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 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY St. Andrew's, Norwich ; ^ Richard Crashfield of Wymondham ; ^ Thomas Carman, who pledged Richard Crashfield at his burning ; ' John Noyes of Laxfield, shoemaker ; Cecily wife of Edward Ormes of St. Lawrence's parish ; * and Thomas Hudson of Aylesham, glover.' Thomas Rose, priest, was arraigned before Michael Dunning in 1556, for having preached and taught in the graveyard near the cathedral, and in other places in the city of Norwich,* against the doctrine of the Real Presence. He had been sent by the lieutenant of the Tower to the sheriff of Norfolk, who had orders to deliver him to the bishop that he might ' travayle to reduce him from his heresyes to the truth, otherwise to proceed against him according to the order of the laws.' ^ But he was committed to the care of Sir William Woodhouse, and escaped beyond seas, to return in Elizabeth's reign.' In October, 1553,' Sir William Fermour with others received orders taken from the parishes within the county of Norfolk, to such parishes from whence they were taken, and to send up such sums of money to the council for such goods as they have sold.' That all these changes were not accepted in Norfolk without a murmur is shown in the committal to the gatehouse of Thomas Cobbe*" of Binham, for his movin* of a seditious tumult in Norfolk. In the same month Sir Christopher Haydon, knt., was thanked ' for his diligent paynes taken in the trial out of a certain lewd talk in Norfolk';" and in July, 1556, Sir John Shelton is directed to advertise the earl of Sussex, now resident in Norfolk, of all things tending to the disquiet of the sheriff which he shall hear.^' Strype says that the earl of Sussex stirred up Hopton's zeal against heresy, and directed him to establish a system of espionage over those who propa- gated unsound doctrines.'^ In August, 1556, the earl was thanked for his diligence in apprehending such as spread abroad lewd and seditious reports.'* Six months after Queen Mary's death. Bishop Hopton died, heavily in debt. The dean and chapter elected Dr. Richard Cox to succeed him, 29 June, 1559, but on 28 July he was appointed to the see of Ely, and Bishop Parkhurst was not consecrated until i September, 1560. The choice of the dean and chapter had fallen on one of the most active of the minor English reformers, who, as one of the royal visitors in 1549, had swept the schools and colleges with destructive zeal, but Bishop Parkhurst was also a thoroughgoing supporter of the Reformation. On the accession of Queen Mary he had found it necessary to take refuge in Zurich, and the letters • written after his return show that a warm friendship existed between him and Rudolf Gualter and other Calvinistic divines. He found the see thoroughly disorganized, and many livings without incumbents. But his strong Calvinistic views were accompanied by a certain indolence of tempera- ment, and the laxity of his administration, as much as his encouragement of Nonconformist practices, brought upon him more than once the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth and of Archbishop Parker. He was hospitable and extravagant, and in 1572 lost so much money by the dishonesty of a servant, ' Foxe, Acts and Monuments, viii, 381. ' Ibid. 398. ' Ibid. 463. ' Ibid. 427. ' Ibid. 464. ' Harl. MSS. 42 1, fol. 188 (B.M.). ' Acts P.C. vi, 123. * Blomefield, iii, 276. ^ Acts P.C. iv, 354-5. "Ibid. V, 371, 22 Nov. 1553. " Ibid. V, 365. "Ibid.vi,3i6. "Cranmer, 525. " Acts P.C. vi, 333. 261
 * to redeliver such church goods as by them by virtue of a commission were