Maurice Chauncy: Historia Martyrum Angliae, c 1550
Scope and Contents
(1) ‘De martirio Johannis Fisher episcopi Roffensis’; (2) ‘De D. Thomæ Mori captivitate, bonorum confiscatione et ultimo supplicio propter confessionem veritatis’ (‘Thomas Morus non ita pridem ...’); (3) ‘De Reginaldi theologi martyrio responsis et sententia mortis propter fidem ecclesiæ’ (‘Anno dni 1535, die ...’); (4) ‘De crudeli mactacione diversorum pro veritatis testimonio’ (‘Prior Londoniensis Carthusiæ accessit ...’); (5) ‘Passio 18 Carthusianorum in regno Angliæ, qui pro eo quod scismati adherere, et ab unitate ecclesiæ Catholicæ segregare nolebant semetipsos crudeliter martyrisati sunt’ (‘Postquam omnipotenti deo placuit somnium dare ...’).
Dates
- Creation: c 1550
Creator
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Extent
1 volume(s) (37 leaves)
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’), no. 869.
Physical Description
Paper.
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