The English Black Monks of St Benedict a Sketch of Their History From the Com
The English Black Monks of St Benedict a Sketch of Their History From the Com
Taunton, Ethelred L. (Ethelred Luke), 1857-1907
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3 Morris' The Troubles of our Catholic Forefathers, second series, pp. 239, 240. 220 THE ENGLISH BLACK' MONKS Wisbeach, George Carleton and Humphrey Michell, to the Privy Council (Oct i6, 1580)/ in which they report the recusants as being eight in number. "The bishop of Ely has appointed a preacher, Dr. William Fulke, a puritan; but the prisoners refuse to attend his sermons or prayers, saying that they are not of our church, and they will neither hear, pray, nor yet confer with us of any matte...r concerning religion. " The keepers mention that, according to instructions they had received, all books " saving the canonical scriptures and the allowed writers " have been taken away from the prisoners, to the great grief of their hearts. They end up by asking whether the permission of taking meals in com- mon may be withdrawn. This durance did not extinguish Fecknam's bene- volence nor his desire of doing good all round. Here, at Wisbeach, he paid for the repairing of the road, and also erected a public market-cross in the town.^ But the life of this venerable confessor was drawing to a close.
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