firmation, penance, orders, matrimony, and extreme unction, -are not to be accounted for sacraments of the Gospel, being such as are grown partly of the corrupt following of the apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of sacraments with baptism and the Lord's supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God.—And in such only as worthily receive them, Altered and they have an wholesome effect or operation. XXVIII. Of Baptism. omitted. The baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained Added. in the Church, "as most agreeable to the institution of Christ." &c. XXIX. Of the Lord's Supper. Transubstantiation overthrows the nature of the sacrament, The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the supper Added. only after a heavenly and spiritual manner; and the mean whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the supper is faith. "Forasmuch as the truth of man's nature requires," &c., to the end of the paragraph, is left out in the 28th article of 1562. The two following articles are not amongst those published in the reign of king Edward, but make the 29th and 30th, afterwards passed in the year 1562. The title of the 29th stands thus: Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ in the Lord's Supper. "The wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, although they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as St. Augustine saith) the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ; but rather, to their condemnation, do eat and drink the sign or sacrament of so great a thing." "The cup of the Lord is not to be denied to lay-people for 80. Added. added. both parts of the Lord's sacrament, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike." XXXIII. Of the Tradition of the Church. Every particular or national Church has authority to ordain, change, and abolish ceremonies or rites of the Church ordained only by men's authority, so that all things be done to edifying. XXXV. Of the Book of Prayers and Ceremonies of the Church of England. Altered and The book of consecration of archbishops and bishops, and ordering priests and deacons, lately set forth in the time of king Edward VI., and confirmed at the same time by authority of parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering. Neither hath it any thing that of itself is superstitious and ungodly; and therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered, according to the rites of that book, since the second year of the afore-named king Edward, unto this time, or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same rites, we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. Added. XXXVI. Of the Civil Magistrate. The queen's majesty hath the chief power in this realm of England and other her dominions, unto whom the chief government of all estates of this realm, whether they be ecclesiastical, or civil, in all causes, does appertain; and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign jurisdiction. Where we attribute to the queen's majesty the chief government, by which titles we understand the minds of some dangerous folks to be offended,-we give not our princes the ministering either of God's Word or the sacraments; the which thing the Injunctions, also set forth by Elizabeth our queen, do most plainly testify. But that only prerogative which we see to have been given always to all godly princes, in Holy Scriptures, by God himself,—that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil doers. The 39th, 40th, 41st, and 42nd articles are all omitted in the articles passed in convocation A. D. 1562. LXVII. An Account of some of the Alienations of Church Lands in the reign of King Henry VIII. and King Edward VI. not mentioned in the History. Alienations of Church Lands from the See of Canterbury in the reign of King Henry VIII. 29 Hen. 8. of Archbp. from Phil p. 281, 282. (1) The manor and palace of Maidstone, which, as Leland December 1. observes, was formerly a castle; (2) the manor and palace of Strype's Charing; (3) Wingham; (4) Wingham Barton, in the parish Memorials of Alresford, demised at the king's instance to sir Edward Cranmer Bainton for ninety-nine years; (5) Wrotham; (6) Saltwood, put and which was formerly a castle,-it was called an honour, and had Kilbern, a great many manors held of it by knight-service; (7) Tenham; (8) Bexley; (9) Aldington, where the archbishop had a seat, with a park and chace belonging to it; (10) the noble manor and palace of Otford, where Warham expended more than thirty thousand pounds in buildings; (11) Knoll, near Sevenock, a seat not much inferior to that last mentioned; to which we may add, the manors of Cliff and Malinden, Pynner, Heyes, Harrow, Mortlake, &c. These manors, excepting Wingham Barton, were all conveyed to the king, for which the archbishop had a very slender consideration in exchange. sub in the His Reformation, p. 100. Alienations of Church Lands in the reign of King Edward VI. The learned Harmer, speaking of Vesey, bishop of Exeter, Harmer's observes, that he alienated no possessions of his see but upon some Errors Specimen of express command of the king, directed unto him under the and Defects privy-seal in favour of certain noblemen and courtiers. All tory of the the bishops, as this author continues, at this time were jected to a like calamity. Even Cranmer was forced to part with the better half of the possessions of his see: and Ridley, soon after his entry into London, was forced to give away four of the best manors of his see in one day. These two were the greatest favourites amongst all the bishops of that reign. Others were yet more severely dealt with. The common pretence was to exchange some lands of their bishoprics with Nov. 1, 1552. 81. Jan. 9, 1552. March 28, 1553. other of religious houses remaining in the king's hands since their suppression. Even then it was such an exchange as Glaucus made with Diomedes. An Account of Church Lands alienated in the reign of King A patent granted for exchange of lands per Bill. Dom. Regis to the right reverend father in God, William, lord bishop of Bath and Wells, viz. The bishop was to part with the chief mansion-house of the deanery of Wells, with all the lands within the precinct of the same. And also the manor of Westaker with the right of the patronage of the parsonage of Westaker abovesaid: and the borough of Wellington and Staecksy in same county of Somerset, and the demesne lands of Wellington, extending to the yearly value of sixty pounds two shillings and six pence; and also of the park of Wedmore: and for one annuity of sixteen pounds coming yearly of the manor of Glassenbury in the same county. For the parting with these lands, &c. the bishop was only to have some lands which had been lately taken from his see, and granted to the lord admiral Seymour, and now by his attainder returned to the crown. This exchange was made August 1st, 1552. A patent granted to license the lord bishop of Carlisle to sell to the lord Clinton, lord admiral of England, "Socam sive dominium suum de Horn-castle cum omnibus pertinentiis in com. Lincoln, in villis, campis, sive parochiis de Horn-castle, Overcompton, Nethercompton, Ashby, Maring, Wilesby, Haltham, Conisby, Boughton, Fimbleby, Moreby, Meckham, et Innerby in Com. prædict." to have the same to him and his heirs "tenend. de domino rege," &c. There was likewise a license granted to the dean and chapter to confirm the said conveyance. And for all these lordships the purchaser was only to pay the yearly rent of twenty-eight pounds to the bishop. A patent granted to sir Henry Nevil, knight, of the prebend of Southcave, in the county of York, with some advow sons. The bishoprick of Hereford given to John Harley, doctor in divinity, with all the lordships and manors belonging to the same, excepting the mansion called the bishop of Hereford's place, lying in Old Fish-street, with the garden and houses belonging to the same. 1553. A purchase made by Simon Steward, of Lackingheath, in March, the county of Suffolk, gentleman, of the lordship and manor of Thorney, with the grains of Thorney, within the isle of Ely, sometime parcel of the monastery of Ely. 1553. A gift made unto John earl of Bedford, and Edmund Down- June 29, ing, gentleman, of the manors of Boyden, and Barton, and Bradbridge, with the appurtenances in the county of Cornwall, and of the manor of Stoke and Bradley, late parcel of the bishopric of Worcester. A license granted by privy seal to Mr. Hobbey, to infeoffe April, 1553. the lord bishop of Worcester, and Mr. Blunt, of the privy chamber, in the abbey of Evesham, and divers other manors in the county of Gloucester, to the intent to make an estate to him again, and to his heirs male. 1553. A purchase made by William Dunch and Mary his wife, of April 16, the manor and lordship of Wokey, with the appurtenances in the county of Somerset, late parcel of the bishopric of Bath and Wells, lately in the hands of Edward duke of Somerset, "cum nativis et villanis," &c. 1553. A purchase made by Richard Crammond and Roger Pri- May 2, deaux, of all the manor of Billingtons, Pinchpoles, and Eleenam Cross, late parcel of the possession of the cathedral church of Westminster, in the county of Middlesex. 1551. Book. Memorandum: That upon the eighteenth of September, the Sept. 18, fifth year of the reign of our sovereign king Edward VI., sir Council Richard Read, knight, one of the masters of the Chancery, Ex Biblioth. brought from Winchester, from the bishop, dean, and chapter, R. Harley, Armig. a deed of feoffment quadripartite indented, made to his majesty, his heirs, and assigns, of the manors of Marden, Twiford, Marwell, Waltham, Drokinsfield, Brensted, and Bithern, the hundred of Waltham, and the chase nigh the forest of Beir, in the counties of Southampton and Surrey; and also the manors of Sutton, Ropely, Hedley, and the borough of Alsfoord, the hundred of Sutton in the counties of Southampton and Surrey, together with twenty-nine manors more, and some boroughs and hundreds. To proceed to the words of the council. These deeds were agreed to be ordered as follows: viz., that |