The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3Browne, Thomas, Sir
Religion
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3
Browne, Thomas, Sir
Christianity; Ethics; Religion and medicine
As of Bishop JOHANNES _de_ GRAY, who, as it is delivered, was interr'd
in this Church, was a Favourite of King _John_, and sent by him to the
Pope: He was also Lord Deputy of _Ireland_, and a Person of great
Reputation, and built _Gaywood Hall_ by _Lynn_.
As also of Bishop ROGER SKEREWYNG, in whose Time happened that bloody
Contention between the Monks and Citizens, begun at a Fair kept before
the Gate, when the Church was fir'd: To compose which King _Henry_ III.
came to _Norwich_, and _William de Brunham_, Prior, was much to blame.
See _Holingshead, etc._
Or, of Bishop WILLIAM MIDDLETON, who succeeded him, and was buried in
this Church; in whose Time the Church that was burnt while _Skerewyng_
sat was repair'd and consecrated, in the Presence of King _Edward_ I.
Or, of Bishop JOHN SALMON, sometime Lord Chancellor of _England_, who
died 1325, and was here interr'd, his Works were noble. He built the
great Hall in the Bishop's Palace; the Bishop's long Chappel on the
East-side of the Palace, which was no ordinary Fabrick; and a strong
handsom Chappel at the West End of the Church, and appointed four
Priests for the daily Service therein: Unto which great Works he was the
better enabled, by obtaining a Grant of the first Fruits from Pope
_Clement_.
Or, of Bishop THOMAS PERCY, Brother to the Earl of _Northumberland_, in
the reign of _Richard_ II. who gave unto a Chantry the Lands about
_Carlton_, _Kimberly_, and _Wicklewood_; in whose Time the Steeple and
Belfry were blown down, and rebuilt by him, and a Contribution from the
Clergy.
Or, of Bishop ANTHONY _de_ BECK, a Person of an unquiet Spirit, very
much hated, and poison'd by his Servants.
Or likewise, of Bishop THOMAS BROWNE, who being Bishop of _Rochester_,
was chosen Bishop of _Norwich_, while he was at the Council of _Basil_,
in the reign of King _Henry_ VI. was a strenuous Assertor of the Rights
of the Church against the Citizens.
Or, of Bishop WILLIAM RUGGE, in whose last Year happen'd _Kett's_
Rebellion, in the Reign of _Edward_ VI. I find his Name, _Guil.
Norwicensis_, among the Bishops, who subscribed unto a Declaration
against the Pope's Supremacy, in the Time of _Henry_ VIII.
Or, of Bishop JOHN HOPTON, who was Bishop in the Time of Queen _Mary_,
and died the same Year with her. He is often mentioned, together with
his Chancellor _Dunning_, by _John Fox_ in his Martyrology.
Or lastly, of Bishop WILLIAM REDMAN, of _Trinity College_ in
_Cambridge_, who was Archdeacon of _Canterbury_. His Arms are upon a
Board on the North-side of the Choir, near to the Pulpit.
Of the four Bishops in Queen _Elizabeth's_ Reign, _Parkhurst_, _Freake_,
_Scamler_ and _Redman_, Sir _John Harrington_, in his _History of the
Bishops_ in her Time, writeth thus; _For the four Bishops in the Queen's
Days, they liv'd as Bishops should do, and were not Warriours like
Bishop_ Spencer, _their Predecessor_.
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