#john foxe

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The Arrest of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk - 07 Sep 1571

On This Day (07 Sep) in 1571, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was arrested on suspicion of high treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London, due to his involvement in the 'Ridolfi Plot' - a Catholic plot, aiming to free the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots and place her on the English throne, usurping Elizabeth I.

Norfolk's trial was held at Westminster Hall in Jan 1572, following which he found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death.

Following his arrest and imprisonment in the Tower of London, Norfolk was supported by his former tutor, martyrologist John Foxe.

John Foxe and the Howards

On This Day (18 April) in 1587, clergyman, historian, theologian and martyrologist John Foxe died at his London home on Grub Street, in the

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"Trouble me not, friar, I have confessed my sins to God, and obtained absolution through the merits of Jesus Christ."

John Foxe, "Foxe's Book of Martyrs"

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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I by Tracy Borman

So far the book reminded me to these insane things:

1 Stephen Gardiner forged a fake warrant to kill Elizabeth. And all he got for it was a slap on his wrist.

2 Anne tried to name her daughter Mary... These are my daughters Mary and Mary.

3 Thomas Howard and Anne Boleyn visited baby Elizabeth, and Norfolk slipped away to say hi to Mary.

4 The father of Jane Boleyn was some kind of scholar.

Bonus: Not from the book but recently hit me that John Foxe was in the Howard household (hired by Mary Howard) until Norfolk came out of the Tower. And one of his first things was to kick him out. Which is understandable.

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The Martyrdome of Hierome and his two companions in John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church (popularly known as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, John Day 1563)

The burning and hanging of Savonarola, together with two other friars, on 23rd May 1498, was represented in a small, evidently custom-made image that recalls that of the Lollards in 1414, likewise condemned for secular and spiritual transgression. While they are clearly distinguished by their dress from those earlier offenders, the illustrator has avoided portraying these religious with the characteristics (tonsure, fat girth etc) commonly assigned to members of religious orders. All three were too be seen as godly reformers. The scene is very different from the great display in the piazza in Florence as portrayed in Italy, showing the burning taking place in the civic centre on an impressive specially constructed platform. Note that this is the second illustration to depict the martyrs as apparently deceased (they all have their eyes closed), rather than at the point of suffering or prior to it.

from here

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Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold its own.

John Foxe

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"Aylmer’s suggestion that she imitate Elizabeth’s plain style of dress, and in the process made a point of snubbing the Princess Mary. Aylmer later recalled that Mary had sent one of her ladies to Jane with a set of fine clothes of “tinsel cloth of gold and velvet, laid over with parchment lace of gold.” New Year was the traditional time for such gifts. But Jane, looking at the magnificent gown, asked the gentlewoman brusquely: “What shall I do with it?” “Marry,” the woman replied, “wear it.” “Nay,” retorted Jane in her usual direct manner, “that would be a shame to follow my lady Mary against God’s Word, and leave my Lady Elizabeth who follows God’s Word.” Aylmer felt no small satisfaction over this incident, which, he must have felt, indicated how well Jane was responding to discipline." -Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle.

It was not uncommon for a girl as devout and self righteous as Jane to snub Mary nor Mary to feel hurt every time she mocked her or spoke behind her back. There is one incident where the Grey sisters and their mother visited Mary on Beaulieu in 1549 and Jane snubbed her. A year and a half later she did the same mocking Mary's traditional views of the host. "Is God there?" She asked one of her ladies and when this replied "yes." Jane said “how can that be, when the baker made it?!” with a derisive laugh. Foxe's Book of Martyrs even has Jane staunchly defending her beliefs when no one challenges her, and showing disgust at the Mass.

Foxe needs to be taken with a grain of salt. The book has a lot of exaggerations and lies, but some things are based on actual events. Mary did feelt hurt and angry at what Jane had done but by no means she stopped giving gifts or being nice to her in a failing attempt to win the young girl over. Jane however was convinced no good could come out of Mary, a woman whose faith she had been taught to despise. And when Mary sent her maid to deliver her gift of rich clothing she turned it away insisting she would opt for more proper outfits that downplayed her vanity, like lady Elizabeth's, Mary's sister.

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The burning of John Rogers - John Foxe