modum desidero , planequedeo adiuvante propono, non Collegii modo disciplinam dum hic mansero observare, verum et ecclesiasticampostmodum vitam amplecti

RICHARDUS DORRELLUS alias FOWLERUS

SUMMARY

[518] DORRELL Richard alias Fowler, 16, born at Scotney, Sussex, and brought up there for a year ; was taken to London wherehe lived 7 years with his parents, then lived in Lincolnamong heretics for 3 years; after revisiting his parents went to study at St. Omers ; having finished his course there was sent to Rome for higher studies Son of respectable Catholic parents ; has Catholic brothers and sisters , Catholic kinsfolkon his mother's side, heretical kinsfolk on his father's side except for aunts. Studied English grammar under heretical teachersin England Was twice in danger of death from disease, otherwise healthy. Always a Catholic ; entered St. Omersthroughthe good offices of Fr. Blount S.J. , who also had him sent to Rome Desiresto be an ecclesiastic

[519]

1. Nomen propriummihi GregoriusColfordus est aetate decimo octavo decimo octavo adiunctis duobus mensibus Antwerpiae natus Bruxellisque educatus.

2. Pater et mater adhuc favente Deo vitam agunt parentibus haud obscuris orti, conditione satis prospera ambo viginti trium annorum spatio catholici : fratremunicum habeo mihi aetateinferiorem , sorores , quinque vivas, et geminas mortuas consanguineos plerosquehaereticosexceptis tribus

3. Graecislatinisque litteris operam cum in collegio Bruxellensi tum Audomarensi collocavi, in quibusque excolendis octo annis consumpsi

4. Corporis valetudo semper utcumque mihi adfuit bona et prospera, nullasque ita excandentesanimi corrpuptionest percensit

5. Circa vocationem ad fidem Romanam, respondeoabinfantia me in illa nutritum et educatum fuisse .

6. Difficilis hic respondendi locus videtur, saepius enim homo illo ipso instante non tantama Deohabet sibi infusam gratiamquam progressu temporis est habiturus : quocirca quo ad tempus praesens subscribome nondum animum ita paratum ad ecclesiasticamunera subeunda habere, sed quid postea sim habiturus ignorem.

GREGORIUS COLFORDUS

SUMMARY

[519] COLFORD Gregory, 17 and 2 months, born at Antwerpand brought up at Brussels Son of prosperousparents ofdistinguished

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family, both surviving and Catholics for 23 years; has 1 younger brotherand 5 sisters alive ; 2 sisters dead; has manykinsfolk, all except 3 heretics Studied Greek and Latin at colleges at Brussels and at St. Omers, 8 years in all. Healthy. Always a Catholic Is not yet prepared to be an ecclesiastic

[520]

[521] [No Responsa extant]

1. Verissimum nomen tale est mihi, nimirum, Franciscus Wardaeus,decimosextoaetatis anno, natus Bruxellis , ibique maxime educatus fui

2. Parentessemper, quantum recordatur animus, fuereCatholici, Pater nomine Guillielmus Warde, mater Maria Warde, nobiles ambo. patrem adhuc Deo favente inter vivos mediocribus mediis versantem habeo, matrem defunctam octo abhinc annis Amicos ex patris familia ut vereor partim Haereticos partim Scismaticos paene censeo, ex Matris plerosque Catholicos, non ullum fratrem sorores quatuor Catholicas.

3. Bruxellis litteris humanioribus potissimum studui, partim apud Patres Augustinianos per tres annos usque Syntaxin, partim apud patres Societatis per tres annos usque Rhetoricam , inde Audori per annum Rhetorices cursui

4. Gravioribus morbiangustiis non unquam laboravi , lenioribus per saepe

5. In Sancta matre Ecclesia semper me imbutumaffirmofuisse , semperque Catholicum

6. Non sentio ad Ecclesiasticumstatum ullamveram vocationem Quam postea spero Dei gratia impetraturum

FRANCISCUS WARDAEUS

SUMMARY

[521] WARD Francis, 15, son of William and Mary, born and mainly brought up at Brussels Son of noble and always Catholic parents, the father alive and fairly rich, the mother 8 years dead; has heretical and schismatic kinsfolk on his father's side, mainly Catholic kinsfolkon hismother's side ; has 4 sisters and no brothers. Studied humanities at Brussels , 3 years with the Augustinians up to Syntax, 3 years with the Jesuits up to Rhetoric; spent a year in Rhetoric at St. Omers . Never seriously ill, often slightly so . Always a Catholic ; does not feel an ecclesiasticalvocation ; hopes to do so later.

[522]

1. Matthaeus Bedingfeild annorum septemdecim natus ac educatus Redlingefeildiae in Comitatu Suffoliciae

2. Uterque parens catholicus, similiter et fratres omnes et sorores, maxima dumtaxat natu ratione matrimonii schismatica: cognati plurimi catholici , pauculi tamen e praecipuis haeretici vel schismatici

3. Dedi operam studiis humanioribus Audomari, progressus Rhetoricam usque.

4. Satis firma semper fui valetudine

5. Semper remansi catholicus

6. Dum hic mansero propono ac desideroobservaredisciplinam Collegii

MATTHAEUS SILISDONUS

SUMMARY

[522] BEDINGFELD Matthew, alias Silisdon, 17, born and brought up at Redlingfield, Suffolk Son of Catholic parents, has Catholic brothers and sisters , except for the eldest sister whois a schismatic because of her marriage ; is related mainly to Catholics, but also to a few distinguished heretics and schismatics. Studied humanities as far as Rhetoric at St. Omers Always healthy. Always a Catholic

[523]

Mihi nomen est Guilielmus Constable, viginti trium annorum, natus Evringhamin comitatuEboracensi ibique aliquando educatus. Pater meus solus est superstes qui vocatur Phillippus Constable eques auratus admodum illustris, reditus annui ipsius sunt tria millia librarum angliae. fratres omnes sunt catholici et sorores, praeter unam quaeest extracatholicam fidem Pater adcatholicam fidem a Reverendo Patre Fethertonsocietatis neupert conversus . Avunculus meus est illustrissimus Sheffil haereticus praeses praecipuus comitatus Eboracensis alius avunculus Eques auratus illustrissimus Georgius Broune catholicus bonus et pius Studui unum annum inter haereticosBeverlay, quatuor annosdomi, quatuorannos Pocclinton postea vero cum ad annos septendecim perveni, conveni Equitem auratumRodulfumBabthorpe qui a me petiitan vellem essecatholicus, respondi ita sic intra tres septimanas misit me Audomarum ibi quinque annos studui. firma semperfui valetudine. de sacerdotio futuro nihil certi possum affirmare, sed relinquo deo et Beatissimae virgini

GUILIELMUS CONSTABLE

SUMMARY

[523] CONSTABLE William, 23, son of SirPhilip, born at Everingham, Yorkshire , and brought up there for a time Son of a distinguished father worth £3000 a year, who was recently converted by Fr. Fetherton S.J.; has lost his mother . Has Catholic brothers

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and sisters, except for one non-Catholic sister; is nephew to Lord Sheffield, heretic, Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire ; and to pious Catholic Sir George Browne. Studied among heretics 1 year at Beverely, 4 years at home, 4 years at Pocklington ; at 17 met Sir Ralph Babthorpe who asked him if he wanted to be a Catholic ; on answering in the affirmative was sent within 3 weeks to St. Omerswhere he studied 5 years . Always healthy. Has not decided whether to be a priest.

[524]

Ego vero nomine gaudeo Cuthberto Reyno, annos viginti duos, plus minus habeo: Locus nativitatis meae situs ad fluvium Tesam in Comitate Durismensi; Darlingtono sex milariis distans, Gainfordum appellatur Huic non tribuo nomen Civitatis, sed potius villae, pulchrae tamen et magnificae Oxoniensis ibi Baccalaureus grandaevus et Calvino plenus nonnullos in tenera aetate constitutos adolescentes Grammaticis praeceptis instituendos curat, ego etiam sub istius regimine octo circiter annorum vitam cogebar agere; assuevinunquam serviles seu sordidoslabores subire, nonnunquam tamen torpescentes otio famulos ad laborandum instigare debebam et solebam .

In vivis adhuc est Dominus parens nobilis quidem natus sed nisi fortunae mediocris parens ipsa decem et duobus ad minimum annis excessit e vita, tres iuniores natu fratres adhuc superstites habeo, sed me unam quidem sororem praeterea nisi unicum patruum habeo , qui est Dominus Nicholaus Reynus, is habitat Rogermari, promogenitus eius est apud Regemgratiosus; nam regnante adhuc Elizabetha solebat singulis annis petere Scotiam, et Regem adire venandi causa, habeo multos alios amicos , quos quia suntnisi mediocris fortunae computare non est necessum Cognatus meus Cradoc agit ministrum haereticum.

Dedi operam in Anglia Ciceroni, Ovidio metamorphoseos , aliisque classicis poetis apud istum Baccalaureum, de quo mentio facta est, in polonia navavi operam poeticis, et unum fere annum audivi Rhetoricam apud Reverendos patres Societatis Iesu Calissiis.

Per Dei gratiam valeo recte, non tamen in polonia fui nunquam afflicto corpore, et in Anglia fui aliquando adversa valetudine; nam utfateor ingenuenullus praeteriitannus, ex quo sum Catholicus factus, quem sine morbo seu afflictione corporis potuerim peregere. InAngliamorbusmeinvaserat, qui haerebatin pectore, et suffocabat spirationem, ita ut per istud tempus sine doloris passione anhelitum ducere non potuerim, in polonia vero, nunc febri calida nunc frigida ad tempus affligebar, tenuit me biduum etiamin Germania morbus idem, quem dixi mihi in pectore haesisse

Fateor coram Deo praepotenti, quod partibus haereticorum per ignorantiam adhaeserim, (Quis enim tenebris natus ex haereticis, et

inter homines corrupti iudicii educatus, a recta vivendi ratione non deflexit ?) habuerim tamen illud genus hominum semper exosum , quibus MaterDei et Sancti homines essent contemptui ; illos vero duxerim observandos, qui Deiparae Virginis merita et virtutes extollerint, existimans, non posse fieri, quin tenerentur homines ipsam diligere, quam Deusita dilexit, ut filium suumunicum ex ipsa nasci, ipsiusqueregimini annos triginta subessevoluerit. Nonpotui tamen intelligere quid sibi volebat praeceptum illud : Non facias tibi sculptile. Quod cum toties mihi ab haereticis obiectum esset , sicut illud etiam, quod apud eos tritatum est : Nihil, quod intratper os , coinquinat animam, et alia, si dormit uxorveniat ancilla; non est bonum homini esse solus Sed postquam affulsit mihi divinumlumen super intellectus mei tenebras, quo potui dignoscere seu diiudicare inter virtutes et vitia (habitis etiamcum studiosisquibusdam catholicis de fide colloqiis) caeperunt haereses magis magisque mihi displicere. Tandem nuncio studiis, quibus operam apud istum Baccalaureumnavaram, remisso , cogitassem proficisci ad Civitatem , quae vocatur Newcastle, et exinde Londinumad quendam germanum fratrem, qui Regi inservit Ecce, autem, Deus occurrit meis conciliis. Nam dum necto moras in illa Civitate Newcastle, quae est marittima, certior factus sum de quodam generoso et nobili catholico Domino, qui degit in Northumberlandia , qui cum fidem catholicam profiteri me velle adverteret , et non haberet catholicum quifilium suum litterasdoceret, rogavit me per quendamHobsonum cognatum meum divertere ad suam aulam, et saltem ad unum annum apud ipsum manere. Itaqueperfusus laetitia propterhanc occasionem tam commodam ingrediendi novam novae vitae rationem, istius Nobilis petitioni facilem me praebui; mansi apud ipsum duos annos, ubi per operationem spiritus Sancti, et operam Reverendi Gulielmi Sutheringi , qui est sacerdos, ego sumcatholicusfactus Sed nondum quid rerum adversarum pro fide sum passus ; nolui enim aperto meipsum obiicere periculo, iuxta illud, quod alicubi scriptum est : Qui creat sibi periculum peribit in eo . Coram Deo et Angelis significo Reverentiis, quod propter hanc solam causam , cum praecluderetur mihi aditus ad Galliam seu Flandriam , Doverii, (nolui enim comparere coram ipso Maiore, qui diabolicum illud iuramentum, quod contra Summum Pontificem a nostratibus catholicis solet exigi,) ausus sum committere corpusculum hoc fluctibus Oceanis , nihil dubitans, quin divinum praesidium non deesset mihi, neque me fefellit opinio, seu spes in Deo collocata, nam cum naufragiumpassuri essemus, et nulla iamesset spes relevandae navis, petimus littus in navicula , summa cum difficultate ; veruntamen ex illis nequissimis nautis, unus aperit buccam, interrogans, ubinam esset papista ? At mox videns me , Tune, inquit, salvuset incolumis es, qui deberes potius submergi in fluctibus ? propterte nequampapista nos Deo supplicium damus,et alapam mihi impinxit Certe, si nauclerus, qui habuit me sibi commendatum a Domino Henrico Reyno, Si, inquam non extitisset

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mihi aliqua ex parte amicus, pessime fuissem tractatus, et fortassis in flumine submersus . Hac de re satis

Habeo in votis Ecclesiasticamagere vitam, si Deo visum fuerit, ††

SUMMARY

[524] RAINES Cuthbert, about 22,born at Gainford on the Tees ,6 miles from Darlington, Co. Durham, a beautiful and magnificent village ; wastaught for8 yearsbyan aged Calvinist Oxford graduate who kept a grammar school there ; has never been accustomedto servile work though heused to drivelazyservants to work. Sonofa noble moderately rich father ; lost his mother at least 12 yearsago; has 3 younger surviving brothers, no sisters ; is nephew to Mr. Nicholas Raines of Rogermare, whose eldest son is in favour with the King because he used to hunt withhim in Scotland every year in Elizabeth's reign ; is connected to a parson named Craddock. Studied Cicero, Ovid's Metamorphoses and classical poets with the Oxford graduate in England ; studied poetry in Poland, and rhetoric one year with the Jesuits at Cadiz Since becoming a Catholic has been ill every year ; while in England found difficulty in breathing ; in Poland suffered from hot and cold fevers ; for 2 days in Germany suffered again from a chest complaint ; now healthy. Was a heretic through ignorance, but always hostile to thosewho attacked theMother ofGodand the Saints; wastroubled however by the prohibition of graven images, and familiar texts quoted against abstinence and celibacy ; grew tired of heresy after talkswith Catholics ; on ending his studies withthe aforementioned schoolmaster, planned to go to his brother at Court ; while at Newcastle on his way, was informed by his cousin Hobson that a noble Catholic Lordin Northumberland , hearing ofhis desireto bea Catholic, wanted him to teach his son letters. Accepted an invitation to stay with this nobleman for a year ; stayed 2 years; was reconciled by a priest William Sutheron ; has so far avoided persecution At Dover was unwilling to appear before the Mayorfor fear of being offered the oath against the Pope; set out to sea ; was nearly shipwrecked and had to return to shore in a lifeboat "One of those wicked sailors opened his mouth asking 'Where is the Papist?' Then, seeing me, he said, 'Are you safe and sound when you ought to be drowned beneath the waves? It is because ofyou that God is punishing us , you wicked Papist!' and gave me a blow . If it had not been for the master, to whom I had been commended by Mr. Henry Raines,-if I had not, I say, had a friend there ,I would have been very ill-treated and perhaps drowned . " Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[526]

Verum nomen mihi est Guilielmus Wardeus, aetatis virginti trium annorum die corporis Christi adventante, Heboracensis, cum ex ephebis excessi ab avunculo in aulam Regis educandi gratia missus

Statum parentum me omnino latet quandoquidem in domo paterna nunquam habitaveram nisi cum usum rationis non haberem, claris parentibus ortis, Catholicum fidem semper tenuerunt, fratrem, et sorores et cognatos praecipuos habeo Catholicos nonullos tamen cognatos haereticos.

Dedi operam humanioribus litteris spatio quinque annorum , et quantum habeo inde hausi quoniam nihil penitus ante novi quam

Audomarum sum profectus, ubiillisstudui.

Quantam ad valetudinem sive egraetudinem corporis animaeve attinet tempore quidem elapso dolorem utriusque sensi, Sed modo neque corporis dolorem animaeve anxietatem reperio.

A puero Catholicam fidem tenui

Maximum sentio desiderium ad vitam Ecclesiasticam agendam, ††

GUILIELMUS INGILLBEUS

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SUMMARY

[526] WARD William, alias Ingleby, of Yorkshire, 23 come Corpus Christi , left his parents' house before coming to the use of reason; was sent to Court by his uncle to be educated when he reached maturity Son of always Catholic parents of distinguished family ; has a Catholic brotherand Catholic sisters, manyCatholic and some heretical kinsfolk. Studied humanities 5 years at St. Omers; learnt there allhe knows. Now healthy, at one timeill. Alwaysa Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[527]

Nomenmihi verum est Humphredus Middelmorus : vigessimumiam aetatis annum adimplevi ; In Saropia [?] natus. In comitatu Warwicii educatus, ibique domo paterna Edgbaston nomine litteris humanioribus instructus

Parentesexclaris familiisorti satisamplam sibi substantiam tum ad vivendum, tum liberos etiam educandos acquisiverunt pater ad honorem de Esquire advectus vitam schismatis errore obfuscatam aliquot annorum spatio duxit postea vero delicti tenebras perspiciens ad meliorem vitae frugem sese revocavit in quo iam statu permanerearbitror, mater dumvixit firmiter catholicam religionem tenuit, fratres, sorores cognati praecipuique amici verametiamfidem servant, suntque catholici

In paterna domo, ut ante dixi studii, inde Audomarum proficiscens rursus humaniores peregi, atque aliquid inde utilitatis, utique spero sum lucratus

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Prosperam animae valetudinem sensi et sentio, corporisquepraeterquam minimo ieiunio debile fit et nisi quando anima gravis alicuius peccati labe inficitur. Ignorans quodam tempore adivi haereticorum templum, aliter semper catholicus vixi a patre Stannaeo fui reconciliatus , nihil unquam pro fide sum passus. Summo tum amore tum desiderioin vitam ecclesiasticamsum affectus,

SUMMARY

[527] MIDDLEMORE Humphrey, 20, born in Shropshire, educated in letters in his father's house at Edgbaston, Warwickshire . Son of rich parents of distinguished family (His father, an esquire, wasa schismatic for some years, but has nowbeen converted ; his mother , while she lived, was a constant Catholic.) Has Catholic brothers and sisters and kinsfolk Studied at home ; repeated the course of humanities at St. Omers Is healthy, but is weakened by the slightest fasting. Once attended heretical churchesout ofignorance, otherwise has always been a Catholic ; was reconciled by Fr. Stanney.

[528]

Verum mihi nomen est Richardus Wigmorus Ad decimum nonum aetatis annum , vel ad summum vigessimum† ultimo mense Aprilis perveni Natus fui in comitatuHerefordiae, et in domo paterna, in eaque educatus usque ad nonum vel decimum annum, postea vero missusfuiadscolas diversasutlitterishumanioribus operamnavarem , et hoc spatio quinque annorum . Parentes ex ampla familia, clarisque parentibus orti sunt. Pater honorem armigeri adeptus est ; ipsius status ac conditio quamvis satis ad vivendumampla et copiosa sit, quippe quingentarum librarum Anglicanarum per annum ad minimum nihilominus tamen ad tot liberos, viginti nimirum sed quindecim solummodo iam in vivis existentes, sustentandos, et educandos vix sufficere potest. Patera prima (ut arbitror) aetate usque ad vigessimumt vel vigessimumt quartum annum catholicam religionem amplectabatur , postea vero, grassanteet instante magismagisquein dies, persecutionea perfecta Ecclesiae unione descivit, et in schismatis errore ad hoc usque tempus vitam suam traduxit iamque traducit Mater vero ad mortem usque constantissima in fide catholica permansit Reliqui fratres et sorores omnes , una cum avunculis, excepto uno, firmissime semperreligionem Catholicam tenuerunt , et iam tenent

Postquam perveneram ad decimum quintum annum aetatis meae , parentum et amicorum admonitu profectus sum Audomarum , ubi spatio ferequinque annorum literishumanioribus vacavi, non mediocri, deo adiuvante , profectu cum nihil antea sciverim

Quoad egritudinem† corporis et animae, utramque aliquando graviter sensi , sed nunc (Deo Optimo Maximo honor et gloria) neutrius dolorem vel minimumreperio

Quantam ad hoc punctum nihil horum mihi unquam accidit. nisi quod semel incarceratus fuerim, spatio unius mensis quod nollem accipere iuramentum

Semper fere ab illo tempore quo perveni Audomarum habui intentionem ad vitam Ecclesiasticam, eandemqueiam retineo, et propono (deo volente) me facturum quantum in me est ut possim (etsi indignus) tandem aliquando ad praestantissimam illam Sacerdotis dignitatem pervenire

SUMMARY

[528] WIGMORE

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RICHARDUS CAMPIANUS

Richard, alias Campian, 18 or 19 last April, born in his father's house in Herefordshire and brought up there until 8 or 9 ; sent during5 years to various schools to learn letters Son of parents of distinguished family. (His father, an esquire, has £500 a year, which is scarcely enough to educate his children, of whom 15 survive out of 20 ; he was a Catholic until 19 or 20 , then becamea schismatic as persecution increased, and has not repented. The respondent's mother was a Catholic until her death, as are all his brothers, sisters , and uncles except one ) When 14 went to St. Omers on his family's advice, and studied humanities 5 years; learnt there all he knows. Now healthy, formerly ill Was once imprisoned for a month for refusing the oath Has desired to bean ecclesiastic sincegoing to St. Omers

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1. De vero meo nomine omnibus ut putem constat quoniam dum inCollegiis etextraconversatusfuerimnunquam illud permutaverim ultimo hoc anno dempto videlicet Rob : Personius. De aetate et loco nativitatis non ita liquide apparet, tamen pro ut coniectura pertingere valeam inter 26um et 27um annum, locus nativitatis villa Wallpolensis ab Urbe Aquaepontanensi tribus miliaribus distans in comitatuSomersettensi Educatiofuitsemper in litteris.

2. Patrem habui Thomam Personium, et an habeam modo , non sum certus , cuius status et conditio minime mihi est perspecta praeterquam quod ex amicis et cognatis intellexi nimirum ipsum rentarium esse, et vereor ne dicam ego usurarium eo quod divitiis seduloinhiat. fuitex praecipuis Opidit illius quod vocatur Neatherstoayet utego modo iudico ex meliori sorte illorum quinominantur yeaman quamvis dominus semperappellabatur Schismaticusfuitut quidem dicunt. Matrem habui Mariam Blunt viduam divitem 20 plus minus circiter annos mortuam fratres proprios nullos habui. Sorores duas , haereticas ni fallor. Avunculos catholicos duos ,

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quorum unus modo obiit religiosus Pater Robertus Personius. alter laicus et matrimoniali vinculo astrictus Georgius videlicet Personiusin flandriadegens vitam: reliqui omnes tam cognati quam cognatae qui ab hac parte Oceani vitam degunt sunt Catholici , qui autem in Anglia Avunculi et cognati (quos novi) sunt haeretici.

3. Studia mea extra Collegia humaniores litterae semper fuere , progressus vero nulli aut certe parvi donec Collegia sim ingressus ubi 12 plus minus emolumento mediocri consumpsi annos

4. Mediocri (haud fallor) pro maiori ex parte valetudinetum corporis tum animae sum usus, licetvaletudinem animaefrequentius debuissem spectare. Quod ad praesens autem (Laus Deo) non magni discriminis est quo ad sanitatem meliorem utriusque

5. Haereticus ex Angliain Flandriameductus fui ubi in Collegio Audomarensi opere et charitate Reverendi Patris Georgii Keni Catholicae Sanctae Ecclesiae reconsiliatus fui. Huius caussae Sanctae necdum quidquam sum passus, quod ut spero eo plura remanent tolleranda cum sese praebuerit occasio Deoque ipsi Optimo Maximo placuerit.

6. De proposito vero ac desiderio quod sentio erga vitam hanc Ecclesiasticam peragendam quam tam bonis auspiciis inivi ardentissime sane rapior

ROB PERSONIUS

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[529] PERSONS Robertso known untilthis yearsonofThomas and Mary Blount, between25 and 26, born probably at Walpole 3 miles from Bridgwaterin Somerset Does not know whether his father is alive; thinks he is a rentier, perhaps an usurer, because he is very avaricious ; knows that he was one of the principal yeomenof Nether Stowey, probablya schismatic. Lost his mother, a rich widow , 20 years ago Is nephew to the late Fr. Robert Persons , and to George Persons who is a married Catholic living in Flanders ; has Catholic kinsfolk on the continent and heretical kinsfolk in England Studied humanities with little progress until he entered the colleges where he spent about 12 years withaverage success . Enjoys averagehealth Left England a heretic ; wastaken to St. Omersand reconciledby Fr. George Keynes ; has not suffered for thefaithbut hopes to do so. Desiresto be anecclesiastic.

[530]

[531]

[No Responsa extant]

Nomen est Edovardus Bedingfeild, viginti fere sum annorum , locus nativitatis est Redlingfeild in comitatu Suffalciae, Educatio mea erat cum parentibus domi, donec missus fui Audomarum ubi fui educatus in collegio donec propter aegretudinem† coactus fui redire deinde reversusfui Lovaniumet sic huc .

Parentes sunt catholici ambo vivunt, eorum status ut communiter cum Catholicis qui persecutionem patiuntur, Conditio eorum est mediocris, id est secundum nos generosi terra eorum quae est in Redlingfeild , quamquesolamhabent, aestimatur quatuorcontorum+ librorum anglicanorum per annum Fratres sumus quinque sorores tres, cognati praecipui sunt Henricus Bedingfeild Miles , schismaticus, et Henricus Wortonus[?] generosus catholicus. Operam dedi studiis humanioribus nisi proximo anno logicae non autem finivicursum, Humanioribus AudumariLogicaevero Lovanii operam dedi.

Iam satis bene valeo, aegritudines habui audumari, ut febres, non autem alias.

Divina gratia et parentum cura, haereticus nec Schismaticus unquam fui. nec aliquid acciderunt mihi circa illud nec aliquid acciderit mihi circa illud nec aliquidpassus fui

Habui propositum ac desiriumf

SUMMARY

[531] BEDINGFELD Edward , about 20 , born at Redlingfield, Suffolk, brought up by his parents at home; sent to St. Omers; forced to return through illness; went back to Louvain and so hither. Son of surviving Catholic parents, gentry, whose lands at Redlingfield are worth £400 a year ; has 4 brothers and 3 sisters , is related to Sir Henry Bedingfeld and Henry Worton, Catholic gentleman Studied humanities at St. Omers, and part of logic at Louvain. Is now healthy; had fevers at St. Omers but not elsewhere. Always a Catholic Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

[532] Octobris vicesimo quinto 1614.

Vocor Robertus Grosvenour alias Gravener, aetatis triginta duorum annorum et amplius, videlicet a festo Sanctorum Apostolorum Philippi et Iacobi ultime elapso; natus Carltonii in parochia de RothwelliuxtaWakefeild in Comitatu Eboraci ; educatusdomiapud matrem et vitricum usque ad decimum septimum annum aetatis meae, vel circiter. deinde londini tribus Annis cum dimidio vacabam ad studia Iuris in novo Hospicio extra barras Templi: per hoc tempus fui conversus ad fidem cath : qui duobus annis non d[u]m elapsis Wakefe[ild]i eram incarceratus, deinde liberatus, sed post sex menses iterum Eboraci in carceremconiectus, unde adhuc sub custodia remanens in fine sex septimanarum eram remotus usquead Hull in dicto Comitatu Eboraci, ubi r[eman]si [fe]re duobus integris Annis : postea liberatus, sed interim ad opus Regis duae partesterrarumquas reliquitmihipater fueruntseiseitae et concessae alteri per literas patentes, quousque inde ducentae et sexaginta librae fuerint plenarie soluta, secundum Statutum illud, quod vult ut omnes Catholici solvant x .. . pro singulis mensibus Recu-

1 Oneor two letters missing in torn margin of MS.

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santiae meae His ita existentibus tandem contuli me inservire Comiti Salopiae, apud quem vixi, quousque vendidi illas terras et honestisaliquibus condicionibus omniafuerantpacificata inter meet quosdam qui emerant illas prius, a quibus causa Recusantiae meae (ante idque inserviebam praedicto comiti) pessime tractabar. Pater mortuus est a xxvi Annos cuius pater erat frater Iunior et secundusex viginti duobus ex Antiquissima familia de Bellaportin Comitatu Salopiae, sed iam pene interiit antiqua sedes a nomine occasione infortuna ultimi heredis qui consumpsit male viginti mille libras sterling circa confectionem ferri, et instrumentorum ferreorum omnis generis. habeo cognatum vocatum Gravener de Eaton boate in Cestria qui potest dispendere duo mille librarum Annuatim, et habeo alterumvocatum Gravener de Prand in Comitatu Salopiae, qui iam est proximus heres antiquae nostrae familiae, sed non habet ultra trecentas libras per annum in terris ex parte matrismeae habeoplures Catholicoset heriticos generosos cognatos quorum duo catholici , unus vocatur middleton de Stockhill in Comitatu Eboraci et potest dispendere duo mille libras saltem, et alter Gascoigne de Barmbowe qui habet in terris mille libras. nomen matrismeae est Malte, antiqua familia in Comitatu Eboraci .habuit illa duos fratres ambos Catholicos et incarceratos wisbichi, et aliis pluribus locis Est mihi frater ex materna parte vocatus Hunt de Carlton, qui multa passus est pro Religione, et alium fratrem sacerdotem saecularem vocatum Gilbert Hunt, is studuit Duaci, et strenue se gessit pro fide Catholica unam habeo sororem Catholicam, innuptam, et alteram ante nuptametfratrem item , sed me iuniorem, et ambos haereticos Tertio fuit nuptamater mea, primoHunt secundopatri meo, tertio cuidam generoso vocato Blandqui fuit in matrimonioiunct[us] per viginti unum annos . is est dives, nequiter admodum et inhoneste fecit mihi usque ad summam mille librarum cum dimidio ad minus, et item cum reliquis fratribus meis, sed quod est multo deterius, non vult permittere matrem meam ullo modo catholice vivere.

A quo decessi a Comite praedicto accinxi me ad studia Grammaticis

Audomari sed parum, unde calleoparum non fui ibiperocto menses priusquam rogatu Reverendi patris Laei eraminAngliam destinatus , postea bis illic item redii, primo, ut facto spirituali exercitio apud Reverendum patrem Walpole, ibi disponerempaucailla quaehabeo, sic ut non haberem necesse redeundi in Angliam si ita placuerit divinae pietati me insigniri titulo digni Religiosi, quod quotidie in precationibus peto, idque in ista Societate sanctissime: ultimo eram in patriam destinatus ad instantiamReverendissimi patris Rectoris Collegii Lee et Patris Tompson. Non fui invaliduspropter morbum, nisi semel febricitatus per5 aut 6 dies a quatuor annis abhinc Semel autem dum eram circiter undecim annorum febri dolebam per continuos novem menses .

1 Word illegible, perhaps erased

Ad hoc respondi in prima interrogatione, sed ulterius addo quod maxime hortantibus fratribus meis Catholicis, fui Catholicus etiam factus, reconciliatus opera domini Iohannis Hemsworth, Eboracensis Rhemensis viri doctissimi, qui vixit apud avunculum meum Iakson sic vocatum , sed iam inde defunctum hic dominus Iakson eratavunculus, eo quod matermea et ille habebant eandemmatrem , et erat Confessor sanctissimus, habet duos filios, quorum iunior vocabatur Lovanii Smythson, ambos patres Societatis, alter diutius vixit in Anglia vir sane pius, et vocatus Brownus, et manet apud dominum hodgson in Episcopatu dunelmensi

Nihil prius cupio aut aspiro, si ita vult deus optimus maximus, quam sacerdotali dignitateinsigniri , et ad Collegii disciplinam accuratissime observandam me totum libenter trado. Praefestinatione, incuriaque aliqua ex meaparteadiuncta, omisi proprio loco addere de redditibus annualibus meis, et quibusnam condicionibus me huc admitti cupio

Sunt mihi annuatim huc transmittendae , quae accrescunt singulis annis ex terris cuiusdam Catholici nobilissimi vocati William Vavasour de Haselwood in Comitatu Eboraci Armigeris , quatuordecim librae, Item ex terris alterius non minus nobilis ac doctissimi viri RutlandiMolyneux Catholici Armigeride parva markham iuxta

Tuxford in Comitatu Nottinghamiae aliae decem librae, annuatim recipiendae quae in totoattingunt xxiiii li Aliapaucamihirestant quae patent ulterius ex testamento meo, cuius copia extat apud Reverendum patrem patrem RectoremCollegii istius, propria manu scripta.

Peto admitti omnino ex condicionibus Convictorum. Ro: GROSVENOUR .

SUMMARY

[532] GROSVENOR Robert, alias Gravener, born 1.5.1582 at Carlton in the parish of Rothwell near Wakefield, Yorkshire ; educated at home with his mother and stepfather until about 16; studied law for 3 years in New Inn ; at this time was converted to Catholicism ; after less than 2 years was imprisoned at Wakefield ; was released ; was imprisoned for a further 6 weeks in York 6 months later; was transferred to Hulland remained in prison there 2 years; was released after two thirds of the land left him byhis father had been seized bythe King, and given to another by letters patent until £260 had been paid from them according to the recusancy statute; went to serve the Earl of Shrewsbury until he had sold the lands and come to terms with some previous buyers who had hitherto treated him ill because of his recusancy (His father, now 26 years dead, was the second of 22 children of the old family of Bellaport, Salop, a house which is now almost uninhabited, owing to the misfortune of the last heir who lost £20,000 in making iron tools His mother, the respondent's grandmother, of the old Yorkshire family of Maltby, had 2 Catholic brothers

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imprisoned at Wisbech and elsewhere The respondent's mother was married first to one Hunt, then to the respondent's father, thirdly to a rich gentleman named Bland, 21 years married,who will not let her live as a Catholic, and who cheated the respondent and his brothers out of at least £1500 ) Is related to Mr. Gravener of Eaton Boat in Cheshire , who has £2000 a year to spend, and to Mr. Gravener of Prand, Salop, who is the next heir of the family, but has only £300 a year in land On his mother's side he is related to two CatholicsMr. Middleton of Stockhill, Yorkshire, worth £2000, and Mr. Gascoigne of Barnborough who has £1000 in landand to manyCatholic and heretical gentry Has an uterine brother, Mr. Hunt of Carlton, who has suffered much for religion ; another , Gilbert Hunt, a secularpriest of Douai ; another a young heretic ; has one uterine sisterunmarried and Catholic, another once married , a heretic After leaving the Earl studied a little grammar at St. Omers; after 8 months was sent to England at the suggestion of Fr. Lee to take the exercises with Fr. Walpole, and to arrange his propertyso that he would not have to return to England ifas he prays he becomes a Jesuit. Was sent again to England at the instance of Fr. Lee, Rector of the College, and of Fr. Thompson Had fever for 9 months when about 11 , and again for 2 or 6 days4 years ago. Was converted by the exhortations of his Catholic brothers, and reconciled by John Hemsworth, a learned Yorkshireman, who lived with the respondent's mother's uterine brother Jackson (a holy confessor whose sons are Fr. Smithson S.J. at Louvain, and Fr. Browne S.J. who has long been in England and lives with Mr. Hodgson in Co. Durham ) Desires to be a priest. Has 14 a year whichis to be sent yearlyfrom the lands ofa noble Catholic, William Vavasour Esq , of Haselwood, Yorkshire ; also £10 yearly from the lands of the learned Rutland Molyneux Esq., of Little Markham by Tuxford, Notts Has some other property which is describedin his will, a copy of whichis in the handsofthe Rector of this College Desires to be admittedas a Convictor.

[533] [No Responsa extant]

[534]

1. Verum nomen est Laurentius Blundeston primus patrisfilius, natus Hexgraviae inparochiaFarnesfeildii incomitatu Nottinghamiae habens 22os annos vel circiter, in diversis locis educatus, partim Maunsfeildii partim Southwelli in Comitatu eiusdem Notthingamiae, partim Grimesbeiae in Comitatu Lincolniae, partim etiam Londini in Comitatu Middlesexiae; In quibus omnibus locis studiis operam dedi

2. Patris nomen est Nicholaus Blundeston Conditione Armiger, qui postquam Margaritae, filiae Richardi Wiseman de Fingrigo in comitatu Essex generosi , connubio coniunctus esset, venditis suis fere omnibus terris, A gulielmo Cicillio domino Thesaurario Eliza-

bethae reginae Angliae defunctae terras maiores ea conditione emebat ut filius haeres patrem a praesentibus et futuris incommodis liberaret; post mortem tamen praedicti Gulielmi Cicillii emptae terrae in manus ReginaeElizabethae inciderunt: Quapropter pater desiderabat pecunias restituendas; quas Comes Exoniensis haeres eiusdem Thesaurarii negavit : Id circo pater coram iudicibus Iuris Communis querebatur ; et post varias concitationes ab utraque parte tractataspaucaspecunias, respectuillarum, quae fuerantexpensae, recipiebat : Interim pater et materfactisunt Catholici ; quaequidem res partim fuit causa quod non plures pecunias receperit et partim magnitudo viri contra quam certavit In carcerem coniectus et quiafuit Catholicus et quia habuit quendam filium multos a morbis liberantem . nunc etiam per tres annos incarceratus fuit ubietiamnum manet captivus ; quia iuramentum illicitum esse a quopiam suscipi per iura ipsa librum probantem composuit. Confiscatus etiam quia hoc iuramentum accipere negavit ; habet filios septem quorum omnes sunt Catholici praeter unum qui ab infantia cum matrisavunculo educatusfuit Ex patrisfratribuset sororibustres sunt Catholici reliqui haeretici ex quibus unus est minister factus omnes etiam eius propinqui quamquam et bono statu et bona conditione sunthaeretici Omnes etiammatrisfratres sorores avunculi et propinqui praeter Gulelmum Wiseman de Broadoaks in comitatu Essex equitem auratum, quamvis et bono statu et bona conditione sunt haeretici : De statu parentum nihil certe scio; sed multa ob fidem, multa ut fratres Catholicos (qui etiam ob fidem incarcerati fuere) adiuvaret consumpsisse sat bene mihi notumest. ita ut vereor nihil illis relictum esse plane.

Studia, quibus operam, humaniora fuere et musica sed quoniam studia neclexitet intermisinon ad illam perfectionem quam potuissem pervenire valui tamen interprimos meae classis semper versabar nunquam ita corporis animaeve aegritudine afflictus fui ut studia mea impedirentur .

Haereticus fui conversus ad fidem ab Oswaldo Needhamosacerdote Anglo ; et semel propter missam a me auditamincarceratus fui: fides etiamfuit mihi impedimento et in studiis et in promotionibus. Tentatis diversis promotionibus et nullis mihi prospere succedentibus Ecclesiasticam mihi agendamvitam proposui quam (faventibus deo et superioribus) perficiam ; tt

SUMMARY

[534] BLUNDESTONLaurence, c. 22, eldest son of Nicholas Esq. , and Margaret, daughter of Richard Wiseman, gent , of Fingringhoe Essex ; born at Hexgreave in the parish of Farnsfield, Notts, brought up at Mansfield and Southwell, Notts ; at Grimsby, Lincolnshire ; and at London ; studied in all the above mentioned places. (His father, after his marriage, sold most of his lands, and bought larger estates from William Cecil, Lord Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth , "so that the son and heir might free his father from

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present and future inconvenience" ; on Cecil's death the lands fell into the hands of the Queen and the respondent's father sought restitution in vain from the Earl of Exeter, heir to the Treasurer. He took the case before the Common Law judges, but recovered little money in comparison with what he had spent, partly because ofthe power of the defendant, partly because he and his wife had become Catholics in the meantime He was imprisoned because he was a Catholic and because he had a son who freed many people from diseases . He has now been imprisoned again for 3 years because he wrote a book to show that the oath was illegal, and had all his property confiscated because he refused to take the oath himself .) Has 6 brothers all Catholics except one who was brought up from infancy by his mother's uncle Has 3 Catholic paternal uncles or aunts ; the rest, like all his rich paternal relations, are heretics, including one parson Has manyrich heretical maternal kinsfolk, and one Catholic, Sir William Wiseman of Bradocks , Essex. Knows that his father lost much money for religion, and in supporting his imprisoned Catholic brothers, so that hardly any is left Studied humanities and music ; was always among the first in his class in spite of neglect and interruptions. Healthy. Was converted from heresyto Catholicism by Oswald Needham ,priest; was once imprisoned for hearing Mass ; was impeded from study and promotion by his religion Havingtried various careerswithout success , desires to be an ecclesiastic

[535] 1614

Verum mihi nomenest Guilielmus Palmes; annos natus sumnovemdecim, loco, vero et genuino nomine, Naburnensi, honeste liberaliterque educatus, utpote cum in paterna familia, tum inter amicos atque familiares

Honesto loco, ac nobilibus parentibus oriundus, quorum statumet conditionem penitus ignoro ; unam habeo sororem, duosquefratres omnes quidem maioresnatu, et veraefidei lumine collustratos reliqui vero cognatipartimcatholici , partimautem haeretici reperiuntur. Litteris humanioribus operam dedi, cursumque integrum , inde usque a rudimentis ad Rhetoricam ascendens, in collegio Audomarensi confeci

Melius plerumque, ex quo e patria discessi, animo, quam corpore valebam, Quippe crebris iisque continuis febribus impeditus. Catholica, ab ineunte aetate, religione, diligenti parentum cura et industria sum imbutus, nec ullis unquam depravatis haereticorum opinionibus adhaesi

Maximum me desiderium tenet agendivitam ecclesiasticam; ††

SUMMARY

[535] PALMES William, 19, born at Naburn, liberally educated at homeand with kinsfolk. Son of noble parents ; has 1 sister and

2 brothers, all older than himself, all Catholics; has both Catholic and heretical kinsfolk. Studied humanities from Rudiments to Rhetoric at St. Omers Has suffered continual fevers since leaving England. Always a Catholic. Desires to be anecclesiastic .

[536]

1. Verum est mihi nomen Ioannes Tremaynus ; Annos habeo 22; ut coniectura assequor ; Locus nativitatis Dorcestria in comitatu Dorcet. educatio catholica semper, atque imprimis bona.

2. Parentes fuere Sampsonus , et Helena Tremayn. qui post multa ob fidei integritatem in carcere perpessa (Pater siquidem ad annos 30 vinctus ) diem obiere De eorum fortunis nihil mihi constat ; audivi annue 140 nummorum libras patri contigisse. Novercam superstitem teneo ; fratres 4 ; germanum unum; sorores 4. omnes, uno fratre excepto, romanae veritatis participes Avunculos porro 4. cognatos quam plurimos, haud ullum tamen (ut memini) catholicum , praeter matrisgermanum natuminorem .

3. Studui semper humanioribus, primum Dorcestriae, deinde Chidioce, postremo Audomari ; Profectum ex litteris ubique mediocrem excerpsi

4. Corporis sempervaletudine ab annis 12, superioribus non ita, usus sum utcunque felici ; Audomari molestias animae non raro passus

5. Nihil ad me hoccap.

6. Propono mihi apud animum, ac desiderosacerdotium,modoid per doctrinam liceat, superioresqueattingere.

IOANNES

COTTAMUS . tt

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[536] TREMAYNE John, c 22, son of Samson and Helen, born at Dorchester, Dorset, well educated Son of Catholic parents who suffered much in prison for the faith, and are both dead. (His father, who had £140 a year, was imprisoned 30 years ) Has a surviving stepmother, 4 brothers, 1 sister and 4 half-sisters , all Catholics except 1 brother; 4 uncles and many kinsmen, but no Catholics except his mother's elder brother Studied humanities at Dorchester, Chideock, and St. Omers , with averagesuccess everywhere. Healthy these last 12 years, not previously ; suffered ills of soul at St. Omers Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

[537] [No Responsa extant]

[538] [No Responsa extant]

[539] [No Responsa extant]

[540] [No Responsa extant]

[541]

Henricus Sweete est nomemt meum etiam patris mei, nomemt matris mei Maria Wreforde : natus Modburiae, ibi educatus, aliquando Londini, alias in portingale, Italia, Flandria vixi. Omnia mihiapatre meo relicta consumsit, pater meus mediasors natu, mater nobilis satis bene constituti ad vivendum ; fratres habeotres et unantsororem, omnes haeretici sunt ut coniecturam facio ; nam ab illis tres annos non audivi, mater mea affecta Catholicae religioni est, cognati omnes haeretici sunt, quidem† nobiles, aliidivites,pater meus mortuus est haeretice in classibushumanitatis pro sintaxiano admissus fui, neque ulterius progressus sum ; Audimarii et Bruxellis studui ab eunte aetate mea dum provectus ad aetatem viginti annorum semper haereticum vixi ; Romae opera Reverendi patris Iohannis Sueeti ad chatholicam fidem conversus , ex Anglia, Plimothio per mare ad portum Neapoli intendebam partim negotii causa, praecipue invisere patrem Iohannem Suetum , Nihil mecum determinavi quid ecclesiasticorum suscipiam haec mecumaliquando disputavi sedsemper adversumanimum invenirem , propter Collegii disciplinam dum hic mansero libenti animo Amplectabor

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SUMMARY

[541 ] SWEET Henry, son of Henry and Mary Wreford, born at Modbury and brought up there ; has lived in London , Portugal, Italy and Flanders. Son of middle class Catholic father who died a heretic, and noble Catholic mother ; has 3 brothers and 1 sister, all heretics when last he heard 3 years ago ; has noble rich heretical kinsfolk. Studied at St. Omers and Brussels as far as Syntax. A heretic until 20, was converted at Rome by Fr. John Sweet, having come from England by sea from Plymouth to Naples partly on business and partly to visit Fr. Sweet Has not decided to be an ecclesiastic; has consideredit but always felt disinclined.

[542 ]

1. Ego sicut et Pater Ioannes Wakeman appellor, Matri Ursula Gifford nomen est Natus fui in commitate † Staffordiae, apud parentes vero in Commitate† Glocestriae educatus.

2. Parentes sunt bona familia orti, possessiones satis amplas tenent, alios habeo amicos potentiores alios vero minores, fratres sunt mihi duo, non Catholici; sorores tres a fide Christiana instructae, Caeteri vero praesrtim ex parte Patris amici plerique Haeretici persistunt sed ex parte Matris plerique catholici, Vereor etiam ne Pater adhuc Schismaticus existat , Mater ut semper vixit, sic pia Catholica multis abhinc annis obiit.

3. Audomari in perdiscendisliteris tres posui annos: de progressu

in iisdem si respiciatur ad ignorantiam et inscitiam meam, quando primum eo perveni tempus meum non omnino periisseaudeodicere

4. Recta semper corporis, quamvis non semperanimaeconstitutione usus sum .

5. Schismaticus vel potius nullius religionis homo, quindecim duxi annos , postea vero Londinumres mercatorias tractandigratia (ea etenim vivendi ratio mihi tunc temporis maxime arridebat) remigravi, Ubi tamen quosdam clara stirpe editos, tam servilem in modum a Mercatoribus tractatos conspexissem , aliquantisper haesi Cum vero Mercatorem, cui essem alligandus, essem allocutus isque de viribus, aetate et de eiusmodi multis interrogaret , ego nescioquo pacto eam vitae formam eousque habui despicatui, ut exinde in isto delectu me ipse stultitiae arguerem Tandem dominus Cottonus patris familiarissimus, ei consuluit ut me Audomarum mitteret, Pater vero non acquievit isto consilio, multas proponensdifficultates et pericula inde sibi proventura , affirmansque me nunquam studia fuisse affecturum , post longas tamen persuasiones , mihi proposuit questionem, ego autem me omnino ad illud iter impigrum praestiti quam animi propensionem cum perspexisset parens mihi optatum concessit, et intra triduum discessi . Cum appulissemAudomarum , me in Seminarium admissum Pater Walsingamus fide Catholica instruxit Post tres annos effluxos, Pater ob pericula capiti eminentia quatuor vicibus mecum literis egit, ut confestim vel in Angliam redirem, vel me in Galliam extra Seminarium reciperem. Mihi autem ad iter illud Gallicum accincto, Reverendus Pater Minister Seminarii, et Pater Sweetus iter hoc Romanum proponebant, hortabanturque ne beneficium oblatum repudiarem, quod quidem post tempus aliquod deliberationis ergo concessum libenti et grato animo amplexus sum. Hoc tamen me habuit sollicitum, quod mihi non liceret totum cursum percurrere.

6. De vita ecclesiastica agenda , nequeo quidquam dicere , vel proponere, sed spero fore, ut Christo vocanti obediam.

IOANNES

GREENUS .

SUMMARY

[542] WAKEMAN John, alias Green, son ofJohnand UrsulaGifford, born in Staffordshire, brought up by his parents in Gloucestershire. Son of rich parents of good family ; the father a schismatic , the mother a Catholic deceased Has 2 non-Catholic brothers, 3 Christian sisters ; has mainly heretical kinsfolk on his father's side , mainly Catholic on his mother's Studied letters 3 years at St. Omers; arrivedthere ignorant and did not waste his time. Always healthy. A schismatic, or rather irreligious, for 15 years ; then went to London to merchandize, but changed his mind when he saw how merchants treated men of noble birth; was disgusted by a conversation with the merchant to whom he was to be bound. Was askedby his father, on the advice of his friendMr. Cotton, and after much hesitation, whether he would like to go to St. Omers;

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acceptedgladly, was given permission to go and left within 3 days. At St. Omers was admitted to the seminary and instructed in Catholicism by Fr. Walsingham After 3 years receivedletters from his father saying that he was in danger, and asking him to return to England or go to France away from the seminary. When preparing to go to France was persuaded by Fr. Ministerand Fr. Sweet to go instead to Rome. Is worried that he was unable to finishhis course . Has not decided to be an ecclesiastic but hopes to obey Christ's call.

[543]

RespondeoHenricus Vavasoure, et pariterde parentibus: Vavasore . Natus in comitatu Eboraci, ibique educatus, ubi et aetatem egi Felix parentum condicio pro re Catholica multa patientium: satis illis amplae facultates ac divitiarum copiae amimicit mihi nobiles pariter atque inopes, quorum praecipui haeresi labefactantur Studiis Syntaxeos praecipue operam navavi meam, atque non nihil graecis fundamentis, de meo in his profectu nil quod dicere (hoc Audomari)

Hisdum vacavi studiis diuturni satis me detenuerunt morbi: eique in grammatica † per mediam anni partem me oppresserunt: sed favente divino numine ab istis ego temporibus optima fruitus sum valetudine , firmissimumque habui corpus. ex quo rationisbeneficio usus sum, Catholicis imbutus fui moribus ; a paternis aedibus Audomarum habui iter, nec minus Romam Vitam ecclesiasticam, Collegiique disciplinam mihi accuratissime observandam statuo atque propono

SUMMARY

[543] VAVASOUR Henry, born and brought up in Yorkshire; son of parents who are rich in spite of manysufferings for religion; has both noble and poor kinsfolk, mainly heretics Studied syntax and a little Greek at St. Omers During these studies and during Grammar was oppressed by disease ; since then healthy. Always a Catholic ; went from home to St. Omers and to Rome Desiresto be an ecclesiastic.

1615

[544]

1. Ego Thos Leedes parentibus Thoma, et Maria Leedes (idem vero cognomenutrique fuit ab ortu commune) in Southsexia oriundus apud Wappingthorne , avitam, et gentilitiam maiorum sedem , tredecim inibi primumaetatis annos , consequentes deinceps Londini partim, partim Oxonii, et Audomariexegi.

2. Parentes amplum satis patrimonium maiorum iure adiere, quod ut integrum posteris traderet Pater, Schismaticus aliquamdiu

obluctante quantumvis matre fidei semper Romanae alumna, vixit. Eques primum ordinis balneorum, praefectus dein totius Provinciae creatus et praesens magnam prudentiae, et aequitatis famam collegit, et discedens incredibile sui desiderium reliquit Nam pia uxoris importunitate, et vero divino instinctu evinctus tandem statuitquamprimum sese inchristianam libertatem vindicare . Re ergo familiari primum composita, Lovanium exsulii, atque adeo salutis sedem delegit. Suscepitex matre quatuor filios , filias duas vix dum infantiae annos praetergressas . Maior natu scriptus ex asse haeres , et in aula regia degens duxit in uxorem Thomae Mounson equitis Baronet, et apud regem in paucis gratiosi, filiam a fidei veritate alienissimam Affinium vero, et cognatorum etsinonexigua suppetit copia, habeotamen, quo ausim plane inniti, neminem .

3. Ut tempussubdomesticispraeceptoribus distracte, et divisim , Londini dein, et Oxonii otiose, et inutiliter in literarum studiis consumptum omittem, veni tandem Audomarum, unde licet non eximios, certe non paenitendos doctrinae fructus excerpsi.

4. Benedictus Deus , qui mentem mihi sanam (exceptis peccatis, et defectibus adolescentiaemeae) in corpore sano impertuerit

5. Paullo plus octo abhinc annis pater, premente legum, et comitis Salisburiensis metu, persuasit mihi, uti templa Haereticorum frequentarem. Sed post tres annos, auctoribus matre, et Domino Stillingtono, annuente patre, reconciliante R. P. Michaele Warpolo ad fidem redactus traieci mare, et R. P. Laei consilio Seminario Audomarensi nomen dedi Ibi cum in dies huius collegii fama percrebesceret , et concordiae nomine prae caeteris praeclare audiret, reliqua posthabui, et hoc, tamquam eximium pietatis, et doctrinae domicilium , selegi

6. Arduum licet, et difficile admodum sit vitam Ecclesiasticam ingredi, spero tamen fore, uti, annuente Deo, propositum de ea suscipienda conceptum perficiam tt

THOMAS LEEDES.

SUMMARY

[544] LEEDES Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Leedes (bothof the same family), born and brought up until 12 at Wappingthorne, Sussex , ancestral seat of the family ; lived afterwards at London , Oxford and St. Omers. (His father, in order to preservehis ample patrimonyintact, became a schismatic. He was made a Knight of the Bath, and Lord Lieutenant, and acquired a great reputationfor prudence and equity He was then persuaded by his Catholic wife to go into exile ; having settled his affairs he went to Louvain , leaving as sole heir his eldest son, a courtier who has married the anti-Catholic daughter of the royal favourite Sir Thomas Mounson Bart.) Has 3 brothers and 2 sisters, who died in infancy; has no kinsfolkon whom he could rely Studied under tutors at home, in London, and at Oxford lazily and uselessly, and at St. Omers rewardingly. Healthy Was persuaded by his father to frequent

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heretical churches 8 years ago through fear ofthe Earl ofSalisbury ; wasreconciled 3 years later by Fr. Michael Walpole, on the instiga- tionofhismother and Mr. Stillington,andwith hisfather's approval; crossed the sea, and entered St. Omers on the advice of Fr. Lee. Was attracted to the Roman seminary by its reputation Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 1615.

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1. Vocor ego Henricus Gage, natus Londini, educatus ibidem usque ad duodecimumfere annum, tuncdemum missus Audomarum

2. Parentes et amici praecipui sunt nobiles, alii sat divites, alii propter fidem privati bonis, non tamen ad extremam paupertatem redacti, nec ita pauperes ut indigere videantur fratres habeo tres, unam sororem: caeteri omnes cognati et consanguinei praecipui, fere sunt Catholici

3. Dedi operam literis tantummodo humanioribus , in quibus integrum consumsit quinquennium, in collegio Audomarensi

4. De valetudine corporis non possum conqueri, licet aliquando laboraverim febribus exiguis. De anima Reverentia Vestra latius imposterum intelliget.

5. Quoad religionem, ab ipsis incunabilis fui Catholicus nec unquamaliud credidi quamquodEcclesia Romanaiubet essecredenda. ExAngliafurtive egressus sum, Romamquein missioneAudomarensi profectus.

6. Ad vitam Ecclesiasticam obeundam quod attinet nondum sentio desiderium; tt

HENRICUS

HOARDUS

SUMMARY

[545] GAGE Henry, alias Howard, born at London and brought up there until c. 12, then sent to St. Omers. Son of noble family, mainly Catholic ; has 3 brothers and 1 sister ; has some rich kinsfolk, and some impoverished through Catholicism , but not indigent . Studied humanities 5 years at St. Omers. Healthy, exceptfor occasionalslight fevers Always a Catholic Left England secretly ; has been sent to Rome withthe mission from St. Omers Does not yet feel desire to be an ecclesiastic

[546]

Vocor ThomasBabthorpus a patre Domino Rodulpho Babthorpo et matredomina Gratia Burnama[?] in ducatu Eboracensi oriundus et educatus.

Orior parente nobili equite et amicos habeo nobiles catholicos, fratres sumusquatuor quorum aetate primus eques et sorores habeo tres

Audomari litteris humanioribus operam dedi in quibus nonnullum feci progressum

Bona semper usus sum valitudinet anima et corpore

Semper fui catholicus, nihil tamen umquam ob religionem passus sum furtim ex Anglia discessi et Romam in missioneveni

Summum ad utrumque desiderium sentio.

SUMMARY

THOMAS SMITHEUS

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[546] BABTHORPE Thomas, alias Smith, son of Sir Ralph and Grace Burnham, born and brought up in Yorkshire. Son of noble Catholic family, has 3 brothers, the eldest a knight, and 3 sisters. Studied letters at St. Omers. Always healthy, always a Catholic. Left England secretly ; has come to Romewith themission Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[547] [No Responsa extant]

1617

[548]

1. Verum mihi nomen et a parentibus acceptum est Richardus Lovellus aetatis novemdecim annorum In monasterio Divi Martini a londino sex milliariadistante educatusvero D Audomari in collegio anglorum

Parentes ex nobili stirpe sunt orti satisque tum opibus tum facultatibus pro tempore abundant, et quidem haeretici sunt, cum 3 fratribuset 2 sororibus unum fratremcum sorore habeo catholicum . duos Avunculos catholicos et cognatum unum Poesi operamdedi de profectu quisquisiudicabitstudui vero D Audomari

Quantam advaletudinem vel aegritudinem cumcorporistum animae semper bene (ut mihi visum est) habui.

SUMMARY

[547] LOVELL Richard, 19, born at St. Martin's Abbey 6 miles from London, educated in the English College at St. Omers where he studied poetry Son of rich noble heretical parents; has 3 brothers, one a Catholic, and 2 sisters, one a Catholic. Has 2 uncles and a cousin Catholics. Always healthy. 1617 .

[549] [1616]

1. Robertus Constableanno aetatis decimo nono, Everingami in comitatu eboracensi oppiduli natus, ibidem parentis advigilante cura educationem tenerulis sat aptam annis sum sortitus: nam

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cumpaullulum adolesceret aetatis vigor, naturaeque indoles capacior tam forensium, quam domesticarum esset rerum ; pater Eboracum ut domicilium scientiaemihi delegit ; ast inibi cum in otiis cumotio quam cum fructu potius detriveram tempus, abreptum inde me paedagogis Londini instituendum tradidit ; quorum praeceptis imbutus, ut candide fateor, nihil vel scientia amplum, vel virtute amabile possidebam quare sapientiori iudiciogubernatus, meoque edoctus incommodo libentissimam suscepi navigationem, faelicissimam certe , qua Audomarum appuli unicum sapientiae gymnasium .

2. Patri armigero census ampli satis supersunt, eoque ampliores quo iustior integra et salva fide illorum possessio est; nam (Deo iniquas haereseos pestes averruncante) latius in nostram familiam diffusa fides paucissimos vel certe nullos e proximioribus amicis oblique de romana cathedra sentire permisit.

3. Ut in ingenuas artes depraedicem affectum, opus non esse videtur; dum pro me loquatur Audomarum , aperteque denunciet se, quicquid vel in doctrina, vel in virtute excellensattigerim , totum illud quantulumcunque est, dedisse : etenim peritissimi ea in palaestra magistri , ne cursim per rerum superficiem transmeansnihil abipsisfundis eruereviderer, sapientissimepersuaseruntutinitium a rudimentis caperem, gnari sententiae: dimidium facti qui bene caepit habet .

4. Hactenus faelicissima usus sum valetudine , animo vero erga incaeptos cursus tum in virtutis, tum scientiae studio licet subinde vario , plerunque tamen constantissimo

5. Nec oxíσμαTα amplexatus sum , nec αipéσɛs admodum , quia necmaxime eligere potui, nec electis adhaerere , cum, ut ait comicus, aetas magister ludus prohibebant , atque, quod praecipuum erat, ingenii imbecillitas difficulter unius fucos, ab alterius sincero et germano colore discernerevaluit.

6. Inprimo subticeo: in secundo : promptumme geram.

ROBERTUS TIRQUIT .

SUMMARY

[549] CONSTABLE

Robert, alias Tyrwhitt , 18, born and brought up at Everingham , Yorkshire ; sent to study at York and later at London ; learnt little at either place, so went to St. Omers , the only school of wisdom Son of a rich esquire of an almost entirely Catholic family Recommencedrudiments at St. Omers and there learnt all he knows Healthy. Never a schismatic or a heretic , because his age did not allow him to tell truth from falsehood. Does not wish to say whether he wants to be an ecclesiastic.

[550]

1. Verum est mihi nomen, Michaeli Constable, annum iam agenti octavum et decimum, Rasonii in comitatu Lincolniensi nato , in comitatuvero Eboracensi avitis in aedibuseducato .

2. Quod ad parentes haud ignobili, ut credo, prosapia oriundos , quorum alter solus superat, attinet ; absit , ut hunc aliquis fidei suspectum habeat. huic tres supersumusnati, Philippus, Robertus, et Michael ; natarum nihil de praecipuis cognatis, quorum mihi conscius sum , idem esto iudicium

3. Studia quidem, totus propemodum literarum rudis, a carceribus ad metam usqueAudomaropoli quinquennio percurri.

4. Corpore tum hoc temporis utor, tum olim usus sum sat robusto et sano mente haud insana.

5. Denique ex quo inter religiones quidquam discernerevalui, licet aliquamdiu procul a parentibus divertens haereticorum templa, rerum inscius, frequentaverim , ne latumquidem unguem a Romana fide discessi .De Sexto capite me totum divinae voluntati acprovidentiae commito

MICHAEL

WENTWORTHUS .

SUMMARY

[550] CONSTABLE Michael, alias Wentworth, 17, born at Rasen , Lincolnshire, brought up in his ancestral home in Yorkshire . Son of noble parents, the father a Catholic, the mother dead. Has 2 surviving brothers, Philip and Robert, and no sisters Passed throughthe complete course of humanities at St. Omers . Healthy When young and away from his parents sometimes innocently attended heretical churches ; since the age of discretion has been a Catholic Commits himself to God concerning an ecclesiastical vocation

[551]

[552]

[No Responsa extant]

Ego Ioannes germano et paterno nomine Robinsonus nuncupatus, Quantum novi non ante natalem Christi diem annum aetatis meae decimumseptimum attigero; In lucemeditus (prout a parenteaccepi) in comitatu Eboracensi in Upsaliae Castello, quo loco patre dumtaxatvivo mansi, nunc a Societatis patribus, nunc ab aliis ex illorum voluntate, iuvenilibus rudimentis imbutus ; ubi magna ex parte sum commoratus ne ulla haereseos labe infectus, male apud parentes audirem

Parentum quo ad coniectura assequi possum ea conditio fuit ut etiamsi non claro sanguinenobilique familia nati sint, ita tamen vixerint ut inferioris gradus indicium vix praetulerint, quin etiam laborem omnem, facultates, bona omnia, non immerito dixerim vitam ipsam ob Christianae religionis defensionem in discrimen intulerint. plurima in dies singulos quoad habuerunt , in mendicos irrogabant tandem Deo Optimo Maximo volente pater his carcerum vinculis liberatur, et ut sperarelicetqui subeius vexilliscertarat is iam cum illo triumphat Matris porro sors in vivis longiorfuit ;

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SCHOLARUM

Quamobrem ut par erat diutius Christi causa passa est In carcere propterrepertos in aedibussacerdotes ad annos detenta est non sine bonorum detrimento mortisque discrimine, postea demum , vinculis soluta duobus filliis duabusque filiabus relictis , obiit : filii filiaeque adhuc superstitesfrater unusmaiornempenatuin flandriaGandavi, alter Hic quamdiu divino numini placuerit permanebit : sunt et totidem in Anglia sorores, iuvenes admodum, quae relictaa parente portione, versus Aquilonem cum amita, victitant : non consobrinos mihi cognitos ullos habeo qui haeresi adhereant praeter Adolescentem unum, Robertum Robinsonum, quiolimAudomari in Anglorum Collegio convictorhabitavit, cui ut primumprae Anglicana persecutione deficiebat nummus, superiorum venia comparaturus, in Angliam iter suscepit, reditum pollicitus cui omnes fisi (erat tunc temporis insigni virtute) sed omnium expectationem est frustratus permanetque in haeresi. superestni me spes fallat venerandus admodum sacerdos (mihi avunculus) temporis Reginae Mariae Angliae, aetate provecta qui mei curam gessit et quaecunquehabuit mea causa lubentissime expendit Is mihi cum collegii me disciplinis addixi Quadringentos florenos tradidit, et viaticum insuper Romanum, praeter alia quam plurima necessaria , cui nomen est Valentinus Taylerus . Alium inter caeteros habeo cognatum sane in ea regionenobilem Dominum Robertum Collingwood Catholicum, de caeterisvixmihi quicquam notum est.

Romanis litteris cum Gandavi tumAudomari àoperam dedi perannos ad summum septem humaniorem cursum omnem peregi (ut potui) mediocriter.

Infirmiore aliquando me fuisse valetudine fateor, fuit et mihi febris non rarout verum dicam in studiis molesta, cuius hacaestatesemine me omnino liberatum confido ; De animae vero aegritudine ad hoc usque tempus deo laudo nec sentio nec sensi quidquam, ac proinde me sempercaruisse existimo nunquam errore haeretico sum contactus, neque quod magis est dum adhuc puer illorum scholas menses aliquot frequentarem ne ipsorum quidem officiis unquam interfui

Unum denique restat an eo fine huc fuerim profectus ut Collegii disciplinam observarem, et superiorum mandatis acquiescerem hoc ipsum est quod maxime expetii, et quantum in me erit satisfaciam omnibus, mihi profecto vita Ecclesiastica (si ea deo iuvante dignus fuero) nil carius acciderepoterit. Ad maiorem Dei Gloriam Beatissimae Virginis Mariae et Sancti Ioannis Evangelistae

anno MDC XVI Octob 12

IOANNES TAYLERUS

SUMMARY

[552] ROBINSON John, alias Tayler, 17 after next Christmas , born at Upsall and brought up there during his father's lifetime,

educated in rudiments by Jesuits or by those whom they recommended. Son of parents who competed with the nobly born in giving their labour, wealth and life for the Christian religion, and who spent much daily on doctors until his father's death. [His mother was imprisoned for some years for harbouring priests and died shortly after her release ) Has one elder brother at Ghent in Flanders, and two sisters , both very young, who live in the North with an aunt on the portion left them by their parent ; has no heretical cousins except Robert Robinson, once a virtuous convictor at St. Omers, who left for England with his superiors' permission to collect money, but failed to return and became a heretic . Has an uncle a Marian priest, Valentine Tayler, who looked after him and spent much on him, giving him40 florins when first he wentto College, and also his journey money to Rome Is related to Mr. Robert Collingwood, a noble Catholic. Passed through the course of humanities in 7 years at Ghent and St. Omers Once suffered from a fever whichimpeded studies, but seems cured this summer . Was never a heretic, nor ever attended their services even when attending heretical school some months as a boy. Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 12 October, 1616.

[553]

1. Franciscus Mayson proprium mihi, verumque nomen est: aetatis agens annum vigesimum secundum, vel circa : natus inparti Angliae Septentrionali in civitate dunelmo appellata, quo in loco parentes propter fidem in carcerem coniiciebantur, in quo carcere natus fui, simulque aliquot annorum spatio educatus

2. Parentes ambo ab initio Catholicam fidem amplexi sumt, propter quam haud mediocrem bonorem iacturam sunt passi; fratres duos habeo cum tribus sororibus, cunctis Romanam fidem amplectentibus ; praetereafratremnatu maximum , qui a Catholica fide magno mei meorumque omnium dolore nuperrime defecit ; cognatos etiam habeo partim Catholicos, partim vero haereticos

3. Absolutis in Anglia duorum annorum studiis, in Belgiam ad Collegium Anglicanum me contuli , quo in loco non inutiliter (ut spero) tempus insumpsi.

4. Nihil hac de re dicendum habeo ; ex quo enim studiorum fundamentum in CollegioAnglicano Audomaropoli ieci, primo anno cum mediosequentisexcepto, nihil umquam velanimae, vel corporis aegritudinis, vel certe parum dei benignitate sensi.

5. Haereticus numquam vel Schismaticus (deo sit lau[s]) extiti; sed (ut antea dixi) divini Numinis bonitate, in carcere , ubi parentes ob fidei Catholicae professionem diu incarcerati essent , natus fui, atque educatus

6. Hoc deo serviendi in Ecclesiasticaestatu desiderium , summaquemeasemperpropensio ad vitam illam sanctissimam amplectendam in causafuit, cur tantos (ut deus scit) tam diurnos,quam noctur-

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nos in illa persequenda , et prosequenda labores susceperim ; et quandoquidemdivinae placuerit bonitati tantam mihi dare vocationem, quantam in meipso et sensi semper, et iam magis , quam umquam sentio, statui apud me quicquiddifficultatis ac molestiae occurerit, libenti animo propterdeum subire ,

SUMMARY Laus deo, Beatissimaeque Virgini tt

[553] MAYSON Francis, c. 21, born and brought up in the gaol at Durhamwhere his parents were imprisoned for religion, having lost much oftheir property Has 2 brothers and 3 sistersCatholics ; has 1 eldestbrother who has apostatised; has Catholic and heretical kinsfolk. After 2 years' study in England went to an English College in Belgium Healthyexcept for the first year and a half at St. Omers Always a Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[554]

Ego Gualterus Mico annum iam agens 21m Tauntonii in comitatu Somersettensi natus ibidem in domo parentum usque ad annum 19m vixi

Parentes genere mediocres , literarum non omnino ignaros sed haereticos, duos fratres catholicum, unum, alterum lutheranum , sorores quinque omnes haereticas; avunculum unum , inter haereticos apprime doctum, et concionatorem nobilem, unum cognatum mercatorem olim locupletem nunc vero, uti accepi, Ordinis Sancti Francisci religiosum habeo.

In studiis humanioribus annos paene 19 Tauntonii in Angliaposui ubi inter primos ultimis annis locum et nomen habui in scholis publicis ; alios duos in iisdem literis Audomari cum fructu meliori consumpsi

In anglia optimausus sum valetudine quae non ita firma mihi fuit anno primo quo Audomari fui multum capitis dolore ac febre peracuta debilitataex qua tamen convalui ac pristinae sanitati ac viribus restitutus sum modo: Usqueannum fere 20m lutheranae haeresis sectator fui : tertiovero Maii1614 motus suasu fratris, ac post disputationem cum Reverendo Patre Scoto Societatis Iesu circa fidem et religionem meam et suam in carcereWestmonasteriensi Londini habitam, ab eodem Patread fidem catholicam conversus fui ubi aliquantisper commoratusnavem conscendens post quartam navigationis diem Audomarum veni Eo animo huc veni ut vitam ecclesiasticam agerem quae mihi placuit semperet placet tt

AEGIDIUS HERVEUS .

SUMMARY

[554] MICO Walter, alias Giles Harvey, 20, born and brought up until 18 in his parents' house at Taunton, Somerset Son of middle

class not unlearned but heretical parents ; has 2 Catholic brothers, 1 Lutheran brother and 5 heretical sisters ; has one uncle a learned heretical preacher, another a Franciscan, formerlya rich merchant . Studied humanities about 19 years at Taunton, was among thefirst in class inthepublic school inhis last years ; laterspent2 yearsmore fruitfully at St. Omers Healthy in England, suffered headaches and fever in his first year at St. Omers ; since then enjoys health as formerly. Was a Lutheran until 19 , was reconciled by Fr. Scott S.J. on 3.5.1614 , on the persuasion of his brotherand aftera disputation with Fr. Scott in Westminster prison ; stayed there some little time, then embarked and came to St. Omers after 4 days' sailing. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[555]

In comitatu Darbiensi, quo vergit ad fines Eboraci, perdevetusta ac gentilitia sedes est avi mei paterni ubi ego Henricus Polus natus et educatus fui, donec annos septemdecimattigeram. Maternifratres sunt, Georgius Chawort[?] eques, Ioannes, Henricus , clarissimaefamiliae iamad paucitatem redactae propemodum stirps relictus, pertinacesomnes haeretici et opibus affluentes : mater vero mea maiorum vestigiis insistit neque vi, nec precibus a pristino vivendimore revocari potest : fratres mihi tres sunt, sorores duae, cognati mei qui sunt a parte patris catholici omnes ; qui vero a parte matris haeretici

A puero toto pectore in studia literarum incubui cum utilitatenon aspernanda

Percommoda semper valetudine usus fui, si pectus mihi aliquando non condoluisset, sed (lausdeo) unoabhincannone minimumquidem ex eo percepi dolorem

Mense superiore priusquam ex Anglia discessi, deliberanti mihi quid potissimum facerem, aut quomodomeis rationibus consulerem , venit in mentem avunculus meus Ger : Polus cui totum quod in animo eratdeclararedecrevi : oportunetigitur accidit, ut Robertus Arden qui eodem tempore aderat mare transmissurus eratet simul author erat ut itineri me accingerem et Audomarum cum illo contenderem: cum domum rediissem rem totam matri narrabam quam agerrime ferebat et lacrymas ubertim perfundebat ; atque adeo tres illasseptimanasinsomnes ducebat prae dolore, omnes vias moliens ab instituto me reducere sed accuratius haec omnia perpendens satius esse, existimabam iacturam bonorum facerequam animae, etiamsi charissimae matris voluntati resistebam, cuius consiliis aliis in rebus ad fidem minime spectantibus refragari piaculum ducebam, sperans me non solum meis, sed etiam ipsius atque aliorum studiis utilitatem aliquam adferre

Utingenuefatear atqueut se res habet loquar, vita haec ecclesiastica fuit prae caeteris aliis semper a me desiderata et omnibus votis expetita, in qua velut in speculovidebam omnem Christianae vitae

perfectionem esse positam ; neque quidquam esse in hoc collegio institutum quod non ad finem ad quem conditus eram maxime spectabat

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[555] POLE Henry, born and brought up until 17 in the ancestral home of his paternal grandfather on the borders of Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Son of a heretical mother who is sister to Sir George , John and Henry Chaworth,rich heretical survivors ofadistinguished family Has 3 brothers and 2 sisters ; has Catholic paternal kinsfolk and heretical maternal kinsfolk Studied letters since boyhood. Healthy, except for a pain in his chest which has not troubled him for a year Last month discussed his future with his uncle Gervase Pole ; met Robert Arden, who was about to go oversea and advised him to accompany him to St. Omers; told his mother, who wept and suffered 3 weeks' insomnia ; preferred to go against her than to lose his soul Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

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Ego Robertus Dolman annos agens circiter26exaut 7emnatus fuiin Castello quodam (nomine) Gunby in Comitatu Eboracensi, inibique quoad 15m annum attigeram, educatus. Parentesque habeo non inferioris gradus aut familiae atque etiam satis opulentes, nec non fratres, vel sorores omnes praeter heredem ipsum Catholicos, eundemque iam Schismaticum existimo ; alios autem Cognatos, praeter duos Avunculos, qui alicuius notae sunt arbitror esse Catholicos.

Quantum autem ad studia spectat, liberalioribus ferme semper vacavi, modo autem in Angliavariis in locis, modo in Belgio videlicet Audomari , nec non Duaci sed ibi litteris Philosophicis dedi operam , modo in Hispania sed ibi propter inopinatamaegritudinem quae me initio corriperat coactus fui iis studiis paululum inhaerere quae a Casubus Conscientiae denominationem suam sumunt, atque ex his omnibus (Dei maximo benificio) haud mediocres : hausi fructus.

Neque unquam inter omnia haec studia ulla usus sum incommoda valetudine donec Hispaniam petissem, ubi quartana febre correptus vix unquam, ante 3es annos ferme elapsos, plane convalui Aegritudinem autem animae (quae omnium dicitur maxime quam voco scrupulum) non possum etiam praeterire, qua etsi non semper, tamen alternis vicibus per4or paene annos aegre admodum fui detentus, et de sanitate recuperanda plane desperassem (ut mihi tunc videbatur) nisi a Confessariouno ea in re expertissimo (nam aliquando, ut mihi fideliter referebat, eodem morbo detenibatur †) fuissem sanatus: et exinde ita, dei gratia, convalui ut alium etiam eadem medicina sanaverim.

Quinimo nefandum illud haereticorum venenum non nisi decimum sextum annum infecerat, tuncque temporis desistere caepit ubi

Audomarum ad Collegium Patrumappulissem: interim autem nihil memorabile, nihil unquam contrarii accidisse me in praesente latet

Quod deniquead vitam Ecclesiasticamspectat, ad eam suscipiendam me paratissmum exhibeo; et si quid praeter Collegii disciplinam machinatus fuero digne satisfacere pro viribus conabor. ROBERTUS TERETTUS

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[556] DOLMAN Robert, alias Tyrwhitt, 25 or 26, born at Gunby Castle, Yorkshire, educated there until 14. Son of rich parents of good family ; has Catholic brothers and sisters except for the heir who is schismatic ; has mainly Catholic kinsfolk except for 2 uncles. Studied letters in various places in England, and at St. Omers; philosophy at Douai and later in Spain ; there fellsuddenly ill, and had to study cases of conscience ; had more than average success . Was healthy until he went to Spain, there fell into a quartan ague and did not recover for 3 years ; suffered from scruples from time to time over 4 years, until cured by an expert confessor ; later himself cured another by the same medicine Was poisonedby heresywhen 15, and cured on reaching St. Omers Desiresto be an ecclesiastic .

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Ego Ioannes Gadburius decimum fere octavum annum agens, Londini natus, ibique educatus fui per maximam vitae partem. Parentes mei haud sane ignobiles, mediocris fortunae , boni ac devoti Catholici , quiut fidem suamtuerenturnon minimum quidem, passi sunt fratres mihi sunt duo, ambo meipso minores itemque sorores duae minores etiam ; Praecipui amici, utpoteduo Avunculi ita addicti haeresi ut ab ea nullo modo se divelli sinant, caeteri fere omnes Catholici

In libris, ut tulit libido parentum, libenter acquievi ; ex quibus fructum tantum quantum licuit capere, cepi studiorum initia ducta sunt Londini, in Belgio deinde perfecta sunt. Graeca et Latina aliqua ex parte calleo. Hactenus in omni fere vita percommoda usus sum valetudine , quamvis non defuere aliquando, quae firmam et integram valetudinem perturbarent , quod ad aegritudines animi, illae quidem non frequenter interveniebant , quod si intervenissent, in iis curandis tollendisque consilium a patribus spiritualibus semper expetivi. Nunquam haereticus vel Schismaticus extiti, semper Catholicorum ritu vixi : Ego quidem nihil passus sum , parentesvero multa. Multis profecto ac gravibus de causis, hanc ego vitammihiinstituendam duxi : religiosam nempe, cum ut animus vacuus et liber a molestiis et curis mundanis, facilius evolaret ad Deum. tum ut iis omnibus instructus quae ad persequendumillud munus, ad quod a Deo, ut spero, ordinamur , necessaria sunt, in Angliamproficiscar, et

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supra nominatos amicos in veram et Catholicam fidem instruam : patriae me omnino devovi, in eoque curam omnemmeam ,operam,et industriam locavi ; ut aliquando perditam et afflictam, atque a vero Dei cultuabhorrentem, (Ipsorerumomnium conditore iuvante)denuo ad Christum reducam . tt

IOANNES MAYNARDUS¹

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[557] GADBURY John, alias Goldin, alias Maynard, born and brought up in London Son of noble Catholic parents of average means who have suffered for religion. Has two younger brothers and two younger sisters Has two uncles determined heretics, but mostly Catholic kinsfolk. Began to study letters in London and completed his studies in Belgium ; knows some Latin and Greek . Healthy hitherto in adverse circumstances. Always a Catholic ; has not suffered for religion Desires to be a religious

[558] 1616

Ego Emmanuel Lob, qui nunc, quantum coniectura auguror, tertium circiteret vigesimum annum ingredior, in oppido quodam Hamptoniensiscomitatus, (Portsmouth incolae dixere) natus atque educatus sum . Parentes habui (nunc enim habeamne, an secus, haud equidem scio) genere humiles, re tenues , vitae instituto proh dolor ! haereticos Pater diu ante meum inde discessum abierat e vivis Matri vero , id temporis superstiti , duos proficiscens reliqui fratres, alterumnatu maximum, minimum alterum, utrumqueautem haeresis alumnum. Annos ferme undecim natus, Matris iussu in Lusitaniam traieci, quo eam linguam intimecallens , admercaturam subindefactitandam instituerer. vix inibi initium commorandi feceram, cum haereseos etiamtum comprimis tenax, in patrem Henricum Floyd, quiper idem tempus Ulyssippone in domo professa agebat, felici casu devenio. Is me, verbis ultro citroque habitis , haereticum subodoratus, continuo in haeresim invehitur, orthodoxam fidem collaudat, denique opinionem meam funditusprofligatevertitque. Ab hocitaquebono Patreconversusin alia omnia abire, mentemque haud paullosaniorem inducere caepi

Eodem Patre Floyd auctore,caeterisnegotiis abstractus, animum ad litteris ibidem appuli , annisin humanitatis tyrociniaunoatque altero insumptis, Audomaropolim deinde in Belgium commeavi Hic vero litterarum commendatione, quas a Patre Floyd eo perferendas acceperam ,incollegiumnostrum cooptatus, pristina studiaindeusque

1 "Goldin" erased after "Ioannes"

ab ipsis principiis recolui , quo autem fructu et progressu, id iis permitto dicendum, quorum interest ferre iudicium de suis. Valetudine semperusus sum percommoda, nullo iam inde duodecim retro annis neque corpus dolore impediente, neque animum aegritudine; nisi quod sub adultamaestatem caloris vehementia capiti nonnihilofficiat, non ita tamen ut vel praepediat studiorum cursum, vel consuetasexercitationes interturbat

Quod vero ad vitae modum attinet, dico aioque eum esse mentis meae sensum , id animi votum, ut in accurata domesticaedisciplinae observatione progrediens, tandem aliquando dignus existimer , qui sacerdotio inauguratus, vitam ecclesiasticam ineam, dextramque labanti patriae pro virili porrigam, sive sacerdos secularis, sive, quod ut praeoptem, inclinat animus, religiosus.

IOSEPHUS SIMONIS

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[558] LOBB Emmanuel, alias Joseph Simons , c 22, born and brought up at Portsmouth Son of humble poor heretical parents Lost his father; left his mother still alive Has 2 heretical brothers, one older and one younger. Crossed to Portugal when 10 at his mother's command, so as to learn the language and become a merchant ; soonafterarrival met Fr. Henry Floyd, who was in the professed house at Lisbon ; was converted by him , and began to studyletters; aftera year ortwo went toSt.Omersandwasreceived into the College on Fr. Floyd's recommendation and began his studies afresh. Healthy these last 12 years, except for headaches from the heat, which did not disturb his studies. Desires to be a secular priest, or preferably a religious 1616

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Nomen mihi est Franciscus, cognomenPlatt, sum aetate octodecim annorum , natus Batringtone[?] in provincia quam vocant Barkshear , ibidemque educatus

Parentes habui Bartholomeum Platt et Margaritam Platt nobili oriundos genere et patrimonio satis amplo ditatos eosdemque Catholicaeac Romanaefideiretinentissimos atqueideobonasuarum facultatum parte hastae subiecta solum paternum vertere et in Normandiam migrare compulsos . fratres quinque ac totidem sorores Pater me et unico sibi fratre assumpto Italiam versus e Normandia navi conducta est profectus : sed de via fratrem Neapoli in Gallia

Cordigerorum curaereliquit. me vero fidei potestatique sacerdotis cuisdam Angli Parissiis commissit† , ipse Romam continuo perrexit : unde rediens febris ardore perustus[?] vita excessit totius familiae nostrae cervicibus gravissima inflicta securi. Matercalamitatum ac miseriarum cumulis oppressa cum vix ad vitam filiorum suamque sustentandam satis suppeteret in Angliamauxilii caussa navigavit. Haec de parentibus.

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Ego Audomarum missussum : Ubi quinque cum medio annosnon sine vulgari progressu studiis humanitatis operam navavi

Audomari duorum fere annorum spatio infirma usus sumvaletudine, sed eam deinceps faciliorem et firmiorem habui : mens vero variis aliquando scrupulis tenebatur anxia, sed iis iam prorsusDei benignitate absolutus sum

Magnum me tenet desiderium harum regularum observandarum , precorque Deum immortalem ut illud sempersactum† tutum conservare dignetur.

SUMMARY

[559] PLATT Francis, 18, son of Bartholomew and Margaret , born at Batrington, Berkshire Son of noble rich Catholic parents, who were forced to migrate to Normandy after much of their property had been auctioned. Has 5 brothers and 5 sisters Withone brother he was taken from Normandy by sea towards Italy; was left behind in the care of an English priest at Paris, while his brother was entrusted to the Cordeliers at Neuville ; was later sent toSt. Omers and studied humanities 5 years (His father returned from Rome burnt by fevers and died ; the mother, left penniless , sailed to England for help ) Was unhealthy 2 years at St. Omers; now recovered. Once suffered from scruples, but is now free

[560]

Guilielmus Talbottus , sedecim annorum, in comitatu Lancastrii natus, et ibidem educatus .

Parentes habuit nobiles, fratres tres, sorores sex aut septem, qui omnes in Ecclesia dei militant

In Anglia , et in collegio Anglicano Audoma : humanioribus litteris operam dedit.

Prosperrima sum valetudine, et animo et corpore, et a septem annis semper fui

Haereticus nunquam fuit

Promitto me Ecclesiasticam vitam suscepturum, et disciplinam collegii observaturum

.

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[560] TALBOT William, 16, born and brought up in Lancashire Son of noble Catholic parents ; has 3 brothers and 6 or 7 sisters , all Catholics Studied humanities in England and at St. Omers

Healthy these 7 years Never a heretic Promises to be an ecclesiastic

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[562] [No Responsa extant]

GUILIELMUS TALBOTTUS

[563] RESPONSA

[No Responsa extant]

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1617

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1. Ego Thomas Roffensisaliter Thomas Rogerus21, vel circiter agens annum, oriundus vero Burwelli in comitatu Cantabrigiensi, ubi plerumque et altus educatusquefui.

2. ParenteshabeoGodfridum et Margaretam mediaeconditionis, atque, ut spero, catholicos, fratres vero Guilielmum , Godfridum , et Richardum, sororem Margaretam : amicorum autem praecipui, ac intimi catholicam et profitentur, et tutantur fidem

3. Operam humanioribus literis pro modulo meo iam inde a pueritia impendi, modo domesticos inter parietes, modo Wisbeci, modo vero etiam Audomaropoli in celeberrimo illo Anglorum seminario ubi per quinque annos et plus eo, acceptum deo deiparaeque refero, haud paenitendos feci progressus ; inde in Hispaniam, permultis in itinere exantlatis laboribus, ad philosophica addiscenda studia sum profectus, unde paucis post mensibus reversusintermissisque aliquamdiu studiis Romam veni

4. Firma hactenus tum corporis tum animae sum ususutorque valetudine.

5. Fui aliquando densis ignorantiae tenebris involutus, verum , divina opitulante gratia, septem abhinc annis Reverendo Patre Ioanne Floied salutarem dextram porrigente, ad meliorem frugem me6.recepi

Ad Ecclesiasticam vitam sum propensus.†t

THOMAS ROFFENSIS .

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[565] ROFFENSIS Thomas, alias Rogers , c 20, son of Godfrey and Margaret, born at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, and brought up there. Son of middle class Catholic parents ; has brothers William, Godfrey, and Richard, and sister Margaret ; has mainly Catholic kinsfolk. Studied humanities at home, at Wisbech, and at St. Omersfor5 or more years profitably; studied philosophy in Spain after an adventurous journey; returning after some months left offstudies fora while and then set out for Rome Healthy Once wrapped in ignorance, but 7 years ago was brought to a better state by Fr. John Floyd. Desiresto be an ecclesiastic .

[566]

1. Ego Ioannes Freman Warwickensis tertium et vigesimum iam agens annum vel circiter natus Tameworthiae et a Parentibus catholicis educatusac more Romano institutus

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2. Parentes catholicos, qui multa conscientiae causa perdiderunt: eorum status ducentos per annum aureos valeat, quem Fratri meo partem tradiderunt partem mihi in mortem patris reservarunt, (Frater autem schismaticus est) : Sorores modo nullas, cognatos autem plurimos, paucos vero catholicos Verbi gratia Dominum Oswaldum Brocum Equitem Catholicum Ioannem HarringtonumCatholicum Dominum Gualterum LeusonumEquitem Haereticum.

3. Studiis inferioribus quatuor annis operam dedi Audomari, mediocrem in utriusque facultateprogressumfeci : parum temporis spatium in Angliaquamvis inutiliter consumpsi

4. Bona laus Deo utor valetudine et animae et corporis, quamvis aliquando specimenaliquod aegritudinis sensi

5. Semperfui Dei gratia, Catholicus semperque fidem Romanam sum amplexus, et dum vivo, Deo adiuvante, me amplexaturus spondeo nihil pro Fide hactenus passus sum. vocatus sum a Deo ad eius maiorem gloriam et ad propositum B.P. Ignatii.

6. Deo in istiusmodi vivendi genere servire multis abhinc annis firmiter statui ac proposui ; multumque laboravi , ut tandem aliquando ad illum finem attingere queam, et ut certe arbitror me divina quadam providentiahuc a superioribus missum fuisse: ut melius illum acquiram : †t

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[566] FREEMAN John, ofWarwickshire , c. 22, born atTamworth. Son of Catholic parents worth 200 gold crowns a yearwho suffered much for the faith, and who handed over part of their propertyto his schismatic brother, and have reserved part for himself on his father'sdeath. Has nowno sisters, many kinsmen butfew Catholics; is related toSirOswaldBrooke, Catholic, John Harrington, Catholic, Sir Walter Leveson heretic Studied 4 years at St. Omers; and some time uselesslyin England. Always a Catholic. Called by God to his greater glory and to the vow ofSt. Ignatius .

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Robertus Houltbeius proprium mihi nomen est, annumque iam vigessimum numero. locus nativitatis S. Oswaldum appellatur, pagus quidam in teritorio† Eboracensi, ubi ad quatuor annos Haereticorum documentis informatus et educatus sum . Parentem habeo neminem, uterque enim Catholicus mortuus est. Fratres habeotres , itemque tres sorores catholicos omnes Cognatos hos habeo Haereticos Thorntonos, Butleros, Chateros , Alkwithos, Bulluccos hos vero Catholicos, Houltbeios, Medcalphos , Ratcliffos, Waitos, Francos, Methamos. latinis litteris Audomari , triennio dedi , de profectu vero, quem exiguum esse satis constat, ex aliis, quam de me ipso cognoscatis malim .

valetudine firma et integra semper hactenus usus sum, nec vel minimus ullius morbi tentationibus commoveri soleo Haereticus aliquando fui, et ab ea opinione ad verum evangelii lumen per Reverendum Patrem Richardum Houltbeium ante decem annos revocatus sum, de caeterisnihil Nihil mihi prius in votis est, quam ut deo favente vitam ecclesiasticam suscipiam, meque ad observandam huius Collegii disciplinam accommodem, una hac exceptione, si aegra et infirma valetudo vota et proposita mea non impediat.

SUMMARY laus deo deiparaeque

[567] HOLTBY Robert, 19, born at Oswaldkirk , Yorkshire , and educatedthere heretically 4 years Has lost bothparents, Catholics Has3 brothers and3sisters allCatholics. Is related totheThorntons, Butlers, Chaytors, Akwiths, Bullocks, all heretics, and to the Holtbys, Metcalfes, Radcliffes, Waites, Franks and Methams , Catholics Studied Latin 3 years at St. Omerswithslightprogress. Always healthy A heretic until 10 years ago, when converted by Fr. Richard Holtby. Desires to be an ecclesiastic unless ill-health prevents him .

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Nomen verum est Iacobus Daltonus, aetas in vigesimumiam annum perducitur natus sum in comitate† Eboraci, Educatus ibidem 14 annos, deinde in Galliam linguae eius discendae moribusque instituendi gratia contendi tum in patriam post annum cum medio reverti, ubi aestate cum amicis transacta Audamarum postremo anavigavi, ubi 4 annis in latina lingua comparanda positis huc me contuli.

Pater est de Equestri ordine, Schismaticus, Mater Catholica, horum reditus sunt circiter 1000 librae (ut dicunt) sterling in annossingulos, fratres 7 sororem 1 , cognati proximi sunt, Sheffildi, ut Dominus Sheffildus praesidens Eboraci, frater avae meae Constabli omnes . Ellikeri Turretti

Latinae linguae studui, quo in studio quos fecerim progressus Audamari et quantos mihi dictu est difficule, ita tamen studui, ut caeteris semper mihi nunquam satifecerim. + Semper propemodum recta sum usus valetudine nisi cum semel re mihi ex animi sententia non cedente aegrius paullo tulissem , in febrim incidi

Animo semper fui catholicus, sed cum aliquando a paterna domo decederem inque amicorum nonullorum haereticorum disciplinam me tradidissem, frequentabam conciones et exercitia haeritica , sed postea ad parentes reversus haeritica cuncta repudiavi .

Nihil mihi potius est quam ut haec omnia ad maiorem Dei Gloriam et ex superiorum voluntatepraestem.

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SUMMARY

[568] DALTON James, 19, born in Yorkshire, brought up there 14 years, then went to France to learn the language ; returned to England after 1 years ; spent the summer at home and then sailed to St. Omers; after4 years there learning Latin came hither. Son of a schismatic knight and a Catholic mother, worth £1000 a year ; has 7 brothers and 1 sister ; is related to Lord Sheffield, Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire (hisgrandmother's brother) and to the Constables , Ellerkers and Tyrwhitts. Healthy, but once fell into a fever when his will was thwarted Always a Catholic at heart , but once when away from home attended heretical sermons and services withhis heretical guardians ; repudiated heresyon returning home. Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

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1. Nomen vere[?] proprium quo recte appellor Richardus est Pearsonus annum autem ago decimum nonum atque Holdini in comitatuEboracensisfui natus ibique educatus

2. Parentes mediae sortis sed potius pauperes quam divites pater autem Sismaticus mater vero catholica quae nuper multa in Anglia pro fide catholica passa est quod autem ad fratres atinet† fratrem habeo plane nullum sorores autem quatuoratque cognatos multos sed precipui partim sunt haeretici partim Catholici

3. In Anglia vero in civitate quae vocatur Hul spatio duorum annorum fui versatus ibique litteris humanioribus operam dedi sed valetudinis causa domum revertere fui coactus ubi unius anni spatio cum parentibus vixi sed anno transacto Barnabeam missus fui quo in loco spatio trium annorum habitavi deinde Babthorpae, postea fidei causa domum regressus Audomarum sum profectus ubi tres substiti annos progessum aliquem in studiis humanioribus feci.

4. Quod ad valetudinem attinet plerumque in Anglia recta valetudine usus sum sed Audamari spatio trium mensium adversa valetudine usus sum ibique uno abhinc anno multis variisque animi perturbationibus tentationibus nimirum demonis maxime fui afflictus atque ab illo tempore malancholiae maxime fui deditus

5. Semper usque ad decimum tertium annum haereticam vitam egi sed post conversionem matris Babthorpum missus fui, ubi catholicus sum factus sed pro fide catholica nihil adhuc sum passus, quod me maxime vexat.

6. Tribus abhinc annis hanc ecclesiasticamvitam agere maxime desideravi

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Laus Deo

[569] PEARSON Richard, 18, born and brought up at Howden, Yorkshire . Son of middle class rather poor parents, the father a schismatic, the mother a Catholic who has recently suffered much

for religion in England. Has no brothers and 4 sisters ; has many Catholic and heretical kinsfolk Studied humanities 2 years at Hull, was forced to return home though illness ; lived a year with hisparents ; wassent to Barneby for3 years andthen to Babthorpe ; returned home for religion's sake ; went to St. Omers and studied humanities for 3 years. Healthy while in England, but was ill 3 months at St. Omers ; a year ago sufferedmany temptations ofthe devil and since then has been afflicted with melancholy A heretic until 12 , was sent to Babthorpe after his mother's conversion and there converted ; regrets he has not sufferedfor religion. Hasdesired to be an ecclesiasticthese 3 years.

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1. Proprio vocor nomine Thomas Walkerus, annum iam agens (ut puto) undevigesimum, Duaci natus ibique ad duos annos educatus, in Angliam deinde traieci ubi ad quatuor Londini annos vixi, tunc vero in comitatem † Eboracensemiter suscepi,ubi ad decimum tertium annum vitam transegi, inde vero Londinum reverti, sic denique Audomarum, deinde huc Romam .

2. Pater media stirpe natus, mater vero nobili, et secundis satis fortunis utente, Pater scismaticus, mater autem catholica ; duos teneo fratres haeretticos, unamque eadem religione sororem , cognatospossideo multos tum nobiles, tum plebeos, a parte paterna cunctoshaeretticos uno dempto, a materna autem omnes catholicos, a patre cognatos , et avunculos, Georgium Walkerum , Antonium Walkerum, utrosque heretticos, cognatum Dominum Brandum cum filiis catholicum, hosquepraecipuos A Matre, Avum[?], Dominum Barnforde, cum filio, equitem Thomam Bisshope ; et Thomam Stapletonum mortuumhabui avunculum .

3. Aliquando in comitate eboracensi literis ad exiguum tempus operam dedi, inde ad annum integrum studia relaxavi, et otiosus vixi, et sic nunc in studiis, nunc in varis rebus tempus consumpsi, parum tamen in studiis donecAudomarum veni fructum hausi.

4. In optima semper vixi valetudine, aliquando tamen brevi interceptus febris iactatione ; sed ullo[?] perturbatus desolatione

5. Dum Duaci cum avunculo et matre vixi, catholicus fui; eodem parimodo mortuo avunculo Londini cum matre vixi ad sextum annum, tum vero missus ad patrem, in aliena mensa collocatus magistri opera factus sum haereticus, in quo statu vixi ad annum decimum sextum ; ubi demum matris industria factus catholicus, sed quia apud praeceptorem collocatus fui, id propositum exequi non patuit satis maturo tempore at matris tandem persuasu fierem invito praeceptorecatholicus, quo viso non amplius me doceret, sic Audomarum veni

6. Semper in optatis habui ut hanc vitam Ecclesiasticam sequerer, qua patriae opem ferrem; tt finis Laus Deo.

SUMMARY

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[570] WALKER Thomas, c 18, born at Douai, brought up there 2 years, then lived4 years in London ; lived in Yorkshire until 12 , then returned to London ; went to St. Omers and thence to Rome Son of middle class schismatic father and noble Catholic mother, bothrich ; has 2 heretical brothers and 1 heretical sister; has noble and plebeian kinsfolk, all except one on his father's side heretics, all on his mother's side Catholics Is nephew to heretics George and Antony Walker, and cousin to Mr. Brand and his children, Catholics. Through his mother is related to Mr. Barnforde and his son, and to Sir Thomas Bishop. Is nephew to Thomas Stapleton, deceased . Studied humanities for a short period in Yorkshire; abandonedstudyfor a year ; learntlittleuntilhewent toSt. Omers. Always healthy except for short fevers. Was a Catholic while he lived with his mother and uncle at Douai, and while he lived with his mother in London after his uncle's death ; but when living with his father was converted to heresy by his master, and remained so until 15; then became a Catholic through his mother's efforts , though he could not carry out his intentionfor some time because ofthe hostility of his tutor. On his conversion was rejected by this tutor, and so went to St. Omers Has always wanted to be an ecclesiastic

1618 [Endorsed : 1617]

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1. Vocor Christophorus Maniwaringus alias Lathomus Viginti annorum his proxime elapsis diebus (ut Autumo) vel vigesimi primi curriculum confeci Ex Provincia Lancestrensi a teneris continuo annis fide catholica, et probis moribus a Parentibus instructus atque educatus

2. Parens uterque nobili stirpe oriundus, ex amplissima enim Maniwaringi familia Pater originem duxit. Mater vero e celeberrimis Tarbucki aedibus processit Utrique orthodoxae fidei propugnatores acerrimi omnibus fere bonis semelatque iterumnudati prorsusatque spoliati carceriscustodiae aliquo temporis spatio Pater fuit addictus. nunquam tamen (Dei gratiae) de recta Romana fide vel tantillum destitere. et siquidem ad inferiorem dignitatis gradum persicutionibust addicti, constanti tulere animo. fratres habeo quatuor, tres Catholici , de quartosum plane incertus, si quaetamen in eo vigeat religio, (ut spero) Catholica est. Sorores totidem Catholicae omnes Cognati quidam Catholici , quidam vero haeretici, praecipui tamen omnes haeretici.

3. Ad nullam aliam scientiam, nisi scientiam litterarum animum unquam applicavi exiguum tamen fructum ubique locorum ex studio collegi : donec concessa tandem a Superioribus facultatein numerum electorum Adolescentum Audomaropoli eram adscriptus. quod beneficium quam pectori infixum teneo (iudicet Deus) unde etiam quicquid est, scio enim quam sit exiguum hausi.

4. Aliquot abhinc mensibus interiorem quendam dolorem in laevo latere satis quandoque mihi molestum sensi : iam vero ab aliquo tempore (ut vere dicam) Beatissimae Dei Matris beneficio intiger reddoret robustus nec quicquam obest, quo minus animus non sit pacatus et tranquillus

5. Quoad vitae statum, nihil mihi unquam potius in votis fuit, quam ut in miserrima nostra patria haeresi fere obruta aliquando infinitis in dies ruentiumanimabus, ope, doctrina , pietate, sanguine denique ipso succurrerepossem. quippe nihil universus orbis habet gloriosius, quam ut pro Patria et Christo quis sanguinemetspiritum effundat ultimum. A teneris unguiculis Romanae fidei amator et fautor fui

6. De observanda Collegii disciplina dum hic vixero, quoad me spondeoac polliciort pro viribus conservaturum demuminomnibus aliis quantum in me situm erit, Superiorum expectationi respondere conabor atque studebo.

Laus Deo, DeiparaequeVirgini.

SUMMARY

[571] MAINWARING Christopher, alias Lathom ; just 20 orjust 21 ; brought upa Catholic in Lancashire Son of nobleandstaunchly Catholic parents, who were twice despoiledof their goods but bore all with constancy. (His father was imprisoned some time. His mother is ofthe Tarbock family.) Has 3 Catholic brothers, and one doubtful Catholic brother; has 4 Catholic sisters Has both Catholic and heretical kinsfolk, but themore importantare heretics. Studied letters, but with little profit until admitted to the college at St. Omers, where he learnt all that he knows. Some months ago felt a pain in his left side, but has now recovered , thanks tothe B.V.M. Desiresto be a martyr. Always a Catholic

[572] [573] [No Responsa extant]

1. Nomen vocatur Franciscus Stephanus iam ago vigesimum annum. In Provincia Cornubiae et in civitate Stae. Columbae in lucem editus fui. ibidemque educatus

2. Parentes ortum suum a clara familia traduxerunt. bona eorum quidem conditio est. fratrem unum, unamque sororem habeo cognatosferme omnes Haereticos.

3. Humanioribus studiis semper operam dedi, studuique in Collegio Anglorum Audomari ubi progressum satis felicem feci in litteris. et ex classe Humanitatishuc veni

4. Aliquando bona usus sum corporis valetudine , aliquando satis mala, animae vero semperrecta

5. Ex sale Haereticorum ad Catholicam cymbam operecuiusdam Iesuitae vocatus fui cuiusque industria ad Collegium Anglorum

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

Audomari fui missus , in quo itinere ob fidem Ronamam nihil perpassus fui.

6. Ateneris annis optimum desidteriumf circa vitam Ecclesiasticam habui.

STEPHANUS FRANCISCUS .

SUMMARY

[573] STEPHENSFrancis, 19, born and brought up atSt. Columb , Cornwall Son of rich noble parents; has 1 brother and 1 sister; has mainly heretical kinsfolk. Studied humanities at St. Omers successfully, came hither from the class of humanities . Sometimes healthy and sometimes ill. Was converted from heresy to Catholicism by a Jesuit who sent him to St. Omers. Has desired since childhood to be an ecclesiastic

[574]

1. Andreas Stonas viginti annorum, Eboracensis ac inter domesticos lares per septem annos in quodam oppido eiusdem patriae, quod Eastrow appellatur, studiis disciplinisque educatus.

2. Parentes catholici , nobili stirpe exorti, qui quondam divitiis floruere, at iam propterfidem catholicam in pauperemstatumsunt redacti fratres (ut opinor quatuor, sorores sunt duae , praecipui autem cognati catholici; uno aut altero excepto.

3. Poesi non sine summo studio, et progressu operam dedi, primo per septem annos (ut ante dixi) in paterna domo, deinde quatuor in Collegio Anglicano Audomarensi, inde consilium accepi in Hispaniam proficiscendi de audienda philosophia, quo inter tres menses mutato, reversussum.

4. Optima tam corporis, quam animae valetudine utor, etiamsi aliquando levi aliquo capitis dolore oppressus fuerim

5. Catholicus a primis annis semper fui, sicuti parentes, fratres et sorores.

6. Ad vitam Ecclesiasticam agendamtoto corde, et toto anima (ut ita dicam) sum affectus . tt IOANNES CUTHBERTUS ALIAS ANDREAS STONAS

SUMMARY

[574] STONEHOUSE Andrew, or John Cuthbert, ofYorkshire , 20; educated 7 years at home at East Row , Yorkshire Son of noble Catholic parents brought from wealth to povertyby their religion Has4 brothers,2 sisters, all Catholics; has mainlyCatholic kinsfolk. Studied poetry with enthusiasm and success, first for 7 yearsat home, then 4 years at St. Omers ; was advised to go to Spain to study philosophy, but changed his mind and returned within 3 months. Healthy except for occasional headaches Always a Catholic Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

[575]

Ego Guilielmus Hargravius in Provincia Lancastrensi natus sum , in Provincia Eboracensi ad octavum usque vel nonum aetatis annum educatus, deinde ad natale solum a Parentibus revocatus: Ago iam vigesimum annum . Patrem habeo Guilielmum, Matrem Aloysiam, hanc Catholicam, illum schismaticum, utrumque honesto loco natum. Quando ex Anglia discessi parentum status et conditio fuit, et hoc tempore, quantum novi, eiusmodi est ut satis facultatum ad se et familiam tuendam habeant. Duae sorores , fratres sunt quatuor quorum unus Sacerdos est e Societate Iesu Cognati omnes, praeter unum videlicet dominum Burkum, haeretici

Per integrum quinquennium in Seminario Audomarensi humanioribus litteris operam dedi, Grammaticam, Poeticam, Rhetoricam attigi, in quibus licet tantos non fecerim progressus quantos a me multi fortassis expectabant, quantosque debebam, industriam tamen tantam adhibui quantam potui maximam Corpus eiusque partes omnes ac sensus adeo sani atque integri sunt ut nullam plane infirmitatem aut in praesenti sentiam , aut alias senserim nisi quod anno superiore in Hispanico itinere in morbum quendam ex nimia emissione sanguinis inciderim ex quo sic convalui ut nullum eius vestigium remaneat

Cum puer eram haereticorum conciones adibam sed quid esset haereticus, quidque haereticorum sibi commenta vellent penitus ignorabam. Posteaquam vero per aetatem lic[e]b[at] intellegere poteram illas haereticorum insanias, et qualis esset fides Catholica nonnihil percipere, caepi haereticos odio habere, atque abeorum templis et concionibus abstinere, meque Catholicum profiteri. Hoc ubi advertissent quidam haeretici, condiscipuli mei, in me contumeliosi esse caeperunt, volueruntque per vim in quoddam haeriticorum Templum pertrahere ut ibi eorum sacris interessem. Tantillum hoc cum nondum essem revera Catholicus pro fide Catholica pertuli, in omni vita aliud nihil. Mox a Reverendo Patre, Patre Ioan. Scroupo Societatis Iesu instructus , edoctus, Ecclesiae Catholicae ascriptus sum . Vitam Ecclesiasticam per dei gratiam agere atque Collegii disciplinam observare proposui, quod ut exequar ad maiorem Dei gloriam, patriaeque utilitatem gratiam mihi largiatur Pater et Fillius et Spiritus Sanctus . Amen.

GUILIULMUS HARTUS.

SUMMARY

[575] HARGRAVE William, alias Hart, 19, son of William and Louisa, born in Lancashire, brought up in Yorkshire until 7 or 8 , then recalled home Son of respectableparents who have enoughto support theirfamily; the fathera schismatic, the mother a Catholic Has 2 sisters , 4 brothers, one a Jesuit Has heretical kinsfolk, and

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

one Catholic kinsman, Mr. Burke Studied humanities 5 years at St. Omers, viz., grammar, poetry and rhetoric ; in spite of keen effort did not make expected progress Alwayshealthyexcept for a disease on his Spanish journey last year due to excessive loss of blood ; has nowrecovered completely. As a boy went to heretical sermons , before he knew what heresy was; when he came to the age ofdiscretion began to hate heresy and to avoid heretical churches and to proclaim himself a Catholic ; was insulted byheretical fellowpupils who tried to drag him by force to a heretical service. Was reconciled by Fr.John Scrope S.J. Desiresto be anecclesiastic 1617

1617

[576]

1. Nomen, Edoardus Richardsonus, annos ago plus minus 16 natus Hamptoniae, qua in civitate incertus sum Educatus sum primum in provincia Northamtoniensi Harrahovii[?] deinde Audomaropoli in Seminario Anglicano.

2. Parentes habeo (Deo sit laus) fortunae tenuioris, sed Catholicos et pios, fratres habeo 4, sorores 3, omnes (Deo sit laus) fide Catholica apprime imbutos.

3. Studui partim in Anglia sub Sacerdote Religioso Societatis , partim in Seminario Anglicano Audomaropoli Rhetoricam operam navavi septennium, biennium vero musicaeoperulam tribui.

4. Valetudine usus sum semper commodissima, nisi semel in Anglia memini variolis laborasse

5. Deo sit laus fui semper Catholicus , numquam quicquam pro fide perpessus sum , sed patidesidero.

6. Desidero vitam Ecclesiasticam agere et afflictae patriae pro virili succurere ,

EDOARDUS RICHARDSONUS .

SUMMARY

[576] RICHARDSONEdward , c 16, born in Hampshire, educated at Harrowden in Northamptonshire and at St. Omers. Son of poor Catholic parents, has 4 brothers and 3 sisters all Catholics. Studied in England under a Jesuit At St. Omers studied rhetoric for 7 years and music for 2 years. Always healthy, except for smallpox once in England. Always a Catholic ; regrets that he has not suffered for religion Desires to be an ecclesiastic . 1617 .

[577]

[578]

[No Responsa extant]

1. Ego Thomas Longeville alias semperque idem novemdecim iam annorum, in provincia Buckingamiensi natus haud procul ab

urbe quam vulgo Stonistrateforde appellant, et in eadem provincia primum una cum parentibus educatus, post vero Audomari

2. Parentes communi conditione et statu, quo plerique solent esse nobiles ; sex aut septem fratres habeo, nullos alios nullasque sorores novi, cognatos plurimos habeo, Catholicos paucos, sed praecipui qui 10. vel 12. sunt numero, uno aut altero dempto omnes haeretici sunt.

3. In Anglianullis studiis operam dedi nisi uno aut altero mense partim in paterna domo. partim in villa quadam nomine Hogsdon ubi studui paulisper latinae linguae sed parvo aut nullo potius emolumento, postmodum vero partim in Flandria bergis studui figuris et grammaticae partim Audomari Rhetoricae aliqua dei gratiautilitate.

4. Semper satis bona corporis valetudine fui nisi quandoque laboro capite.

5. Ego, ut pueri solent, cum inAngliaessem, eadem fui religione qua parentes, sed parentes primo fuerunt haeretici, atqueita me fuisse Haereticum non ausim dicere ; quomodo autem postea mater fuerit conversa sunt longae ambages sed summa sequor vestigia rerum.

Cum pater ex dolore quodam capitis interiisset, mater per trieterida vel circuiter vidua tandem nupsit Domino Guilielmo Windesoro ex Hiberniae bellis nuper redeunti, mactato iam capite comite Essexiae; Itaque dominus Cissol non ipsius contentus sanguine in eiusdem etiam socios et Duces saeviit, quosdam morte, quosdam carcere , Patrem vero meum mulctavit exilio: Itaque ille cum esset fere semperCatholicus, summolicet conatu adduxitmatrem cum duobus eiusdem filiis Audomarum ibi omnes conversi inter quos ego unus.

6. Vitam ecclesiasticam quo afflictae patriae et amicis pro- pemodum omnibus feram opem, desidero et Deo auxiliante propono. Hac autem intentione dum hic mansero, omnibus cum collegii tum superiorum decretis me sedulo obtemperaturum spondeo. THOMAS LONGEVILLUS .

SUMMARY

[578] LONGEVILLE Thomas, 19, born near Stony Stratford , Bucks, and brought up by his parents in the same county Son of noble parents, has 6 or 7 brothers, and many cousins , including a few Catholics and 10 or 12 heretics (On the death of his father , his mother , after 3 years widowhood, married Sir William Windsor who had just returned from the Irish wars after the beheading of the Earl of Essex; Windsor was involved in the Earl's ruin and wasbanishedby Cecil) Studied Latin for a few months in England, at home and at Hoggeston, with little profit ; studied figures and grammar at Bergen in Flanders and rhetoric at St. Omers more successfully. After a quasi-heretical childhhood was taken with his mother and brother to St. Omers by his Catholic stepfather, and was there converted withthem Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[579]

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

1. Mihi verum nomen est Ioannes Faucknerus, alias Io: Falconus, decimum octavum ago annum. natus fui in comitatu Vilchistrensi, Salisburiae, et maximam aetatis partem transegi in domo paterna, inde amicorum auxilio in Galliam ad addiscendas humaniores litteras in civitate Audomarensi, missus fui, et inde Romam veni.

2. Parentes honesti et catholici nuper conversi, fratrem habeo nullum , sorores vero duas, maiorem natu catholicam et religiosam, minorem vero haereticam Cognatoset propinquos habeo plurimos sed omnes paene haereticos.

3. Litteris humanioribus studui in Anglia, et Audomari

4. eram ad tertium decimum aetatis annum haereticus, et a patruo, qui est e Scietatis† Iesu, ad fidem catholicam traductus mihi unquam passus fui

5. Optima semper usus fui valetudine, et nunquam nisi semel , in ullum morbum incidi.

6. Optimum per dei gratiam sentio in me desiderium ad vitam Ecclesiasticam agendam, et Collegii disciplinam dum hic mansero observandam

IOANNES FALCONUS

SUMMARY

[579] FAULKENER John alias Falcon, 17, born at Salisbury, Wilts, and brought up there until sent to France to learn humanities at St. Omers. Son of respectable and newly converted parents ; has no brothers, one sister a religious, one sister a heretic Has many kinsfolk, mainly heretics Studied humanities in England and at St. Omers Was a heretic until 12, then converted by a Jesuit uncle. Healthy; only once diseased. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[580]

1. Ego Guilielmus Clarcus vero nomine appellor ; annos sum natus octodecim, in lucem editus et susceptus in comitatuStaffordii, in civitatevero quae vulgo Lichifildenuncupatur Inde rus dimissus ad nutricem haereticam a parentibus meis haereticis fui, qua cum triennium mansi Interea temporis accidit ut mater mea e vita emigraret haeretica existens. Pater vero bona omnia me nihili nec sororem natu grandiorem pendens partim aleae lusu perdidit, partim vendidit Tum ad avum meum agricolam praedivitem delatus. decenniumferme sub eius tutela peregi

2. Parens uterque meus agricolas maiores suos agnovit ; pater vero meus necessitate coactus haereticus semper existens fabrilem artem est professus nullum aliumfratrem habeo vel habui Soror mihi adhuc superest una quae Sanctissimo Divae Clarae ordini Graulingis nomen dedit Avum et aviam habeo, item amitas tres,

et avunculos duos Haereticos Item duos avunculoset unamamitam Catholicos

3. Audomari in collegio Anglicano quinquennium operamnavavi literis humanioribus, nimirum Figuris, Grammaticae, Syntaxi, Poesi, quibus in studiis (Deo adspirante) haud vulgariterprofeci.

4. Corporis quidem valetundine usus sum hactenus satis commoda, animae item (uti spero) ex quo conversusfui.

5. Tredecim annos haereticus vixi, tum forte fortuna avunculi mei patris Iohannis Wilsoni litteris ex Anglia accersitus, opera et studio Iesuitae cuiusdam patris Schotti Audomarum salvus et incolumis veni, ubi libenter catholicam fidem sum amplexatus Nihil interim (quod scio) Iesuitahoc molestiae ab haereticis passo.

6. Dei gratiaauxiliante propono synceret sacro sacerdotiiordine initiari

GUILIELMUS CLARCUS .

SUMMARY

[580] CLARK William, 18 , born at Lichfield, nursed by a heretic in the country for 3 years, brought up for 10 years by his grandfather, a rich farmer. Son of parents of farmingstock, the fathera heretical smith. (His mother died a heretic before he was 3 ; his father, caring nothing for the respondentor his elder sister, gambled and sold his goods ) Has no brothers ; has one sister a Poor Clare at Gravelines Has a grandfather and a grandmother, 3 aunts and 2 uncles heretics ; also 2 uncles and 1 aunt Catholics Studied figures, grammar, syntax and poetry 5 years at St. Omers with unusual success . Healthy. A heretic 14 years, then summonedfrom England by letters from his uncle Fr. John Wilson ; reached St. Omers safely throughthe help of Fr. Scott S.J.; there reconciled. Desires to be a priest.

[581]

[582]

[No Responsa extant]

Nomen verum a sponsoribus Rogero Seys avo meo et Arnaldo Basset avi gratiamihi impositum est nomen Rogeri Seyes

Aetatem vero annorum octodecim decimo Maii praeterriti+ huiusce Anni 1617 dei gratia peregi et ita ad novemdecim tendo Locus Nativitatis est villa parva vocata Bovertowne parochiaenominatae Lantwit maior Comitatus Glamorgan Diocaesis Landaff Cambrobritanniae unde pater (emptis agris cum domiciliis in Swanzey urbe maritima maioris sui status emolumenti gratia) discessit et postea mansit in Swanzey ubi nati sunt illi septem filii et duae filiae mihi fratres et sorores duo autem alii fratres et sorores nati sunt in Bouertowne supradicta Educatus autem domi per novem annos quatuor discendo vel in schola domi propriae annos ex supradictis consumpsi unum annum in Catsash comitatus Monmothiae, quinque annos partim in Sewanzey , partim in parochia

Lanmas mille passuum distans a Bouerton supradicta in schola fui Annum ante adventum in Galliam domi non scholae fui Annum in Rupella urbe galliae ante meam conversionem et ultimum annum partim in monasterio Euclastrensi et partim in Itinere consumpsi. Pater est Richardus Seyes filius Rogeri Seyes supradicti Armigeri Iusticiariuspacis et Atturnator† Reginae Elizabethaepertredecim comitatus cambriae quae officia etiam patri fuerunt et partim restant quoniam pater est armiger Iustitiarus et Attornator praecipuus Regis Iacobi in praemissiscomitatibus sed decem aliis divisit legislatoribus suis amicis tres solum Glamorgam Brecnock et Radnor sibi reservavit Habet reditus 600 librarum Angliae per annum

Avnuculus Alexander Seyes frater patris habitat Iuxta Newport

Comitatus Monmothiae in Grindfild quasi mille spatium de newport habet redditus per Annum 300 libras Mater est maria Evans filia Lysonis Evans de Neath Comitatus Glamorganiae iuxta mare Armigeri et quondam Iusticiiarii† pacis Iamque senex acquievit ab illo officio Avunculos ex parte matris 3 habeo David Evans

Armiger redditus 160 Libras in villa de Neath supradicta Nicolaus

Evans gendelangenuith in commitatu Carmathen habet redditus 80 Libras Guilielmus Evans gen de Neath supradicta habet redditus

60 Libras et Avus in manu retinet (nempe Lyson Evans) redditus

100 Libras sorores matris duae Catharina Evans nupta Matheae Price Armigero Iusticiario pacis De court y Carne Com : Glammorgan iuxta fluvium vocatum Luchur Redditus 500 aut 600

Librarum, Anna Evans nupta David Powell de parochiar de Landow gen Redditus 80 Libras Dominus Iohannis Harbert

SecretariusRegisprivati Consilii est frater Avae Margaritae herbert nuptae Lysoni Evans de Neath avo Meo et multos habeo amicos eius nominis : de fratribus et sororibus supradictum. placeatne ut eos nominem et de studiis quoque dictum. Humanioribus solum litteris operam navare conatus sum de profectu et progressude loco ubi operam dedi supra scriptum. Quomodo vocatus ad sanctam Catholicam fidem amplectendam fuerim Cum essem Rupellae (omnino haereticus) me collocavi pro parvo tempore apud scriptorem ut discerem scribere apud quem manebat et convictor erat Iuvenis Hibernus Catholicus qui mihi aliqua familiaritate prius coniunctus fuerat quam illic veneram , hic admotis saepe numero precibusutsecum venirem ad videndam illam splendidam Eclesiam vocatam Sanctam Margaritam Rupellae Ad hunc propositum secreto per muros urbis ambo praetereuntes

Invenimus Patres ordininis oratorii quatuor inferius deambulantes quorum unus Reverendus Pater Beniamin Quesneau [?] vocatum ad se hibernum quia illi prius erat cognitus Interrogavit ab eo quisnam essem qui Respondit quod essem Anglus haereticus et quod secum ad visitandam eclesiam† ibam et quod loquebar Latine et ille ad me veniens ad multum tempus de fide Catholica longo sermone perducto suasit ut illum iterum alloquere Interea frater

discessit in Angliam et cum eum secundo essem allocutus conversionem feci et mihi suasit sumere quantum foret mihi pecuniaeat istinc discedere ad monasterium Euclastrense prope urbem pictevensem cum littera sua et antequam illuc perveneram spoliatus a militibus omnibus istis pecuniis quas habui Ita ut illuc nempe ad monasterium fere nudus venerim ubi per tres menses commoratus sum et postea illinc cum eorum omnium concessa et scriptis ut huc venirem discessi illuc veni 15 die Octobris Anno 1616 et discessi 6to februariiAnni dicti

Valetudine gratia dei bona Hoc instanti tempore fuortsanitateque recuperata potior Nulla assueta (Laudem deo refero) aegritudine unquam vexatus fui.

Propositum meum et desiderium est Ita iam me reformare et Laborem subire ut observata semper collegii disciplina In posterum sim paratus et aptus in vocatione aliqua eclesiasticat qua deo placuerit acceptum talentum reddere.

SUMMARY

[582] SEYES Roger (so named by his godparents, Roger Seyes his grandfather, and Arnold Basset, after the former), son of Richard Seyes and Mary Evans, born 10.5.1599 at Boverton in the parish of Llantwit Major in Glamorgan, whence his father moved to Swansea, havingbought houses and land there Was brought upat home for 9 years ; spent 4 of these in the local school, and one at Cat's Ash, Monmouth ; spent 5 years partlyin Swansea and partly at school in the parish of Llanmaes a mile from Boverton ; stayed at home for his last year in England ; spent a year at La Rochelle before his conversion; spent the last year partly in the monastery of Les Chateliers and partly in travelling. (His grandfather, Roger Seyes Esq., J.P., was Attorney of Queen Elizabeth for the 13 counties of Wales; his father, Richard Seyes, Esq., J.P. is likewise principalAttorney of King James in Wales, but has kept only the three counties of Glamorgan, Brecknock and Radnor for himself, distributing the remaining 10 to his friends The respondent's mother is daughter to Lyson Evans Esq., of Neath , Glamorgan, a retired J.P. who still keeps £100 a year.) Has 2 brothers and sisters born at Boverton, and 7 brothers and 2 sisters born at Swansea Is nephewto Alexander Seyes of Greenfield, a milefrom Newport, Monmouthsire, worth £300 a year ; to David Evans Esq., of Neath , worth £160 a year ; to Nicholas Evans gent. of Llangennith , Carmarthenshire, of £80 a year: to CatherineEvans, wife ofMatthew Price Esq. , J.P. of Court-y-Carne, Glamorganshire, by the river Llwchwr, worth £500 or £600 ; to Anne Evans wife of David Powell of Llandow, gent of £80 a year. Is great-nephew to Sir John Herbert, wife to Lyson Evans of Neath ; has many kinsfolkofthe same name. Whilst living at La Rochelle to learn writing from a scribe, being at that time a heretic, he was persuaded by an Irish Catholic fellow pupil to visit the splendid church of St. Margaret ;

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

walking on the city walls, saw four Oratorians walking below; was introduced to Fr. Benjamin Quesneau, one of the four, as a Latin-speakingEnglish heretic ; wasexhorted to becomea Catholic ; was converted on his second meeting with Fr. Quesneau, after his brother's departure to England ; was persuaded by him totakehis money and go to the monastery of Les Chateliersnear Poitiers with a letter ofrecommendation ; was robbed of all his money bysoldiers on the way; arrived at the monastery almost naked; lived there from 15.10.1616 to 6.2.1617 and was then permittedto set out for Rome Is now healthy, having recovered from illness Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[583]

[584] [No Responsa extant]

[1618]

1. Gulielmus Haughtonus viginti circiter annis natus. et litteris semper imbutus

2. Pater Schismaticus Mater catholica Fratres duo, unus Catholicus ; alter schismaticus tres sorores catholicae Amici praecipui qui nobiles sunt haeretici vel schismatici.

3. Literis humanioribus variis in locis Angliae studui ubi nihil propemodum progressus feci, donec Audomarum veni

4. Semperbona valetudine fruitus sum . et fruor

5. fui Schismaticus sed materna educatione et instructione Catholicam religionem ingrediebar

6. Nihil magis desidero quam vitam ecclesiasticam ; et eam amplecti mens mea a pueritiacupivit.

SUMMARY

[584] HAUGHTONWilliam, c 20. Son of a schismatic father and a Catholic mother ; has one Catholic brother and one schismatic brother and 3 sisters all Catholics Studied humanities in various places in England ; made no progress until he went to St. Omers. Always healthy. Was a schismatic, and was converted by his mother Since childhood has desired to be an ecclesiastic

[585]

1. Verum nomen est Franciscus Caterus, aetas paullo plus 20 annorum Locus nativitatis Laugtoniapagus in comitatu Lincolniensi, educatio semperlibera et in bonis litteris

2. Pater est generosus (uti dicunt), fuit ad aliquod tempus advocatus, sed modo privatus vivit, facultates eius haereditariae non admodum amplae fuere, quas tamen sua industria multum auxit ad 200 libras per annum Mater honesta familia nata ab illustribus Berraeorum et Mounttanorum familiis originem traxit,

utraeque tamen familiae in comitatu Lincolniae iam paene sunt deletae. Fratres habeo5, sorores 4, quorum omnium nemo, quantum ego scio, hactenus catholicae ascriptus est Ecclesiae , omnes quos scio amici et consanguinei exceptis tribus quatuorve sunt haeretici Pater Schismaticus mater a pauco tempore Catholica.

3. Litteris humanioribus hactenus operam dedi, sicuti et olim Musicaenullopaene profectu, eo quod et animuset industriapropria deerat. Prima rudimenta domi paternae in communibus scholis accepi quibus iterum melius et perfectius Eboraci fui imbutus. Postea Audomarum missus amissa recuperavi et plus didici 4 annorum tempore.

4. Valetudine plerumque commoda sum usus, nisiquod duobus primis annis, quibus Audomari studui, subinde dolore capitis et febribus laboraverim [?], ex illo tempore bene satis habui de anima vero, aegrasaepissime fuit, plura enim proposuit, quam praestitit

5. More paterno ecclesias et conventicula haereticorum usque ad duodecimum aetatis annum frequentavi , sed tum operaAnthonii Berraei Avunculi mei charissimi ex ista miseria eram ereptus Is post reditum ex Flandriaubi ad duos et amplius annos sub Rege Hispaniae militaverat, alium fratrum meorum maiorem me natu sibi tradi ad educandum et in catholica fide instruendum obnixe rogabat, sed frustra, nam Pater fratris mei ingenii tarditatem utpote minus aptum ad bonas artes capessendas causabat; Non quievit tamen Avunculi charitas, novam petitionem instituit, me a patre sibi concedi petivit, et difficulter tandem obtinuit, nimius enim[?] amor (ut verum fatear) prope me perdiderat. Avunculus voti compos me Eboracum misit educandum, ubi in carcere inter Catholicos enutritus , una cum praeceptis Grammatices, praecepta Catholicae Ecclesiae didici, doctus maxime a constanti illo Confessore Clemente Hodgsono Generoso ob fidem incarcerato cuius animae Deus aeternum reddat praemium. Inde domum revocatus post duos annos in maximum discrimen adductus fui, et de me actum fuisset ni Deus adiuvisset : Urgebat Pater, ut templa haereticorum repeteremsuadebat, iubebat, tantumnon minitabatur, dicebat me obedire debere, ast ego sine ulla ratione fui constans Deo adiuvante, et tantum dixi non volo : Et plura quae nunc me fugiunt. Noluit tamen me ad antiquum praeceptorem remittere, sed ad alium avunculum haereticum cum quo ad annum sum commoratus, in eodem paene periculo vixi, neminem enim habebamqui me vel confirmaret, vel doceret. Interea alter Avunculus animae meae studiosus procurator advenit et multis precibus obtinuit, ut in partes transmarinas mitterer Ubi maximo Dei beneficio labentia stabilivi.

6. Propositum meum tale est: statuo dei gratia auxilianteme totum divinocultui consecrare, quod nullaratione melius perficiam, quam si me ad ecclesiasticumillum vitae statum applicem, igitur finem Collegii si deus dignetur, libentissime amplexabor.

FRANCISCUS CATERUS ALIAS BERRAEUS .

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

SUMMARY

[585] CATER Francis, alias Berry, over 20, born at Laughton, Lincolnshire Son of a retired schismatic advocate who inherited little but has now £200 a year ; is descended on his mother's side from the Berrys and the Mountains, both now almost extinct in Lincolnshire . Has 5 brothers and 4 sisters, non-Catholics . Has a Catholic mother, recently converted, and 3 or 4 other Catholic kinsfolk. Studied letters and music with little progress ; learnt rudiments in common schools at home and at York ; learnt more in 4 years at St. Omers Healthy except for headaches and fevers in his first year at St. Omers Attendedheretical churchesuntil 11 , was then rescued by his uncle Antony Berry who, returning from over 2 years military service for the King of Spain in Flanders , asked to be allowed to bring up the respondent's elder brother a Catholic , and on beingrefusedasked for and obtained therespondent himself. Was sent by him to Yorkwhere, living in the prison with Catholics, he learnt grammar and religion from the confessor Clement Hodgson, gent Was recalled home ; for 2 years resisted his father's efforts to make him return to heretical churches; was sent for a year to another heretical uncle, and finally sent oversea atthe instanceof his Catholic uncle Desires to be an ecclesiastic.

[586]

Patre vocor Georgius Wyldus , matre Coquus, aetatem nescio, sed quamprimum de ea certior ero factus, superiori eam fideliter exponam, Cemsei Worcestriae loco fui natus, ibique per quinque annos educatus, postea Londinum usque nescio quam ob causam secum mater me duxit, dein elapsis aliquot annis in Essecsiam fui missus, sic Londini, Worcestriae, Essecsiae fuit educatio.

Parentes, ut spero, fuerunt catholici , de matre sum certus de patre omnino nihil, quia cum nondum unum aetatis annum attigissem , moriebatur , eorum status satis amplus et copiosus , conditio nota et antiqua, fratres habeo quatuor , et sorores duas cognatos de eodem nomine quamplurimos, qui omnes duobus fratribus exceptis

Schismatici sunt

Hactenus humanitati operam dedi et in illa scientia, Audomari studiosus, aspirante deo et beatissima virgine, progressus amplissimosfeci.

Valetudinem corporis et animae optima plerumque sensi et sentio, aliquando tamen utriusque aegritudinem pessimamfuisse notavi

Haereticus aliquando fui, tandem opera Reverendi patris Keely (qui tunc temporis erat laicus) ex Anglia fui eductus, et per Reverendum patrem Leum bonaememoriae conversus.

Desiderium et propositum quod habeo ad Ecclesiasticam vitam agendamsatis honestum esse constat, ut possim patriae afflictae et pene oppressae subvenire, sed eam non nisi longa experientia si unquam, quippe res est magni momenti, amplecti statuo, idcirco

quotannisannuum reditumsicut Audomari, persolverestatsententia, collegii vero disciplinam, dum illic mansero, profiteor me observaturum

SUMMARY

[586] WYLDE George, born at Kempsey, Worcestershire , and brought upthere 5 years ; was taken by his mother to London and someyears latersent to Essex . Son of a Catholic mother , née Cooke , and of a possibly Catholic father who died before hewas one year old ; both were rich and of good family . Has 4 brothers and 2 sisters and many kinsmen; all schismatics except for 2 brothers. Studied humanities at St.Omerswithgreat progress Nowhealthy; at times was very ill in body and soul. Was once a heretic ; was brought from England by Fr. Keighley, then a layman, and was reconciled by the late Fr. Lee. Desires to be an ecclesiastic , but only after long experience; wishes to pay yearly as at St. Omers.

[587]

Meum verum et proprium nomen est Guilielmus Percihaus alias Percie; habeoviginta† unum annorum, nomenloci meae nativitatis est Riton[?] in Comitatu Eboracensis; Educatio mea fuit semper modo nobilis

Pater meus est Thomas Percie de Riton in Comitatu Eborasensis Armiger, habuit duas uxores quarum una fuit filia natu maior Rogeri Vuiveli de Osgarbie in Comitatu Eboracensis Armiger[i] altra filia unica Marmaduci Vuiveli de Burton in Comitatu Richmond equitis aurati : Pater et noverca mea quae nuc† vivit sunt schismatici ; mea mater quae est mortuaerat (ut puto) haeritaca habeo solummodo unum fratrem et ille est schismaticus: habeo quinque sorores quarum duae sunt Catholicae, duae haeriticae , et altera schismatica; Cognati mei praecipui ex parte Patris sunt Richardus Fermer de Somerton in Comitatu Oxoniae; Franciscus Plowden de Shiplack in eodem Comitatu Armiger, Guilielmus Winscombe de Ñoke in eodem Comitatu Armiger et Robertus Percie de Midhurst in Comitatu Sussexiae nobilis, ipse solus est schismaticus, caeteri vero omnes Catholici ; Cognati mei precipui ex parte Matrissunt RogerusVuivelus Armiger, CarolusTankardus Armiger, et Thomas Bilbent[?] deWetherbie in Comitatu Eborasensi Armiger

Humanitatisolummodostudui Eboraci et inde aliquantulum profeci Valitudinet Corporis fruor et a teneris annis plerumque fruitus sum, valitudinet vero animae fui aliquando orbatus sed nuncfruor. Usque ad decimum septimum annum meae aetatis fui haereticus , sed postea vivendo cum cognato meo Richardo Fermero equite incepi aliquantulum ad fidem Catholicam flectere et esse schismaticus in quo statu permanebam usque ad adventum meum Bruxellas in quaCivitateper aliquos dies vivenshabui familiaritatem

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

cum quodemt religioso ex societate Iesu cuius nomen est Ovenus Shelleuset ab ipsofui conversusadfidem Catholicam amplectendum vicessimo octavo die Augustiaet quae fuit in anno Domini 1618 , nihil accidit mihi in hoc negotio, nec aliquid passus sum . Ad vitam Ecclesiasticam agendam ex meipso sumindeferens : et disciplina Collegii mihi valde arridet

per me GUILIELMUM PERCIE.

SUMMARY

[587] PERCEHAY William, alias Percy, son of Thomas Esq., of Ryton, Yorkshire , and of the daughter of Roger Wyvell Esq of Osgodby; born at Ryton and brought up as a nobleman . Son of a schismatic father and a heretical mother now dead; has a schismatic stepmother, the daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvell of Burton in the county of Richmond Has 1 schismatic brother, 2 Catholic sisters, 1 schismatic sister, 2 heretical sisters. Is related through his father to Richard Fermer of Somerton, Oxon ; to Francis Plowden Esq , of Shiplake, Oxon ; to William Winscombe Esq., of Noke, Oxon ; all Catholics; and to the noble Robert Percy of Midhurst , Sussex, schismatic. Is related through his mother to Roger Wyvell Esq , Charles TankardEsq , and Thomas Bilbent Esq., of Wetherby , Yorkshire . Studied humanities at York with some progress. Healthyin body since childhood ; once lost health of soul but has recovered it Was a heretic until 16 ; was drawnto Catholicism while living with his cousin Sir Richard Fermer ; remained a schismatic until arrival in Brussels; was reconciled by Fr. Owen Shelley S.J. on 28.8.1618 Is indifferent concerningecclesiasticallife.

[588]

[589] [No Responsa extant]

Cum sacrofui baptismate initiatus nomen mihi datum fuit Thomas , Audomari vero in confirmatione nomen Ioannis Fosteri accepi; primum supra vigesimum annum ago, in villa duobus ab Eboraco miliaribusdistante cui nomen Erswig in lucem sumeditus ibidemque educatus

Pater mihi fuit

Gulielmus Fosterus nobilis, frater natu maior Richardus Fosterus Armiger: Sorores habeo duas quarum una in matrimoniumda[ta] est Francisco Hogsono nobili, Altera Olyssippone in monasterio vi[tam] religiosam agit, frater meus secundus Thomas Fosterus vocatur sacerdos in hoc collegio quandoque alumnus utroque parente sum orbatus, pater meus Antwerpiae in Flandria mater in Anglia extremum reddiderunt spiritum: amicos ex parte matris nullos novi, ex parte patris duos avunculos pariterque duas amitas habeo , quorum omnes (uno avunculo excepto, qui moniliabust Olyssipponea confessionibuspraeest) matrimonium

inierunt, amitae ambae catholicae, alter meus avunculus haereticus est

Humanioribus literis Audomari in collegio Anglicano operam dedi, inde Hyspalim in Hispaniam ad collegium Anglicanum a superioribus missus sum, unde post auditum poenet philosophiaecursum discessi

Semper a pueritia valitudine secunda sum fruitus, nec quoad in mentem revocare possumullo morbo sum impeditus

Quo tempore in Anglia commoratus sum hereticus catholicusve fuerim ignoro, nec quid religio tum esset novi; cum foris essem templa hereticorum frequentabam, dum domi nec cum heriticis ad templum me conferebam, nec etiam sicut catholici assuescunt preces ullas recitabam Audomari a Reverendo Patre Henrico Thundero ea quae ad catholiam fidem pertinentaddidici

Nullum in me sentio ad vitam ecclesiasticamagendam desiderium, collegii vero regulas dum hic manserim pro meo virili quam exactissimeobservabo.

Ihon Mounctann[?]

SUMMARY

[589] FOSTER Thomas, alias John Mountain, confirmed John at St. Omers , son of William, noble, 20, born and brought up at Earswick, 2 miles from York Has elder brother Richard Foster Esq., one sister married to noble Francis Hodgson, another a religious at Lisbon ; has a second brother Thomas, priest and former alumnus of this College Lost his father at Antwerp and his mother in England. Does not know his mother's family ; has2 uncles(one confessor to the Lisbon nuns, the othera married heretic) and 2 aunts, both married and Catholics. Studied humanities at St. Omers; almost completed the course of philosophy at Seville Always healthy. While in England attended heretical services while away from home; at home avoided both heretical services and Catholic prayers. Learnt Catholicism from Fr. HenryThunder at St. Omers. Does not desire to be an ecclesiastic

1618

[590]

1. Verum nomen est Edoardus Giffordus, aetatem habeo annorum 18 , natus fui in privata domo nomine Ashmours, in provincia Staffordiensi, educatusin ludolitterarumpartim, partim deinotiosus.

2. Patrem habui Richardum Giffordum armigerum, a multis iam annis defunctum, Matrem Elizabetham Leusonam, Gualteri Leusoni Equitis sororem adhuc vivam, Catholicos utrosque, ut et fratresomnes et sorores. Cognatorumalii haeretici alii Catholici sunt.

3. Humanitatis studia in seminario Audomarensi inchoavi et absolvi, nam in Anglia studuisse me an verius nugatum fuisse dicam parum interest ,

4. Valetudine, laus deo, plerumque fui bona ; quamvis nonnunquam superficialibus morbis infestatus.

5. Catholicus semper fui educatus.

6. Non alio animo in huius Collegii disciplinam me contuli , nisi ut eius leges et praescripta pro viribus observarem De vitae Ecclesiasticae electione tantum hoc dico, Confirma hoc deus quod operatus es in nobis ; hoc nempe desiderium tibi in perpetuum serviendi corrobora.

SUMMARY

[590] GIFFORD Edward, son of Richard Esq (long dead) and of Elizabeth Leveson , born at Ashmore, Staffordshire ; educated in a school ofletters; later idle. Son of Catholic parents ; is nephew to Sir Walter Leveson Has Catholic brothers and sisters , Catholic and heretical kinsfolk. Studied the whole course of humanities at St. Omers, his English studies having been worthless Healthy except for superficial diseases . Always a Catholic Desires to serve Godfor ever. 1618

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1. Nomen meum Thomas Durnford aetatis meae vigin[ti] natus

Graftonae in comitatuWiltis bene educatus

2. Pater meus Thoma[s Du]rnford fuit mediae sortis , mater [femi]na [fi]lia nobilis [haer]etici diviter vivit pater meus , mater mortua, fratres habeo hereticos, sororem h[ereti]cam , cognatos aliquot haereticos, aliquot schismaticos, et aliquot catholicos.

3. Operam dedi grammaticae et Rhetoricae, et in Graecis litteris parum versatus eram schola Shirburnensi in Comitatu Dorset, in quibus studiis bene progressumfeci.

4. Valetudine prosperafrui solitus eram.

5. Vocatio mea fuit di[u] haereticausque ad tertiumautquartum diem mensis Ianuarii praeteritum , est mihi Avunculus societatis Iesu quit fuit causa conversionis meae, cum enim inter haereticos vitam agebam, et cum illis versatus eram, et illud Avunculomeo schismaticu[s] amicus dixisset, statim cupit se notum facere patri meo, et parat me vivere secum unum annum, et voluit me in literis instituere, et tunc si vellem, et pater daret 20 libras cum duplici vestimento novo et caeteris necessariis , vellet parare mihi locum , ut cum valde nobili adolescente (ut socius) transirem in Galliam, et ibi viverem , sed dixit Avunculus patri meo se nolle amicos meos cum quibus vivebam illud scire, et pater meus , parvo tempore nesciens avunculum meum esse sacerdotem illi me ita facere promittebat, et scribebat me paratumesse redire domum, quandocumquemitteret mihi et ita fueram catholicus pater et amici conversionis meae omnino ignari.

6. [P]ropositum meum est vitam ecclesiasticamagere.

SUMMARY

[591] DURNFORD Thomas, 20, son of Thomas, born at Grafton , Wilts., and well educated; son of rich middle class heretical father and noble heretical mother now dead ; has heretical brothers and sisters ; has Catholic, schismatic and heretical kinfolk Studied grammar, rhetoric, and a little Greek at Sherborne School, Dorset, with good progress Usually healthy. Was a heretic until 3 or 4 Januarylast ; was converted through a Jesuit uncle, unknown to his father and family. (This uncle, learning from a schismatic friend that the respondent was living among heretics, asked the respondent's father to let him take the respondent to live with him and learn letters, promising, on receipt of £20 and two sets of new clothes and other necessities, to find him a placewitha noble youth to cross to France and live there. The respondent's father, not knowing then that the uncle was a priest, agreed on condition that the respondent was prepared to return home if summoned) Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[592] [No Responsa extant]

[593] [No Responsa extant]

[594] [No Responsa extant]

1619

[595]

Ego Henricus Bedingfeildus in Norfolcia Angliae Provincia natus, partim in eadem , partim etiam in Belgio educatus, decimum nonum iam annum ago.

Ex nobilibus et catholicis insuper parentibus oriundus, duos habeo fratres , unam sororem ac multos alios consanguiniost quorum duo sunt scismatici, ceteri omnes praecipiui †, Catholici Duobus annis Audomari , in collegio Anglorum tribus bruxellis, in Belgio, apud patres Iesuitas me litteris quamvis non debita diligentia semper applicavi .

Prospera (laus Deo) valetudine iam utor, ac semperusus fui, nisi pustularum quadam eruptione aliquando laborans qua Audomari ita vexsatus semper fuerim ut semel atque iterum inde decedere fuerim coactus . .

Semper a nativitate in catolica† fide me educaverunt parentes mei in qua ad hunc usque diem permansi, nunquam tamen hactenus pro fide catholica aliquid notatu dignum meritus sum pati Dum in collegio hoc mansero eiusdem diciplinam quam accurate (ut spero) observavero, quoad Ecclesiasticam vero vitam quam sacerdotalemesse intelligo , ubi Deo placuerit me ad tantum munus subeundum vocare in vobis vel confessario me saltem, quam paratissimus eroindicare.

SUMMARY

[595] BEDINGFELD Henry, born in Norfolk and educated there and in Belgium. Son of noble Catholic parents, has 2 brothers and 1 sister ; has many kinsfolk, all Catholics except for 2 schismatics. Studied 2 yearsat St. Omersand 3yearswith theJesuitsat Brussels, not always with due application . Healthy, except for an outbreak of pimples at St. Omers which twice forced him to leave. Alwaysa Catholic. Willtell his confessor if God callshim to bea priest. 1619 .

[596]

1. Franciscus Harrissius mihi verum nomen est, octodecim annorum ut existimo in Hamptonia in Anglia natus, educatus maxima ex parte in Belgio, sub patribus Societatis.

2. Parentes nobiles sunt, pater mortuus est Catholicus, mater vivit Catholica, frater haereticus, sorores Catholicae, cognati plerique quantum sciohaeretici

3. Hactenus studiis navavi operam, profectus in iisdemquantum fuerit, Seminarium Anglicanum Audomari testabitur.

4. Quod ad corpus spectat, semperbona valetudine usus sum , anima irae, iisque vitiis quae calida natura gignit maxime est dedita

5. A prima aetate Catholicus extiti.

6. Erga Sacerdotium magno feror desiderio, erga religionem aliquam parvo

SUMMARY

[596] HARRIS Francis, 18, born in Hampshire Son of noble parents, the father deceased ; has a heretical brother and Catholic sisters ; has heretical kinsmen. Studied at St. Omers Healthy; is given to anger and hot-blooded vices. Always a Catholic Desires greatlyto be a priest, slightly to bea religious.

[597]

1. Nomen verum est Georgius Heskethus, aetatis habeo vigesimum annum et proximo die festo Sancti Michaelishabebosivivam vigesimum primum In lancastria sum natus Educatus sum semper in patria mea praeter sex annos quibus vixi Audomariin Belgio

2. Parentes habentur ut simpliciter loquor generosi. Pater pro dolor scismaticus Mater Deo gratias Catholica Fratres habeo sex catholicos quantum scio Sorores tres item catholicas Cognatos habeo et catholicos et falsaesectae.

3. Semper dedi operam literis, eamque Audomari , cum minori, longe fructu (ut candide fatear) quam a me expectabatur.

4. Nunquam corpore male valui animo vero saepissime cuius

aegritudinem precor is sanet qui sanabit omnes Sum autem his malis maxime deditus Scrupulis, Melancoliae, et aliis compluribus.

5. Fui pro dolor ex grege illo nefario Haereticorum, sed per dei gratiam et operam Reverendi Patris Patris Gulielmi Coulingo e Societate Iesu (cui mortuo bene sit) in ecclesiam Christi , nihil passus, receptus

6. Nescioprofecto quid huic pacto satisfaciam tamen ad vitam mundanam nullomodo afficior quod vero ad servandasdisciplinam huius collegii id unicum opto ut tam bene ad animae salutem observem quam Deus Optimus Maximus exigit ab ullo studioso qui vel hic unquam vixit vel victurusest.

Georgii Alani responsa ad Quaestiones .

SUMMARY

[597] HESKETH George, alias Allen, 20 come Michaelmas, born in Lancashire and brought up there except for 6 yearsat St. Omers. Son of gentry, the father a schismatic, themother a Catholic. Has6 Catholic brothers and 3 Catholic sisters . Has both Catholic and heretical kinsfolk Studied letters at St. Omers with less than expected success Healthy, but afflicted with scruples and melancholy Was a heretic, but was converted by the late Fr. William Cowling S.J. Does not feel any affection for theworld

[598]

1. Ego Antonius Shelleus 18 annorum cum dimidio , natus in Anglia ; in Gallia, et Belgio ab anno 50 educatus.

2. Nobilibus parentibus et Catholicis oriundus. fratres habeo 3 sacerdotes . sorores totidem cognatoset affines ex parte paterna, ut plurimumcatholicos: ex materna vero, omnes fere haereticos.

3. Operamdedi literisin Belgio 8 annis, patribus praesidentibns sub quibus profeci quidem, sed non quantum potuissem, si maior diligentiaaffuisset

4. Secunda corporis valetudine fere semper usus sum; etnunc utor animae non item.

5. Catholicus (laus deo) semperfui

6. Amo vocationem Ecclesiasticam de disciplina huius collegii observanda conabor quod potero.

SUMMARY

[598] SHELLEY Antony, 18 , born in England, educatedin France and Belgium since his fifth year Born of noble Catholic parents ; has 3 brothers priests and 3 sisters. Has mainlyCatholic kinsfolk on his father's side and mainly heretical kinsfolk on his mother's side Studied letters with the Jesuits 8 years in Belgium ; might have made better progress had he been more diligent. Healthyin body, not so in soul Always a Catholic Loves the ecclesiastical vocation.

[599]

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

1. Ego Thomas Taylerus 16° die Martii praeteriti, anni 1619 , vigesimum attigi annum : a nono aetatis anno Audomari vixi, prius vero in civitate Tadcaster, prope Eboracum, ubi natus fui

2. Parentes habui Tho. Taylerum, et Mariam Nevellam nobiles, haereticos fratres nullos ; sorores 3 haereticas ; affines plerosque haereticos, Avunculum etc. [?] praeter nonnullos qui modo in Belgio versantur

3. Audomarihactenusliterishumanitatis dediioperam ; quantum de progressu , aliquem saltem spero me hausisse

4. Valetudine bonaplerumque usus sum; abanimaeaegritudine, passionibus , et similibus liber.

5. Puer vixi haereticus, et templa haereticorum adivi; donec nono aetatis anno ab Avunculo Doctore Taylero (qui tum ab Epistolis legato Hispaniensi erat) vocatus, et ab eo in Belgium missus fui, ubi tribus annis in civitate Audomarensi, caeteris vero 8 in Collegio Angl. vixi

6. Quantum de desiderio vitae Ecclesiasticae agendae, nullam in me aversionem sentio, nec umquam sensi ; sed cum de illo statu, reliquum consistat vitae, plustemporis, ut considerem, exoptandum putavi ; ea ergo de causa ab amicis impetraviut convictor fierer.

SUMMARY

[599] TAYLER Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary Neville, born 16.3.1600 in Tadcaster near York ; lived at St. Omers since his 9th year. Son of noble heretical parents ; has 3 heretical sisters, many heretical kinsfolk, and a few Catholic ones in Belgium Studied humanities at St. Omers. Healthy Wentto heretical churchesasa child; when 8wassummonedbyhis uncleDr.Tayler (thensecretary to the Spanish Ambassador) and sent to Belgium, where he lived 3 yearsin thetownof St. Omers, and 8 in the English College Desires time to decide whether to be an ecclesiastic; wishes to be a convictor. 1619.

[600]

1. Nomen, in Baptismo fuit Ferdinandus, nunc per Confirmationem Ioannes Pulton Aetas est supra decimum octavum annum . Natus fui in Comitatu Buckingami medio miliari ab ipsa civitate, in domo paterna, nomine Bourten. Educatus ibidem .

2. Parentesnobiles, Catholici, Fratres mihi tres, Catholici, Soror nulla, Cognati partem† Catholici partem† Haeretici.

3. Studui Humanitati in Anglia et Audomari et musicae.

4. In Anglia plerumque aegrotus, post exitum numquam nisi semel

5. Numquam deogratias Haereticus nec Scismaticus.

6. Ad vitam Ecclesiasticam vel aliam indifferens. tt

SUMMARY

[600] PULTON Ferdinand, confirmed John, over 17 , born and brought up at his father's house at Bourton, half a mile from Buckingham. SonofnobleCatholic parents, has 3Catholic brothers; has Catholic and heretical kinsfolk Studied humanities and music in England and at St. Omers Often ill in England, only oncesince leaving. Alwaysa Catholic. Is indifferent concerning ecclesiastical life .

[601 ]

1. Nomen est mihi Iohannes Taylerus, annorum viginti duorum natus, provinsia† Eboracum.

2. Parentes habui Catholicos, fratres duos atque Sorores duas quarum una a fide aliena est, Consanguineos reliquos haereticos paene omnes ,

3. Audomari operam litteris dedi, Rethoricam audivi, de progressu vero Superiorum hoc iudicium erit

4. Valetudine recta utor neque ullam mentis patior aegritudinem .

5. Haereticus nunquam fui, ita enim divina Clementia desponentet ut inter Catholicos sempereducatusfuerim De proposito nihil hactenus apud me statui , veneo† tamen in utrumque paratus, non surdas Deo aures praestiturus, atque collegii regulas quamdiu hic fuero diligenter observaturus.

SUMMARY

[601 ] TAYLER John, 22, of Yorkshire. Son of Catholic parents; has 2 brothers and2 sisters (one a non-Catholic), has mainlyheretical kinsfolk . Studied letters atSt.Omersandreachedrhetoric. Healthy. Always a Catholic Has not decidedon his vocation

[602]

Ego Thomas Harpur decimo quinto die mensis Martii ultimum transacti decimum octavum annum attigi ; natus in provinsciat Staffordiae ibique ad annum duodecimum maxima ex parte educatus dein vero per quinque paene Audomari literis humanioribus operam dedi

Natus sum parentibus Catholicis, unusquetantummodo mihi frater est atque is Catholicus quatuor vero sorores Catholicae omnes, Cognati praecipui sunt aliqui Catholici aliqui haeretici

De progressu humanioribus in studiis hoc aliorum relinquo iudicio. Valetudine secundissima Deo sit laus plerumque fruor Catholicus semper fui Cupioque si in posterum visus fuerim idoneus suscipere sacros ordines sacerdotales 1619

SUMMARY

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

[602] HARPUR Thomas, born 15.3.1602 in Staffordshire and brought up there until 11 ; studied humanities at St. Omers for almost 5 years. Son of Catholic parents, has 1 brotherand 4 sisters, all Catholics; has both Catholic and heretical kinsmen Healthy. Always a Catholic ; desires to be a priest. 1619 .

[602 bis]

1. Est mihi nomen Eduardus Travers, in comitatu Lancastriae natus :

2. Patrem sismaticum, matrem catholicam habeo , cognatos alios catholicos, alios a veritate alienos , alios denique scismaticos habeo:

3. Sano corporepraeditus :

4. Sancti Odomari studiis humanioribus navavi operam, profectum autem ad aliorum iudicium derelinquo :

5. In utramque partem sum modo paratus.

SUMMARY tt

[602 bis] TRAVERS Edward, born in Lancashire Son of schismatic father and Catholic mother ; has Catholic, schismatic and heretical kinsmen Healthy Studied humanities at St. Omers. Is ready for either [vocation]

1619

[603]

1. Nomen Petrus Biddulphus. Annum ago decimum octavum . Natus sum in urbe Staffordiensi Educatus partim in comitatu Staffordiensi, partim in Lancastrensi

2. Parentes utriquecatholici, nobilium censu ditati

3. Graecae et Latinae linguae in Anglia operam dedi At Audomari classes humanioresaudivi.

4. Valetudo iam favente Deo firma est, capitis tamen vexatione et renium dolore subinde laboro.

5. Haereticam religionem non unquam agnovi.

6. Ad vitam Ecclesiasticamanimus nunquam fuit propensus . tt

SUMMARY

[603] BIDDULPH Peter, 17, born at Stafford, brought up in Staffordshire and Lincolnshire. Son of noble Catholic parents. Studied Greek and Latin in England, and passed through the class of humanity at St. Omers . Now healthy, sometimes suffers pain in head and loins Never a heretic Has never desired to be an ecclesiastic .

[604]

1. Guilielmus de Fortescuto viginti complevit annos, domique paternae in Comitatu Buckingham natus atque educatusfuit

2. Parentes nobiles atque Catholici, septem dein fratres atque sorores , cognatorumque aliqui

3. Literis Humanioribus operam Cameraci dedit, parvosque aliquos progressus fecit

4. Parvam admodum corporis aegritudinem hactenussensit

5. A cunabilist Catholicus fuit, parum vero potiusve nihil pro fide sustinuit.

6. Desiderat equidem atque statuit Collegii disciplinam quam diligenter observare dum hic manserit, haud magnum vero desiderium propositumve ad vitam adhuc ecclesiasticam agendam sentit, at si ad ad maiorem Dei gloriam sit, se maius posthac sensiturumsperat atque summoperecupit

SUMMARY

[604] FORTESCUE William, 20, born and brought up in his father's house in Buckinghamshire. Son of noble Catholic parents, has 7 brothers and sisters . Studied humanities at Cambrai, with some slight progress Never seriously ill Always a Catholic Does not yet greatly desireto be an ecclesiastic .

[605]

1. De vero nomine Nomen Robertus Petreus, aetate, annis 28 loco nativitatis, locus in commitatu † Devon, educatione, si de religione intelligitur, tum educatio mea fuit haeritica

2. De parentibus eorumque statu ac conditione, et quosnam fratres ac sorores. Parentesnobilesfuerunt sed conditione haeretici fratres tantummodo unum habeo sorores nullas, cognatos vero nescioquamplurimos, sed vereor sunt pleriumquet haeretici.

3. De studiis et locus studendi locus Academia Oxoniensis, sed de studiis nescio vero quid respondebo, quia inanitertempus contrivi meum .

4. De veletudinet corporis et animae, anima mea nunquam sanior corporis aegritudo nulla

5. De vocatione, an unquam haereticus, et quando, qua via, catholicus factus fui, haereticus semper, usque ad hoc tempus, quando, anno 26 aetatis, qua via, per quendam librum , qui inscribitur Apologiam Protestantium pro Ecclesia Romana nihil adhuc passus sum, sed quando ulla occasio oblata erit deo me assistente semper paratus ero, Deus det mihi gratiam ut vestigia redemptoris mei sequar.

6. De proposito ac desiderioquod sentio ad vitamecclesiasticam agendam, nescio adhuc deus est ille qui omnia disponit, interim quamdiu hic mansero, ad servandas omnes huius collegii regulas operam dabo.

SUMMARY

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

[605] PETRE Robert, 28, born in Devon. Son of noble heretical parents ; has one brother, no sisters ; has mainly heretical kinsfolk. Studied at Oxford with great waste of time Was brought up a heretic, and converted when 26 by a book called [Protestants demonstrations, for Catholicrecusance ] Healthy Does not knowwhether he will become an ecclesiastic .

[606]

1. Vocor Thomas Audeonus Annis (quantum scio) natus sum fere viginti duobus. Baptisatus in Parochia Aber comitatus Carnarvoniensis in principatuWalliae Adii scholam Bellomarissensem anno aetatis septimo vel circa : ubi ad annum aetatis decimum septimum studui, quo tempore adii Cantabrigiam, ubi in Collegio Iesu pene tres annos Inutiliter consumpsi ex quo tempore, hinc , inde Catholicae fidei (pro virili) rudimenta imbibens hucusque praeterii

2. Pater dicebatur Robertus Audoenus de Bodsilin[?] in praedicto comitatuArmiger

Mater dicebatur Laura Coytmor filiaGulielmi Coytmor de Coytmor in praedicto comitatuArmigeri

Utrique mortui haeretici

Fuimus sex fratres ex quibus supersunt quatuor quorum tres

Haeretici octo mihi sorores omnes haereticae, ex quibus sex nuptae

3. Studui (ut prius) in'Accademia Cantabrigiensi pene per spacium triennii, quo tempore indignus et sinepecuniisindoctusemi Bachalaureatum

4. In praesentia (deo gratias) mihi mens sana in corpore sano . Saepius tamen in vita anteacta oppressus eram pleurisi, gravibusque febribus concussus

5. Hortatu cuiusdam cognati mei nomine Roberti Audoeni Catholici, et (quantum coniicior) Sacerdotis ordinis Sancti Benedicti huius (inquam) piis (una cum hortatu) exemplis motus , non tamen perfecte conversus , et patriam, et fratres, et sorores aureos pollicentes montes si haereticus persisterem, fugi. peccatorum (post paenitentiam actam) Absolutionem accepi Audomari a Reverendo Patre Henrico Thundero Ex Anglia decessus aliquantulum erat difficilis, mentito tamen tandem nomine habituque dei beneficioAngliae valedixi

6. Mihi mens in presentia est, (quam Deus inviolabilem immutatamque conservet) Sacros (cum tempus fuerit subireordines. ††

SUMMARY

[606] OWEN Thomas, c . 22, son of Robert, ofBodsyllin, Carnarvonshire, and of Laura Coytmor, daughter ofWilliam Esq., of Coytmor, Carnarvonshire Studied at Beaumaris schoolfrom 6 to 16 ; wasted

3 years at Jesus College, Cambridge ; bought a B.A.; since then has imbibed Catholicism in various places. Son of heretical parents, both dead ; had 5 brothers of whom 3 survive, heretics ; has 8 heretical sisters , 6 of them married Healthy; once suffered from pleurisy and serious fevers. Was half-converted by his cousin Robert Owen (probably a Benedictine) ; left England in disguise with some difficulty ; was reconciled at St. Omers by Fr. Henry Thunder Desires to take Orders in due time

[607]

Simon Wilsonus sed nomen fictitium, quod a matre sumo Russellus . Decimum nonum ago annum 1620. Natus sum Wirliae in oppido Staffordiensi Educatus sumindomopaterna,scholamqueper3 annos frequentavi . Patris nomen Ioannes Wilsonus ; Matris Aloysia Russellorum : mediocris uterque conditionis . Pater per multos annos vixit Haereticus (fuit enim tum puer, classemque frequentavit, cum Rex Eduardus Haereticum servitium, ut vocant, in Ecclesiam Angl primum induxit ) ab illo tempore usque ad hunc annum 1620 vixit Haereticus, tum primo die Maii A domino Fishero sacerdote, ope et rogatu Domini Stamfordi est reconciliatus De matris adhuc conversione , nihil audio, multa spero : Tres habeo fratres, quorum natu maximus Richardus Wilsonus est Haereticus satis pertinax , Post illum sequitur secundus Ioannes

Wilsonus : qui est Catholicuset Sacerdos, tertius GulielmusWilsonus est Haereticus Sorores mihi sunt 5. 4 vero natu maximae sunt Hereticae et Hereticis coniugatae. 5ta vero natu minima est Catholica et Religiosa Ordinis Sanctae Brigittae Ulissipone in Castilia, quae mecum conversaest Dum in Anglia mansi, studui, ut dixi, 3 annos sub ministro Haeretico postea Audomari, dedi operamper5 annos litterishumanioribus sub patribus Societatis.

In litteris Latinis et Graecis, Deo Authore et Duce, satis pro ingenio profeci, ita ut in Anglia et Audomaro semper primas aut secundas tenuerim

Corporesum non admodummorbis proclivi, neque tamen admodum solido forti, In Anglia non crebro morbis cruciabar, Audomaro vero ter aut quater.

A nativitate ad Decimum quartum usque annum aetatis, nondum Catholicae Religionis praeceptis instructus fui, sed animus tamen (quod fratrem mihi prae caeteris charissimum et Catholicum et Sacerdotem Audomaro haberem) Religionis Catholicae vehementer est inclinatus : tandem accersitusad Audomarum a fratre, libenter arripui iter. et sic illius ope factus sum particeps, deo iuvante, Ecclesiae Catholicae: Per 5 illos annos ad hoc usque tempus fui Catholicus

Sentio me vehementer inclinatum ad Sacros ordines suscipiendos

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

Ecclesiasticos[?] cum per aetatem licuerit, et omnia quae mihi imposuerint superiores implendi Ut aliquam aliquando opem (deo volente) afflictae patriae afferre possim.

Haec omnia synceret et bona fide exposui

SIMON RUSSELLUS

SUMMARY

[607] WILSON Simon alias Russell, 18, son of John and Louisa Russell, born at Wyrley, Staffordshire, brought up at home, attended school for 3 years Son of middle class parents. (Hisfather, a boy at school when Edward VI introduced heretical services , was a heretic until 1.5.1620 when he was reconciled by Mr. Fisher , a priest, at the request of Mr. Stamford. "Of my mother's conversion I hear nothing but hope much".) Has 3 brothers (Richard, a pertinacious heretic ; John, a Catholic priest ; William, a heretic) and 5 sisters (4 heretics, married to heretics ; the youngest a Bridgettineat Lison, converted with the respondent ) Studied in England for 3 years under a parson ; spent 5 years in humanities at St. Omers; always first or second in class Enjoys mediocre health ; had three or four illnesses at St. Omers . Did not learn Catholicism until 13, but was attractedto it because his favourite brother was a priest at St. Omers; gladly obeyed his brother's summons thither and was reconciled 5 years ago Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

1620

[608]

Quoniam in regulis positum est, ut unusquisquesuum parentumque suorum nomen, aetatem, locum denique, ubi natus educatusque fuit, superiori in charta scripta deferat, haec ideo a me eo libentius fieri scitote et quanquam locum, ubi natus fui, per aetatem recordari non poteram, eum tamen ut ex matre (cui nomen est Anna) nam Pater, qui vocabatur Iarrardus Salvinus, duos annos ante Regis nostri Iacobi in Angliam ingressum, catholicus est factus, et eodem ipso anno quo est ingressus , obiit. Vero appellor nomine Rodulphus [Sa]lvinus, nec (ut opinor) vigesimum aetatis annum adeo attigi [Non] enim in domo paterna quae Anglice C[ro]xdall vocatur , duo vel ea circiter milliaria a civitate durhamensi distans, natus eram sed in alio loco minus celebri, qui nominatur Anglice Chilton, eo quod pestis (sic enim aliquando accepi) haud longe a paterna domo tum aberat et postquam pestis de loco decesserat, domum ductus, ibique privatim tum fide catholica, tum iis etiam litteris, quas pueri id aetatis addiscere solent, instruebar. Inde ad superdictam civitatem durhamensem, ubi litteris humanioribus sum[ma] cum pace et libertate conscientiae per tres annos operam dabam, a matre missus, donec tandem filio cuiusdam

iustiariit, qui vocatur Wrennus simul cumfilio domini durhamensis, vel si licet dicere episcopi durhamensis, qui huic inofficiopraecess[erat] saepe nomen Papistae tanquam ludibrium mihi obiiciente , gravis mihi cum utroque intercessit contentio, adeo ut uni ex illis colaphum impungerem, qua de causa inde eram dimissus . Postremo Patris Holtbei hortatu Audomarum discendi causa me contuli, ubi maximamquinque annorum partem (exceptis duobus primis annis) magna non solum cum animi iucunditate et tranquillitate sed etiam nulla fere nec animae nec corporis aegritudine transegi iam vero non tam missus, quam ipse [sp]onte incitatus firmo proposito et desiderio fervente ad vitam ecclesiasticam amplectendi, tum patriam iuvandi, tum etiam disciplinam Collegii accurate observandi huc demum transmigravi . de patre et matre iam dixi fratres habeo duos, quorum alter , is videlicet, qui me maior est natuet paternam haereditatem possidet, quinque fere annos ab eo scilicet tempore, quo filiam dominiRoberti Hodgsini nobilis in [ma]trimoniumduxit, catholicam fidem admittit, defendit, fovet: alter, qui me minor est natu, ab infantia semper veram et orthodoxam fidem tenuit sorores autem tres, unam nuptam duas vero innuptas , quae omnes (excepta nupta) una cum fratre meo natu minore in domo matris , quae Anglice vocatur Butterwicke a patre ad nos liberos suos catholice civiliterque educandos relicta habitant plures equidem credo ex reliquis amicis, avunculis ac amitis haereticosquam catholicosfore . Ego Rodulphus Salvinus hoc manu mea subsignatum relinquo.

SUMMARY

[608] SALVIN Ralph, son of Gerard and Anne, c 19, born at Croxdale about 2 miles from Durham, brought up at Chilton to avoid the plague and later at home (His father was converted in 1601 and died in 1603). Studied humanities 3 years at Durham ; wasexpelledfor striking another boy (either Wrenn, a Justice's son , or the son ofthe Bishop) who called him a papist Studied mostof 5 years at St. Omers, at the suggestionof Fr. Holtby. Has enjoyed serenity and healthfor the last 3 years Desires to be an ecclesiastic Has 2 brothers (the eldest, who has the family estates, has been a Catholic since marrying the daughter of Robert Hodgson 5 years ago; the, other, the youngest, has always been a Catholic) and 3 sisters (one married, the others living with their youngest brother at Butterwick, the house which their father left to their mother ) Has mainly heretical kinsfolk

1620

[609]

Ego Henricus Taylerus Duaci in Belgio natus sum, iamque annum decimum octavum attigi. vixi partim cum parentibus in Belgio et in Anglia; partim in CollegioAnglorumAudomari

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

Parentibus honestis et Catholicis natus sum Pater dum vixit Agens fuit Regis Hispaniarum in Anglia vixitque cum eiusdem

Regis Legato, ibique mortuus est Mater degit iamvidua Audomari

Fratrem alterum habeo et plures sorores et cognatos Catholicos

Patruumhabeo etiam et cognatoshaereticossive schismaticos

Studui Audomari in Anglicano Collegio ibique versatus sum 7 annis et amplius

Non magnopere videor affici ad vitam ecclesiasticam. interea relinquo et submitto me penitus divinae voluntati tt

HENRICUS TAYLERUS

.

SUMMARY

[609] TAYLER Henry, 18, born at Douai ; has lived with his parents in Belgium and England Son of respectable Catholic parents. (His father, nowdead, was Agent of the King ofSpain in England, and lived and died at the house of theSpanishAmbassador; his widowed mother lives at St. Omers ) Has one brotherand many sisters; has heretical and schismatical uncles and cousins Studied for more than 7 years at St. Omers Has no great desire to be an ecclesiastic .

1620

[610]

1. Nomen meum est Cyprianus Stevnsonus, Anno sumproximis domini nostri natalitiis vigesimo, locus nativitatis erat Londini, dum parvulus eram rure sub nutrice fui postea vero a parentibus domum nempe Londinum fui accersitus, quibuscum aliquantulum temporis degi, sed patre mortuo ad avunculum quendam nomine Davidem Ringsteddum me contuli , quocum multum temporis otiose vixi reliquam aetatem in studiis traduxi donec perveneram ad Collegium Audomari .

2. Thomas Stevnsonus, et Helena fuerunt parentes mei nec illustri, nec humili sed mediocri familia orti Catholici ambo divitiis non abundantes pater meus fuit scriba : unicum fratrem nomine franciscum, item unam sororem Susannam habui. sed uterque tenera aetate vitam cum morte commutavit , aliqui mei cognati praecipui e vita discesseruntalii non magnaefortunae supersunt.

3. Nulli alii studio nisi litterario operam dedi, sed sub diversis praeceptoribus progressus feci, sub Catholicis praeceptoribus uno anno, sub haeretico autem medio, postea sub sacerdotein Carc[ere] detento duobus annis studium meum impendi sed praecipue doctrinam meam quam exiguam habeoAudomari in Collegioadeptussum.

4. Valetudine nunc deo favente satis prospera fruor , Audomari tantum spatio medii anni febre laboravi in Anglia raro morbo succubui, ab animae aegritudine liber.

5. Baptizatus Catholico ritu et educatus a Catholicis Parentibus fui et Catholicus usquead hodiernum diem permansi

6. Propono vero quoad deus me[?] adiuvat vitam Ecclesiasticam inire tt

CYPRIANUS RINGBEUS

.

SUMMARY

[610] STEVENSON Cyprian, son of Thomas and Helen , 20 next Christmas, born at London and brought up in the country by a nurse; laterlivedwith his parents in London, and afterhis father's death with his uncle David Ringstead until his departure for St. Omers. Son of middle class Catholic parents, his father a writing master; had one brother Francis and one sister Susanna , both of whom died young Has studied letters with Catholic tutors for one year, with a heretic for half a year, and with an imprisoned priest for 2 years ; learnt most at St. Omers Now healthy; was sometimesill in England and had fever for six months at St. Omers. Alwaysa Catholic. Desires to be anecclesiastic.

1620

[611]

Quod adverum nomen attinet vocor Eduardus Herrisius vigesimum iam paene aetatis annum agens ; Romfordi in [Es]saxia natus , ibique plurimis annis educatus.

Pater mihi est schismaticusquidem sed bene erga catholicosaffectus, mater a primis incunabulis catholica semper relligione imbuta; pater est eques, materque ex parte Avi (qui eques etiam fuit) illustris domina[?] sorores mihi duae sunt quarum una cum nobili viro Nicolao ..... er¹ (qui iam pridem hic remanserat) nupta est ; nulli mihi fratres ; reliqui vero amici cognati patrui Haeretici sunt

Cum ad septimum aetatis annum iam pervenissemad classem me parentes commiserunt ; tribusque circiter vel quatuorannis apud quendam locum Hacnei nomine in Essaxia studui ; et non mediocrem ex primis fundamentis sensi utilitatem. Maxima ex parte laus deo sanus integerque extiti, vix ullo morbi genere oppressus. Postquam tempus meum bene ac feliciter in litterarum stud[iis] transegissem caecis Haereseos tenebris semper involutus , visum patri meo fuit ut in [Gal]liam (linguam addiscendi ergo) commigrarem; Parisiis ita[que] apud hereticum quendam unius anni spatio (nondum ad verum fidei lumen perductus) sumcommoratus; Postea Audomarum (matre sic patrem persuadente) profectus sum , ut illic in Collegio Anglicano existens, in litteris virtute pietate

1 About four letters illegible

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SCHOLARUM

informarer , ubi Reverendus Pater Thomas Laeus (qui iam e vivis excessit) optima mihi circa fidem decemquepraecepta documenta tradidit, tandemque ex his tenebris ad clarum Evangelii lumen reduxit Illic itaque non parvos progressus tum graecis tum latinis litteris feci, septem annorum spatio alumnus [Co]llegii existens tandemque aliquando superioribus meis visum est ut ad optatissimum hunc di[uque] expectatum locum literas humaniores animo imbuendi ergo) pervenirem.

Spero me collegii hiuius regulas disciplinamque diligenter observaturum meque ad ecclesiasticam vitam agendam non mediocriter incitatum esse sentio 1620

EDWARDUS HOWARDUS.

SUMMARY

[611] HARRIS Edward alias Howard, c . 19, born and broughtup at Romford, Essex . Son of a schismatic pro-Catholic father, a knight, and a born Catholic mother, granddaughter of a knight; has 2 sisters, one maried to Nicholas ; has otherwise heretical kinsfolk. When 6 was sent to school at Hackney, Essex , for 3 or 4 years Healthy After his studies was sent to France by his father to learn the language; lived 1 year at Paris with a heretic ; was then allowed by his father, at his mother's entreaty, to go to St. Omerswhere he was reconciled by the late Fr. Thomas Lee. Studied Latin and Greek there 7 years. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

[612]

1. Vocor communiter Robertus Raulaeus, verum autem mihi nomen est. Robertus Rookwoodus Natus fui 28 die Iulii anno Domini 1588. secundum quam computationem iam tricesimum tertium aetatis annum sum ingressus.

Natus fui in parvo quodam pago in comitatuSuffolsiae, qui vocatur Ewston

Educatus fui ab Infantia usque ad decimum et tertium aetatis annum continuo in domo paterna : ubi ab eo tempore quo puerilis aetas ad litteras addiscendas applicari solet, fui sub cura sacerdotis cuiusdam, qui quondam regnante Regina Maria pastorali officio functus fuerat

2. Patrem habui Eduadum Rookwooddum de Ewston praedicto armigerum, matrem Elizabetham Brown filiam Guilielmi Brown de domo et familia vicecomitis Montague : quae ultra quam memoria mea repetere possit, mortua est, relictis tribus filiis quorum ipse minimus sum , et quatuor filiabus.

Pater meus adhuc est superstes sed propter aes alienum quo est obstrictus e patrimonio suo a creditore quodam detrusus, et in carcere detentus : Fratres omnes et Sorores catholicam, in qua nati et educati fuerant ,

fidem tenent, praeter maximum natu fratrem, qui paucis abhinc annis ab ea descivit

Quoad cognatos , proximus est Antonius Brown de Elsingin comitatu Norfolsiae

Miles matris meae maximus natu frater, qui Iusticiarii fungitur officio is etiam catholicus est, sed occulto : de caeteris mihi cogna- tione aliqua quocunque modo coniunctis nihil responderepossum hoc solummodo quod paucos admodum ex parte patris noverim catholicos:

3. Post decimum tertium aetatis annum missus fui ad publicam scholam in oppido quodam vocato Brentwood in comitatuEssexiae cui praefuit quidam nomine Ioannes Greenwooddus , qui postea relicta scholae cura catholicus mortuus est Ibi duos annos consumpsi. inde quindecem† annorum factus ad paternam domum reversussum , ibique relicta omni studii cura me aucupio, venationi, et eiusmodi recreationibus addixi, in quibus perpetuo ad vicesimum octavum usque aetatis annum fui versatus ; donec hortatu et suasione Patris cuiusdam e Societate Iesu cui nonnunquam antea mihi ad hoc vitaegenus sucipiendum persuadentirestiteram, ratione aetatis meae qua mihi ad litteras perdiscendas minime idoneus videbar, consilium inierim me ad studia quantumvis maxima cum difficultate addicendi ; ad eunque finem consilio quorundam amicorum Audomarum perrexi, ubi tres circiter annos humanioribus litteris operam dedi : quod ad profectum meum in studiis illis attinet, hoc tantum dicere possum , me etiamsi exiguos, maiores tamen expectatione mea fructus collegisse, ut qui quatuordecemt integros annos eiusmodi studiis supersederam .

4. Bona semperet prospera usus sum valetudine, utqui semel tantum, quantum recordari possum, aegrotaverim, praeterquam quod aliquando, variolis et eiusmodi morbis, qui ex contagione proveniunt , laboraverim ,

5. Educatus semper fui vixique ritu catholico, praeterquam quod iis duobus annis, quibus scholam publicam frequentavi , praeceptoris monitu, virgae minis, et rumore quodam, quod Pater meus, cum tota sua familia, se, ut aiunt , legibus, conformasset , adductus templa haereticorum accesserim ; pro religone vero nihil passus sum, praeterquam quod nonnunquam a praeceptore pro vacatione a templo vapulaverim : In itinere vero Âudomarum versus cum primo essem; mediumque spatium LondinoGravesendcum multis aliis navigio confecissem , supervenit nobis incautis Satelles Regius Crosse, apprehensosque Londinum reducit, ubi coram Episcopo Londinensi adducti et examinati propter iuramentum denegatum, fuimus ad carcerem qui vocatur Newgate, missi, in quo omnibus pro libertatemea viis tentatis ac desperatis detentus fui septendecem hebdomadibus, donec quadam nocte inter plateas ut solebamus , transeundum ad cubiculum, in quo a caeteris sociis divertebamus, ego cum alio concaptivo meo capta occasione a communi via defleximus , et

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custodibus valediximus : posteaquam felici auspicio ille Duacum ego Audomarum appulsus sum.

6. Semper mihi in optatis fuit me vitae ecclesiasticaededere; sed frustratusomni spe, desiderio meo in hac re satisfaciendi, dum adhuc virili non essemaetate sed sub paterna tutela et iure vivererm, qui saepenumeroa sacerdotibusmei nomine sollicitatus ,ut sumptus eos, quipro scholaribusimpendi solent, pro me dispensaret,nunquam iis consentire voluit ; animum meum ab omni tali cura et cogitatione abstraxi : sed quoniam rursus ultra omnem exspectationem singulari Dei providentiae placuerit me ad hanc vivendi rationem revocare eam prae omnibus aliis desidero , recipio, et amplector. ††

ROBERTUS RAULAUS.

SUMMARY

[612] ROOKWOOD Robert alias Rawley, son of Edward Esq., of Euston, andof Elizabeth Brown , ofthe familyofViscount Montague; born 28.7.1588 at Euston, Suffolk ; brought up at home until 12, with a Marian priest for tutor Has four sisters, and two elder brothers, all Catholics except the eldest brother who apostatised some years ago (His mother died before he can remember; his father is in prison for debt, and has been driven out of his estate by a creditor .) Has cousins , including Antony Brown of Elsing, Norfolk. (His mother's eldest brother, a knight and J.P., is a secret Catholic ; on his father's side there are few Catholic ) At 13 was sent to schoolfor 2 years at Brentwood Essex, under a schoolmaster named John Greenwood, who later resigned and died a Catholic. Returninghome at 15, he spent his time in hawking, hunting and recreation until 27 ; was then persuadedby a Jesuit to resume his studies ; spent 3 years at St. Omers studying humanities , with greater success than might have been expected after a gap of 14 years. Has been ill only once except for smallpox and other contagious diseases Always a Catholic, but visited heretical churches whileat school , out of cowardiceand a false rumour of his father's conforming ; was sometimes beaten for missing church On his waytoSt. Omerswas captured betweenLondon andGravesendbya pursuivant named Crosse ; wastaken backto London and examined by the Bishop ; was imprisoned in Newgate for refusing the oath ; escaped 7 weeks later with one companion as the prisoners were walking through the streets to their separate sleeping-quarters ; went to St. Omers while his companion went to Douai Has long wanted to be an ecclesiastic , but has hitherto been unable because his fatherrefused to paythe expenses of his schooling.

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mortis articulum, infernique adduxit ianuam ; quando etiam quod benememini animae pro peccatis sensi aegritudinem, et quod si modo deus vitam concederet, vitae emendationem promisi ex summa misericordia dedit deus ; sed vaeh mihi misero quid feci? Deus ex infinita misericordia summaque bonitate me ad vitae emendationem vocavit dimidium annis partem et amplius, priusquam certam de religione Catholica congnitionem habui ; saepius vero longe antea persuaserunt et Patruus, et maior natu frater dederuntque libros Catholicos habui et alios quos legi cum attentione, et magnodesiderioveriinvestigandi in hoc vocationis tempore cum precibus diurnis nocturnisque ut scirem sequarque veritatem . et in fine mensis novembris proximae tres (ni fallor) praeteriunt conversionis anni nihil mali (deo gratias) mihi accidit pecunias quasdam et non multas pro religione solvi, nihil aliud passus fui. Ad vitam ecclesasticam propositum habeo firmissimum et cum magno des[ide]ro[?] desiderio antequam enim ex Anglia e[gress]us fui multas et longo tempore divinas habui inspirationes, consolationesqueincitantes. tt

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[1621]

Omnibus his quaestionibus, et capitibus , quibus respondereteneor priusquam admittar ad habitum et convictum huius Collegii Anglicani (deo adiuvante) sincere et fideliter respondebo . De vero nomine meo dico, quod appellor nomine Caroli Towneley et sum filius Richardi Towneley de Towneley Armigeri Unius viginti sum annorum et paulo plus ; Natus eram in paterna domo, quae dicitur Towneley in Comitatu Lancastrensi ubi etiam pro spatio tredecim vel quatuordecim annorum educatus fui donec Audomarum veniebam ubi per duos fere annos vixi; unde in Angliam redibam et circiter tres annos ibi vivebam in domo patris mei in Comitatu Lincolniensi et tandem ex Anglia Lovaniumveniebam , et ibi per totum annum et plus permansi, donec Romam venibam De parentibus dico quod et pater et mater sunt Catholici, ille ex familia Towneleorum de Towneley, et illa Ashtonorum de Lever[?] in eodem Comitatu , et eorum status (si de annuis redditibus intelligatur) est circiter 1700 libras. Fratres habeo tres sororem unam , Avunculiautem meiex parte patris sunt omnes Catholici uno excepto et sunt tres ex parte matris sunt quinque omnes haeretici, caeteri vero cognati multi sunt haeretici pauci vero Catholici

In Anglia et Audomari semper studui ubi nec poesim nec linguam graecamunquam didici , In Angliastudui in paterna domo ; studui

1 The greater part of this MS has corroded, and only the concluding paragraphs are legible.

etiam Lovaniiubi philosophiae operam dedi, non multum tamen in ea progressumfeci sicut necin caeteris .

De corporis valetudine dico quod in Anglia saepe aegrotabam, Audomari etiam ubi febri laborabam pro semiennio, aliis vero locis semperoptime valebam sicut iam.

De vocatione dico quod nunquam fui haereticus aut schismaticus sed semper Catholicus, et nihil unquam mihi acciderit circa hoc negotium nec unquam passus sum aliquid.

De proposito et desiderio meo dico quod (deo adiuvante) si nihil impediat sicut aegritudo corporis vel aliquid aliud quod iam non meminero et si tantum progressum in studiis fecero ut possim attingere talem ac tantum dignitatem , et superiores etiam me dignum esse putarint, libentertalemvitam degerem . tt per me

GULIELMUM HOLDINUM alias CAROLUM TOWNELEY

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[616] TOWNELEY Charles , alias Holden, son of Richard Esq., of Towneley, and Ashton of Lever, Lancashire, 21 , born in his father's house at Towneley, Lancashire and brought up thereuntil 13 or 14 ; spent 2 years at St. Omers followed by 3 years in his father's house in Lincolnshire ; spent one year in Louvain before coming to Rome Son of Catholic parents worth £1700 a year ; has 3 brothers and 1 sister ; has 2 Catholic uncles and oneheretical oneon his father's side ; has 5 heretical uncles on his mother's side; has many heretical cousins and some Catholic cousins Studied in England and at St. Omers ; has never learnt poetry or Greek. Studied philosophy at Louvain. Was often ill in England ; at St. Omers had a fever for 6 months ; otherwise healthy Always a Catholic Desiresto be an ecclesiastic .

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Verum mihi nomen est Philippus Lutleius , aetatis annum ago vigesimum, natus fui in paterna domo quae vocatur Bramcrofte, in commitatu † Salopiae, maxima ex parte in literis educatus . Parentes mei sunt Catholici ex nobili familia ambo oriundi, de statu quidem non satis absolute mihi constat, census tamen annuus est circa libras tricenast ; fratres habeo tres sorores totidem omnes aetate maiores excepta una sorore: cognati ex patre sunt omnes haeretici, ex matrecatholici Literis tantummodo dedi operam eamque exiguam, et propter temporum iniquitatem et propter haeriticorum in parentes odium ignotus longe a paterna domo in aliena diecaesi .

Valetudine et corporis et animae utor satis commoda, laborabam postremo anno ex capite et adhuc ex surditate dexterae auris. Semper fui a prima aetate Catholicus.

Cupio equidem, et propono deo iuvante me vitam ecclesiasticam subitrurum, et collegii disciplinam quantum possum observaturum . IOANNES PHILIPPI .

SUMMARY

[617] LUTLEY Philip, alias John Phillips, 19, born at his parents' house at Bramcroft , Shropshire Son of noble Catholics worth £300 a year ; has 3 brothers and 3 sisters, all older than himselfexcept one sister ; has heretical kinsfolkon his father's side, Catholics on his mother's Studied letters slightly in a different diocese far fromhisfather'shouse because ofthehatred oftheheretics. Healthy now; suffered from toothache last year ; is deaf in the right ear. Alwaysa Catholic Desiresto be an ecclesiastic .

[618] Laur: Rigbeus.

Verum mihi nomen est Henricus Morleus, aetas hoc tempore prope vigesimus annus, natus sum in comitatu Lancastrensi in oppido quod vulgariter dicitur Berry. educatus apud Christophorum

Andertonum fratrem Reverendi Patris Scroopi Societatis Iesu.

Pater meus iampridem me puero admodum mortuus est Mater adhuc vivit neque multum Haereticis neque Catholicis addicta Sororem habeo unicam quae sub matris tutela est Reliqui amici, quantum recordor, fere omnes temporibus obsequuntur. Studui Grammaticae primum, deinde Ciceroni, Ovidio, Virgilio, aliisque quiin scholis solent puerispraelegi Profeci autem quantum caeteri coaetanei et aequales mei. Variis in locis comitatus Lancastrensislitteris dedi operam, Oxonium vero aut Catabrigiam aut aliam Universitatem nunquam adivi

Quod ad corporis aegritudinem spectat, neque in Anglia unquam neque Audomari singularem ullum sensi morbum , neque ullum etiamnum sentio, animi vero multo minus. Quamdiu in communibus scholis operam dedi litteris cum haereticos condiscipulos et magistros haberem, ipse nihil prorsus de religione Catholica scire potui, postea vero cum decimum tertium iam annum agerem Reverendus Pater Scroopus me convertit, impositoque mihi nomine suo quod ipse cum primum studebat, habuisset, Audomarum transmisit, in conversione vero mea nihil, quod memini , singulare accidit

Propono ac desidero dei gratia adiuvante, vitam suscipere Ecclesiasticam, ubi superioribus visum fuerit.

LAURENTIUS RIGBEUS.

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[618] MORLEY Henry, alias Lawrence Rigby, almost 19 , bornat Bury, Lancashire, brought up at thehouse ofChristopher Anderton , the brother of Fr. Scrope S.J. (Hisfatherdied when hewas a child ; his mother is still alive, neither Catholic nor heretical ) Has one sister, living with his mother ; has otherwise timeserving kinsfolk Has studied Grammar, Cicero , Ovid and Virgil, with average success , in various parts of Lancashire. Healthy both in England and at St. Omers At school had heretical masters and fellow-pupils ;

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knew nothing about Catholicism until converted by Fr. Scrope when 12 and sent to St. Omers under the alias which he himself had used Desires to be an ecclesiastic

[619]

Verum mihi nomen est Iohannes Heton ; circiter festum ultimum nativitatis Sancti Iohannis Baptistae quod erat anno domini 1621 annum vigesimum aetatis perfeci natus autem sum in Anglia in comitatu Lancastriensi, in paterna domo nuncupata Heton, cuius etiam nominis circumiacens pagus est. educatus pariter ibidem sum , usquead decimum sextum aetatis annum, nisi quod hincinde studendi gratia in eodem comitatu missus aliquando ad varias classes fuerim.

Parentes etiamnum vivunt, sed haeretici utrique, genere et conditione nobiles sunt, Pater etiam ut in Anglia plurimi iurisperitiae deditus. fratres habeo quinque quorum maximus natu Haereticus est caeteri quatuorCatholici . Sorores habeo duas Haereticasambas, Cognatos habeo ex parte Patris omnes Haereticos ex parte autem Matris omnes paene Catholicos vel Schismaticos

Usque ad decimum sextum aetatis meae annum in Anglia variis in locis intra comitatum Lancastriae prima rudimenta didici postea Audomaropoli in Belgio per quatuor annos Grammaticae Poeticae et Rhetoricae operam dedi.

In Anglia saepenumero febribus laboravi, maxime autem paullo antequam illinc discessi a quo optima valetudine sempersum usus

In Haeresi vixi usque ad- decimum sextum aetatis meae annum , tum conversusad fidem Catholicam ab avunculo nomine Laurentio Scrupo qui est ex SocietateIesu, et in Anglia laborat inconversione animarum missus sum Audomarum , ubi ignorantibus Parentibus hucusque educatus et sustentatus ab eodem avunculo meo, vel a quibusdam amicisCatholicisilliusrogatu fui et iamabeodem Collegio Audomarensi, studiorum sublimiorum gratia Romam missus sum Propono ac desiderosacerdos aliquando fieri, quando nimirumdeus ista mihi largietur quae ad tantum munus obeundum requiruntur, et superiores iudicaverint expedire, ut munus sacerdotale in me suscipiam.

IOANNES PARKERUS .

SUMMARY

[619] HETON John alias Parker, born c. 24.6.1601 in his father's house at Heaton, Lancashire, and brought up there and in nearby schools until 15. Son of noble and heretical parents, the father a lawyer; has 5 brothers, the eldest a heretic, the rest Catholics ; has 2 heretical sisters. Has heretical paternal kinsfolk , mainly Catholic or schismatic maternal kinsfolk. Learned rudiments in various places in Lancashire until 15, then studied grammar,poetry and rhetoric at St. Omers for 4 years Often had feversin England,

especially just before leaving ; since then healthy A heretic until 15 , converted by uncle Laurence Scrope S.J.who works in England, sent to St. Omers and there supported unknown to parents by the same uncle or Catholic friends at his request; sent to Rome for higher studies . Desiresto be a priest 1621 .

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Ego Edmundus Nevillus, alias Salus in Comitatu Lancastriae, in domo paterna, cui nomen Holker[?], natus annum ago 17. Educatus sum domi partim, partim in scholis publicis una cum filiis aliorum nobilium.

Parenteshabui nobilesCatholicos, fratres tres,quorum altermortuus est , sororem nullam. Avunculum habeo de Societate Iesu de stirpe Comitum Westmerlandiae, Amicosque et cognatos quam plurimos de eodem genere.

Rhetoricae et Poesi tam Graecae quam Latinae Audomari operam dedi. profectus postea constabit. Variis fui febribus exagitatus, sed a multo iam tempore nullam cuiusquam morbi molestiam sentio

Semper equidem Catholice educatus sum, licet propter aetatem in Anglia sacrosancto missae sacrificio nunquam interfuerim , nec sacerdoti confessus sim.

Erga vitam Ecclesiasticam ita me affectum sentio, ut sacerdotium ministerium nempe ipsis angelis negatum dignitati Regiae multis gradibus anteponam ad quod cum Deo optimo maximo et superioribus huiusce collegii me, licet tanto munere longe indignum provehere, et inter Christos Domini numerare placebit, beatum me iudicabo. Interim in disciplina collegii observandanil tam difficile fore spero, quod Dei openon sim facile evicturus, posteaquamvideo tot nobilissimos iuvenes eam antehactamfacile tantaque cumlaude

superasse.

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[620] NEVILLE

Edmund, alias Sales, 16, born at his father's house at Holker, Lancashire ; brought up partly at home and partly in public schools with the sons of other nobleman Son of noble Catholic parents ; had 3 brothers (one nowdeceased). Has a Jesuit uncle of the family of the Earl of Westmorland, many kinsfolk of the same kind. Studied Greek and Latin rhetoric and poetry at St. Omers Suffered from fevers, but now long healthy . Always a Catholic, though never went to Mass or confession in England because of his age. Desires to be a priest. 1621 .

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Patrisnomen est Hodgson, matris vero Langlie, sum (ut opinor) 17 vel 18 annorum, locus Nativitatis vocatur Hebborn, urbs in qua

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vixi Novocastrum appellatur , ibique unius anni spacio private fui in litteris humanioribus instructus.

Parentes ambo fuerunt catholici , pater mediocris familiae est , satis dives, mater ex nobili loco nata, licet non admodum dives, alter (ut spero) vivit, altera ex hac vita decessit Habeo sex fratres, et quatuor sorores , omnes (per dei gratiam) Catholicae fidei sicut etiam est utriusque parentis familia. cognati aliqui Catholici, alii Haeretici sunt

In Anglia aliquantulum litteris humanioribus privatim studui , postea vero ad Collegium Audomarense missus ibi septemannorum spatio demoratus, ubi aliquam in litteris progressum feci, licet exiguum, et multo minorem quam a me expectabatur

Hactenus (Deo volente) firma valetudine sum usus in Aestate tamen prae calorenimio, tribusanniscontinuo sensialiquemdolorem capitis, qui aliquando in oculum cadentehumore incedit. Semper ab Infantia in fide Catholica sum educatus. Cupio quantum in me est regulas collegii observare, et licet me indignum munere Ecclesiastico putem, dei tamen auxilio, conabor illud suscipere , unde salutem aeternam consequar, et etiam aliis animabus possim adiuvare ,

IOHANNES LANGLEUS.

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[621] HODGSON John alias Langley, 17 or 18, bornat Hebburn , lived at Newcastle, and there privately instructed inhumanities one year. Son of Catholic parents, the father rich and middle class , the mother dead, born of the noble family of Langley, not rich, Has 6 brothers and 4 sisters , all Catholics, like the families ofboth parents Has both Catholic and heretical kinsfolk After studying letters privately in England spent 7 years at St. Omers, with less progress than was expected. Healthy, though 3 summersin succession suffered pains in the head throughthe heat, which sometimes affected his eyes. Always a Catholic. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

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Quod ad nomen attinet, vere vocor Guilielmus Cooke, sed iussu avunculi, Colford in nativitate Christi domini anno 1621 , viginti annos habui et unum natus sum in comitatu Cantuariensi , et semperhonestesum educatus . Est mihi pater Edwardus Cooke aliquando fuit iurisperitus , sed de conditione magnus haereticus unum fratrem habeo et unam sororem , amicoscatholicosnullos habeo , praeter materteram, domini Gabrielis Colfordi uxorem, et Patrem Thomam Cooke alias Colfordum.

Tribus fere iam elapsis annis, Bruxellis , bonis literis operam dedi, nempe Syntaxi et poesi.

De valetudine, deo gratias, semper bene me habui, nec in corpore animave nota est mihi aegritudo

Usque ad annum decimum quintum, veluti pater fui haereticus, Bruxellis vero Materterae opera, Reverendique Patris Alexandri Baker factus sum Catholicus. A medio anno, vel circiter vitam ecclesaisticam eligere mecum proposui tt

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[622] COOKE William, alias (by order of his uncle) Colford, son of Edward , 21, born in Kent and respectably educated. Son of a retired heretical lawyer ; has one brother and one sister ; has no Catholic kinsfolkexcept his aunt, the wife of Gabriel Colford, and Fr. Thomas Cooke alias Colford. Studied syntax and poetry 3 years ago at Brussels Always healthy A heretic until 14 , then converted through his aunt by Fr. Alexander Baker at Brussels Has desiredfor 6 months to be an ecclesiastic . 1621

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De vero nomine etc. quod est Petrus Curtesius natus Andoviae in Comitatu Southamptoniensis anno Domini 1595 quam ex narratione parentum possum colligere quo in oppido ad 15 aut 16 usqueannum aetatis in paterna domo vixi. Nomen autem[?] patris Thomas Curtesius Chatholicus nobilis ex familia eiusdem nominis quae inveniri potest in pago quodam nomine Emborne non longe ab oppodot Nuberryin Commitatuf Barkshere qui ob indigentiam mediorum operam dedit arti fuloniae quam professus est per multos annos Matris autem nomen Ioanna Burtona ex provintia† Southantoniensis nata in pago qui vocatur Longparrish quae (ut putam) mortua est catholica quamvis non ita publice vixit fratres habeo octo, catholicos quinque, e quibus quatuor sunt religiosi, e Societate Iesu Patres duo, fratres liaci alii duo. Sunt mihi quoque duae sorores ambae catholicaeunaque religiosa ex ordine Sancti Francisci sub nomine SanctaeClarae. Studui aliquantulumAndoviae in Anglia maxime tamen ex parte Audimari in Belgeo apud Patres Iesuitas eiusdemcivitatis quorum classes per quatuor annos frequentavi . absoluta autem syntaxe progressus sum Hispalim ubi in Collegeot Anglecanot fere totam dialecticam audivi tandem revertendo Lovanium apud patres Societatis Iesu Anglos in studiis dialecticae et primae partisphilosophiaeannum consumpsi

Sum corpore sano semperquefui sine ullo detrimento valitudinist neque ullum morbum passus sum praeter febrem illamque tantum bis

Haereticus aliquando fui effectus autem Catholicus ex pia deligentia mei fratris Thomae Curtesii Societatis Iesu qui misit me

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Audomarum ubi primam seu generalem confessionem Reverendo Patri Laeo feci anno Domini 1614. Ex tempore conversionis semper propositum fuit mihi vitam ecclesiasticamagere ††

PETRUS CURTESIUS .

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[623] CURTISPeter, son ofThomas and Joanna Burton, born 1595 at Andover, Hampshire, and brought up at home until 14 or 15. Son of a noble father, of the family of Enborne, near Newbury, Berkshire , who wasforced through indigence to become a fuller for many years ; and of a mother born at Longparish, Hampshire who died a Catholic though she had not publicly lived so Has 8 brothers, of whom 5 are Catholics, 4 religious (2 Jesuit priests and 2 lay-brothers) ; has 2 sisters both Catholics, one a religous of the order ofSt.Francis underthename ofSt.Clare. Studied at Andover, and mainly at St. Omers , where he attended 4 classes in 4 years; at the end of Syntax went to the English College at Seville, and attended almost the whole dialectic ; returned to Louvain and studied dialectic and the first part of philosophy with the Jesuits Healthy, but twice sufferedfrom fevers. Once a heretic, converted by the diligence of his brotherThomas Curtis S.J., who sent him to St. Omers wherehemadehisfirstgeneralconfessiontoFr.Leein 1614. Sinceconversion has desired to be an ecclesiastic.

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1622

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1. Agnoscoprimumet profiteorverum mihi nomenesseEdoardi Mainwaringi, me annos habere 19, natum esse in Comitatu Lankastriae, inibi ad duodecimum annum institutionemaccepisse, et inter Catholicos plerumque, nisi cum in haeriticorum scolis literis operam navarem, versatum esse.

2. Profiteor secundo Parentibus me ortum semper Catholicis , Optimis atque illustribus, qui tamen iniuria temporum non solum de gradu pristino deiecti sunt, sed fidei causa in aliquas etiam angustias devenere : Fratres mihi reliquos esse tres, quorum unus haereticorum tenebris deceptus, vel potius Schismaticorum inani lususterrore hucusquetorpet: sorores quatuor omnes in re Catholica bene instructas : Cognatos vero, per utrunque Parentem praecipuos, Scismaticorum plerumque adhaerere dogmatibus, aliquos in falsas haereticorum sententiasire, non nullos etiam pro fide Catholicam propugnare.

3. Deinde, literis humanioribus (neque enim aliastudia hactenus vel primis labris degustavi) in Urbe Audomaro, iuvenes inter Anglos Collegii Anglicani , ingenuos pariter piosque et doctos , moderantibus Reverendis Societatis Iesu patribus, operam me navasse confirmo. Quinque plus minus annis, quinque inibi classes inferiores audivisse

4. Quarto affirmo per multos nunc annos corporis me bona usum valetudine, et infinita divinae maiestatis misericordia, religiosorum ac piisimorum virorum spiritualia consilia et iuvamen libenter admississe , quo gravissimi laborantis animae morbi depellerentur : adeoque maiorem, ex quo totius vitae delicta quo ad potui et recordatus sum generali confessione expiavi , internam iucunditatem in dies paene censisset

5. Adhaec, profiteorsingulari Dei beneficioab ineunte aetate me Catholicis moribus imbutum esse, neque unquam haereseos labe contactum.

6. Testor denique me summopere nunc modo animatum ad vitam Ecclesiasticam et imposterum semper iuvante deo hunc animum servaturum tt

SUMMARY

[626] MAINWARING Edward, 19, born in Lancashire , and brought up there until 11 , living among Catholics but attending heretical schools. Son of illustrious Catholics parents impoverished because oftheirreligion; has 3 survivingbrothers, onea schismatic; 4 Catholic sisters ; has mainly schismatical kinsmen , includinga few Catholics and a few heretics Studied humanities at St. Omers; attended the 5 lower classes in 5 years. Healthyfor many years; and full of internal joy since his general confession . Always a Catholic Desiresto be an ecclesiastic 1622 .

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Verum mihi nomen est Ambrosio Corbye: Natus vero iam sum (quantum memoria teneo) annos ipsos septemdecim, quantumque iam exactum est temporis a Christi Domini natali die proxime celebrato ; Sum autem Eboracensis, in Schola ac literis pene sempereducatus, qui ex patria commigrans Audomaropolim aetatis meae anno plus minus duodecimo illic in collegio Anglicano communi cum caeteris vitae rationi ad hoc usque tempus memet associaverim.

ParenteshabeoGerrardum Corbye,Isabellam RichardsonumAnglum utrumque ac liberali honestaque stirpe natum : Quos iamdudum Dei magna misericordia iis turpissimae haereseos laqueis expedivit, quibus iam tum primis sub annis irretiti misere tenebantur : Hi iamdivinagratiacorroborati nonullas per hosce annos haud illubenti animo molestias sustinuerunt , illius fidei defendendaecaussa, cui se non nisi singulari Dei beneficio prius adiunxerant Fratres habeo

RESPONSA SCHOLARUM

duos, sorores duas, catholicae fidei iam inde ab ineunte aetate omnes participes. Literis hactenus humanioribus operam navavi (alia enim studia adhuc ne attigi quidem) studui inquam humanioribus in Anglia partim, partim Audomaropoli : hos autem illic in literis feci progressus, ut in primis potius quam in postremiscenserer numerandus. Per hosce iam sex annos praeteritos Dei magno beneficiofirma sum usus corporis valetudine : Animi autem ita sensi aegritudinem ut cum ad confessionis Sacramentum rite accederem , levari mihi dolor omnis seu tolli potius videretur. Gratias Deo Optimo Maximo magnashabeosub disciplina Romanae Ecclesiae fuisse me semper hactenus eruditum: Nunquam vero tanto sum habitus honore dignus, aliquid ut Christi caussa molestiarum vel poenae pertolerarem. Eccui me potissimum relligiosorum familiae velim dicare non hic arbitror esse dicendi locum, nec si esset profecto, possem iammodo dicere : Eo autem huc adveni consilio, uti collegii huius disciplinae prout me decet morem gerens ad Ecclesiasticos status deinde amplectendosmulto forem accomodatior .

SUMMARY

[627] CORBY Ambrose, of Yorkshire, 17 last Christmas, son of Gerard and Isabella Richardson. Son of respectable parents long heretics but nowconverted and sufferingfor religion ; has 2 brothers and 2 sisters , all Catholics since birth Studied humanities in schools in England, and since his twelfth year at St. Omers; among the first rather than the last in class. Healthy these last 6 years. Always a Catholic, but never suffered for the faith Wishes to be an ecclesiastic, but does not know whichreligious ordertojoin.

[628]

1. Vero nomine vocor Gregorius Smithaeus, natus annos viginti duos, aut circiter, educatus in fide catholica iam inde a pueritia, locus nativitatis meae vulgo Tangly[?] appellatur in comitate* Berke.

2. Parenteshabui haud ignobiles, statu aut conditione Patrem scismaticum matrem vero catholicam, Fratrem habeo unum Sorores tres omnes scismaticos; consobrinos , et affines habeo catholicos quatuor, omnes nobili loco natos. haereticos praecipuos octo, omnes nobiles, scismaticostres item nobiles

3. Humanioribus semper literis operam dedi non aliis, idquein scholis haereticorum praecipuedonec divinobeneficiosumavocatus , Audomarumque missus , ubi per tres annos humanioribus etiam studui literis, eo profectu, progressqueut omnium de eo expectationi satisfacerem

4 Valetudine fui adhuc (Dei beneficio) bona, raroque infirma nec iam nunc sentio ullam aegritudinem corporis, animaeve.

5. Haereticus nunquam exstiti, scismaticus usque ad decimum sextum annum aetatis meae, quum (divina bonitate) membrum indignum ecclesiae catholicae sum factus et ita ab illo tempore permansi, speroque (ope divina) semper me ita mansurum : qua autem via factus sum, quae mihi circa hoc negotium acciderint longum est dicere, neque hoc loco (nisi maioris momenti, censeo) narranda. factus sum autem catholicus a Sacerdote quodam in Anglia, nomine Boltono, huius Collegii aliquando, (ut ab ipso audivi) alumno huius opera ab illo tempore semper sum usus , atque etiamnum utor.

6. Propositum certe, nec desiderium firmum nunquam habui aliud, nisi ut fierem aliquando sacerdos, patriamque meamafflictam pro viribus adiuvarem.

Si aliquid hoc loco dicendum, forte omiserim paratus id ero vel dicere, vel scribere quando superioribus id visum fuerit.

GRE FARMER.

SUMMARY

[628] SMITH Gregory, alias Farmer, c 22, born at Tangley, Berkshire, educated as a Catholic since boyhood. Son of noble schismatic father and noble Catholic mother ; has 1 brotherand 3 sisters, all schismatics ; is related to 4 noble Catholics , 8 noble heretics, and 3 noble schismatics Studied humanities in heretical schools and for 3 years at St. Omers; progressed upto expectation Healthy. Never a heretic ; was a schismatic until 15 , then reconciled by a priest in England named Bolton, once an alumnus of this College, who has assisted him ever since. Desires to be an ecclesiastic .

INDEXES

INDEXES

COMPILED BY E.

E. REYNOLDS

Only the English forms ofnames areindexed

I. PERSONS

Where a Student or Priest used an alias, his two names are separately indexed

Adam, 81, 83

Aesop, 182

Agricola, 225, 228

Alabaster, William, 1 , 3, 130-2 , 183-4

Alexander of Aphrodisia, 225 , 228

Allen, Cardinal, 34, 54 ; Fr., 34, 54; George, 324-5

Ambrose , St., 34, 54

Amianns, John, 107-8

Anderton, 110 ; Christopher , 172-3 , 341 ; Hugh, 99 ; William , 162-3 James, 99;

Anne, 12 , 13 ; Richard, 230, 232

Arden, Robert, 295-6

Aristotle, 225, 228

Armstrong, John, 263 ; Mary, 264-5 ; Margaret, Robert, 263

Apuleius, 226, 228

Aquinas, St. Thomas, 1 , 3, 225 , 228

Arius, 214, 216

Arnold, Adam, 189, 193 ; Richard , 153-4

Arundel, Countess of, 43, 57 ; Thomas, 95

Ashfield, Robert, 159, 160

Ashton, 339-40 ; Magdalen, 111 ; Richard, 15, 17-18

Askwith, 302-3

Athanasius, 214 , 216

Atkinson, 195-6 ; Fr., 14 , 15

Atslow, Edward, Frances, 156-7

Audley, Richard, 154

Augustine, St., 41-2, 57 , 97-8

Baal, Joachim, Margaret, 248-9

Babthorpe, Grace, 245-6, 288-9; Ralph, 245-6 ; Sir Ralph, 269-70, 288-9 ; Thomas , 288-9

Bacon, Elizabeth, John, Thomas , 239-40

Bailey, Robert, 119-20

Baker, Fr. Alexander, 344-5

Baldwin, Fr., 19, 21, 76, 78-80, 89, 90, 104-5, 171-2 , 193 , 195

Barcroft, Fr., 172-3

Bardwell, James, 169

Barlow, Lewis, 221

Barnaby, Mrs., 230, 232

Barneby, Fr., 97-8

Barnforde, 305-6

Barrett, Dr., 113-4

Barrows, Fr., 249-50

Basset, Arnold, 313, 315 ; Antony, Joachim, 248-9

Bastard, Francis, 100 , 102

Battie, Fr. Rowland, 150

Becket, Thomas, 79, 80

Bede, St., 234, 236

Bedford, William , 151-2

Bedingfeld, Antony, 100, 102; Edward, 276-7 ; Henry, 18, 19 , 323-4 ; John, 100, 102; Matthew, 268-9 ; Sir Henry, 276-7

Belfield, Henry, 174-5

Bellarmine, St. Robert, 1 , 3 , 65-6, 226, 229,233,236

Bennett, Fr., 166-7

Bentley, Catherine , 116-7 ; Edward, 116-7 , 176-7 ; Frederick, 116-7 ; John, 200-1 ; Katherine, 176-7

Berington, Robert, 155-6

Bernard, St., 215-6

Berry, Antony, Francis, 316-8

Berwick, 85, 88; Willoughby, 96, 98

Beveridge , Bridget, 72, 74 ; Francis, 73-4 ; Robert, Thomas, 72, 74

Bickley, Fr., 183-4 ; Ralph, 42 , 57

Biddulph, Peter, 328

Bilbent, Thomas, 319-20

Bing, Dr., 225 , 228

Bishop, Dr., 211, 215 ; Fr,, 162-3 ; John , 190, 194 ; Sir Thomas , 305-6

Bisley, 110-1

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 127-8; George (Archpriest), 79, 80, 82, 84 , 86 , 88-90, 118-9, 127-8, 153-4 ;William, 127-8

Bland, 278, 280

INDEXES

Blount, Fr., 95-6, 99 ; Mary, Robert, Thomas , 275-6

Blundeston ,

Laurence , Nicholas , 280-1

Bodwell, Charles , 229, 230

Margaret,

Bolton, 134-5 ; Fr., 348-9 ; Jane, 203-4

Cardanus, 225 , 228

Carey, 20, 22

Carlisle, Richard, 150-1

Carrington, George, James, 74 , 76

Caryll, Sir John, 162-3

Case, 138, 225, 228 ; Dr., 115-6

Catcher, Edward, Thomas , 168

Cater, Francis, 316-8

Borghese, Cardinal, 125 , 127

Bonvile, -9

Bradshawe , Alexander, 61-2

Brand, 305-6

Bray, Richard, 147-8

Brett, Alexander, 123

Bridges, 115-6

Brierton, 139, 140

Bristow, Dr. Richard, 32, 37, 53, 55

Brittaine, William ,47, 49

Brook(e), 107-8 ; Sir Basil, 202 ; Francis, 256-7 ; John, 67, 69-71 ; Sir Oswald, 302 ; Thomas , 205-6, 223, 236

Broughton, Fr., 265-6

Brown(e), Antony, 337-8 ; Elizabeth , 336, 338 ; Fr., 279, 280 ; Sir George, 240-1, 269, 270 ; John, 96, 98

Brudenel, Lady, 197-8 ; Mary, 224 , 228 ; Thomas, 223, 227

Bruerton, Sir Randolph, 78, 80

Buckeridge , -212, 215

Buckhurst, Lord, 144-5

Bulkeley, Roland , 211 , 215

Bullock, 302-3 ; Margaret, 254-5

Bunney, 12 , 13

Burgh, Thomas, 61-2

Burke, 309-10

Burnham, Grace, 245-6, 288-9

Burscough , Fr., 112 , 114

Burton, Joanna, 345-6

Butler , 141 , 302-3; Grace , John , 110 ; Thomas , 141 , 263-4

Caelius, Rhodigius, 226, 228

Caesar, 124, 126

Calabutt, Ann, 4-5

Caldwall, Robert, 10

Caldwell, Elizabeth, Robert, William , 121-2

Calvin , 101-2

Campian , Richard, 274-5

Campion, Bl Edmund, 63, 115-6 , 154-5

Cansfield , pher), 106

85, 88 ; Brian (Christo-

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 7-8, 212, 215

Capel, Gamalian, 251

Capes, James, John, Mary, 216-7

Capperlin , John, 143 , 145

Catterick, 112 , 114

Cecil, Sir Robert (Salisbury), 137-9 , 287-8 ; Sir William (Burghley), 280-1, 310-1

Chaderton , Henry, 30, 52

Chambers , Fr., 229-30

Charke , William , 62

Charworth, Sir George, Henry, John, 295-6

Chaytor, 302-3

Cheke, Robert, 149-50

Chester, Bishopof, 135-6

Chetwynde, William , 78, 80

Chichester, Chancellor of, 35 , 54

Cicero, 11, 128, 270, 272, 341

Clark, William , 312-3

Clifford, 20, 22

Clifton, William, 140-1

Clitherow,Mrs., 124 , 126

Clyffe, Henry, John, 127-8

Cobham, Lord, 97-8

Coffin, Fr., 24-5 , 95 , 155-6

Colford, Gabriel , 180-1, 344-5; Gregory, 267 ; Fr. Thomas, 344-5 ; Thomas, 179, 181 ; William, 344-5

Colles , Mary, Thomas, William, 263-4

Collingwood , Robert, 292-3

Comberford , Henry, 178-9

Compton, Nicholas , 124, 126

Coningsby, William , 86 ,88

Constable, 303-4 ; Frances, Francis, 240-1 ; Henry, 185-6, 240-1 ; Jane, Margaret, Marmaduke, 240-1; Michael, 240-1, 290-1 ; Philip, 290-1 ; Sir Philip, 240-1, 269 ; Robert, 240-1, 289-91 ; Roger, 240-1 ; William , 240-1, 269

Conway, 139-40

Conyers, Fr. Thomas , 38 , 55

Cool, John, Helen, 165

Cooke , Edward, 180-1, 344-5 ; Thomas , 180-1 ; Fr. Thomas , 344-5; Thomasina , 180-1 ; William, 344-5

Copinger, Henry, 183-4

Copley, John, 19 , 21 ; Thomas, 20-1

Corby, Ambrose, Gerard , Isabella, 347-8

Cornwallis, Charles, Richard, 4, 5; Sir Thomas , 4, 5, 100, 102 ; Sir William ,4, 5

Coster, Fr., 207

Cottington, Edward , 63, 65

Cotton, 284-5; George, 20-1

Courtney, Henry, 95 ; Covet, William, 265-6

Richard, 95

INDEXES

Jane, 94-5;

Cowling , Fr. William , 324-5

Coytmor, Laura, William , 330

Craddock , 270, 272

Cripps, 20-1

Crocker , John, 121-2

Crosse , 337-8

Cullam ,

84, 87

Culpepper, Sir Alexander, 97-8

Curtis, Joanna, 345-6 ; John, 221-2 ; Peter, Thomas , Fr. Thomas, 345-6

Cuthbert, John, 308

Dalton, James, 303-4

Davers, Charles, Henry, 78-9

Davis , Joseph, 158-9

Dee, Edward, 166

Dek, Thomas , 238

Denny, Francis, 169

Denton, Thomas , 78 , 80

Derby, Henry, Earl of, 134-5, 138

Diggles, 224 , 227

Dingley, George, 142 ; John, 67, 70

Disney, Mrs., 230, 232

Dobson, 113-4

Dolman, Ann, 163-4 ; Marmaduke, Peter , 188-9 ; Robert, 188-9, 296-7 ; William, 188-9

Donatus , 225, 228

Dorman, Thomas , 202

Dormer, Sir Robert, 5, 8, 138

Dorrell, Richard, 266-7

Dovet, Fr. Radus, 175

Doweton, Fr., 208-9

Drury, Bridget, Elizabeth, George, 152-3; Mary, 151-3 ; Robert, 152-3

William , 151-3

Duckett, Francis, 112, 114 ; George, 255 ; James, 113-4

Dudley , 112 , 114

Durnford, Thomas , 322-3

Dyer, Richard, 147-8

Eales, George, 201-2

Edmunds, Fr., 101 , 103

EdwardVI, 30, 52, 231, 233 , 331-2

Edwards , Goothlake, 61-2 ; John, Thomas , 146-7

Elizabeth I, 79-80, 85, 88 , 161-2 , 171-2, 184-5, 217-8, 231, 233-4 , 236, 270, 272, 280-1 , 314-5

Ellerker, 185-6 303-4 ; Anne, Ralph,

Elton, 265-6

Emerson, Thomas, 191 , 194

Enborne, 345-6

Essex, Countess of, 169-170 ; Earl of, 2, 3, 67, 70, 118-9, 166-7, 310-1 ; William , 78, 80

Evans, Anne, Catherine ,David, Lyson, Mary, Nicholas , 314-5

Everard, John , 223-9 ; R., 225 , 228

Evered, Thomas, 62-3

Exeter, Bishop of, 118-9 ; Earl of, 281-2

Falcon, John , 312

Fallowes , Fr., 161-2

Farmer, Gregory, 348-9

Faulk(e)ner , John, 67, 70, 312 ; Richard, 69, 71

Felton, 129 , 132

Fennell, John , 169-70 ; Simon, 167-8

Fenton, Edward, Grace, Nicholas, 230 , 232

Feria, Duchess of, 190 , 193

Fermer , Sir Richard, 319-20

Fernesley, Andrew, 66-7

Fetherton, Fr,, 269

Fettiplace , 78 , 80 , 115-6 ; Genevieve, 78-9

Filcock, Fr., 157

Fisher, Fr., 331-2 ; George, Magdalen , 111 ; Richard, 15, 17-8 ; Thomas, 111

Flack, Fr., 104-6

Flavius, 225, 228

Flere, 191 , 194

Fletcher, Fr., 128

Flint, 153

Flood, Noah , 157-8

Floyd, Fr. John, 89, 90, 120-1 , 214 , 216,227,229 , 298-9, 301

Foorth, 225, 228

Forcer, John, Margaret, Thomas , 103-4

Forde, Fr., 119, 120

Forster,252-3 ; Bartholomew , Christopher , Dominic, 177-8; Elizabeth, 162-3, 177-8 ; Henry, 177-8 , 252-3 ; Lawrence , 162-3 ; Mary, Robert, 177-8 ; Seth, 219-20 ; William, 162-3 , 219-20

Fortescue , Sir John, 257-8 ; William , 329

Foster, Richard, Thomas , William , 320-1

Foulkes , Thomas , 79, 80

Fowler, Brian, 137-8 ; Edward, 137 ; Joanna, John, 137-8 ; Mary, 137 ; Richard, 267 ; Walter, 137 , 166-7

Foxe, John, 208-9

Frank, 254 , 256 , 302-3

Freeman , John, 12-3, 301-2 ; Michael, 11 , 13

Fullward, Robert, 76, 78

INDEXES

Gadbury, John, 297-8

Gage, of Firle, 20-1 ; Henry, 288 ; John, Margaret, 20-1

Gainsborough , Baron, 61-2

Gardiner , 101 , 103 ; dine , 118-9 Fr. Berna-

Garnett, Fr. Henry, 85-6, 88-9 , 118-9 , 199, 200, 265-6; Mary, 149, 150 ; Richard, 149, 150 ; Thomas , 19 , 21; William, 149 , 150

Garth, Fr. Richard, 79 , 80

Gascoigne, 278, 280

Gaunt, James, 151 ; Thomas, 219 ; William , 151

Gellius, 226, 228

George, 143, 145 ; Fr., 195-6

Gerard, 217-8; Fr., 196-7 ; Fr. Gilbert, 99 ; Fr. John, 4, 5, 28-9 , 79, 80, 93-4, 104-5, 109, 117 , 119, 120, 202, 234, 236, 256-7

Gibbon, Fr., 193 , 195

Gifford, Ann, 74, 76 ; Edward, Elizabeth, 321-2 ; Sir George, 123

Gloucester , Bishopof, 64-6

Godfrey, Giles, Mary, Strang, 198-9

Godley, Thomas , 43, 45, 57-9

Goldin, John, 297-8

Goldwell , 81, 83

Goode, John, Margaret, 201-2

Gorges, Governor , 118-9

Gower, John, 159, 160

Grafton, James, 243-4

Gravener , -278, 280 ; Robert, 277, 279

Greaves, Fr., 24-5 ; John,9

Green(e), Anne, 185-6 ; Fr., 16-18 ; Henry, 185-6 ; John, 284-5 ; Ralph, 185-6

Greenway, Antony, Sir Antony, Winifred, 157-8

Greenwood, John, 337-8

Griffin , Juliana, 165

Griffith, Ambrose , Hugh, James, Jane, 243-4 ; John, Mabel, 117-8 ; Richard, 243-4; Robert, 117-8; William , 243-4

Grosse, John, 129, 132

Grosvenor, Robert, 277-80

Guildford , Sir Thomas , 33, 53

Gwin, WilliamHowell Lewis, 108-9

Gwyn, Charles , 229-30

Hanmer, Meredith, 62

Harcourt, Frances, 157-8; Robert, 157-9 ; Sir Walter, 78, 80, 157-8 ; Winifred, 157-8

Harding, 86, 88, 95-6

Hargrave, Louisa, William, 309-10

Hargreave , James, 136

Harpur, Thomas, 327-8

Harrington, John, 302 ; Lord, 147-8 ; Richard, 152

Harris, Edward, 335-6; Francis , 324

Harrowden, Edward, 90, 93

Hart, Nicholas , 25 ,29

Harvey, Giles, 294-5

Haslehurst, Agnes, Peter, Robert, 221

Hastings,Sir Francis, 190, 193

Hatton, Christopher , 84-8

Haughton, William , 316

Hawker ,-9

Hawkins, 100 , 102

Hawley, 84, 87

Haydock, 110

Hayward, John,Mary, 85 , 88

Heathcote , John, 199, 200

Hemsworth, John, 279-80

Henry VII, 30, 52 , 231 , 233

Henry, Hugh ap, 222

Henson, 212, 215

Herbert, Sir John, 314-5

Hereford, Bishopof, 244-5

Hesketh, George, 324-5 ; Sir Thomas, 171-2

Heton, John , 342

Higham, 100, 102

Hill, Fr., 247-8

Hinslow, 177-8

Hobson, -271-2

Hodgson , 279 , 280 ; Agnes, 90, 93 ; Clement , 317-8 ; Francis, 320-1 ; John, 343-4 ; Robert, 333 ; Thomas, William , 90, 93

Holden, Charles, 339-40

Holtby, Antony, 254-6; Margaret, 254-5 ; George , Fr. Richard,104-5,220,254-5,302-3,333; Robert, 254-5, 302-3

Holywood, Fr., 131-3

Honnacott, Abraham, Giles, 167

Hooand Wells, Baron , 20-1

Hooke, 84, 87

Horner, Richard, Thomas , 204, 206

Hoskin, Fr.Antony, 237, 239 , 245-6

Howard, 20, 22 ; Edward, 335-6 ; Henry, 288 ; Lord of Effingham, 20-1

Hudleston, Andrew , Edmund, Henry, Mary, Richard, William , 111-114

Hughes, Fr., 113-4

Hungerford, 20, 22 ; Lady, 50 , 60

Hunt, 278, 280 ; Fr., 119, 120 ; Fr. Gilbert, 278, 280

Hutte(o)n, 112, 114 ; Mary, 111 , 114

Hyde, -115-6

Ignatius, St., 302

Ingleby, William , 273

INDEXES

Ingoldsby, 157-8

Iverson, John, 19 , 21

Ivory, 100, 102

Jackman, Gabriel, Robert, 256-7

Jackson , 279, 280; Fr., 186-7 ,255-6; John, Thomas , 124-5

James I, 231, 233, 244-5, 270, 272, 277, 279, 314-5

Longeville, Thomas , 310-11

Lovell, Richard, 289

Luis of Granada , 192, 194

Lumner, Robert, 100 , 102

Lutley, Philip, 340-1

Luttrell, 20-22

Lynly, Richard, 204 , 206

Machell, Jane , Lancelot, 181-2

Mainwaring, Christopher , 317-8, 306-7 Edward, 346-7 ; George, Oliver, Johnson,

Jewell, Bishop, 33, 53, 86, 88 -223, 227 ; Jane, 11

Keighley, Fr., 318-9 217-8

Kellison, Dr., 231, 233

Kemys, Thomas, 94-5

Kensington, Edward, 203-4; John , 134-5

Keynes , Ed , 190, 193 ; Fr. George, 220, 262

Kilby, 212, 215

King, Dr., 213 , 216

Knowell, 190, 193

Lacey, Edward, 79, 80; William , 208-9

Lambe, Antony, 251-2; Fr., 119 , 120

Lambert, Fr., 174

Lampton, Antony, 252

Landel, William, 240-1

Lane, 20, 22 ; Elizabeth, 90, 93

Langley, John, 343-4

Langwith, < -133-4

Lanman, Henry, Mary, Roger, 84-7

Lathom, Christopher , 306-7

Lawe, Thomas , 128-9

Laythwaite, 110 ; Edward, 203-4 ; Francis, 173 ; Henry, Jane, 203-4 ; John, 134-5

Layton, John, 196-7

Lee, Fr., 69, 71, 278, 280, 381-9, 345-6; Henry, 174 ; Fr. John, 125-6 ; Fr. Roger, 157-8, 174 ; Fr. Thomas, 335-6

Leech , Edward, Humphrey, Richard , Thomas , 210-216

Leedes, Mary, Thomas , 286-7

Lenthall, 195-6

Leveson, Sir Walter, 302, 321-2

Lides , de, 20-1

Lilly, Dr., 212 , 215

Lipsius, 226, 228

Lister, Fr., 24-5 , 69, 71

Lobb, Emmanuel, 298-9

Lombard, Peter, 1 , 3

Lond, Jo, 190 , 193

London, Bishop of, 19, 21, 127-8 , 265-6, 337-8

Mallets, Maltby, 20, 22 278-9

Manley, Thomas , 197-8

Mannock, Audrey, John, William , 184-5

Mansel, Ignatius, 164

Margerison, William ,72, 74

Martin, 190-4 ; Lawrence , 250

Martyr, 225 , 228

Mary, Queen (Tudor), 30, 52, 231-2

Maynard, John, 297-8

Mayson, Francis , 293-4

Metcalfe , 302-3 ; Antony, 254-5

Metham, Sir Thomas, 240-1, 302-3

Mico, Walter, 294-5

Middlemore , Humphrey, 273-4

Middleton, 278, 280

Miles, Francis, Mary,Ralph, 264-5

Molyneux, Rutland, 279, 280

Mompesson, Henry, 19 , 21

Monica, St., 34, 54

Montague , Viscount, 33, 53, 84, 87, 97, 98, 336, 338

Montford, 137

Mordaunt, Lord, 78-9

More, Edward, Mary, Thomas , 105

Morgan, Edward, 166 ; George, 142 ; Jane, Thomas, 166

Morley, Henry, 341 ; Lord, 100, 102

Morris, Edmund, 95-6

Moryl, Fr., 208-9

Moulton, Robert, William, 121-2

Mounson, Sir Thomas , 287 ; William , 186-7

Mountain, John, 320-1

Mountjoy, Lord, 30, 52

Mush, Fr., 76-7

Needham , Fr. Oswald, 281-2

Nestorius , 214, 216

Neville, Beatrice, 171-2 ; Edmund, 171-2, 343 ; Sir John, 171-2 ; Mary, 326

Newman, Thomas, 62-3

Nichols, 197-8

Nightingale, Cuthbert, Richard, 150, 151

INDEXES

Norris, Sir Edward, 96, 98

Norton, Richard, 68, 70

Norwich, Bishopof, 101, 103, 131, 133

Nowell, Dean , 202

Oglethorpe, Thomas, 261-2

Oldcorne, Fr. Edward, 6, 8, 10

Ovid, 128, 270, 272, 341

Owen, Elizabeth, 247-8 ; Robert, Thomas , 330-1

Pacius, 225, 228

Palmes, William , 282

Palniger, 124 , 126

Pound, John, 32, 53 ; Thomas, 32, 36 , 43-4, 47, 53, 55, 57-9

Powdrell, Mrs., 230, 232

Powell, David, 314-5

Poynings, Sir Adrian , 30, 52

Prater, Margaret, 190, 194

Price, de, 20-1 ; Fr., 166-7 ; Margaret, 314-5

Pullen, Fr., 86, 88

Laura,

Parham, Sir Edward, 190, 193, 195 ; John, 190 , 193

Parker, Sir Philip, 207

Paulet, Lord Chideock, 30, 52

Payne, Fr., 36, 55

Peacock, Thomas, 205-6

Peake, Hugh, 120, 121

Pearson, Richard, 304

Peckham , 196-7

Pelagius, 214, 216

Pelham , Nicholas , 251

Pendleton , Edward, 119, 120

Pennant, Thomas , 139, 140

Pennington, 112 , 114

Peover, 217-8

Perce, Dr., 101 , 103

Percehay, Thomas , William, 319-20

Percy, Robert, William, 319-20

Pershall, Thomas, 78-9

Persons, Fr., 139-40, 149-50, 170, 207, 234,236,260-1,275-6 ; George, 275-6; John, 164-5 ; Mary, 275-6 ; Richard, 182-3 ; Robert, Thomas, 275-6

Peto, Edward, 67, 70

Petre, Robert, 329-30

Phillips, John, 340-1

Pickering, John, 205-6

Pierpoint, Gervase, 73-4

Piggot, Fr., 162-3

Pike, Martha, 68, 70

Platt, Bartholomew, Francis, 299, 300 ; John, 115-6 ; Margaret, 299 , 300

Platus, Jerome , 86, 88

Plautus, 226, 228

Plowden , Francis, 319-20

Plunket, John, 153

Pole, Gervase, Henry, 295-6

Pollard, Fr., 240-1

Poole, Bridget, Peter, 209-10

Popham (C.J.), 190, 193

Porphyry, 225, 228

Port, John, 196-7

Pulton, Anna, Anne, 256-7; Catherine , 233, 236 ; Eugenia, 256-7 ; Ferdinand, 233, 236, 256-7, 326-7 ; Francis, Giles , 256-7 ; John, 326-7 ; Katherine, Maria, Martha, 256-7; Thomas , 233, 236 ; Ursula, 256-7

Quesneau, Fr. Benjamin, 314 , 316

Quintilian, 226 , 228

Radcliffe, 302-3

Radford, Fr., 197-8

Raines , Cuthbert, Henry, Nicholas, 270-2

Rainold, 2, 3

Rastell, John, 86, 88

Rawley, Robert, 336-8

Redman , Fr. John, 150

Rich, Fr., 214 , 216

Richardson , Edward, 310 ; Isabella, 347-8

Ridges, Mrs., 230 , 232

Rigby, Lawrence, 341

Ringstead , David, 334-5

Roberts, Fr., 199, 265-6

Robinson , 130, 132, 257-8 ; Christopher, 175-6 ; John, Robert, 291-3

Rodney, Edward, 257-8

Roffensis , Godfrey, Margaret, Richard Thomas, William , 301

Roger, Fr., 131 , 133

Rogers, John, 147-8 ; Thomas , 197-8 , 301

Rookwood , 252-3 ; Ambrose, 177-8 ; Edward, Elizabeth, Robert , 336-8

Roscarrock, Nicholas , 95

Rosier, James, 206-7

Rudgley, John, Peter , Thomas , William , 195-6

Rudston , Walter, 240-1

Russell, John, 259-60 ; Louisa,Simon , 331-2

Sackville, Thomas , 207

St. John, Lady, 138

Sales, Edmund, 343

INDEXES

Salisbury, Earl of, 287-8 ; John, 79-80

Salvin, Anne, Gerard, Ralph, 323-3

Sanderson, 84, 87

Sandford , 112, 114

Sankey, 20, 22

Sarott, Edward, 251

Saterford, Fr., 113-4

Scaliger , 225, 228

Scott, Fr., 294-5, 312-3

Scrope, 191 , 194 ; Fr., 341-2 ; Fr. Lawrence, 342-3 ; Fr. John , 309-10

Scudamore , -142

Seton, 225, 228

Severin, St., 125-6

Seward, Robert, William, 155-6

Sewell, Fr., 76-7

Seyes, Alexander, 314-5 ; Richard , 314 ; Roger , 313, 316

Shackleton , William , 154-5

Sheffield, Lord, 240-1, 269-70, 303-4

Sheldon, 137

Shelley, Antony, 325 ; Cyprian, Elizabeth, John, 247-8 ; Fr. Owen, 319-20 ; Thomas , 156; William , 20-1, 33, 53

Sherwood , 190, 194 ; Henry, 231-3; Fr. Henry, 191-5 ; John, 189, 192-4 ; Thomas, William, 189, 193

Shrewsbury , Earl of, 227 , 279

Sidney, 20, 22

Silisdon , Henry, 18-9

Sillinger, John, 241-2

Simons, John, 241-2 ; Joseph, 298-9

Singleton, Edward, 166 ; Fr., 97-8

Skinner, 20-1

Slyman, Henry, 189, 193

Smartford, Fr., 176

Smith, 224, 228 ; Edmund, 22, 24 ; Fr., 121-2 , 163 ; Gregory , 348-9 ; Fr. John, 74, 76 ; Fr. Nicholas, 19 , 21 ; Fr. William , 112, 114

Smithson, Fr., 279-80

Snape, Fr. George, 115-6

Somers, Thomas, 112 , 114

Southampton , Earl of, 31 , 52

Southcott, 195-6

Southwell, 20, 21 ; Mary, 151-3 ; Fr. Robert, 20, 22 ; Thomas , 239-40

Sparhanke , William , 79 , 80

Sprott, Edward, 161-2

Stamford, Fr., 73-4

Standen ,137 ; Sir Anthony , Elizabeth, 248, 250

Standish , Fr. Henry, 152 ; Fr. James, 69, 71

Stanford, Robert, 258-9

Stanney, Fr., 26, 29, 259-60, 265-6, 274

Staunton, William, 154-5

Stapleton , Thomas , 1 , 3, 226, 229 , 234, 236, 305-6

Stark(e)y, -205-6 ; John, 107-8

Staunton, Antony, Jane, Richard, 187-8

Stephens, Francis, 307-8

Stevens(on),35, 53 ; Cyprian , Francis, Helen, Susanna, Thomas , 334-5

Stillington, -287-8 ; Thomas , 261-2; William, 230, 232

Stonehouse, Andrew , 308

Stonor , 195-6

Stourton, Lord, 147-8

Strange, 155-6 ; Thomas , 143 , 145

Strickland, 223 , 227 John, 263 ;

Studder, Sir Thomas , 158-9

Stukeley , 20, 22

Suarez, 1 , 3

Suffolk, Duke of (Brandon), 84, 87

Sullyard, 137

Sussex, Earl of (Radcliffe), 30 ,52

Sutheron , William , 271-2

Sweet , Henry, 284 ; Fr. John, 63 , 284-6 ; Mary, 284

Sydney, Sir Robert, 169-70

Talbot, Fr., 115-6; William, 300

Tankard, Thomas , 319-320

Tarbock, 306-7

Tayler, Dr., 326 ; Henry, 178-9 , 333-4 ; John, 291-2, 327 ; Mary, 326; Thomas, 326 ; Valentine, 292-3 ; William , 80, 83

Tempest, Fr. Edward, 170

Terence, 107-8

Tertullius, 227

Titelmans, 225 , 228

T(h)ompson, Fr., 208-9. 278-280

Thomson , Fr. Francis, 243-4 ; James, 19, 21, 71-2 ; Jane, John, 243-4 ; Henry, 260-1

Thornton, 302-3

Throckmorton, Sir John, 237-8

Thunder, Fr. Henry, 320-1 ; 330-1

Tichborne , 51 , 61

Tilly, Elizabeth, 190 , 193

Tole, Richard, 133-4

Toletus , 225, 228

Tompkins, Elias, 159-60

Towne , Nicholas , 201-2

Towneley , Charles, Richard, 339-40

Townshend , Sir John , 100-2

Travers, Edward, 328

Tremayne , Helen, John, Samson , 283

Trenbon , 137

Tresham, Sir Thomas , 190, 193

Trollope, John , 103 , 105

INDEXES

Tulke, John, 49, 60

Turner, Helen , 165

Tyrwhitt, 296-7

303-4 ; Robert, 290,

Valence, 125-6

Vanderbecque,129

Varder, John, William, 108

Varro, 226 , 228

Vaux, Lawrence, 131 , 133; Lord, 125-6

Vavasour, Henry, 286 ; 279-80

Vere, Sir Francis, 157-8

Vernon, John, 78, 80

Vincent ofLerins, 211 , 215

Vines, Henry, 174

William ,

Virgil, 11 , 124, 126, 128, 198-9, 341

Waad, William, 7, 8

Waite, 302-3

Wakeman, John, Ursula, 284-5

Waldegrave , Charles, 89 ; Sir Edward, 251 ; Fr., 109 ; Jeromia, 89 ; John , 259-60 ; Nicholas , 251

Walker, Antony, George, 305-6; John, 200-1 ; Robert, 10-1 ; Thomas , 305-6

Walley, Fr., 73-4 , 76, 78

Walpole, Fr., 278, 280 ; Fr. Edward, 101, 103 ; Fr.Michael, 287-8

Walsingham, Fr., 285-6 ; Francis, 169-70

Edward,

Ward, Francis, Mary, 268 ; William ,

268, 273

Warwick, 20, 22

Watkinson, Robert, 13 , 15

Watson, Ignatius, 164 ; Jane, 243-4 ; Juliana, 164 ; William , 243-4

Walton, Lord, 217-8

Whittingham , Adam, 163-4 ; Ann, Richard, 163-4 , 188-9

Wiborne, Helen , 246

Widdrington, Roger, 263

Wigmore, Anne, 237-8 ; Richard , 274-5 ; Robert, William, 237-8

212 , 215, 244-5; John, Williams , 113-4 -

Williamson, Bridget, Catherine , Edmund, 209-10 ; Edward, 119-20 ; George, Jane, 209-10 ; John, 119-20; Joyce, Robert, Thomas , 209-10 ; William, 119-20 , 209-10

Willis, -61-2, 190 , 193

Wilson, John, 331-2; Fr. John , 312-3,331-2 ; Louisa, 331-2 ; Matthias, 122-3 ; Richard, Simon, William , 331-2

Winchester, Bishopof, 34 ,54

Windsor, 20, 22, 115-6 ; Edward, Helen , 246 ; Henry, 67 , 70 ; John, 246 ; Sir William , 208-9 , 246-7, 310-11

Wingfield, Edward, Frances, 156-7

Winkfield,Fr., 86, 88

Winscombe , William, 319-20

Winthrop, 1 ,3

Wiseman, Richard, Sir William , 280-2

Wolf,William , 207, 209

Wolfrestone, Robert, 207

Woodhouse , Sir Philip, 100, 102, 207

Woodruff , Fr., 136-7 ; William, 113-4

Worcester , Earl of, 82-3

Worthington,-110; Dr., 120 , 125-6; Dorothy, John, 127 ; William, 19 , 21, 140-1

Worton, Henry,277

Wray, Sir William, 96, 98

Wreford, Mary, 284

Roland, 164; Wrenn,

Webb , 196-7 ; Dr., 121 ; Edward, 120-1 ; William, 64, 66

Weedon, Helen, John, 209-10

Wentworth, Michael, 290

Westby, 110

Westmorland, Earl of, 254-6; 343

Weston , Sir Richard, 251

Whalley, John , 201-2

Whelpdale, Alice, William, 209-10

White, 191 , 194 ; Dr., 37, 55

Whittaker , William, 63

333

Wright, Fr., 95-6, 124

Wylde, George, 318-9

Wyvell, SirMarmaduke,Roger, 319-20

Yate, Edward, 123 ; Francis, 71-2 ; John, 71-2, 115-6

Yelverton, Charles, 99-102 ; Edward, 100-3 ; Elizabeth , Humphrey, 99-102

York, Archbishopof, 5 ,8

Young, Fr.,24-5; Francis, 5, 8

Zabarella, 225 , 228

INDEXES

II PLA CES

Abbeville, 113-4

Abergavenny , 109 , 142

Adber , 190 , 193

Adlamstone, 190, 193

Allerton, 224, 228

Andover, 222 , 345-6

Antwerp, 267, 320-1

AshbyFolville, 74, 76

Ashley, 163-4

Ashmore , 321-2

Aston , 138

Aylsham, 198-9

Babthorpe , 245-6, 304-5

Bacton, 84 , 87

Barneby, 304-5

Barnborough, 278, 280

Barton, 15 , 17-18, 111

Bath, 190 , 193

Bath and Wells, 94 , 190 , 194

Batrington, 299-300

Bawsie, 99, 102

Beaumaris , 330

Belgium, 152-3, 157-8, 180-1 , 193 , 195, 219-20, 224, 226, 228, 325-6, 334-5

Bellaport, 278-9

Bentley, 116-7

Bergen, 310-1

Berington, 10

Berkshire, 78, 80, 115-6, 299, 300, 345-6, 348-9

Berwick, 10 , 11 , 169-70

Bettisfield, 166-7

Bigley, 139-40

Birmingham, 133-4

Blackburn, 106

Blackrod, 134-5

Bodysllin, 330

Bordeaux , 146-7

Bosley, 251

Boulogne , 6, 8

Bourton, 233, 236, 326-7

Boverton, 313 , 315

Bradocks , 281-2

Bramcroft, 340-1

Brecknock, 314-5

Brentwood , 337-8

Bridgewater, 275-6

Bristol, 109

Brixworth , 125-6

Broughton, 197-8

Brussels, 87 , 89, 105-6, 117, 193, 195, 252, 267-8, 284, 323-4, 344-5

Buckingham(shire), 78-80, 157-8 , 174 , 233, 236, 310-1, 326-9

Buckland, 115-6 , 123

Bullwick, 224 , 228

Burford, 23 , 25

Burnley, 136

Burton, 319-20

Burwell , 301

Bury, 341

Bury St. Edmunds, 183-4, 252-3

Buthorpe, 259

Cadiz, 270, 272

Calais, 6-8, 19, 21, 65-6, 79, 80, 95-6, 106, 116-7, 121-2, 265-6

Cambridge (shire), 104-5 , 301

Cambridge University, 1-3, 85, 88-9 , 90, 100-3, 130-3, 150-1, 182-4 , 211, 215, 223, 225, 227-8, 230-2 , 260-1, Christ's, 61-2 ; Clare Hall, 225, 228 ; Corpus Christi, 131 , 133 ; Gonville and Caius, 4, 5, Jesus , 330-1 ; Magdalene , 81 , 83, 96, 98 ; Pembroke, 207; St. John's, 205-6; Trinity, 149, 150, 169

Cansfield , 149-50

Carlisle, 10-1, 175-6

Carlton, 277-80

Carmarthenshire , 314-5

Carnarvonshire , 229, 230, 330

Castleford , 12-15

Catchburn, 122-3

Cat's Ash, 313 , 315

Chaderton Hale, 30, 52

Châlette, 11

Challow , 115-6

Checkley, 90 , 93

Chelmsford , 251

Cheltenham , 143 , 145

Cheshire , 68 , 71, 78, 80, 90, 93, 205-6 , 217-8,278,280

Chester , 107-8

Chesterfield , 72, 74

Chichester, 40, 56

Chideock , 283

Chilton, 332-3

Chipping, 163-4

Cirencester, 143, 145, 187-8

Claires, 5, 8

Clayton, 99

Columbjohn, 146-7

Congleton , 90, 93

Cornwall, 307-8

Coss, 89

Court-y-Carne, 314-5

CoxfordAbbey, 4, 5

Crowmarsh, 22, 24

Croxdale , 332-3

Cucklington, 94-5

Cufaude , 252

Cumberland , 175

INDEXES

Darlington, 270, 272

Darly, 205-6

Deene, 223, 227

Denmark, 129 , 132

Derbyshire, 72, 74, 90, 93, 116-7 , 197 , 230, 232, 295-6

Devon , 167, 203-4 , 329-30

Dilhorne, 90, 93

Diss, 169

Dorchester , 283

Douai, 12-15, 17-22, 36, 38, 55 , 73-5, 77, 79-80, 82-3, 90, 100, 102, 108-11, 114, 116-7, 119-124 , 126, 129 , 131-3, 135-7, 142, 148, 151 , 153-4, 161-4, 166-7, 171-3, 175-6, 182-3 , 188-9, 193, 195, 203-4, 205-6, 219, 221-3, 229-30, 278, 280, 296-7, 305-6, 333-4, 338

Dover , 7-8, 89-90, 95-6, 102-3 , 144-5 , 271-2

Dublin, 231, 232

Duffield, 12-3

Dunkirk, 7

Durham, 103-4, 171-2, 196-7, 255-6, 263, 270, 272, 279-80, 293-4, 332-3

Earswick, 219-20

East Row, 308

Eaton Boat, 278, 280

Eden, 103-4

Edgbaston , 273-4

Ellesmere , 166-7

Elsing, 337-8

Ely, 81, 83

Essex, 105, 151-2, 154-7, 162-3, 251 , 280-2, 318-9, 335-6

Eton, 5, 8, 143 , 145

Euston, 336, 338

Everingham, 240-1, 269, 289-90

Exeter, 146-7, 203-4

Exhall, 170

Farington, 111 , 114

Farnsfield, 280-1

Feltham, 147-8

Fenton , 230, 232

Fingringhoe, 280-1

Flanders, 6, 8, 89-90, 96, 98, 158-9, 171-2, 229-30, 243-4, 275-6, 284, 292-3 , 310-1, 317-8

Flintshire, 137, 139, 140, 166-7 , 222

Florence , 260-1

Flushing, 4, 5, 79-80 , 169-70

Framlingham, 136-7

France, 9, 97-8, 125-6, 129, 132, 137-9, 144-5, 147, 303-4, 322-5

Frickley, 230, 232

Frome , 147-8

Fulbeck, 230, 232

Fulford, 90, 93

Gainford, 104-5 , 270, 272

Garstang, 112 , 114

GatherleyRose , 196-7

Gatton, 20-1

Germany, 107-8, 260-1, 270, 272

Ghent, 292-3

Glamorgan, 315

Gloucestershire , 78-9, 123, 143 , 145 , 187, 188, 237-8, 243-4

Goosnargh , 163-4

Grafton, 322-3

Granborrow , 201-2

Gravelines , 312-3

Gravesend, 79-80, 87, 89, 116-7 ,132-3 , 177-8 , 337-8

Grayrigg, 111-2 , 114

Great Torrington, 167-8

Greenfield , 314-5

Greenwich , 82-3

Grimsby, 280-1

Guildford, 33-4, 53-4

Gunby Castle, 296-7

Gwenusker , 139-40

Hackney, 335-6

Hadleigh, 1 , 3, 248-9

Hampshire, 252, 257-8, 310 , 324 , 345-6

Hampstable Ridware , 153-4

Hanmer, 166-7

Harberhouse , 103-4

Hardwicke's Court, 61 , 62

Harrowden, 309-10

Hartlebury, 5, 8

Haselwood , 279 , 280

Hatton , 107-8

Haverhill, 162-3

Hawarden, 139-40

Heaton, 342

Hebburn, 343-4

Hemingbrough, 14-5

Hereford(shire), 109, 159-60, 237-9 , 243-4, 274-5

Hertford, 179 , 181 , 260-1

Hexgreave , 280-1

Heytesbury , 147-8

Hillesden , 78-9

Hoggeston , 310-1

Holker, 343

Holland, 9, 10, 97-8, 123, 159-61

Holme-next-the-Sea , 198-9

Howden, 304-5

Hull, 277, 279

Hungary, 123

Huntingdon, 223

INDEXES

Ilminster, 9

Ipswich, 206-7 , 252-3

Ireland, 7-8, 190, 194, 231-2 , 234 , 236

Italy, 232-3 , 260-1, 284, 299-300

Jerusalem , 107-8

Kempsey, 318-9

Kendal, 181-2

Kennington, 25, 29

Kent, 25, 29, 179-81, 264, 266

Kingsbury, 169-70

King's Lynn, 100, 102, 239-40

Kinsham, 237-8

Knaresborough , 204, 206, 245-6, 254 , 256

Knutsford, 107-8

Lancashire, 30, 52, 61-2, 99, 106 , 111 , 114, 119, 120, 134-5, 138, 140-1, 149-51, 154-5, 163-4, 171-3, 188-9 , 203-6, 217-9 , 300, 309, 324-5, 328, 339-43, 346-7

Lancaster , 106 , 134-5

La Rochelle , 314-5

Laughton, 316 , 318

Leamington, 201-2

Leckhampstead , 157-9

Leicester (shire ), 74, 76, 225, 228

Leigh, 90, 93

Leighton, 205-6

Leyland, 112, 114, 138

Les Chateliers , 314-6

Lichfield, 312-3

Liège, 19, 21 , 171-2

Lincoln(shire), 81, 83, 96, 98, 124-5, 171-2, 200-1,224,228,230,232 , 266-7, 280-1 , 290-1, 316, 318, 328 , 339-40

Lisbon, 219, 220, 298-9, 320-1, 331-2

LittleMarkham, 279 , 280

Liversedge , 171-2

Llanarth, 109

Llanbaier Gilgiden, 109

Llandaff , 313

Llandow, 314-5

Llangennith, 314-5

Llanmaes, 314-5

LlantwitMajor, 313 , 315

Llwchwr, 314-5

London,passim: Billingsgate, 125-6; Clifford's Inn, 169 ; Clink, 249-50 , 264-5; Gatehouse, 265-6, 294-5; Gray's Inn, 99 ; Inner Temple, 61-2, 78-9 ; Lincoln's Inn, 125-6 ; Lyon's Inn, 94-5, 192, 194 ;

Marshalsea , 36, 41, 49, 55-6, 60' 97-8 ; Middle Temple, 62-3; Newgate, 265-6, 337-8 ; New Inn. 94-5, 277-9 ; St. Andrew's, 164 ; St. Dunstan's, 165 ; St. Mary Woolchurch , 86, 88 ; Southampton House, 167-8 ; Tower, 166-7 ; York House, 144-5

Longparish, 221-2 , 345-6

Loreto, 115-6, 123

Lorraine, 115-6

Louth, 96, 98

Louvain, 19, 21, 50, 60, 277, 279-80 , 287, 339-40, 345-6

Lyford, 115-6

Lyons, 66-7

Mansfield, 280-1

Mapleduram, 247-8

Market Drayton, 210, 213, 215-6

Meere, 62-3

Melford, 250-1

Menthorpe, 12-3

Middlesex , 84, 87, 170

Midhurst, 257-8, 319-20

Milan, 66-7

Millom, 112, 114

Milverton, 216-7

Modbury, 284

Monmouthshire, 109, 142, 313 , 315

Moulton, 84, 87

Naburn , 282

Nantwich, 264-5

Naples, 284

Natby, 110 Neath, 314-5

Nether Stowey, 275-6

Neuville, 299 , 300

Newbury, 345-6

Newcastle, 255-6, 271-2, 343-4

New Malton, 150-1

Newnham, 22 , 24

Newport, 314-5

Noke, 319-20

Norfolk, 4, 5, 85, 88, 100-3, 152-3, 162-3, 169, 177-8, 184-5, 198-9, 207 , 239, 240, 259, 323-4, 337-8

Normandy, 299, 300

Northamptonshire, 15, 17-18, 78-9 , 84, 87, 125-6, 197-8, 200-1, 209-10 , 223,227,280-1,310

North Mimms, 260-1

Northumberland, 122-3, 263, 271-2

Norton, 230, 232

Norwich, 4, 5, 89-90, 100, 102

Nottingham, 221, 230, 232 , 264-5, 279-80

Nunny, 190, 194

INDEXES

Old Buckenham, 162-3

Oswaldkirk, 11 , 302-3

Oundle, 223-4, 227-8

Oxford (shire), 22, 24, 71-2, 74, 174, 208-9, 242, 286-7 , 319-20

OxfordUniversity, 9, 12-13, 23, 25,29 , 62-3, 78-9, 94-5, 99, 109, 137-9, 143 , 145, 154-5, 185-7, 190, 194 , 201-2 , 209-16, 248-9, 329-330 All Souls , 170; Balliol, 168 ; Brasenose , 159-60,204-6 ; Exeter, 146-7 ; Gloucester Hall, 67, 70 , 75, 77, 90-1, 93-6, 138, 187-8 ; Hart Hall, 146-7; Magdalen , 123, 157-8 (school), 1156; Merton, 121-2; New College, 5, 8; Oriel, 76-7, 147-8 ; St. John's , 61-2 ; St. Mary's Hall, 5, 8, 67 , 70, 75, 77 ; Trinity, 5, 8, 64-5; University, 121-2

Paris, 39, 56, 118-9 , 125-6

Parkham, 167-8

Peterborough , 223-4 , 228

Petwick, 115-6

Piddington, 174

Plymouth, 118-9, 284

Pocklington, 188-9 , 269-70

Portiers, 315-6

Poland, 270, 272

Portsmouth, 30, 52, 298-9

Portugal, 284, 298-9

Prand, 278, 280

Preston , 112, 140-1 , 163-4

Radnor, 314-5

Rasen, 290-1

Redlingfield, 100, 102, 268-9, 277

Rheims , 128-9

Richmond, 14-5 , 319-20

Robert Hall, 106

Rogermere , 270, 272

Rome, passim

Romford, 335-6

Rothwell, 277 , 279

Rotterdam, 7, 8

Rufford, 171-2

Ryton, 319-20

St. Albans, 125-6

St. Columb , 307-8

St. Martin's Abbey, 289

St. Omers, passim

Salisbury, 62-3

Scackleton , 254-5

Scarborough , 207 , 209

Scotney , 266-7

Sculthorpe , 239-40

Seville , 320-1, 345-6

Sherborne , 322-3

Shiplake, 319-20

Shrewsbury , 107-8

Shropshire , 210, 215, 273-4, 278-80 , 340-1

Singleton, 219

Somerset , 9, 64-5, 94-5, 123 , 147-8 , 205-6, 275-6, 294

Somerton , 319-20

Southampton , 30, 68, 70

Southsea Castle, 30, 52

Southwell, 280-1

Spain, 1 , 3, 6, 8, 19 , 21, 76, 78 , 89-90, 104-5, 112, 114, 118-9, 129, 132, 134-5,190,193,203-4,260-1, 265-6, 317-8, 333-4

Sparshott , 115-6

Stafford(shire), 74, 77-80, 90, 93, 115-6, 138, 161-2, 171-2, 258, 284-5 , 321-2 , 327-8

Stanningfield, 177-8

Staveley, 72, 74

Stilton , 111

Stockhill, 278 , 280

Stony Stratford, 310-1

Sudbury, 251

Suffolk, 1 , 3 , 18-19, 84, 87, 100 , 102 , 130, 132, 152-3, 177-8, 183-4 , 206-7, 248-9, 250, 252-3, 268-9, 336 , 338

Sussex, 20-1, 252, 266-7, 286-7

Sutton, 72, 74

Swansea, 313, 315

Tadcaster , 326

Tamworth, 301-2

Tangley, 348-9

Taunton, 146-7, 216-7, 294-5

Thornton, 106

Tournai, 229-30

Tournon, 66-7

Towneley, 339-40

Trent, 121-2

Tunstall, 106, 149-50

Tuxford, 279-80

Uppingham , 223, 227

Urswick , 106

Uttoxeter, 90, 93

Valladolid, 121-2 , 196-7

Valenciennes , 19-22

Veere , 87, 89

Venice, 216-7, 260-1

Wakefield, 277 , 279

Wales, 82-3, 107-8

Wallingford, 22, 24

Walpole, 275-6

Walsingham, 85 , 88 , 239-40

Wappingthorne, 286-7

Warrington, 204 , 206

Warton , 106

Warwickshire, 74, 76, 125-6 , 170 , 201-2, 263-4, 273-4

Wells, 64-6, 189, 193

Wem , 166-7

West Hallam, 230, 232

Westhope , 84, 87

Westminster, 1 , 3, 25, 29, 127-8, 224, 228

Westmorland, 111 , 114 , 181-2

Weston , 123

Wetherby, 319-320

Whalley, 163-4, 188-9

Whinfield, 181-2

Whittingham, 163-4

Wigan, 134-5, 173

Wiltshire, 62-65, 68, 70, 147-8, 322-3

Winchester, 34 , 54 , 174-5

Winsley, 10

Winston, 100, 102, 206-7

Wisbech, 16-18, 41, 57, 101 , 103 , 111 , 278, 280, 301

Withington , 159, 160

Wiveliscombe, 216-7

Wolverton, 100 , 102

Woodhall, 159 , 160

Woodside , 175-6

Woolton, 119-20

Wooton Wawen , 74 , 76

Worcester(shire), 5, 8, 10, 61-2, 64-5, 133-4, 263-4, 318-9

WorsleyBridge, 161-2 ; Hall, 161-2

Yarmouth, 131 , 133

York(shire), 10-15, 125-6, 150-1 ,171-2, 188-9, 196-7, 204, 206, 208, 219-20 , 230,232,245-6 254-5,261-2 269, 273, 277, 279-80 , 286, 289, 290-1, 295-7, 302-6, 308, 317-20, 326-7

Zeeland , 106, 247-8