[70] Formularies of Faith, temp. Henry VIII., Oxford edition, 1825. Articles devised by the King’s Majesty to stablish Christian quietness and unity, and to avoid contentious opinions.
[71] Cromwell’s patent as lord privy seal is dated the 2d of July, 1536. On the 9th he was created Baron Cromwell, and in the same month vicegerent in rebus ecclesiasticis.
[72] The judgment of the convocation concerning general councils, July 20, 28 Henry VIII: Burnet’s Collectanea, p. 88.
[73] Burnet’s Collectanea, p. 89.
[74] The Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula was on the 1st of August. These injunctions could hardly have been issued before August, 1536; nor could they have been later than September. The clergy were, therefore, allowed nearly a year to provide themselves.
[75] Lewis’s History of the English Bible.
[76] Lewis’s History of the English Bible.
[77] The printing was completed in October, 1535.
[78] There is an excellent copy of this edition in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
[79] Preface to Coverdale’s Bible.