The book of obits and martyrology of the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin / Edited from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, by John Clarke Crosthwaite ... With an introduction, by James Henthorn Todd.

Date:
1844
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Credit: The book of obits and martyrology of the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin / Edited from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, by John Clarke Crosthwaite ... With an introduction, by James Henthorn Todd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To complete the history of the Baculus, the following document, recording its miraculous preservation in the year 1461, is here given from the Black Book of Christ Church, fol. 214, a: “ Memorandum, quod Anno Domini M°.cccclxj, in vigilia Sancte Margarete virginis corruit magna fenestra in parte orientali ecclesie Sancte Trinitatis Dublin, ex grandi tempestate quae ea nocte fieri contingebat. Et lapides ejus- dam fienestre rumpebant plura scrinia et sistas in quibus erant custodita jocalia et reliquie necnon ornamenta et vestimenta altaris, carte, scripture, et plura munimenta eidem loci [.vie] pertinencia, et fundacionem eorum concernencia, et multa dampna priori et conventui ejusdem loci faciebat, tarn in vestimentis et ornamentis ecclesie, quam in reliquiis et jocalibus ut prsedicitur. Et plures moter of the Reformation) to Cromwell, dated June 20 in that very year, in which he denies all intention of destroying the images, although he admits that he would willingly see them removed. He says: “ Theise shalbe to advertise you, for that I endevor my selfF, and also cause others of my clergie, to preache the Gospell of Christe, and to sett forthe the Kinges causes, there goitlie a commen brewte amonges the Yrish men, that I intende to ploke downe Our Lady of Tryme, with other places of pilgramages, as the Holy Crosse, and souch like; which in deade I never attempted, although my conscience wolde right well serve me to oppresse souche ydolles.” Another letter, dated 1 oth August in the same year, from Thos. Allen to Cromwell, speaks of the image of Trim as still standing, “ They thre” [viz. Abp. Brown, Mr. Treasurer, and the Mas- ter of the Rolls] “ wold not come in the chapell, where the Idoll of Tryrn stode, to thintent they wold not occasion the carte people; notwithstanding, my Lord De- putie, veray devoutely kneeling befor Hir, hard thre or fower masses.” Ibid. p. 103. It is not easy to reconcile these state- ments with the Annalists; especially as it is evident from all the State Papers of the time, that the Lord Deputy, Lord Leonard Grey, was far from being favourable to the Reformation. On the 5th of April, 1538, Agard wrote to Cromwell: “For excepte it be the Archebyschope of Dub- lyn, whiche dothe here in preching sett forthe Godes Worde, with dew obedyence to ther Prynce, and my good Lorde Butler, the Master of the Rolles, Mr Thezaurer, and on or 2 mow, whiche are of smalle re- pytachons, here is ellys noon, from the hyeste, maye abyde the heryng of liitt, spi- rituall, as they call them, nor temperall; and in espechiall, they that here rewle all, that be the temperall laweers, which have the Kinges fee.” State Papers, vol. ii. part iii. p. 570.