Produced by Paul Dring, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE FALL OF WOLSEY TO THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH. BY JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, M.A. LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. VOLUME II. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY. 1872. [Illustration: Charles Scribner and Co of No 654 Broadway New York have authority from me to publish all works which I have chiefly written and may hereafter write. J A Froude. London. Jan. 29. 1871.] CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. CHAPTER VI. THE PROTESTANTS. PAGE The Lollards 16 Presentation to Religious Benefices in the Fourteenth Century 17 Statutes of Provisors 21 Rise of the Lollards 25 John Wycliffe 26 Theory of Property 28 Insurrection of Wat Tyler 29 Wycliffe's Influence declines 30 Death of Wycliffe 31 Insurrection of Oldcastle 34 Close of the Lollard Movement 35 New Birth of Protestantism 37 The Christian Brothers 38 Luther 39 Multiplication of Testaments 40 William Tyndal 41 The Antwerp Printing-Press 42 The Christian Brothers 43 Wolsey's Persecutions 49 Story of Anthony Dalaber 57 Escape of Garret 69 Perplexity of the Authorities 70 The Ports are set for Garret's Capture 71 Garret goes to Bristol, and is taken 72 The Investigation at Oxford 73 Doctor London's Intercession 74 The Bishop of Lincoln 75 Oxford is Purged 76 Temper of the Protestants 77 The Fall of Wolsey brings no Relief 78 Sir Thomas More as Chancellor 79 Contrast between Wolsey and More 88 Martyrdom of Bilney 89