Excerpt from Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, Vol. 1: Shewing the Various Emergencies of the Church of England, Under King Henry the Eighth; With Remarks and Observations Made Occasionally, of Persons in the Church and State, of Eminent Note in That King's Reign But I mnfi let my Reader know3 that I did not intend, when I took thio Work in baadj to write a compleat Ecclefiafiical Hzflory under thofe Three Supreme Governor: of thio Land, and of all the Occurrence: and Event: of Religion and the Church in their Reigno. For that hath been done) or endeafvoured by fame Hijtorzographero already. Mine are only Ecclefiafiical Memorials 5 and intended but to [apply what hath been omit ted by them, or to refiify fame Mzflaheo, or sreprefentationo of Perform and Thing: Or to fill up and enlarge Matte, more briefly or imperfefily related in our pnbli/hed Hzflorief. Nor do I pretend to compleat thofe W ritingo. What I do if only to com manicate to the W orld what I have of thi; Sort of hzfioryj out of my Store, and to digefl thefe Notice; in their proper Placer, Chronologicallyfiont Tear to Tear, a; they occurred. Ely Defign being chiefly to bring to Light finch further Particularf, dj' I have found in state-papero, and Lettero, and recora'fj and many other Original mss. Of the befi Sort) after long and dili gent Conwerfe with them. 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.