directs an inquiry into abuses.-Bancroft's letter to his suffragans.— Ilis character.-Puritanical views. His birth.-Parentage.-His mother's dream.-Its influence on his career. -Educated at Guildford Grammar School.-University career.-Dean of Winchester, 1599.- Vice-Chancellor.-Consulted regarding the cross in Cheapside.-IIis decision. Conduct in the like case at Oxford. His theology attacked by Laud.-Laud's defence of Apostolical succession.-Views of Abbot and his party. His " Visibility of the Church."-Share in the trans- lation of the Bible.-Opposes Laud's B.D. degree.-Supports Dr. Airey's censure of Laud's sermon, 1606. - Overall's "Convocation Book."-The king's remonstrance thereon to Abbot.-Death of the Earl of Dorset.-Abbot is appointed chaplain to the Earl of Dunbar. Episcopacy established in Scotland.-Abbot's conduct as regards the Gowrie conspiracy.-Elected to the see of Coventry and Abbot is translated to the see of London.-IIis nomination to the arch- bishopric. The appointment generally unpopular.-His use of the High Commission Court.-James's Arminian controversies.-Henry, Prince of Wales.-Espouses the Puritan cause.-His sickness and death.-Popular grief thereat.-Abbot's attendance at his death- bed.-Marriage of the Princess Elizabeth.-Cruel persecutions by James and Abbot.-Legget and Wightman burnt to death.-Abbot pro- tests against the alienation of the Charter House funds.-His firmness in the divorce case of Lady Essex.-The king's anger thereat.-James's dislike to the Puritan Sabbath.-Publication of the "Book of Sports." Abbot opposes it.—The Irish articles.—Channel Islands required to conform to the Church.-The king refuses to support the Elector xvi CONTENTS OF THE TENTH VOLUME. CHAPTER XXXII. ABBOT'S PRIMACY FROM THE INCIDENT OF BRAMZIL PARK TO HIS DEATH. Vacancy of four bishoprics.-Abbot opposes Laud's nomination.-In- page 278 1575 Elizabeth James VI. Maximilian II. Henry III. Gregory XIII. Philip II. 1576 1585 1589 1590 1591 1592 1598 1603 James I. 1605 1605 1610 1612 1619 1621 1623 1625 Charles I. Charles I. Rudolf II. LIVES OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY. 75 BOOK IV.-continued. CHAPTER XVII. EDMUND GRINDAL. Contrast between Parker and Grindal.-St. Bees.-The birthplace of CHAP. Grindal. 1575-6 1583. IntroducSir tory. Authorities. Strype's Historical and Biographical Works. Grin- B |