This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... to the Kinges use, and all the monkes set at large, and chaunged their habits to secular preistes, so that at this day remayned noe fryer in his habit through England. Item, the 16th day of November Sir William Nicholson, other The number of monasteries suppressed first and last in England and Wales, according to Camden, was 643, together with 90 colleges, 2,374 chantries and free chapels, and 110 hospitals.--See Lord Herbert in Kennett, vol. ii. p. 218. b The yearly value of the religious houses was returned at 152,517/. 18. lOd. as stated in Stevens's History of Taxes, p. 215; but Dr. Lingard, on the authority of Nasmith's edition of Tanner's Notitia Mouastica, puts it at 142,914/. c Henry Courtenay, grandson of Edward IV. being son and heir of William Conrtenay, the attainted Earl of Devon, and the Princess Katharine, daughter of that King. d Henry Pole, Lord Montacute, brother of Cardinal Pole. Gertrude Blount, Marchioness of Exeter, was attainted in 1539, but subsequently pardoned by Henry VIII. and died in 1559. wise called Lamberd," was convict of heresy at the Kinges pallace A.d. 1538. of Westminster, the Kinges Majestie sitting in his owne person in his estate royall in the hall of the sayd pallace, b and his Lordes spirituall and temporall about him, and there heard the articles of the sayd Lamberd, and the bishops answeringe against him, c which Lambcrdburnt articles were these followinge: the first, "Infantes non sunt bapti-for hcrcsyczandi;" the 2nd, " Corpus Christi non adest prasentialiter in sacramento altaris;" 3d, " Interpretationibus sacrse scripture nulla fides est adhibenda;" 4th, " Christus non assumpsit carnem ex Virgine Maria" For the which heresies the sayd Lamberd, the 22 day of November, was drawne from the...