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 of Dr. Saunder's “Causes of Transubstantiation,”’ 1567, 4to; (6) ‘A True Report of the Disputation … held in the Tower of London with Edmund Campion, Jesuite,’ 31 Aug. 1581, 1583, 4to (Nos. 3–6 in Brit. Mus.); (7) Sermon preached 11 Jan. 1563, ap. Catechism, ed. Corrie (Parker Soc.); (8) ‘Carmina duo in obitum Buceri,’ ap. ‘Buceri Scripta Anglicana,’ p. 910 (reprinted in, Life, p. 391); (9) ‘Carmen in mortem J. Juelli,’ at end of Lawrence Humphrey's ‘Life of Jewell,’ 1573; (10) Commendatory verses in Cooper's ‘Thesaurus,’ 1565, and in Parkhurst's ‘Juvenilia,’ 1573; (11) Letters printed in whole or part by Strype and Churton. There are manuscripts by Nowell in the Lansdowne MSS., British Museum, and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and ‘Notes of his Sermons by a Hearer’ in the Bodleian. His manuscript theological common-place book (fol.) is in Chetham's Library.

Nowell published three catechisms which hold an important place in the religious history of England. Some confusion has been made between them. In this attempt to exhibit their bibliography B. N. C. stands for Brasenose College, and when no place of publication is noted, supply London: (1) The ‘Large Catechism’ was written by Nowell ‘at the request of some great persons in the church,’ not merely for the use of the young, but to be a fixed standard of doctrine in order to silence those who asserted that ‘the Protestants had no principles’ (Life of Parker, i. 403). When Nowell sent the manuscript to Cecil in 1563, he stated that it had been ‘approved and allowed’ by the clergy of convocation (Annals, i. 526). In its compilation he appears to have been indebted to the ‘Short Catechism’ published by the king's authority in 1553, and to Calvin's catechism. The catechism of 1553 has itself been ascribed to Nowell (Memorials, i. 590, ii. 25), but should be ascribed to John Poynet [q. v.], bishop of Winchester (, Script. Brit. Cat. 8th cent. p. 92). Calvin's catechism is that referred to by Churton as H. Stephens's; Stephens was, however, only responsible for the Greek translation. Nowell's larger catechism was appointed by the university of Oxford to be read in 1578, and the study of it was enjoined at Cambridge by Sir Christopher Hatton in 1589, and Bancroft (afterwards archbishop) when each was chancellor (, Annals). It was written in Latin, and was translated into Greek by Nowell's nephew, William Whitaker [q. v.], and into English by Thomas Norton [q. v.] The original manuscript, with the counter-signatures of the two archbishops, Parker and Grindal, written by a copyist, but with the author's corrections, is at Brasenose College, Oxford. It was published, with a dedication to the archbishops and bishops, under the title ‘Catechismus, sive prima Institutio Disciplinaque Pietatis Christianæ,’ and has appeared in the following editions: (1) (α) 1570, 16 June, Reginald Wolf, 4to, contains no matter about confirmation, and has list of errata at end, in Bodl., Balliol Coll., B. N. C.; (β) 1570, 16 June, reissue with confirmation matter, and without list of errata, Bodl. and Chetham's; (2) (α) 1571, 30 May, Wolf, 4to, Bodl., B. N. C.; (β) reissue same year, no further date, Bodl., B. N. C.; (3) 1572, Wolf, 4to, Bodl. and in 1844 the president of Magd. Hall, Oxf. (Jacobson); (4) 1573, Wolf, the first edition with Whitaker's Greek text, Greek dedication to Cecil, and iambics to reader, 8vo, Brit. Mus., Bodl., B. N. C., elsewhere; (5) 1574, J. Day, 4to, Bodl., B. N. C.; (6) 1576, J. Day, 4to, B. N. C.; (7) 1577, J. Day, with a second Greek edition, 12mo (Lowndes). Strype (Annals, i. 525) notes an edition of 1578, but this is not known, and is held to be doubtful (but see, ed. Herbert, p. 1653); (8) 1580, J. Day, 4to, Bodl., Magd. Coll. Oxf.; (9) 1590, 8vo (Lowndes); (10) 1603, 8vo (Lowndes); (11, 13) in Randolph's ‘Enchiridion Theologicum,’ 1st ed. vol. ii. 1792, 12mo, 2nd ed. vol. i. 1812, 8vo; (12) 1795, Oxf., 8vo, edited by Dr. William Cleaver [q. v.], then bishop of Chester, for the use of undergraduates at B. N. C., and candidates for orders in the diocese of Chester; (14) In ‘Collectanea Theologica,’ 1816, 12mo, edited by W. Wilson, for use at St. Bees; (15) with other matter in a catechism by Dr. Mill, Sibpur, India, 1825, 8vo; (16) 1830, 12mo, with Cleaver's notes; (17, 18) 1835, Oxf., 8vo, ed. William Jacobson [q. v.] with ‘Life of A. N.,’ 2nd ed. 1844, 8vo.

The English translation of the ‘Larger Catechism’ with title ‘A Catechisme or first Instruction and Learning of Christian Religion, by T. Norton,’ was published: (1) 1570, J. Day, 4to, in Bodl., B. N. C.; (2) 1571, J. Day, 4to, Brit. Mus., Bodl., B. N. C.; (3) 1573, J. Day, 4to, Brit. Mus., Bodl.; (4) 1575, J. Day, 4to, Brit. Mus., Bodl., (5) in ‘Fathers of the English Church,’ vol. viii. edited by Legh Richmond, 1807, 8vo; (6) 1846, by Prayer-book and Homily Soc., 8vo; (7) 1851, 12mo; (8) 1853, Cambridge, ed. Corrie, with sermon of 11 Jan. 1563, for Parker Soc., 8vo. Also in Welsh, 1809, Cleaver's edition, Dinbych, 12mo.

In the preface to his larger catechism, Nowell declared his intention of bringing out an abridgment of it as soon as possible.