Excerpt from A Selection From the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England As touching the first count and education of John Bradford, he was born at anchestaer, in Lanca mhire. His parents did bring him up in learning fiom his infancy, until be attained such knowled in the Latin ton e, and in writing, that was able to gain is own living in some honest con dition; then he became servant to Sir John Har rington, Kut. Who in the great affairs of King Henry the Eighth and King Edward the Sixth, which he had in hand, when he was treasurer of the King's camps and buildings, at divers times in Bullonois, had such experience of Bradford's activity in writ ing, his expertness in the art of auditors, as also of his faithful trustiness, that not only in those afiitirs, but in many other of his private business, be trusted Bradford in such sort, that above all other he used his faithful service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.