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Correspondence of Matthew Parker, D.D. Archbishop of Canterbury Comprising Letters Written by Him and to Him, from A.D. 1535, to His Death, A.D. 1575

Title:
Correspondence of Matthew Parker, D.D. Archbishop of Canterbury Comprising Letters Written by Him and to Him, from A.D. 1535, to His Death, A.D. 1575
Author:
Bruce, J. and Perowne, Rev T. T.
Series:
The Parker Society
Location:
Cambridge
Notes:
  • CCCC MS 105 Edition of a letter of William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting the copying of seditious material for the Queen’s Council’s use, dated January 1561, taken from CCCC MS 105, p. 163 No. CXVIII Edition of a letter from the bishops to Queen Elizabeth seeking the removal of images from churches, as found in CCCC MS 105, pp. 79-95 No. LXVI
  • CCCC MS 106 Brief mention of the fact that the draft version of the letter from the University of Cambridge to Edward VI informing him of the death of Martin Bucer, is to be found in CCCC MS 106, p. 43 n. 5 Brief mention of the fact that CCCC MS 106 contains a printed version of an injunction of Archbishop Matthew Parker and other Ecclesiastical Commissioners ordering the prevention of preaching by unlicensed persons dated 7th June 1571, p. 382 n. 1 Edition of a letter of the Royal Council to Dr Matthew Parker instructing him to admonish those known to have taken part in the staging of ’The Tragedy of Pammachius’ at Christ’s College, Cambridge, dated at London, 16th May 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 29-30 Edition (within a footnote) of a letter of Catherine Parr to the University of Cambridge informing them that she had interceded with the king to prevent the forfeiture of the university’s revenues, dated at Greenwich, 26th February, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 36-7 n. 1 Edition of a letter of John Mere to Dr Matthew Parker, informing Parker of his appointment once again as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, February 1547-8, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 37-8 No. XXV Edition of a letter of Sir John Cheke to Dr Matthew Parker, dated at Cheekstoke, 6th February 1552, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 48-9 No. XXXIX Edition of a letter of Bishop Gardiner of Winchester to Dr Matthew Parker insisting on the punishment of those known to have taken part in the staging of ’The Tragedy of Pammachius’ at Christ’s College, Cambridge, dated at London, 12th May 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 27-9 No. XX Edition of a letter of Dr Matthew Parker to Bishop Gardiner of Winchester informing Gardiner of Parker’s further investigation into the matter of the performance of ’The Tragedy of Pammachius’ at Christ’s College, Cambridge, dated at Cambridge, 8th May 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 24-6 No. XIX Edition of a letter of Bishop Gardiner of Winchester to Dr Matthew Parker instructing him to make inquiries into the staging of ’The Tragedy of Pammachius’ at Christ’s College, Cambridge, dated at London, 23rd April 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 22-4 No. XVIII Edition of a letter of Dr Matthew Parker to Bishop Gardiner of Winchester informing Gardiner of the results of Parker’s inquiries into the staging of ’The Tragedy of Pammachius’ at Christ’s College, Cambridge, dated at Cambridge, 3rd April 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106, pp. 21-2 No. XVII Edition of a letter of Bishop Gardiner of Winchester to Dr Matthew Parker and Dr Thomas Smith concerning the arrangements for supporting poor cooks and requesting details of the performance of ’The Tragedy of Pammachius’ at Christ’s College, dated at London, 27th March 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106 , pp. 20-21 No. XVI Edition of a letter of John Mere to Dr Matthew Parker, informing Parker that he has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, dated at London, 25th January 1544-5, taken from CCCC MS 106 , pp. 17-19 No. XIV Edition of a letter of William May to Dr Matthew Parker concerning the search for a ’device touching the order of your University’, dated at London, 13th March 1547-8 (?), taken from CCCC MS 106, p. 38 No. XXVI Edition of a letter of Sit Thomas Smith to the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, instructing him to arrange prayers and processions for the success of the royal army going abroad, dated at Downham, 21st August 1545, taken from CCCC MS 106, p. 30 No. XXII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 106 contains a letter of Dr Robert Beaumont, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, to Archbishop Matthew Parker, Chancellor, informing him of the university’s adherence to uniformity in doctrine, rites and vestments written in reply to Parker’s enquiry, p. 226 n. 1
  • CCCC MS 108 Edition of a letter of Dr Matthew Parker to the Council of queen Catherine Parr requesting her to intercede to prevent the suppression of Stoke College, dated 1545, taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 31-3 No. XXIII Edition (within a footnote) of the commission of visitation of the University of Cambridge issued by Henry VIII to Matthew Parker, 16th January 1545-6, as found in CCCC MS 108, pp. 34-5 n. 1 Edition of Dr Matthew Parker’s minute of an interview with Henry VIII concerning the results of the visitation of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 1546, taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 34-6 No. XXIV Edition of an order under the queen’s signet addressed to the Bishop of Norwich appointing Matthew Parker as dean of Stoke College, dated at Windsor, 4th November 1534 (sic), taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 4-5 No. V Edition of the articles of accusation sent to Lord Audley, Lord Chancellor, against Dr Matthew Parker by Mr G. Colt and others of Clare, with Parker’s answer to them, undated (1539?), taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 7-9 No. VIII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 108 contains the text of the articles for the governing of the grammar school at Tunbridge, p. 211 n. 2 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 108 contains a letter of Dr Stokes OESA to Thomas Cromwell, Lord Privy Seal, asking for Cromwell’s protection and denying the allegations for which he is now imprisoned, p. 14 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir John Holt and others of Rochdale concerning the building of a grammar school in the town, dated at Lambeth, 20th February 1564-5, taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 231-2 No. CLXXIII Edition of a letter of the Master and Wardens of the Skinners’ Company to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to devise articles for the governing of the grammar school at Tunbridge, dated at London, 7th May 1564, taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 210-11 No. CLX Edition of a letter of Dr Matthew Parker to Dr Stokes OESA requesting him not to raise any matters of religious controversy nor stir up sedition in his preaching, dated at Stoke by Clare, 23rd November 1539 or 1540, taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 10-14 No. X Edition of two letters of John Skypp informing Parker that Anne Boleyn is considering Parker for the position as her chaplain, dated at Hampton Court, 22nd and 23rd March 1534, taken from CCCC MS 108, pp. 1-2 Nos. I-II Edition of a letter of Archbishop Cranmer to Dr Matthew Parker, informing Parker of the Duke of Somerset’s decision to appoint Parker a preacher at Paul’s Cross for Sunday 22nd July 1548, dated at Lambeth, 5th May 1548, taken from CCCC MS 108, p. 39 No. XXVII Edition (within a footnote) of a letter of Sir Anthony Denny to the royal commissioners for the dissolution of Stoke College requesting that Matthew Parker be awarded a pension in compensation for his removal as dean of the College, dated at Cheshunt, 29th February, 1547, taken from CCCC MS 108, p. 33 n. 2 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 108 contains a letter of Frederic III Elector Palatine to Archbishop Matthew Parker, commending Emmanuel Tremellius to Parker, dated 12th February 1567-8, p. 317 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir John Byron concerning the building of a grammar school in the town, dated February 1564-5, taken from CCCC MS 108, p. 232 No. CLXXIV
  • CCCC MS 109 Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the fate of Bishop Tunstall of Durham, dated at Westminster, 5th October 1559, taken from CCCC MS 109, p. 78 No. LXV Edition of a letter of the Privy Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker instructing him to lodge Bishop Tunstall of Durham in his (Parker’s) house and restrict those who can visit him, dated at Hampton Court, 27th September 1559, taken from CCCC MS 109, p. 77 No. LXIII Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the fate of Bishop Tunstall of Durham, 2nd October 1559, taken from CCCC MS 109, pp. 77-8 No. LXIV
  • CCCC MS 114A Brief mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains some minutes of Matthew Parker’s visitation to Eton in September 1561 to investigate claims that the college had elected a provost without royal assent, p. 150 n. 3 Edition of a letter of Bishop Davies of St David’s to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the preparations for the publication of ’The Bishops’ Bible’ and a dispute over Llandewibrefy, dated at Abergwylly 24th April 1566, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 279-80 No. CCCXIV Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter of lord Abergavenny to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting the hereditary office of steward of the liberties of Canterbury be awarded to him, pp. 285-6 n. 3 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to lord Abergavenny informing him that he will take counsel on Abergavenny’s request to be granted his hereditary title of steward of the liberties of Canterbury, dated at Croydon 27th June 1566, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 285-6 No. CCXX Edition of a letter of Sir Henry Sydney to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting a license for his son, Phillip, to be allowed to break the Lenten fast on account of illness, dated at Durham house 3rd March 1567-8, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 316-7 No. CCXL Edition of a letter of Ambrose earl of Warwick to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting that Parker require every minister to purchase the bishop of Salisbury’s Defence of the Apology, dated at the court 3rd May 1568 (?), taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 319-20 No. CCXLIII Edition (within a footnote) of a letter of the Council to all of the queen’s subjects instructing them to allow Archbishop Matthew Parker access to the records and documents formerly belonging to dissolved monasteries, dated at Croydon 4th July 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 327-8 n. 4 Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker and other ecclesiastical commissioners to examine John Southwork on oath and inform the Council of his answers, dated at Greenwich 5th July 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 328-30 No. CCLII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker and Bishop Grindal of London requesting them to ensure that Dr Smith of Oxford conforms to correct doctrine of the established church, dated at Hampton Court 24th August 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 72-3 No. LVII Edition of a letter of Thomas Cromwell to Matthew Parker appointing him as a preacher at Paul’s Cross on 23rd September next, dated 1537, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 5-6 No. VI Edition of a letter of Bishop Ridley of London to Dr Matthew Parker asking him not to refuse an appointment to preach at Paul’s Cross, dated 25th July 1551, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 45-6 No. XXXVI Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Bishop Barnes of Carlisle in reply to the latter’s request to have his relative admitted as a notary public, dated at Lambeth 22nd May 1572, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 392-3 No. CCXCVIII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker and Lord Cobham requesting them to seek to ensure the election of ’discreet, wise and well-disposed persons’ in Kent to the forthcoming parliament, dated at Westminster 17th February 1570, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 379-81 No. CCLXXXVII Edition of a letter of Elizabeth I to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to make provision for the appointment of Dr Newton of Winchester to the prebend of Newton within the Archdiocese of Canterbury, dated at Hampton Court, 17th January 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 340-1 No. CCLXI Brief mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter from the earl of Leicester requesting Archbishop Matthew Parker to make provision for the appointment of Dr Newton of Winchester to the prebend of Newton within the Archdiocese of Canterbury, pp. 340-41 n. 2 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter of Bishop Barnes of Carlisle to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to to admit Barnes’ relative, Edward Brackinbury, as a notary public, pp. 392-3 n. 1 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Bishop Cheyney of Gloucester requesting him to allow the parson of Kemesford to remain in his post, undated (late April 1564?), taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 213 No. CLXII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter of Edmund Chandos to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to intercede in favour of the parson of Kemesford, p. 213 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Elizabeth I to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to accompany the French ambassador across Kent to London, dated at Richmond 14th May 1564, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 212 No. CLXI Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker ordering him to remove Dr Thirleby and Dr Boxall from the Tower to Parker’s house on account of the plague, dated at Windsor 15th September 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 192 No. CXLV Edition of a letter of lord Robert Dudley to Archbishop Matthew Parker informing him of the queen’s decision to make a gift to Parker of a deer killed with her own hand, dated at Windsor 4th September 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 190 No. CXLII Edition of a letter of Elizabeth I to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to arrange for public prayers for the alleviation of sickness afflicting the realm, dated at Richmond 1st August 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 184 No. CXXXVII Edition of a letter of Catherine Parr to Dr Matthew Parker recommending Randall Radclyff to the vacant office of bailiff of Stoke by Clare College, dated at Westminster 14th November 1544, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 16 No. XII Edition of a letter of Henry VIII to the Dean and Prebendaries of Stoke demanding the provision for men for service in the war against France, dated at Westminster 25th May 1544, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 15 No. XI Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to lord Thomas Howard declining an application to have a minor appointed to a benefice, dated ’at my manor’ 13th April 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 136 No. XCVI Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir Edward Warner, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, giving instruction for the recusants held in the Tower to be permitted to take communal meals, dated at Lambeth 6th September 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 122 No. LXXXVIII Edition of a letter of Nicholas Bacon to Archbishop Matthew Parker informing him of the queen’s intention to dine at Lambeth on Monday next, dated 24th July 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 120 No. LXXXV Edition of a letter of the Marquis of Winchester to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker’s advice on the nomination of preachers in vacant dioceses, dated 17th July 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 119 No. LXXXIV Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to nominate two candidates for the archbishopric of Armagh and the bishopric of Meath, dated at Greenwich 30th May 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 117 No. LXXXI Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to arrange for the release of Peter Langrige and John Earl, then prisoners in the Fleet and the Marshalsea, upon receipt of bonds of good behaviour, dated at Westminster 2nd November 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 103 No. LXX Edition of a letter of Bishop Sandys of Worcester to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the translation of ’The Bishops’ Bible’, dated at Worcester 6th February 1565-6. taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 256-7 No. CXCVII Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to the Duke of Norfolk, informing him that Parker has written to the Bishop of Norwich to assign a church in the city for ’strangers’ to worship in, undated (January 1565-6?), taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 255-6 No. CXCVI Edition of a letter of Bishop Parkhurst of Norwich to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking for absolution for two men excommunicated from the strangers’ church in Sandwich but now at Norwich, also mention of the preparations for the publication of ’The Bishops’ Bible’, dated at Norwich 19th December 1565, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 247-8 No. CLXXXIX Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker informing him of their refusal to allow the release of Dr Boxall, on the grounds that Dr Scott, late Bishop of Chester, had absconded after his release, dated at Richmond 23rd June 1564, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 217-8 No. CLXV Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Mr Drury requesting him to decide upon an application for the union of certain benefices in Gloucestershire, undated (late April 1564?), taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 213-4 No. CLXIII Edition of a letter of Sir John Cheke to Matthew Parker asking him to intercede with Anne Boleyn on behalf of William Bill, dated at Cambridge 1535 (?), taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 2-3 No. III Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to lord Robert Dudley, expressing his gratitude for the queen’s remembrance of him, dated at ’my little house at Bekesbourne’ 6th September 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 190-1 No. CXLIII Edition of a letter of Catherine Parr to the Dean and Fellows of Stoke College requesting them to settle a lease of land in Chipley, Suffolk, on Edward Waldergrave, dated at Westminster 24th March 1544-5, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 19-20 No. XV Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to recommend someone skilled in civil law for the position of marshal of the town of Newhaven (Havre de Grace), dated at Greenwich 28th June 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 179-80 No. CXXXIII Edition of a letter of Henry VIII to the fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, recommending Matthew Parker’s appointment as master of the college upon the death of the present encumbent, dated 30th November 1544, as found in CCCC MS 114A, pp. 16-17 No. XIII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker ordering the arrest of William Rise on a charge of recusancy, dated at Westminster 14th December 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 155-6 No. CXIII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker ordering him to keep William Rise under house arrest and to seek to persuade him to swear the oath of supremacy, dated at Greenwich 26th June 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114A together with Parker’s certification of Rise’s submission, pp. 154-5 No. CXII n. 1 Edition of a letter of Elizabeth I to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to examine a claim that the fellows of Eton have elected a provost without royal assent and to prevent a recurrence of such an event, dated at Lea 22nd August 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 149-50 No. CVIII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking for his opinion on the wisdom of allowing the recusants imprisoned in the Tower of London to meet for communal meals, dated at Windsor 4th September 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 121-2 No. LXXXVII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker and the rest of the ecclesiastical commissioners requesting them to proceed against Dr Carter and Dr Seggiswick for recusancy, dated at Westminster 9th November 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 105-6 No. LXXIII Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop Matthew Parker ordering him to interrogate the vicar of Howe in Kent, then imprisoned in the Marshalsea, and to set him free if warranted, dated at Hampton Court 23rd September 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 76 No. LXII Edition of a letter of Lord Keeper Nicholas Bacon to Dr Matthew Parker accompanying the royal assent to Parker’s appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, dated at Redgrave 9th September 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 76 No. LXI Edition of a letter of the Council to Archbishop elect Matthew Parker requesting him to seek to persuade Anthony Atkins, fellow of Merton College, Oxford, to conform to the established church, dated at Hampton Court 7th September 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 75 No. LX Edition of a letter of Lord Keeper Nicholas Bacon to Dr Matthew Parker informing him of the process to appoint Parker archbishop of Canterbury, dated at the court June (?) 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 71 No. LV Edition of a letter of John Skypp to Matthew Parker requesting him to come to court and notifying him of Henry VIII’s intention to appoint him a royal chaplain, dated at Westminster 13th February 1537, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 6 No. VII Edition of a letter of the Council to Dr Matthew Parker summoning him to attend upon the king, dated at Westminster 13th December 1551, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 46 No. XXXVII Edition of a letter of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to Dr Matthew Parker appointing him to preach before Edward VI on 22nd March following, dated at Lambeth 12th February 1550, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 43 No, XXXIV Edition of a letter of Bishop Thirleby of London to Dr Matthew Parker requesting Parker to prepare a sermon to be preached before Edward VI, dated at Westminster 4th March 1548-9, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 41 No. XXX Edition of a letter of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer to Dr Matthew Parker informing Parker that the duke of Somerset has appointed Parker to preach before Edward VI on the third Sunday in Lent, dated at Lambeth 17th February 1548, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 40 No. XXIX Edition of a warrant of Henry VIII for Matthew Parker, the queen’s chaplain, to take a doe from Weybridge forest, dated at Salisbury 11th October 1535, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 4 No. IV Edition (within a footnote) of a letter of Archbishop Young of York to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning an alleged attempt by the bishops to bring a bill before parliament without the queen’s consent, dated at Canon Row, 26th December 1566, taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 291 n. 4 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter from the earl of Sussex requesting Archbishop Matthew Parker to recommend Dr Rushe to the queen for the deanery of York, p. 283 n. 3 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter attributed to Bishop Sandys of Worcester urging Archbishop Matthew Parker to speed up the production of ’The Bishops’ Bible’, p. 257 n. 2 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter of Bishop Parkhurst of Norwich to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the church to be assigned to strangers in Norwich, p. 255 n. 1 Extract (within a footnote) of a letter of the Duke of Norfolk to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to arrange for a church to be found in Norwich for ’strangers’, dated at Norwich 24th December 1565, as found in CCCC MS 114A, p. 255 n. 1 Edition of a letter of Bishop Geste of Rochester to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the translation of ’The Bishops’ Bible’, undated (1565?), taken from CCCC MS 114A, p. 250 No. CXCI
  • CCCC MS 114B Brief mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Archdeacon Thomas Cole to Archbishop Matthew Parker in favour of Mrs Grigby in a matrimonial cause, dated at Essex 20th June 1567, p. 303 n. 3 Edition of a letter of Richard Grafton to Archbishop Matthew Parker discussing the former’s ’Chronicle’ and mentioning that the printer that Parker had recommended to Grafton had absconded after being accused of gathering people together to hear mass, undated (1566?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 295-6 No. CCXXVI Edition of a letter of John Caius to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning ’The Book of Oxford’ (Assertio Antiquitatis Oxoniensis Academiae) requesting that it not be copied until others have had a chance to comment on it, dated at Cambridge 8th April 1567, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 298-300 No. CCXXIX Edition of a letter of Sir Robert Wingfield, R. Hopton and others to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to approve the renewal of the license of Master Lawrence as a preacher in Suffolk, dated 27th October 1567, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 306-7 No. CCXXXVI Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Attorney General, requesting Parker to intercede on behalf of Mr Latham who is threatened with deprivation of his fellowship of Merton College, Oxford, dated 29th December 1567, pp. 308-9 n. 1 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Attorney General, in reply to a request for Parker’s aid in preventing Mr Latham losing his fellowship at Marton College, Oxford, advising Latham to abandon his efforts, dated 31st December 1567, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 308-9 No. CCXXXVIII Edition of a letter of Sir Henry Sydney to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting a Lent license for his son Phillip on account of his illness, dated at Durham House 3rd March 1567, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 316-7 No. CCXL Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to the Warden of All Souls’ College, Oxford, requesting the Warden to renew the lease of a widow of a tenant of the college, dated at Lambeth 12th May 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 320-21 No. CCXLIV Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Attorney General, expressing surprise that the fellows of Merton College, Oxford, should object to an order that three of their senior fellows should be priests, dated at Croydon 21st June 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 325-6 No. CCL Edition of a letter of Immanuel Tremellius to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the loss of letters from the churches in Flanders and the delay in the printing of Tremellius’ books, dated at Frankfurt 16th September 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 332-3 No. CCLV Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Serjeant Roger Manwood refusing Manwood’s request that the living of Old Romney in Kent be presented to Nicholas Jones, undated (1568-9?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 338-9 No. CCLIX Edition of a letter of Antonius Corranus to Archbishop Matthew Parker in which he sends two books written in French for Parker’s children and expresses his gratitude to bishop Grindal of London for the kindness shown to strangers in his diocese, dated at London 16th January 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 339-40 No. CCLX Edition of a letter of Sir Francis Knollys to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to investigate the conformity of Edward Chamber, dated at the court 13th October 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 96-7 No. LXVII Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir George Howard turning down Howard’s request for the preferment within the church of Mr Beard vicar of Greenwich, undated (October 1563?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 197 No. CLI Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter from Sir George Howard to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking Parker to consider Mr Beard, vicar of Greenwich, for preferment within the church, dated 11th October 1563, p. 197 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning Cecil’s request to the bishop of London to devise a new form of common prayer, and the surrender of Newhaven by the earl of Warwick, dated 1st August 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 183 No. CXXXVI Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to the Lord Keepr Sir Nicholas Bacon recommending the release of Dr Baskerville on the grounds that he is willing tom conform to the church settlement, undated (November 1562?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 171 No. CXXIV Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Richard Sackville to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the rehabilitation of the non-conformist Dr Baskerville dated 20th November 1562, p. 171 n. 3 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to the Provost and Fellows of Eton College recommending William Smith of Cambridge for a fellowship there, dated at Lambeth 25th January 1561-2, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 162 No. CXVII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Dr Nicholas Wooton to Archbishop Matthew Parker recommending Mr Anthony Rush for a position as a teacher in the grammar school at Canterbury, dated at Canterbury last day of June 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 144 n. 1 Edition of a letter of Thomas Seckford to Archbishop Matthew Parker recommending Mr Wendon, an archdeacon in Suffolk, for a vacant prebend in in Norwich cathedral, dated at the court 21st June 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 142 No. C Edition of a letter of Richard Davies Bishop of St Asaph’s to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning Davies’ translation to the see of St David’s, dated at Wrexham 18th April 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 137 No. XCVII Edition of a letter of Sir William Petre to Archbishop Matthew Parker informing him that Parkler has been appointed to a commission to examine the statutes of Christchurch College, Oxford, dated at Greenwich 6th June 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 118 No. LXXXII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Warham St Leger (or Sentleger) to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the repayment of √•¬£30 and seeking preferment for a young gentleman, dated 12th April 1560, p. 113 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Sir Thomas Parry and Sir William Cecil to Archbishop elect Matthew Parker ordering Parker to ensure that Mr Boxall is to be deprived of his living if he fails to take the oath of conformity, dated at the court November 1559, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 104 No. LXXI Edition of a letter of Bishop Pilkington of Durham to Archbishop Matthew Parker recommending two men for the vicarage of Rochdale and complaining of matters in need of reform in the diocese, undated (1564?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 221-23 No. CLXVIII Edition of a letter of Walter Haddon to Archbishop Matthew Parker informing Parker of events at court, including the fact that one ’Calfhill’ preached an injudicious sermon before the queen, dated 6th July 1564, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 218-9 No. CLXVI Edition of a letter from Archbishop Matthew Parker to Sir William Cecil seeking his advice on the demand by the Scottish Kirk that the English church publishes a summons for Anne Goodacre to appear before the sessions at Edinburgh for deserting her husband, dated at Bekesborne 14th April 1564, taken from the State Papers (Domestic) but with the draft being found in CCCC MS 114B, pp. 209-10 No. CLIX Edition of a letter of Scottish ministers (John Spottiswood, John Knox and John Craig) to Archbishops Matthew Parker and Thomas Young requesting them to publish a summons for Anne Goodacre to appear before the sessions at Edinburgh for deserting her husband, dated at Edinburgh 10th February 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 205-7 No. CLVII Edition of an act of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland to cause Anne Goodacre to appear before the sessions at Edinburgh for deserting her husband, dated 29th December 1563, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 205-6 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Nicholas Wooton concerning Wooton’s recommendation of Mr Anthony Rush for a position as a teacher in the grammar school at Canterbury, dated c. 30th June 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 144-5 No. CIII Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting him to intercede on behalf of Richard Cheney, dated 16th April 1561 (?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 138-9 No. XCVIII Edition (within a footnote) of a letter of Richard Cheney to Sir William Cecil concerning the need to send more preachers abroad, complaining about the actions of royal purveyors, and an account of a dispute over the pronunciation of Greek, dated at Halford (Warws.) 16th April 1561, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 138-9 n. 1 Extract from a letter of Dr Bill, Dean of Westminster, to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the appointment of preachers in dioceses that lacked bishops, dated at the court 8th July 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 119-20 n. 4 Edition of a letter of Sir William Petre to Archbishop Matthew Parker requesting Parker to be ready to advise the queen on articles from ’certain learned men of Germany’, dated at Greenwich 14th July 1560, taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 118-9 No. LXXXIII Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Warham St Leger Esq., acknowledging Warham’s repayment of √•¬£30 and his request for the preferment of a ’young gentleman’, undated (April 1560?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, pp. 113-4 No. LXXVIII Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking for Parker to intercede on behalf of Cecil’s old friend Sir Henry Lee in a cause referred to Parker, dated at Windsor 24th September 1569, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 354 No. CCLXXII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Serjeant Roger Manwood to Archbishop Matthew Parker recommending Nicholas Jones for the living of Old Romney in Kent, dated at Gravesend 4th January 1568-9, p. 339 nn.2-3 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Attorney General, to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking Parker to rescind an order that three of the senior fellows of Merton College, Oxford, should be priests, dated at London 21st June 1568, p. 325 n. 3 Edition of a second letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to the Warden of All Souls’ College, Oxford, urging the Warden to renew the lease of a widow of a tenant of the college, dated at Croydon 1st June 1568, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 324 No. CCXLVIII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains two letters of Sir Thomas Heneage to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking Parker to intercede on behalf of Mrs Foster, widow of a tenant of All Souls’ College, Oxford, in the matter of the granting of a lease to the widow by the college, dated at the court 11th and 30th May 1568, p. 320 nn. 2-3 Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker thanking him for his advice on easing controversy over the harrowing of hell, and informing him that the queen is minded to launch an investigation into waste by the clergy, dated at Westminster 13th September 1567, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 305 No CCXXXIV Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to an unknown recipient requesting the summoning of witnesses in the matrimonial cause of Jane Grigby against her husband Justinian Grigby, dated at Lambeth 3rd July 1567, taken from CCCC MS 114B , p. 303 No. CCXXXII Edition of a letter of Alexander Nowell, Dean of St Paul’s, to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the wording of the consecration as found in Innocent III’s _De officio Missae_ and Scotus’ _Sententiarum_, which texts Nowell believes Parker to possess in manuscript, undated (c. 1565?), taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 251 No. CXCII Edition of a letter of Sir William Cecil to Archbishop Matthew Parker informing him of the queen’s decision to dispense with the Lenten fast on Wednesdays in Winchester College, dated at Westminster 14th March 1564-5, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 235 No. CLXXVII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114B contains a letter of Cambridge University to Archbishop Matthew Parker thanking him for dispensing with the Lenten fast on Wednesdays in the university, dated 11th December 1564, p. 235 n. 3 Edition of a letter of John Fox to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking for permission to renew his Lent license on account of his continuing illness, dated at London 7th February 1564, taken from CCCC MS 114B, p. 230 No. CLXXII
  • CCCC MS 118 Edition of a letter of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of London, Ely and Bangor to Lord Burghley concerning the dispute over the Statuta Reginae Elizabethae Anno Duodecimo Edita as found in CCCC MS 118, pp. 393-4 No. CCXCIX Edition of a letter of Thomas Smith to John Porie, Matthew Parker and Edward Leedes asking them to settle the disputes at Queens’ College Cambridge, taken from CCCC MS 118, pp. 64-5 No. XLVIII Edition of a letter of William Cecil to Matthew Parker concerning the appointment of two fellows of Queens’ College Cambridge and the replacement of the master of the college, taken from CCCC MS 118, p. 67 No. L
  • CCCC MS 119 Edition of Archbishop Parker’s reply to Frederic III, Elector Palatine dated at Lambeth 25th March 1568 taken from CCCC MS 119 and a note to the effect that the same manuscript also includes Frederic’s original letter, pp. 317-8, No. CCXLI Edition of a letter from Sir John Cheke to Archbishop Matthew Parker on the death of Martin Bucer, dated Westminster, 9th March 1550-51 taken from CCCC MS 119, pp. 43-5 No. XXXV Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 119 contains letters of Ulric Chelius and Conrad Hubert to Archbishop Matthew Parker and Walter Haddon concerning Martin Bucer’s will, pp. 46-7 n. 2 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker and Walter Haddon to Ulric Chelius and Conrad Hubert concerning Martin Bucer’s will, dated Cambridge, 1551 taken from CCCC MS 119, pp. 46-7 No. XXXVIII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 119 contains Richard Smythe’s letter to Archbishop Parker requesting that one of the former’s sureties be released from his bond, pp. 72-3 n. 1 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to the Queen’s Council on Richard Smythe’s willingness to accept the royal supremacy, dated at Lambeth, 27th August 1559, taken from CCCC MS 119, pp. 73-4 No. LVIII Edition of a letter of Matthew Flacius Illyricus to Archbishop Matthew Parker on ancient ecclesiastical manuscripts, dated at Jena, 22nd May 1561, taken from CCCC MS 119, pp. 139-41 No. XCIX Edition of a letter from John Skypp to Matthew Parker, Dean of Stoke College, on the progress of Convocation dated at Westminster, 11th May 1539 (?), as found in CCCC MS 119, p. 9 No. IX Edition of a letter of Martin Bucer to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking for a loan of ten crowns, February 1550-51 taken from CCCC MS 119, p. 42 No. XXXIII Edition of a letter of Martin Bucer to Archbishop Matthew Parker thanking the latter for an invitation to Cambridge, c. 1550 taken from CCCC MS 119, p. 42 No. XXXII Edition of a letter of Martin Bucer to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning advice sought by the former on the proper organization of lectures, c. 1550 taken from CCCC MS 119, p. 41 No. XXXI Mention of Anthony Rodolph le Chevalier, a letter of whose to Archbishop Matthew Parker, dated at Cambridge, 5th September 1569, is found in CCCC MS 119, p. 349 n. 2 Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 119 contains a letter of Emmanuel Tremellius to Archbishop Matthew Parker, dated at London, 29th June, p. 317 n. 2 Mention of the letter from the church at Sandwich to Archbishop Matthew Parker thanking him for his help in resolving a dispute within the church, dated 9th January 1566, as found, together with a copy of the terms of the agreement, in CCCC MS 119, p. 247 n. 1
  • CCCC MS 121 Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker and other bishops to churchwardens and others dated 7th June 1571 ordering them not to allow unlicensed preaching, taken from CCCC MS 121, pp. 382-3 No. CCLXXXIX Edition of a letter of Archbishop elect Matthew Parker and four bishops to Queen Elizabeth undated (October 1559?) petitioning her not to appropriate the lands of vacant bishoprics, taken from CCCC MS 121, pp. 97-101 No. LXVIII
  • CCCC MS 122 Edition of a letter of the Council to Matthew Parker dated 9th July 1563, taken from CCCC MS 122, pp. 180-82 Edition of a letter of Matthew Parker to Archdeacons and other Ecclesiastical Officers dated 1st October 1561 taken from CCCC MS 122, pp. 153-4 No. CXI Edition of a letter of Matthew Parker to Peter Dathenus dated 24th January 1574-5, taken from CCCC MS 122, pp. 471-2
  • CCCC MS 478 Edition of a letter of Bishop Davies of St David’s to Archbishop Matthew Parker in which is mentioned a number of manuscripts including a ’quire of strange charects’ which M. R. James took to be the Armenian Psalter now designated CCCC MS 478, pp. 265-7 No. CCIV
  • CCCC MS 478 Edition of a letter of Bishop Davies of St David’s to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the preparations for the publication of ’The Bishops’ Bible’, the dispute over Llandewibrefy and mentioning a ’quire of strange charects’ which M.R. James took to be the Armenian Psalter now CCCC MS 478, pp. 265-7 No. CCIV
  • CCCC MSS 478 and 114A Edition of a letter of Archbishop Matthew Parker to Bishop Davies of St David’s concerning efforts to decipher ancient manuscripts, including that in ’strange charect’ thought by M.R. James to be the Armenian Psalter now designated CCCC MS 478, and the dispute over Llandewibrefy, dated at Lambeth 28th March 1566, taken from CCCC MS 114A, pp. 270-71 No. CCVIII Mention of the fact that CCCC MS 114A contains a letter of the antiquarian William Salisbury to Archbishop Matthew Parker concerning the deciphering of an ancient manuscript thought by M.R. James to be the Armenian Psalter now designated CCCC MS 478, p. 265 n. 4
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