Queen of Richard u. -^ Richard u. — Various Noblemen and

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CHAPTER XL

Pagb

Proceeding agunst tlie Wiclifites— PetitioD to pBrriatmeiit on the
part of the Lollards— Turbulence of the Lollards— Kine Richard IL
requested to return from Ireland to the Succour of ue Church —
He returns accordingly, and menaces the patrons oflioUardism —
Letter of Pope Boniface IX.— Certain positions o£ Wiclif con-
demned at Oxford— Statute de Heretico Comburendo— William
flautrd, the first victim of this law — ^Proceedings of Archbidiop
Arundel— 4!]k>ntinued violence of the Lollards— Law, compelling
aU persons in Civil office to take an oath aeainst Lmardism— &)«
quisitorial Constitution of Archbishop Chicheley— Efiect of theser
severities— Bishop Pccoclc writes agamst the LolIardB->He defend»
the Bishops— His " Repressor"— His " Treatise of Faith"— He cen-
sores the preaching of the Mendicants— He maintains the suffi-
ciency of the ScripturecL and questions the prudence of relyioe on
the infallibility ofthe Cnurch— For iheee opinions he is fotfoiodea
the King's presence, and ei^lled from the House of Lords— He is
convened before the Archbishop fiir heresy— Abjnres— Is impri*
soned for life in Thomey Abbey— Peraecuti<»i of (he Lollards re-
newed Under Henry Vli.— Martyrdom of Joanna Batughtoii— Mar>
tyrdora of Tylsworth— Bishop Nix— Inhumanity towards those
who abjured-^These cruelties eventually fata] to the Papacy in
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CHAPTER XQ.
The Writings of WidlC 3»

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LIFE OP WIOLIP,



IN*rRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
