The
Reformation
of
the
CHURCH
of
IRELAND
,
in
the
Life
and
Death
of
GEORGE
BROWNE
,
sometime
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
&c.
GEORGE
BROWNE
,
Geo.
Browne
his
first
Function
,
and
when
he
was
Consecrated
Archbishop
of
Dublin
.
by
Birth
an
Englishman
and
of
the
Order
of
St.
Augustine
in
London
,
who
by
space
of
time
became
Provincial
of
the
Fryars
of
the
same
Order
in
England
,
being
a
man
of
a
meek
and
peaceable
Spirit
,
upon
the
sad
Accident
that
befell
John
Allen
his
Predecessor
,
who
had
been
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
a
Description
of
whom
may
at
large
be
read
not
only
in
the
Crhonicle
called
The
Second
Addition
to
Giraldus
Cambrensis
of
Ireland
,
but
also
in
Sir
James
Wares
Book
titled
De
Praesulibus
Hiberniae
,
viz.
John
then
Bishop
of
Rochester
and
Nicholas
then
Bishop
of
Sarisbury
,
on
the
19th
of
March
,
Anno
1535.
Styl
.
Angl.
The
Reverend
James
Usher
late
Primate
of
Armagh
,
George
Browne
.
amongst
his
Memorials
of
Ireland
,
gives
this
holy
Father
this
Description
;
George
Browne
a
man
of
a
cheerful
Countenance
,
in
his
Acts
and
Deeds
plain
down
right
,
to
the
Poor
merciful
and
compassionate
,
pitying
the
state
and
condition
of
the
Souls
of
the
people
,
advising
them
,
when
he
was
Provincial
of
the
Augustine
Order
in
England
,
to
make
their
applications
soly
to
Christ
,
which
Advice
coming
to
the
Ears
of
Henry
the
8th
.
he
became
a
Favourite
,
who
upon
the
decease
of
John
Allen
late
Archbishop
of
Dublin
became
his
Successor
;
within
five
years
after
that
he
had
enjoyed
that
See
,
he
(
much
about
the
time
that
King
Henry
the
8th
.
began
to
demolish
the
Priorys
,
Abbeys
and
Monasterys
formerly
built
by
the
Romish
Clergy
within
these
his
Majesties
Dominions
of
England
and
Ireland
)
caused
all
Superstitious
Reliques
and
Images
to
be
removed
out
of
the
two
Cathedrals
in
Dublin
,
and
out
of
the
rest
of
the
Churches
within
his
Diocess
,
he
caused
the
Ten
Commandments
,
the
Lords
Prayer
and
the
Creed
to
be
placed
,
being
gilded
and
in
Frames
about
the
Altar
in
the
Cathedral
of
Christ
Church
in
Dublin
,
he
was
the
first
that
turned
from
the
Romish
Religion
of
the
Clergy
here
in
Ireland
,
to
embrace
the
Reformation
of
the
Church
of
England
;
for
which
Fact
he
was
by
Queen
Mary
laid
aside
,
and
his
Temporality
taken
from
him
,
yet
he
patiently
endured
Affliction
for
the
Truth
to
the
end
.
Upon
the
Reformation
of
King
Henry
8th
.
in
England
,
and
at
his
Renouncing
the
Papal
Power
or
Supremacy
of
Rome
,
his
Chief
the
Lord
Thomas
Cromwell
then
Lord
Privy
Seal
wrote
unto
George
Browne
then
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
signifying
from
His
Highness
the
King
,
(
then
terming
the
King
by
that
Title
)
he
was
fallen
absolutely
from
Rome
in
Spiritual
matters
within
his
Dominion
of
England
,
and
how
it
was
his
Royal
Will
and
Pleasure
to
have
his
Subjects
there
in
Ireland
to
obey
his
Commands
as
in
England
,
nominating
the
said
George
Browne
Archbishop
one
of
his
Commissiners
for
the
Execution
thereof
,
who
in
a
short
space
of
time
wrote
to
the
Lord
Privy
Seal
,
as
follows
:
My
most
Honoured
Lord
,
YOur
humble
Servant
receiving
your
Mandate
,
as
one
of
His
Highness's
Commissioners
,
George
Cromer
then
Archbishop
of
Armagh
.
Against
the
Supremacy
of
K.
H.
the
8th
.
Geo.
Browne
desires
a
Parliament
to
be
in
Ireland
to
confirm
the
Kings
Supremacy
.
Geo.
Brownes
complaint
of
the
Irish
Clergies
Ignorance
.
The
zeal
of
the
Commonalty
of
Ireland
.
O
Neale
of
the
Irish
Papists
,
a
great
Stickler
for
the
Pope
against
the
King
.
hath
endeavoured
almost
to
the
danger
and
hazard
of
this
temporal
Life
,
to
procure
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
of
this
Nation
to
due
Obedience
,
in
owning
of
his
Highness
their
Supream
Head
as
well
Spiritual
as
Temporal
,
and
do
find
much
oppugning
therein
,
especially
by
my
Brother
Armagh
,
who
hath
been
the
main
oppugner
;
and
so
hath
withdrawn
most
of
his
Suffragans
and
Clergy
within
his
See
and
Jurisdiction
,
he
made
a
Speech
to
them
,
laying
a
Curse
on
the
people
whosoever
should
own
his
Highness
Supremacy
;
saying
,
that
this
Isle
,
as
it
is
in
their
Irish
Chronicles
,
Insula
sacra
,
belongs
to
none
but
to
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
and
that
it
was
the
Bishop
of
Romes
Predecessors
gave
it
to
the
Kings
Ancestors
.
There
be
two
Messengers
by
the
Priests
of
Armagh
,
and
by
that
Archbishop
,
now
lately
sent
to
the
Bishop
of
Rome
.
Your
Lordship
may
inform
His
Highness
,
that
it
is
convenient
to
call
a
Parliament
in
this
Nation
,
to
pass
the
Supremacy
by
Act
;
for
they
do
not
much
matter
His
Highness's
Commission
which
your
Lordship
sent
us
over
.
This
Island
hath
been
for
a
long
time
held
in
Ignorance
by
the
Romish
Orders
;
and
as
for
their
Secular
Orders
,
they
be
in
a
manner
as
ignorant
as
the
people
,
being
not
able
to
say
Mass
,
or
pronounce
the
Words
,
they
not
knowing
what
they
themselves
say
in
the
Roman
Tongue
:
the
Common
people
of
this
Isle
are
more
zealous
in
their
Blindness
than
the
Saints
and
Martyrs
were
in
the
Truth
at
the
beginning
of
the
Gospel
.
I
send
to
you
my
very
good
Lord
these
things
,
that
your
Lordship
and
His
Highness
may
consult
what
is
to
be
done
.
It
is
feared
O
Neal
will
be
ordered
by
the
Bishop
of
Rome
to
oppose
your
Lordships
Order
from
the
Kings
Highness
;
for
the
Natives
are
much
in
Numbers
within
his
Powers
.
I
do
pray
the
Lord
Christ
to
defend
your
Lordship
from
your
Enemies
.
Dublin
4.
Kalend.
Septembris
,
1535.
The
Year
following
a
Parliament
was
called
in
Ireland
,
the
Lord
Leonard
Grey
being
then
King
Henry's
Vice-Roy
of
that
Nation
,
in
which
George
Browne
,
then
being
not
many
Months
above
a
Year
in
his
Archiepiscopal
Chair
in
Dublin
,
stood
up
and
made
this
short
Speech
following
:
My
Lords
and
Gentry
of
this
His
Majesties
Realm
of
Ireland
,
BEhold
,
Geo.
Browne
the
Archbishop
of
Dublin
his
Speech
.
your
Obedience
to
your
King
is
the
Observing
of
your
God
and
Saviour
Christ
;
for
He
,
that
High
Priest
of
our
Souls
,
paid
Tribute
to
Cesar
(
though
no
Christian
;
)
greater
Honour
then
surely
is
due
to
your
Prince
His
Highness
the
King
,
and
a
Christian
one
:
Rome
and
her
Bishops
in
the
Fathers
days
acknowledged
Emperors
,
Kings
and
Princes
to
be
Supream
over
their
Dominions
,
nay
Christs
own
Vicars
:
And
it
is
much
to
the
Bishop
of
Romes
shame
,
to
deny
what
their
precedent
Bishops
owned
;
therefore
His
Highness
claims
but
what
he
can
justifie
:
The
Bishop
Elutherius
gave
to
St.
Lucius
the
first
Christian
King
of
the
Britains
;
so
that
I
shall
without
scrupling
vote
His
Highness
King
Henry
my
Supream
over
Ecclesiastick
matters
as
well
as
Temporal
,
and
Head
thereof
,
even
of
both
Isles
England
and
Ireland
,
and
that
without
Guilt
of
Conscience
or
Sin
to
God
;
and
he
who
will
not
pass
this
Act
,
as
I
do
,
is
no
true
Subject
to
His
Highness
.
This
Speech
of
George
Brown
startled
the
other
Bishops
and
Lords
so
,
that
at
last
through
great
difficulty
it
passed
,
upon
which
Speech
Justice
Brabazon
seconded
him
,
as
appears
by
his
Letter
to
the
Lord
Thomas
Cromwell
then
Lord
Privy
Seal
of
England
,
which
original
is
in
that
famous
Library
of
Sir
Robert
Cotton
,
out
of
which
Sir
James
Ware
,
that
learned
Antiquary
,
transcribed
the
same
.
Within
few
years
after
that
the
Act
of
Supremacy
had
past
in
Ireland
,
George
Browne
to
the
Lord
Cromwell
,
complaining
of
the
Clergy
and
how
they
fall
off
from
what
had
past
,
and
how
the
Bishop
of
Rome
and
Ireland
had
contrived
matters
against
the
then
Reformation
:
Collected
by
Sir
James
Ware
,
out
of
an
old
Registry
some
time
in
the
custody
of
Adam
Loftus
,
Hugh
Corwins
Successor
,
and
also
Archbishop
of
Dublin
.
Right
Honourable
and
my
singular
good
Lord
,
Geo.
Browne
his
complaint
to
the
Lord
Privy
Seal
of
the
Unstedfastness
of
the
then
Irish
Clergy
.
I
Acknowledge
my
bounden
Duty
to
your
Lordships
Good
will
to
me
,
next
to
my
Saviour
Christs
,
for
the
Place
I
now
possess
;
I
pray
God
give
me
his
Grace
to
execute
the
same
to
his
Glory
and
His
Highness
Honour
,
with
your
Lordships
Instructions
.
The
People
of
this
Nation
be
zealous
,
yet
blind
and
unknowing
;
most
of
the
Clergy
,
as
your
Lordship
hath
had
from
me
before
,
being
ignorant
,
and
not
able
to
speak
right
Words
in
the
Mass
or
Liturgy
,
as
being
not
skilled
in
the
Latin
Grammar
;
so
that
a
Bird
may
be
taught
to
speak
with
as
much
sense
as
several
of
them
do
in
this
Country
.
These
sorts
,
though
not
Scholars
,
yet
crafty
to
cozen
the
poor
Common
people
,
and
to
dissuade
them
from
following
His
Highness
Orders
:
George
my
Brother
of
Armagh
doth
underhand
occasion
Quarrels
,
and
is
not
active
to
execute
His
Highness's
Orders
in
his
Diocess
.
Holy
Trinity
and
of
St.
Patricks
,
took
off
the
Common
people
from
the
true
Worship
,
but
the
Prior
and
the
Dean
find
them
so
sweet
for
their
Gain
,
that
they
heed
not
my
Words
:
therefore
send
in
your
Lordships
next
to
me
an
Order
more
full
,
and
a
Chide
to
them
and
their
Canons
,
that
they
might
be
removed
.
Holy
Trinity
and
Dean
of
St.
Patricks
in
Dublin
,
and
how
the
Irish
hate
the
Lord
Privy
Seal
.
Let
the
Order
be
,
that
the
Chief
Governours
may
assist
me
in
it
.
The
Prior
and
Dean
have
written
to
Rome
to
be
encouraged
,
and
if
it
be
not
hindred
before
they
have
a
Mandate
from
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
the
People
will
be
bold
,
and
then
tugg
long
before
His
Highness
can
submit
them
to
His
Graces
Orders
.
The
Country
Folk
here
much
hate
your
Lordship
,
and
despitefully
call
you
in
their
Irish
Tongue
the
Blacksmiths
Son
.
The
Duke
of
Norfolk
is
by
Armagh
,
England
.
Dublin
the
3d.
Kalends
of
April
.
1538.
Your
Lordships
at
Commandment
,
George
Browne
.
To
the
Lord
Privy
Seal
his
Honourable
good
Lordships
Ex
Antographo
.
Soon
after
this
Letter
had
been
written
,
Right
Honourable
,
MY
Duty
premised
,
it
may
please
your
Lordship
to
be
advertised
,
sithence
my
last
there
has
come
to
Armagh
and
his
Clergy
a
private
Commission
from
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
prohibiting
His
Gratious
Highness's
people
here
in
this
Nation
to
own
his
Royal
Supremacy
,
and
joyning
a
Curse
to
all
them
and
theirs
who
shall
not
within
forty
days
,
confess
to
their
Confessors
,
(
after
the
publishing
of
it
to
them
)
that
they
have
done
amiss
in
so
doing
:
the
substance
,
as
our
Secretary
hath
translated
the
same
in
to
English
,
is
thus
.
I
AB
.
from
this
present
hour
forward
in
the
presence
of
the
holy
Trinity
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
Mother
of
God
/
of
St.
Peter
,
I
do
vow
and
swear
to
maintain
/
help
and
assist
the
just
Laws
/
Liberties
and
Rights
of
the
Mother
Church
of
Rome
.
I
do
likewise
promise
to
confer
/
defend
and
promote
/
if
not
personally
/
yet
willingly
/
as
in
ability
able
/
either
by
Advice
/
Skill
/
Estate
/
Mony
or
otherwise
/
the
Church
of
Rome
and
her
Laws
against
all
whatsoever
resisting
the
same
.
I
further
vow
to
oppugn
all
Hereticks
/
either
in
making
or
setting
forth
Edicts
or
Commands
contrary
to
the
Mother
Church
of
Rome
,
and
in
case
any
such
to
be
moved
or
composed
/
to
resist
it
to
the
uttermost
of
my
power
/
with
the
first
convenience
and
opportunity
I
can
possible
.
I
count
and
value
all
Acts
made
or
to
be
made
by
Heretical
Powers
of
no
force
or
worth
/
or
to
be
practised
or
obeyed
by
my self
/
or
by
any
other
Son
of
the
Mother
Church
of
Rome
.
I
do
further
declare
him
or
her
/
Father
or
Mother
/
Brother
or
Sister
/
Son
or
Daughter
/
Husband
or
Wife
/
Uncle
or
Aunt
/
Nephew
or
Neece
/
Kinsman
or
Kinswoman
/
Master
or
Mistress
and
all
others
/
nearest
or
dearest
Relations
/
Friend
or
Acquaintance
whatsoever
accursed
/
that
either
do
or
shall
hold
for
the
time
to
come
/
any
Ecclesiastical
or
Civil
/
above
the
Authority
of
the
Mother
Church
/
or
that
do
or
shall
obey
/
for
the
time
to
come
/
any
of
her
the
Mother
Churches
Opposers
or
Enemies
/
or
contrary
to
the
same
/
of
which
I
have
here
sworn
unto
:
so
God
/
the
Blessed
Virgin
/
St.
Peter
,
St.
Paul
,
and
the
holy
Evangelists
help
/
&c.
His
Highness
Vice-Roy
of
this
Nation
is
of
little
or
no
Power
with
the
old
Natives
,
therefore
your
Lordship
will
expect
of
me
no
more
than
I
am
able
:
This
Nation
is
poor
in
Wealth
,
and
not
sufficient
now
at
present
to
oppose
them
:
It
is
observed
,
that
ever
since
His
Highness's
Ancestors
had
this
Nation
in
possession
,
the
old
Natives
have
been
craving
Foreign
Powers
to
Assist
and
Rule
them
;
and
now
both
English
Race
and
Irish
begin
to
oppose
your
Lordships
Orders
,
and
do
lay
aside
their
National
old
Quarrels
,
which
I
fear
will
,
if
any
thing
will
,
cause
a
Foreigner
to
invade
this
Nation
,
that
will
:
I
pray
God
I
may
be
a
false
Prophet
,
yet
your
good
Lordship
must
pardon
mine
opinion
,
for
I
write
it
to
your
Lordship
as
a
Warning
.
Dublin
May
1538.
Your
humble
and
true
Servant
George
Browne
.
To
the
Lord
Privy
Seal
with
speed
.
Upon
the
Feast
of
St.
John
Baptist
following
the
said
George
Browne
seized
on
one
Thady
ô
Birne
,
one
of
the
Order
of
St.
Francis
,
My
Son
ô
Neal
,
THou
and
thy
Fathers
were
all
along
faithful
to
the
Mother
Church
of
Rome
,
His
Holiness
Paul
now
Pope
,
That
the
Mother
Church
of
Rome
falleth
when
in
Ireland
the
Catholick
Faith
is
overcome
:
Therefore
for
the
Glory
of
the
Mother
Church
,
the
Honour
of
St.
Peter
,
and
your
own
Secureness
,
suppress
Heresie
and
his
Holiness's
Enemies
;
for
when
the
Roman
Faith
there
perisheth
,
the
See
of
Rome
falleth
also
:
therefore
the
Council
of
Cardinals
have
thought
fit
to
encourage
your
Country
of
Ireland
,
(
as
a
sacred
Island
)
being
certified
,
whilst
the
Mother
Church
hath
a
Son
of
worth
as
your self
,
and
of
those
that
shall
succour
you
,
and
joyn
therein
,
Romae
4
Kalend.
May
1538.
Episcopus
Metensis
.
Upon
further
Examinations
and
searches
made
,
Thady
ô
Birne
was
pillar'd
,
and
confined
a
prisoner
until
His
Highness's
further
Order
for
his
Tryal
;
but
News
coming
over
,
that
he
must
be
Hanged
,
he
made
himself
away
in
the
Castle
of
Dublin
;
on
the
Eve
of
the
Feast
of
St.
James
;
yet
his
dead
Corps
was
carried
to
the
Gallows
Green
and
hanged
up
,
and
after
there
buried
:
but
it
was
said
,
by
the
Regester
of
St.
Francis
Monastry
of
Dublin
,
that
they
brought
him
from
thence
and
,
buried
him
in
that
Monastry
.
George
Brown
having
enjoyed
the
See
of
Dublin
seven
years
or
thereabouts
,
King
Henry
the
8th
,
upon
the
Dissolution
of
the
Abbeys
,
Priorys
and
Monastrys
here
in
Ireland
,
changed
the
Priory
of
the
Blessed
Trinity
of
Dublin
into
a
Deanery
and
Chapters
,
since
which
Mutation
,
it
hath
generally
bore
the
Name
of
Christ
Church
.
Upon
this
Alteration
,
as
it
appears
upon
Record
,
this
Cathedral
consisted
of
a
Dean
and
Chapters
,
This
Cathedral
continued
after
this
said
form
(
though
not
in
Popery
)
even
until
King
James
his
days
,
who
then
altered
all
what
King
Henry
and
his
Daughter
had
done
,
and
upon
this
second
Alteration
he
constituted
a
Dean
,
a
Chanter
,
a
Chancellor
,
a
Treasurer
,
three
Prebends
,
six
Vicars
,
Chorals
and
four
Singing
Boys
,
The
Antiquities
of
the
City
of
Dublin
,
which
wanteth
only
the
Liberality
of
Lovers
of
Antiquities
and
Learning
to
contribute
to
the
Cuts
which
are
intended
for
the
same
.
Anthony
St.
Leger
,
then
being
Lord
Deputy
of
that
Nation
,
that
the
same
be
forthwith
there
in
Ireland
observed
within
their
several
Bishopricks
,
Cathedrals
and
Parish
Churches
;
which
was
first
observed
in
Christ
Church
at
Dublin
,
on
the
Feast
of
Easter
1551.
before
the
said
Sir
Anthony
,
George
Browne
,
and
before
the
Mayor
and
Bayliffs
of
Dublin
,
John
Lockwood
being
then
Dean
of
the
said
Cathedral
.
The
Translation
of
the
Copy
of
the
Order
for
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
of
England
to
be
read
in
Ireland
runs
as
follows
.
EDWARD
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
&c.
WHereas
our
Gratious
Father
/
King
Henry
the
8th
.
of
happy
memory
/
taking
into
consideration
the
Bondage
and
heavy
Yoak
that
his
true
and
faithful
Subjects
sustained
under
the
Iurisdiction
of
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
as
also
the
Ignorance
the
Commonalty
were
in
/
how
several
fabulous
Stories
and
lying
Wonders
misled
our
Subjects
in
both
our
Realms
of
England
and
Ireland
,
grasping
thereby
the
means
thereof
into
their
hands
/
also
dispensing
with
the
Sins
of
our
Nations
by
their
Indulgences
and
Pardons
for
Gain
/
purposely
to
cherish
all
evil
Vices
/
as
Robberies
/
Rebellions
/
Thefts
/
Whoredoms
/
Blasphemy
/
Idolatry
/
&c.
He
/
our
Gratious
Father
King
Henry
of
happy
memory
/
hereupon
dissolved
all
Priorys
/
Monastrys
/
Abbeys
/
and
other
pretended
Religious
Houses
/
as
being
but
Nurseries
for
Vice
and
Luxury
/
more
then
for
sacred
Learning
;
He
therefore
/
that
it
might
more
plainly
appear
to
the
World
/
that
those
Orders
had
kept
the
light
of
the
Gospel
from
his
People
/
He
thought
it
most
fit
and
convenient
for
the
Preservation
of
their
Souls
and
Bodies
/
that
the
holy
Scriptures
should
be
Translated
/
Printed
and
placed
in
all
Parish
Churches
within
his
Dominions
for
his
faithful
Subjeccts
to
encrease
their
Knowledge
of
God
and
of
our
Saviour
Iesus
Christ
.
We
therefore
/
for
the
general
Benefit
of
our
well-beloved
Subjects
Vnderstandings
/
when
ever
assembled
or
met
together
in
the
said
several
Parish
Churches
/
either
to
pray
or
to
hear
Prayers
read
/
that
they
may
the
better
joyn
therein
/
in
Vnity
/
Hearts
and
Voice
/
have
caused
the
Liturgy
and
Prayers
of
the
Church
to
be
translated
into
our
Mother
Tongue
of
this
Realm
of
England
,
according
to
the
Assembly
of
Divines
lately
met
within
the
same
for
that
purpose
.
We
therefore
Will
and
Command
/
as
also
Authorize
you
Sir
Anthony
St.
Leger
Knight
/
our
Vice-Roy
of
that
our
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
to
give
special
notice
to
all
our
Clergy
/
as
well
Archbishops
,
Bishops
,
Deans
,
Archdeacons
,
as
other
our
Secular
Parish
Priests
within
that
our
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
to
perfect
/
execute
and
obey
this
our
Royal
Will
&
Pleasure
accordingly
.
Given
at
our
Mannor
of
Greenwich
Febr.
6.
in
the
Fifth
year
of
our
Reign
.
E.
R.
To
our
trusty
and
well-beloved
Sir
Anth.
St.
Leger
Knt.
our
Chief
Governour
of
our
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
Several
Collections
from
Anthony
Martin
,
formerly
Bishop
of
Meath
.
Anthony
St.
Leger
,
upon
His
Order
,
called
an
Assembly
of
the
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
together
with
other
of
the
then
Clergy
of
Ireland
,
in
which
Assembly
he
signified
unto
them
as
well
His
Majesties
Order
aforesaid
,
as
also
the
Opinions
of
those
Bishops
and
Clergy
of
England
,
who
had
adhered
unto
the
Order
,
saying
,
that
it
was
His
Majesties
Will
and
Pleasure
,
consenting
unto
their
serious
Considerations
and
Opinions
,
then
acted
and
agreed
on
in
England
as
to
Ecclesiastical
matters
,
that
the
same
be
in
Ireland
so
likewise
celebrated
and
performed
.
Anthony
St.
Leger
his
Arguments
with
George
Dowdall
,
Armachanus
.
Sir
Anthony
St.
Leger
having
spoken
to
this
effect
,
George
Dowdall
,
who
succeeded
George
Cromer
in
the
Primacy
of
Armagh
,
stood
up
,
who
(
through
his
Romish
Zeal
to
the
Pope
)
laboured
with
all
his
power
and
force
to
oppose
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
,
that
it
might
not
be
read
or
sung
in
the
Church
;
saying
,
then
shall
every
illiterate
fellow
read
Service
(
or
Mass
)
as
he
in
those
days
termed
the
word
Service
.
George
Dowdall
.
To
this
Saying
of
the
Archbishops
,
Sir
Anthony
replyed
,
No
,
your
Grace
is
mistaken
,
for
we
have
two
many
illiterate
Priests
amongst
us
already
,
who
neither
can
pronounce
the
Latine
,
nor
know
what
it
means
,
no
more
than
the
Common
people
that
hear
them
;
but
when
the
people
hear
the
Liturgy
in
English
,
they
and
the
Priest
will
then
understand
what
they
pray
for
.
to
Sir
Anthony
Upon
this
Reply
,
George
Dowdall
bade
Sir
Anthony
beware
of
the
Clergies
Curse
.
The
Archbishop
again
said
,
Can
there
be
a
truer
Church
than
the
Church
of
Saint
Peter
,
Then
George
Dowdall
the
Primate
of
Armagh
rose
up
,
George
Dowdall
leaves
the
Assembly
.
and
several
of
the
Suffragan
Bishops
under
his
Jurisdiction
,
saving
only
Edward
Staples
then
Bishop
of
Meath
,
who
tarried
with
the
rest
of
the
Clergy
then
assembled
,
on
the
Kalends
of
March
according
to
the
old
stile
,
1551.
but
if
we
reason
as
from
the
Annunciation
of
our
Lady
,
which
was
the
25th
of
March
,
it
was
1550.
Sir
Anthony
then
took
up
the
Order
,
Geo.
Browne
his
Speech
upon
King
Edw.
Order
.
and
held
it
forth
to
George
Browne
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
who
(
standing
up
)
received
it
,
saying
;
This
Order
,
good
Brethren
,
is
from
our
Gracious
King
,
and
from
the
rest
of
our
Brethren
,
the
Fathers
and
Clergy
of
England
,
who
have
consulted
herein
,
and
compared
the
holy
Scriptures
with
what
they
have
done
;
unto
whom
I
submit
,
as
Jesus
did
to
Caesar
,
in
all
things
just
and
lawful
,
James
Crofts
made
Lord
Deputy
of
Ireland
.
George
Dowdall
deprived
of
the
Title
of
Primacy
of
all
Ireland
,
and
George
Browne
,
though
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
enjoying
that
Title
A
president
shewing
how
it
lies
in
Kings
to
expulse
and
to
Constitute
Archbishops
or
Bishops
.
making
no
question
why
or
wherefore
,
as
We
own
Him
our
true
and
lawful
King
.
After
this
several
of
the
meeker
or
most
moderate
of
the
Bishops
and
Clergy
of
Ireland
cohered
with
George
Browne
the
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
amongst
whom
Edward
Staples
Bishop
of
Meath
,
who
was
put
out
from
his
Bishoprick
,
for
so
doing
,
in
Queen
Mary's
days
,
on
the
29th
of
June
1554.
John
Bale
,
who
on
the
second
of
February
1552.
was
Consecrated
Bishop
of
Ossory
for
his
fidelity
,
and
afterwards
by
Queen
Mary
expulsed
.
Also
Thomas
Lancaster
Bishop
of
Kildare
,
who
was
at
the
same
time
put
from
his
Bishoprick
,
with
several
others
of
the
Clergy
,
being
all
expulsed
upon
Queen
Maries
coming
to
the
Crown
.
When
these
passages
had
passed
,
Sir
Anthony
was
in
a
short
time
after
recalled
for
England
,
and
Sir
James
Crofts
of
Herefordshire
Knight
,
placed
Chief
in
his
stead
;
who
began
his
Government
from
the
29th
of
April
,
1551.
Sir
James
Crofts
,
upon
his
coming
over
,
endeavoured
much
for
the
perswading
of
George
Dowdall
to
adhere
to
the
Order
aforesaid
;
but
Dowdall
being
obstinate
,
his
Majesty
and
the
Learned
Privy
Council
then
of
England
,
(
for
his
perversness
)
upon
the
20th
.
of
October
following
,
took
away
the
Title
of
Primate
of
all
Ireland
from
him
,
and
conferred
the
same
on
George
Browne
then
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
and
to
his
Successors
,
by
reason
that
he
was
the
first
of
the
Irish
Bishops
who
embraced
the
Order
for
Establishing
of
the
English
Liturgy
and
Reformation
in
Ireland
;
which
place
he
enjoyed
during
the
remainder
of
King
Edward's
Reign
,
and
for
a
certain
time
after
;
as
you
shall
know
further
in
it
due
course
and
place
.
Alterations
following
one
after
another
,
(
even
upon
this
Reformation
of
the
Church
of
England
)
and
the
Title
of
Primacy
being
disposed
of
,
as
we
have
already
mentioned
,
unto
George
Brown
aforesaid
;
some
Writers
saying
that
George
Dowdall
was
banished
,
others
that
he
was
not
,
but
went
voluntary
of
his
own
will
;
yet
,
not
to
dispute
the
case
,
another
Archbishop
was
consecrated
in
lieu
of
him
,
though
then
living
;
by
which
it
was
then
held
lawful
:
as
also
that
constituting
of
Archbishops
and
Bishops
was
in
the
power
of
Kings
,
and
not
in
the
power
of
Popes
,
or
of
the
Bishop
of
Rome
,
which
would
be
much
to
the
Abasement
of
the
Powers
of
the
Crown
of
England
ever
to
resign
,
or
to
acknowledge
to
the
contrary
.
Hugh
Goodacre
consecrated
Archbishop
of
Armagh
,
though
George
Dowdall
was
living
.
Hugh
Goodacre
Bachelour
of
Divinity
was
consecrated
Archbishop
of
Armagh
by
the
said
George
Browne
,
together
with
John
Bale
Bishop
of
Ossory
,
(
already
mentioned
)
in
Christ
Church
in
Dublin
,
on
the
second
of
February
,
Anno
1552.
Thomas
Bishop
of
Kildare
and
Eugenius
Bishop
of
Down
and
Connor
assisting
him
;
yet
notwithstanding
Hugh
Goodacres
Consecration
,
George
Browne
then
held
the
Title
of
Primacy
of
all
Ireland
.
Jane
Gray
and
Q.
Mary
contend
for
the
Crown
.
Upon
King
Edward's
Decease
,
the
Council
having
met
to
consult
together
upon
the
Affairs
of
these
Dominions
,
as
also
how
they
might
confirm
and
establish
what
they
had
already
ordered
and
enacted
,
as
well
in
Ecclesiastical
matters
as
Temporal
,
a
Division
soon
sprung
up
,
some
being
for
the
Choice
of
the
Lady
Jane
Gray
,
others
for
Queen
Mary
,
at
last
upon
conclusion
Mary
the
Kings
Sister
was
voted
Queen
,
upon
the
Proposals
and
Promises
which
she
made
to
the
Council
,
to
confirm
all
that
had
been
perfected
by
her
Father
King
Henry
the
8th
.
and
her
Brother
King
Edward
and
his
Honoured
Council
.
James
Crofts
recall'd
and
G.
Dowdall
restored
.
But
to
our
purpose
,
upon
the
11th
of
November
Anno
1553.
she
recalled
Sir
James
Crofts
,
and
sent
over
Sir
Anthony
St.
Leger
Lord
Deputy
into
Ireland
.
This
Sir
Anthony
had
not
been
half
a
year
Chief
Governour
of
Ireland
,
before
Queen
Mary
revoked
the
Title
of
Primacy
from
George
Browne
,
expulsing
Hugh
Goodacre
out
of
the
Archbishoprick
of
Armagh
and
recalling
George
Dowdall
to
his
See
,
and
restoring
him
to
the
Primacy
of
all
Ireland
,
as
formerly
,
which
Title
hath
ever
since
stood
firm
in
Armagh
without
any
Revocation
,
either
by
Queen
Elizabeth
,
or
by
any
of
her
Successors
.
George
Browne
,
upon
this
Revocation
,
was
by
George
Dowdall
expulsed
,
George
Browne
,
all
the
Temporalities
belonging
to
the
Archbishoprick
were
disposed
of
unto
Thomas
Lockwood
then
Dean
of
Christ
Church
in
Dublin
.
It
having
been
an
antient
Custom
ever
upon
the
Translation
or
Death
of
any
of
those
Archbishops
,
to
deposite
the
Temporalities
into
the
hands
of
the
Priors
formerly
of
that
Cathedral
,
when
it
was
a
Priory
,
and
called
by
the
name
of
the
Cathedral
of
the
Blessed
Trinity
.
And
it
is
observable
,
the
last
Prior
became
the
first
Dean
upon
the
alteration
as
aforesaid
.
The
See
of
Dublin
after
this
Expulsion
lay
vacant
for
two
years
or
thereabouts
,
until
Hugh
Corrin
alias
Corwine
was
placed
therein
:
Hugh
Corwine
succeeded
G.
Browne
in
the
Archbishoprick
of
Dublin
This
Hugh
was
borne
in
Westmorland
,
a
Doctor
of
the
Law
,
being
formerly
Archdeacon
of
Oxford
and
Dean
of
Hereford
,
he
was
consecrated
Archbishop
of
Dublin
in
the
Cathedral
of
St.
Pauls
in
London
on
the
8th
.
of
September
,
Anno
1555.
He
after
,
upon
the
13th
.
of
the
same
Month
,
was
by
Queen
Mary
made
Chancellor
of
Ireland
,
and
upon
the
25th
.
of
the
said
September
,
he
received
this
Letter
from
the
Queen
,
directed
to
Thomas
Lockwood
the
Dean
of
Christ
Church
,
it
being
an
antient
custome
formerly
to
recommend
the
Archbishop
,
whensoever
constituted
for
that
See
,
to
the
Prior
of
that
said
Cathedral
.
Queen
Maries
Letter
to
the
Dean
and
Chapter
of
Christ
Church
in
Dublin
,
to
receive
the
Archbishop
of
Dublin
honourably
and
with
due
respect
.
Copia
vera
,
ex
Libro
nigro
Sanctae
Trinitatis
Dublinii
.
MARY
the
Queen
.
TRusty
and
wellbeloved
,
We
greet
you
well
;
and
forasmuch
as
the
Right
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
our
Right
trusty
and
wellbeloved
Counsellor
the
Archbishop
of
Dublin
,
being
lately
chosen
for
that
See
,
repaireth
speedily
to
that
our
Realm
of
Ireland
,
as
well
to
reside
upon
the
Cure
of
his
Bishoprick
,
which
now
of
long
time
hath
been
destitute
of
a
Catholick
Bishop
,
as
also
to
occupy
the
Office
of
our
High
Chancellor
of
that
our
Realm
;
albeit
we
have
good
hopes
ye
will
in
all
things
of
your selves
carry
your selves
towards
him
as
becometh
you
,
yet
to
the
intent
he
might
the
better
govern
the
Charge
committed
unto
him
,
to
the
Honour
of
Almighty
God
,
and
for
the
remain
of
our
Service
,
We
have
thought
fit
to
require
and
charge
you
,
that
for
your
part
ye
do
reverently
receive
him
,
honour
and
humbly
obey
him
in
all
things
,
as
appertaineth
to
your
Duties
,
tending
to
Gods
Glory
,
our
Honour
,
and
the
Common
weal
of
that
your
Realm
;
whereby
ye
shall
please
God
and
do
us
acceptable
Service
.
Given
under
our
Signet
at
our
Mannor
of
Greenwich
the
25th
of
September
,
in
the
second
and
third
years
of
our
Reign
.
To
our
trusty
and
well
beloved
the
Dean
and
Chapter
of
the
Cathedral
of
Christ
Church
within
our
Realm
of
Ireland
.
I
have
here
inserted
this
Letter
,
upon
two
accounts
,
first
as
being
a
Record
remaining
in
the
Cathedral
;
George
Browne
lived
not
long
after
the
Consecration
of
this
Hugh
Corwine
,
yet
I
have
amongst
my
Manuscripts
a
Writing
of
a
Papist
,
who
would
fain
have
persuaded
the
world
,
George
Browne
dyed
through
Joy
,
having
had
a
Bull
from
the
Pope
to
be
restored
to
his
See
of
Dublin
,
which
must
needs
be
false
,
upon
this
account
of
Sir
James
Wares
,
who
writeth
these
very
words
of
him
,
in
his
Book
titled
De
Praesulibus
Hiberniae
,
pag.
120.
1554.
Circa
id
tempus
Georgius
Browneus
(
quod
conjugatus
esset
)
per
Dowdallum
Archiepiscopum
Armachanum
&
alios
Delegatos
ex
Authoritatus
est
:
otherwise
the
Pope
,
if
he
had
granted
such
a
Bull
,
must
likewise
have
dispensed
with
his
Marriage
,
it
being
contrary
to
the
Romish
Tenents
for
Bishops
to
marry
.
Having
related
thus
much
of
George
Browne
,
and
of
Ecclesiastical
matters
during
his
life
,
we
shall
proceed
a
little
further
concerning
a
short
Sermon
of
his
,
preached
unto
the
people
in
Christ
Church
,
upon
the
first
Sunday
after
Easter
,
anno
1551.
being
a
Copy
of
the
same
given
to
Sir
James
Ware
Knight
,
by
Anthony
Martin
late
Bishop
of
Meath
,
who
formerly
was
Tutor
to
the
said
Sir
James
Ware
,
when
he
was
a
Student
in
Trinity
Colledge
Dublin
.
The
TEXT
,
Psal.
119.
Ver.
18.
Open
mine
eyes
,
that
I
may
see
the
wonders
of
thy
Law
.
THe
wonders
of
the
Lord
God
have
for
a
long
time
been
hid
from
the
children
of
Men
,
Let
the
Reader
consider
the
old
manner
of
Preaching
,
and
compare
it
to
these
days
.
Geo.
Browne
sheweth
how
Rome
hath
absconded
the
truth
of
the
holy
Gospel
from
the
people
.
How
Rome
will
have
false
Teachers
to
delude
us
.
This
Prophecy
is
fulfilled
by
the
Sectaries
that
are
now
in
the
Church
amongst
us
.
wihich
hath
hapned
by
Rome's
not
permitting
the
common
people
to
read
the
holy
Scriptures
,
for
to
prevent
you
,
that
you
might
not
know
the
comfort
of
your
Salvation
,
but
to
depend
wholly
on
the
Church
of
Rome
,
they
will
not
permit
it
to
be
in
any
tongue
but
in
the
Latin
,
saying
that
Latin
was
the
Roman
tongue
:
But
the
wonderful
God
inspired
the
holy
Apostles
with
the
knowledge
of
all
Languages
,
that
they
might
teach
all
people
in
their
proper
Tongue
and
Language
,
which
caused
our
wise
King
Kenry
,
before
his
death
,
to
have
the
holy
Scriptures
transcribed
into
the
English
Tongue
,
for
the
good
of
his
Subjects
,
that
their
eyes
may
be
opened
to
behold
the
wondrous
things
out
of
the
Law
of
the
Lord
.
But
there
are
false
Prophets
at
this
instant
,
and
will
be
to
the
end
of
the
World
,
that
shall
deceive
you
with
false
Doctrines
,
expounding
this
Text
,
or
that
,
purposely
to
confound
your
understandings
,
and
to
lead
you
captive
into
a
wilderness
of
Confusion
,
whom
you
shall
take
as
your
friends
,
but
they
shall
be
your
greatest
enemies
;
speaking
against
the
Tenents
of
Rome
,
and
yet
be
set
on
by
Rome
;
these
shall
be
a
rigid
people
full
of
fury
and
envy
.
But
to
prevent
these
things
that
are
to
come
,
observe
Christ
and
his
Apostles
;
Let
all
things
be
done
with
decency
,
with
mildness
,
and
in
order
,
fervently
crying
unto
God
,
Open
thou
mine
eyes
,
that
I
may
behold
the
wondrous
things
out
of
thy
Law
,
then
should
ye
rightly
keep
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
.
It
is
the
part
of
a
Prince
to
be
wise
,
wondrous
works
.
(
Open
thou
mine
eyes
)
the
meanest
of
you
that
hear
me
have
eyes
,
but
the
true
meaning
of
the
words
is
,
Endue
us
with
understanding
;
for
a
Fool
hath
eyes
,
and
sees
men
,
women
,
beasts
,
birds
,
and
other
things
,
but
yet
wants
understanding
:
So
when
we
say
,
Open
thou
our
eyes
,
we
desire
the
Lord
God
to
instruct
and
teach
us
the
knowledge
of
his
Laws
.
wondrous
things
that
are
contained
in
the
Law
of
the
Lord
?
Yes
,
surely
he
must
be
blind
,
and
void
of
Reason
,
and
of
the
true
Faith
,
that
would
worship
the
same
.
Thy
sins
are
forgiven
thee
?
And
if
you
place
a
certain
sum
of
Money
in
the
palm
of
the
hand
of
that
Image
;
come
you
again
to
morrow
,
the
Money
,
it
is
true
,
shall
find
a
customer
,
but
the
Image
never
the
wiser
,
who
took
it
;
and
if
you
desire
to
have
it
come
unto
you
,
it
cannot
without
help
;
therefore
the
Workman
that
made
this
Image
,
is
as
blind
,
as
deaf
,
as
dumb
,
and
as
void
of
sense
as
the
Image
it self
,
and
so
be
ye
all
that
do
put
your
trusts
in
them
.
Therefore
of
late
new
Artificers
,
Thou
shalt
not
make
unto
thy self
any
Graven
Image
.
O
Lord
open
thou
our
Eyes
,
our
Ears
,
and
our
Vnderstanding
,
that
we
may
behold
the
wondrous
things
that
are
in
thy
Law
.
The
Law
of
God
is
an
undefiled
Law
.
Oh!
A
Prophecy
of
the
Jesuits
,
how
all
Schisms
shall
come
from
,
and
by
their
means
.
This
Prophecy
is
fulfilled
in
the
story
of
Heth
,
and
Faithful
Commine
.
why
should
we
be
so
wicked
then
as
to
defile
that
Law
,
which
the
Almighty
God
hath
made
so
pure
without
blemish
.
Jesus
came
to
fulfil
the
Law
,
and
not
to
abolish
the
Law
.
But
there
are
a
new
fraternity
of
late
sprung
up
,
who
call
themselves
Jesuits
,
which
will
deceive
many
,
who
are
much
after
the
Scribes
and
Pharisees
manner
:
Amongst
the
Jews
they
shall
strive
to
abolish
the
truth
,
and
shall
come
very
near
to
do
it
;
for
these
sorts
will
turn
themselves
into
several
forms
,
with
the
Heathen
,
an
Heathenist
;
with
Atheists
,
an
Atheist
;
with
the
Jews
,
a
Jew
;
and
with
the
Reformers
,
a
Reformade
,
purposely
to
know
your
intentions
,
your
minds
,
your
hearts
,
and
your
inclinations
,
and
thereby
bring
you
at
last
to
be
like
the
fool
that
said
in
his
heart
there
was
no
God
.
These
shall
spread
over
the
whole
World
,
shall
be
admitted
into
the
Council
of
Princes
,
and
they
never
the
wiser
;
Charming
of
them
,
yea
,
making
your
Princes
reveal
their
hearts
,
and
the
secrets
therein
unto
them
,
and
yet
they
not
perceive
it
,
which
will
happen
from
falling
from
the
Law
of
God
,
by
neglect
of
fulfilling
of
the
Law
of
God
,
and
by
winking
at
their
sins
;
yet
,
in
the
end
,
God
to
justifie
his
Law
,
shall
suddenly
cut
off
this
Society
even
by
the
hands
of
those
who
have
most
succoured
them
,
and
made
use
of
them
;
so
that
at
the
end
they
shall
become
odious
to
all
Nations
:
They
shall
be
worse
then
Jews
,
having
,
no
resting
place
upon
the
Earth
,
and
then
shall
a
Jew
have
more
favour
then
a
Jesuite
.
Now
,
to
arm
you
all
good
Christians
against
these
things
that
are
to
come
,
lest
ye
be
led
into
temptation
;
Cry
unto
the
Lord
your
God
,
and
heartily
pray
that
he
would
be
so
merciful
unto
you
as
to
open
the
eyes
of
your
understanding
,
that
you
may
behold
the
wonders
and
pleasantness
that
is
in
his
Law
.
Which
God
of
his
mercy
grant
that
you
may
all
do
.
Thus
concluding
with
the
Acts
and
Deeds
of
this
Reverend
Father
,
we
shall
end
with
Queen
Maries
Designs
,
how
she
intended
to
have
persecuted
the
Protestants
in
Ireland
;
but
by
Providence
prevented
;
as
you
shall
further
know
by
this
following
Relation
,
being
averred
by
several
sufficient
persons
,
as
well
Ecclesiastical
as
Civil
.
Here
is
a
Commission
that
shall
lash
the
Hereticks
of
Ireland
,
calling
the
Protestants
by
that
title
;
The
good
Woman
of
the
House
being
well
affected
to
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
and
also
having
a
Brother
named
John
Edmonds
of
the
same
,
then
a
Citizen
in
Dublin
,
was
much
troubled
at
the
Doctors
words
;
but
watching
her
convenient
time
,
whilst
the
Mayor
took
his
leave
,
and
the
Doctor
complementing
him
down
the
stairs
,
she
opens
the
Box
and
takes
the
Commission
out
,
placing
in
lieu
thereof
a
Sheet
of
paper
with
a
Pack
of
Cards
,
the
Knave
of
Clubs
faced
uppermost
,
wrapt
up
.
The
Doctor
coming
up
to
his
Chamber
,
suspecting
nothing
of
what
had
been
done
,
put
up
the
Box
as
formerly
.
The
next
day
,
going
to
the
Waterside
,
wind
and
weather
serving
him
,
he
sails
towards
Ireland
,
and
landed
on
the
Seventh
of
October
,
1558.
at
Dublin
;
then
coming
to
the
Castle
,
the
Lord
Fitz
Walters
being
Lord
Deputy
sent
for
him
to
come
before
him
and
the
Privy
Council
,
who
coming
in
,
after
he
had
made
a
Speech
relating
upon
what
account
he
came
over
,
he
presents
the
Box
unto
the
Lord
Deputy
,
who
causing
it
to
be
opened
,
that
the
Secretary
might
read
the
Commission
,
there
was
nothing
save
a
pack
of
Cards
with
the
Knave
of
Clubs
uppermost
,
which
not
only
startled
the
Lord
Deputy
and
Council
,
but
the
Doctor
,
who
assured
them
he
had
a
Commission
,
but
knew
not
how
it
was
gone
;
then
the
Lord
Deputy
made
answer
,
Let
us
have
another
Commission
,
and
we
will
shuffle
the
Cards
in
the
mean
while
;
The
Doctor
being
troubled
in
his
mind
went
away
,
and
returned
into
England
;
and
coming
to
the
Court
obtained
another
Commission
;
but
staying
for
a
wind
at
the
Waterside
,
news
came
unto
him
,
that
the
Queen
was
dead
,
and
thus
God
preserved
the
Protestants
in
Ireland
.
This
being
a
Copy
of
Richard
Earl
of
Cork
his
Memorials
,
as
also
of
Henry
Usher
sometime
Lord
Primate
of
Armagh
,
being
also
entred
amongst
Sir
James
Wares
Manuscripts
,
who
hath
often
heard
the
late
James
Usher
,
Nephew
to
the
said
Henry
,
and
also
Primate
of
Armagh
,
averr
the
same
,
and
wondred
that
Mr.
Fox
had
not
inserted
it
in
his
Acts
and
Monuments
;
there
is
yet
living
a
reverend
Father
of
the
Church
,
Henry
now
Lord
Bishop
of
Meath
,
who
can
affirm
this
Relation
from
the
said
James
Usher
late
Lord
Primate
of
all
Ireland
.
Upon
the
recalling
of
the
Lord
Fitz
Walters
into
England
,
the
Queen
Elizabeth
by
the
Grace
of
God
&c.
succeeding
,
discoursing
with
the
said
Lord
concerning
several
passages
here
in
Ireland
,
amongst
other
discourses
he
related
the
aforesaid
passage
that
had
hapned
in
Ireland
,
which
so
delighted
the
Queen
,
that
Her
Majesty
sent
for
the
good
Woman
,
named
Elizabeth
Edmonds
,
by
her
Husband
named
Mattershad
,
and
gave
her
a
Pention
of
Forty
pound
durante
vita
,
for
saving
her
Protestant
Subjects
of
Ireland
.
FINIS
.