Papers of John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants and Protestants
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Contents: ff. 1r-217v: A large collection of papers of the martyrologist John Foxe concerning persecutions of proto-Protestants (Lollards) and Protestants.
The eighth volume of papers belonging to John Foxe (1516/17–1587), martyrologist. Bought from John Strype (1643–1737), historian and biographer. f. 1r-1v: Paper on the mind and exposition of Martin Bucer, on Matthew 18[.7] (‘Woe be to the World, because of Offences’). ff. 2r-9v: Paper on the p...
ff. 1r–169v: The ninth volume of John Foxe’s papers, bought from John Strype; ff. 116r–169v clearly date from after Foxe’s death. f. 1r: If a man have stolen any thyng of thyne. A charm written on parchment. f. 2r: If any maner of womane haue done the thefte. Another charm written on parchment...
ff. 1r–145v: The tenth volume of the ecclesiastical historian John Foxe's papers. ff. 1r–2v: Part of a notable discourse for having the Bible in English, written about the time of Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, c. 1410, taken ex fragmenta quodam Ecclesiae Wigorniensis. f. 3r: Subscr...