Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 127: Documents Relating to Bishop Gardiner

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Summary: MS 127 contains a collection of sixteenth-century documents bound together due to their connections with the course of the Reformation in England. Much of the material relates to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester; Owen Oglethorpe, President of Magdalene College; and other opponents to the course of the English Reformation but a few items relate to the continental Reformation.
Contents: Letter of King Philip and Queen Mary to William Paulet, lord treasurer, concerning Cardinal Pole -- Letter from Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 1548 -- Letter from Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester to John Godsalve -- Letter from Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 1548 -- Sermon of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, preached before King Edward VI, 29 June 1548 -- Judgement of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester and Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Westminster concerning the election of Masters Sandes and Haggerstone as procurators -- Notes of the depositions of witnesses examined against Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester -- List of counsel appearing for Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 1547, 1548, 1550 -- Examination of witnesses on articles put forward against Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester -- Letter from Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, 1552 -- Articles put forward by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, in his own defence -- Objection of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, to the authority of the judges delegate -- Additional positions and articles submitted by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester -- Articles of defence submitted by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester -- Allegations of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester in answer to the articles put forward against him -- Latin exercises of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester during his imprisonment in the Tower of London -- Conditions without which the Protestant princes will not consent to the proposed council at Augsburg, 1559 -- Ad ecclesiae regimen -- Letter written in the name of the emperor to the pope or his legate concerning the business of the Council of Trent -- Judgement of the bishop and clergy of Canterbury concerning the calling of general councils, 1536 -- Articles of accusation against Dr Oglethorp, president of Magdalen College, Oxford -- Injunctions given by the visitors to Magdalen College, Oxford -- Petition of the city of Oxford to the king, that the grammar school and choirs of the several colleges may not be suppressed -- Remonstrance of Magdalen College, Oxford against the injunctions of the visitors -- Letter from the fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury -- Articles of accusation against Dr Oglethorp, president of Magdalen College, Oxford, with his responses -- Queries put to the corporation of Oxford relating to their petition to the king concerning the dissolution of several abbeys

Description

Alternative title	Documents Relating to Bp Gardiner
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	pp. circa 420
Date created	[ca. 1500 - 1599]
Language	English; Latin
Material	Paper
Layout	12 lines to a page
Height (mm)	310
Width (mm)	210
Writing	In the same hand as 2
Foliation	ff. i-ii + pp. 1-8 + 8a-9a + 9-94 + 94a-95a + 95-316 (317-318 missing) + 319-436 + ff. iii-iv

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xvi
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jh171sm5929/MS_127.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tq953gr0568/127.pdf
Contains	Title Letter of King Philip and Queen Mary to William Paulet, lord treasurer, concerning Cardinal Pole. 3-6 Nasmith Letter from king Philip and queen Mary to the marquis of Winchester lord treasurer, dated Mar. 1, 2 et 3 regni, declaring it to be their royal will and pleasure, that cardinal Pole should have and enjoy a clear yearly revenue of 5000£. and as the see of Canterbury produceth but 2600£. per annum, they direct and command him to pay to the said cardinal the sum of 1000£. yearly out of the bishoprick of Winchester, and to assign him lands to the further amount of 1400£. out of those formerly belonging to the see of Canterbury, situated in Kent, Sussex and Surrey, and now remaining in their hands, or if there were not lands remaining to that amount, to pay him the deficiency yearly out of the exchequer. 3-6 Author King Philip Queen Mary Note (5) Dated Greenwich 1 March the seconde and thirde yeres of our raignes Title Letter from Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 1548. 7-8 Nasmith Letter from the duke of Somerset to the bishop of Winchester, repeating his command that he should not treat of the mass nor of other controversial points in his sermon: dated Syon June 28, 1548. 7-8 Author Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset Note (8) Signed E. Somercet Wilkins IV 28. Burnet, Records XXVIII Title Letter from Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester to John Godsalve. 9-10 Nasmith Letter from the bishop of Winchester to Godsalve on his being to be put out of his bishoprick which he had that day enjoyed 16 years. 9-10 Author Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester Note Burnet, Records XIII Title Letter from Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset to Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 1548. 11-14 Nasmith Another copy of the preceding letter from the duke of Somerset to the bishop of Winchester. 11-14 Author Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset Note In the same hand as 2 (12) signature E. Somerset Title Sermon of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, preached before King Edward VI, 29 June 1548. 15-30 Nasmith The sermon of the bishop of Winchester before the kings majestie 29 June, 1548, on Matthew XVI. 13. 15-30 Author Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester Note In this sermon he gives his opinion on the state of religion in England, and blames every innovation that had been made since the death of Henry VIII. maintaining the real presence in the sacrament and the celibacy of priests, but approving the renunciation of the papal power and the dissolution of monasteries Cf. Strype, Eccl. Mem. III I, 402. Gasquet and Bishop, Edward VI etc. 83, 116 Title Judgement of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester and Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Westminster concerning the election of Masters Sandes and Haggerstone as procurators. 31-33 Nasmith Decretum episcoporum Wintoniensis et Westmonasteriensis de electione Magistrorum Sandes et Haggerstone in procuratores. 31-33 Author Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Cf. MS 106. 14 Title Notes of the depositions of witnesses examined against Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. 34-50 Nasmith Notes of the depositions of witnesses examined against the bishop of Winchester. 34-50 Note Gives the names of witnesses and then a series of numbers indicating Articles against the Bishop, with notes as to how far each was proved. References are also made to some fuller document Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title List of counsel appearing for Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, 1547, 1548, 1550. 51-56 Nasmith The appearance of the counsell the daies here ensewing in the bishop of Winchesters cause, annis 1547, 1548, 1550. 51-56 Note In a hand resembling Cranmer's: lists of names Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Examination of witnesses on articles put forward against Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. 57-116 Nasmith Examination of witnesses upon certain articles exhibited against the bishop of Winchester, and others delivered by him in answer thereto. 57-116 Note viz. (1) of John earl of Bedford, lord privy seal, p. 57 (2) of John earl of Warwick, p. 65 (3) of sir William Harbert knight, p. 77 (4) of William marquis of Northampton, lord great chamberlain of England, p. 85 (5) of Edward duke of Somerset, p. 93 (6) of William earl of Wiltshire, high treasurer of England, p. 103 (7) of George lord Cobham, p. 114 (62) Copy certified as 'Concordat cum Registro' by W. Say (pp. 62, 74, 82, 91, 99, 113, 115) Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Letter from Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, 1552. 117-122 Nasmith Letter from the bishop of Winchester to the earl of Warwick after the duke of Somerset's death, petitioning to be released from his tedious and unjust confinement, dated Oct. 18. 117-122 Author Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Articles put forward by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, in his own defence. 123-138 Nasmith Articles exhibited by Stephen bishop of Winchester in his own defence before the judges delegate. 123-138 Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Objection of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, to the authority of the judges delegate. 139-146 Nasmith Protestatio episcopi Wintoniensis contra autoritatem judicum delegatorum. 139-146 Author Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Additional positions and articles submitted by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. 147-156 Nasmith Additional positions and articles delivered in by the bishop of Winchester. 147-156 Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Articles of defence submitted by Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. 157-162 Nasmith Other articles of defence delivered in by the bishop of Winchester. 157-162 Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Allegations of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester in answer to the articles put forward against him. 163-166 Nasmith Allegations of the same, touching the admonishment ministred in the act, to make a full answer to the 7, 8, 9 and 19 articles. 163-166 Author Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester Note Cf. Strype, Cranmer, 315 sqq. Title Latin exercises of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester during his imprisonment in the Tower of London. 167-346 Nasmith Exercitationes episcopi Wintoniensis quando turri Londinensi incarcerabatur. 167-346 Author Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester Note Forms the largest part of the volume. It consists of a. (167) A collection of Latin proverbs and phrases in 3 and 4 columns to the page: these pages bound in transversely, p. 167 b. A selection from Latin poets (191) Martial, p. 191 (225) Juvenal, p. 225 (242) Virgil, p. 242 c. (249) Original Latin verses (Elegiacs), 12 lines to a page with many corrections, p. 249, beginning Incipit (249) Sese nosce (nosse) quidem dominum hoc est noscere et idemNoverit ambos qui noverit alterutrum Note (249) Utrumque novit (298) On pp. 298-299 is a neatly written poem on the name of Jesus (with which name each line ends) Incipit (298) Omnibus omne (?) locis tutamen nomen Iesus...Spiritus ast fructus bene adorat nomen Iesu. Note (303) The Latin Elegiacs in the former hand are then resumed (p. 303) and continue to p. 342 Title Conditions without which the Protestant princes will not consent to the proposed council at Augsburg, 1559. 347-348 Nasmith Conditiones sine quibus domini protestantes nolunt consentire in concilium eis propositum, in comitiis Augustae 1559, 2 Junii. 347-348 Title Pius IV, Ad ecclesiae regimen, 1560. 349-354 Nasmith Bulla indictionis sacri oecumenici concilii Tridentini paschate subsequente celebrandi [seu potius continuandi] edita per papam Pium IV, 1560. 349-354 Author Pius IV Note Copied from print Romae apud Ant. Bladum Impressorem Cameralem Title Letter written in the name of the emperor to the pope or his legate concerning the business of the Council of Trent. 355-395 Nasmith Oratio seu potius scriptum papae vel ejus legato traditum nomine imperatoris de concilio hocce indicendo; ubi recenset difficultates quas sperat papam explicaturum, et ut bonus fructus ex concilio sperari possit, suadet concessionem calicis laicis et conjugii clericis. 355-395 Title Judgement of the bishop and clergy of Canterbury concerning the calling of general councils, 1536. 396-406 Nasmith The judgement of the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury concerning the calling of general councils, signed with all their hands July 20, 1536. 396-406 Note That no general council ought to be called but by the general consent of Christian princes. Cromwell signs before the archbishop, and Polydore Virgil signs as archdeacon of Wells Wilkins, Concilia, III 88 Title Articles of accusation against Dr Oglethorp, president of Magdalen College, Oxford. 411-414 Nasmith Articles of accusation against the same. 411-414 Note Cf. Bloxam Magd. Coll. Register, Vol. II, App. p. 312 Title Injunctions given by the visitors to Magdalen College, Oxford. 415-416 Nasmith Injunctions given by the visitors to the said college. 415-416 Note Frere, Visitation Articles II 228 Title Petition of the city of Oxford to the king, that the grammar school and choirs of the several colleges may not be suppressed. 417-418 Nasmith Petition of the city of Oxford to the king, that the grammar school and choirs of the several colleges, wherein many of their children were maintained and educated, may not be suppressed. 417-418 Title Remonstrance of Magdalen College, Oxford against the injunctions of the visitors. 419-424 Nasmith Remonstrance of Magdalen College against the injunctions of the visitors. 419-424 Title Letter from the fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford to Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. 425-428 Nasmith Literae supplicatoriae a Magdalensibus missae ad Thomam Cantuariensem archiepiscopum, ne illorum collegium detrimentum patiatur ex nuper factis injunctionibus. 425-428 Note Cf. Bloxam Magd. Coll. Register, Vol. II, App. p. 305 Title Articles of accusation against Dr Oglethorp, president of Magdalen College, Oxford, with his responses. 429-432 Nasmith The above articles with Dr. Oglethorp's answer to them in the margin, and his further defence annexed. 429-432 Note Cf. Bloxam Magd. Coll. Register, Vol. II, App. p. 318 Title Queries put to the corporation of Oxford relating to their petition to the king concerning the dissolution of several abbeys. 433-436 Nasmith Queries put to the corporation of Oxford relating to their petition (In Cranmer's hand). 433-436 Note Note written on the last page: Upon the end of this visitation Dr. Gualter Haddon was appointed president and Dr. Oglethorpe removed, who at queen Mary's time was restored: this Oglethorpe was after bishop of Carlisle.
TJames	vac.
Stanley	Misc. 8
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/hz275sd2138
Location	MS 127
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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