Replies by Bishops and others to an inquiry by Archbishop Grindal into Puritan 'prophesyings'...

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Replies by Bishops and others to an inquiry by Archbishop Grindal into Puritan 'prophesyings' in English and Welsh dioceses, with papers concerning the Archbishop's suspension

1576-7

Unless otherwise stated, the letters are addressed to Grindal. The correspondents are as follows:

Nicholas Robinson, Bishop of Bangor, 13 September 1576 (f. 1).

Gilbert Berkeley, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 6 September 1576 (f. 2).

Richard Curteis, Bishop of Chichester, 15 July 1576 (f. 4).

Thomas Bentham, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 16 July 1576 (f. 5).

Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, 31 July 1576 (f. 7).

William Bradbridge, Bishop of Exeter, 9 July 1576 (f. 8).

John Scory, Bishop of Hereford, 18 July 1576 (unsigned) (f. 10).

John Walker, Archdeacon of Essex, to Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London, and (1576) Archbishop of York, [July 1576] (f. 12).

The Mayor and Aldermen of St. Albans to Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London, and (1576) Archbishop of York, 4 July 1576 (f. 14).

David Kempe, Archdeacon of St. Albans, [to Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London, and (1576) Archbishop of York], 6 July 1576 (f. 16).

John Thomas Hylocomius [i.e. John Thomas of Bois-Le-Duc, Brabant], Headmaster of St. Albans School, to Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London, and (1576) Archbishop of York], 6 July 1576 (Latin) (f. 20).

Postscript of a letter to Grindal informing him that the Queen orders the discontinuance of prophesyings, [1576] (f. 22).

John Mullyns, Archdeacon of London, to the Bishop of London, [1576] (f. 23).

Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London, and (1576) Archbishop of York, 9 July 1576 (f. 25).

The same to the Privy Council, 13 July 1574 (i.e. 1576) (copy) (f. 27).

Thomas Cooper, Bishop of Lincoln, 27 July [1576] (f. 29).

Richard Davies, Bishop of St. David's, 24 July 1576 (f. 31).

Edmund Gheast, Bishop of Salisbury, 18 December 1576 (f. 33).

An analysis of the replies, [1576] (ff. 35-36v).

Archbishop Grindal to the Privy Council, 11 November 1577 (copy) (f. 37).

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, 23 February 1576/7 (f. 39).

Queen Elizabeth I to John Whitgift, Bishop of Worcester, and (1584) Archbishop of Canterbury, 7 May 1577. Signed, 'Elizabeth'. See also Remains of Archbishop Grindal, Parker Society, 1843, 467-9 (f. 40).

English

41 ff.