Great Britain -- History -- Mary I, 1553-1558; Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558
[Footnote 105: Some of the Protestant bishops
(Cranmer, Hooper, Ridley, and Ferrars were
admirable exceptions) had taken care of themselves
in the seven years of plenty. At the time of the
deposition of the Archbishop of York an inventory
was taken of the personal property which was then
in his possession. He had five houses, three very
well provided, two meetly well. At his house at
Battersea he had, of coined gold, L300; plate gilt
and parcel gilt, 1600 oz. Mitre, gold, with two
pendants set with very fine diamonds, sapphires,
and balists, and other stones and pearls, weight
125 oz.; six great gold rings, with very fine
sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, turquoises. "At
Cawood he had of money L900; mitres, 2. Plate gilt
and parcel gilt, 770 oz; broken cross of silver
gilt, 46 oz.; two thousand five hundred sheep; two
Turkey carpets, as big and as good as any subject
had; a chest full of copes and vestments. Household
stores: wheat, 200 quarters; malt, 500 quarters;
oats, 60 quarters; wine, five or six tuns; fish and
ling, six or seven hundred; horses at Cawood, four
or five score; harness and artillery sufficient for
seven score men."--Strype's _Crammer_, vol. i. p.
440.]
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