Historical account of the origin and progress of St. Thomas's hospital, Southwark / By Benjamin Golding.

  • Golding, Benjamin, 1793-1863.
Date:
[1835?]
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Credit: Historical account of the origin and progress of St. Thomas's hospital, Southwark / By Benjamin Golding. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Peter, he put his intentions into execution anno 1533, and although excommunicated by Paul III.* (who * August 30th, 1535. he had adopted, soon raised himself to notice and clerical preferment. Cranmer publilhed an ingenious work in favour of His Majesty s di- vorce, and, with his book, went to Rome, where he offered to main- tain the invalidity of the king’s former marriage, by oral disputation, against any ecclesiastic whom the pontiff might choose to appoint. • He afterwards proceeded to Germany, as ambassador from Henry VIII. where he married a niece of Osiander of Nuremburg. On the death of Warham, he was raised to the vacant see of Can- terbury ; and two months after, [May 1533] he pronounced the di- vorce between his royal master and Catharine, and united the former to Anna Boleyn. Thus, at war with the Pope, he earnestly laboured for the advancement of the icformation, by the tranflation of the bible, and by inveighing against the vices of Rome In 1536, he had the ungracious office of disuniting Henry from his new queen, for the ad- vancement of a rival in the affections of that cruel and capricious monarch. Although Granmcr enjoyed the favour of his master, and had reason to dread his resentment, he yet was conscientious enough to oppose the manner in which Henry seemed inclined to appropriate the monas- tic confiscations. He suggested the laudable plan of converting these immense spoils for the advancement of literature and general know- ledge, by the allotment of liberal salaries to perpetual readers of divi- nity, in Greek and Hebrew, which he wished to see appointed in every cathedral in the kingdom. After the death of Cromwell he retired from public affairs ; but his influence was such, that he procured ihe passing of laws for promoting religion, and modifying ihe six articles which proved so obnoxious to the clergy. The Commons, however, severely reprobated his con- duct, till Henry interposed in his behalf. At the king’s death he was one of the regents of the kingdom, and periormed the coronation cere- mony to Edward VI. whose godfather he was. Cranmer now laboured assiduously in the reformation. The Homilies were composed, the six offensive articles were repealed, the communion was given in both kinds, the offices of the church were revised, the visitations of the clergy regularly enforced, and the book of the common prayer was established by law. The accession of Mary, however, soon threat- ened Cranmer with persecution. Though he originally opposed the succession of Lady Jane Gray to th • vacant throne which the pre- mature death of the young Edward had occasioned, he eventually espoused her cause, and the successful queen, after the dethrone- ment of Lady Jane, was so irritated at his conduct, that she sum- moned him before the council, and soon after had him sent to the tower He was attainted fur high treason [anno 1553] and found guilty ; but of this he was pardoned, and arraigned for heresy. He was soon afterwards removed, [April 1554] with Ridley aud Lali-