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 A HISTORY OF LONDON the TV Deum laudamus, with song, and the organs playing, and all the bells ringing through London, and bonfires, and tables in every street.' "' The queen on her entry into London on 3 August was greeted by the citizens with tears of joy and shouts of ' God save her Grace ! ' '^"° Two days later Bishop Bonner was released from prison and escorted by ' divers bishops,' with ringing of bells and enthusiastic welcomes from the citizens, to his palace near St. Paul's. Dr. Cox, Dean of Westminster, was at the same time committed to the Marshalsea.'" Bishop Ridley, who had compromised himself by speaking in favour of Lady Jane Grey,^*" was already imprisoned in the Tower.^" On 8 August the body of Edward VI was removed without cross or light from Whitehall to Westminster, and there buried, the EngHsh Communion Office being used, and a sermon preached by the Bishop of Chichester.^^* The queen, however, attended a requiem mass for her brother.'" On Sunday, i 3 August, there was a riot at Paul's Cross. Mr. Bourne, who was preaching by the queen's command, alluded to the ' unjust imprison- ment ' of Bishop Bonner by the late king ; whereupon he was dragged out of the pulpit by some members of the audience, one of whom threw his dagger at him.'-* In consequence of this scene the queen issued a proclama- tion, warning the citizens to keep their servants and children in order at their peril, and forbidding any one to preach or lecture without royal permis- sion.'" Various ' seditious preachers ' were imprisoned,'-^ and the parson of St. Ethelburga's was set in the pillory with his ears nailed to it for speaking against the queen on this occasion. '^^ The preacher at Paul's Cross on the following Sunday was strongly guarded, and there was no further breach of the peace.''" Bishop Bonner on 1 8 August received from the queen letters forbidding controversial discussions and private interpretation of Scripture. ' Within a few weeks of Mary's accession mass was restored in several ot the London churches,"" ' not by commandment, but of the people's devotion.^ The Latin service ' after the Use of Sarum ' was said in St. Paul's before the end of August, and preparations were made to replace the high altar."* The cross in Cheapside was repaired,"^ and mass was said as of old at the election of the lord mayor on Michaelmas Day."* At the queen's coronation the old service was used, and crosses were carried in procession through the streets, all the clergy '" and choristers of St. Paul's being in attendance."' At the "' Machyn, Diary (Camd. Soc), 37. SeeMonum. Franc. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 242 ; Wriothesley, Chron. ii, 88-90. '"" Monum. Franc, ii, 244 ; Wriothesley, Chron. ii, 93-5. The cause of Lady Jane Grey appears to have been very unpopular amongst the citizens ; see Stow, Annals. '"Wriothesley, Chron. ii, 93-6 ; Machyn, Diary, 39. For Bonner's formal restoration, see Lond. Epis. Reg. Bonner, fol. 331. '•'Stow, Annalj ; Wriothesley, Chron. ii, 88 ; Hist. MSS. Com. Ref. iii, App. 237. '" Acts ofP.C. iv, 302 ; Monum. Franc, ii, 243. '"Machyn, Diary, 39 ; Monum. Franc, ii, 245. '"Stow, Annals. "' Monum. Franc, loc. cit. ; Machyn, Diary, 4 1 ; Stow, Annals. "'Acts ofP.C. iv, 317 ; Corp. Rec. Letter Bk. R, fol. 2693, 270 ; Journ. xvi, fol. 261*. ^''^ Acts ofP.C. iv, 321-2, 429. '"Wriothesley, Chron. ii, 100. He was deprived in 1554 ; Hennessy, Noz'um Repert. ^^ Monum. Franc, loc. cit. '" Lond. Epis. Reg. Bonner, fol. 402. "'Machyn, Diary, 42. '"Wriothesley, Chron. ii, loi ; Machyn, Diary, 43-4. '" Stow, Annals ; Monum. Franc, ii, 247, &c. "^ Machyn, Diary, 43-4. "' Sharpe, Lond. and the Kingd. i, 459 ; Corp. Rec. Repert. xiii. fol. %b ; Christie, Parish Clerks, 126. "' Except those who were married. ^'^ Monum. Franc, loc. cit. ; Machyn, Diary, 44-6 ; Stow, Annals. 298