See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• THOMAS BILNEY (d. 1531)

BILNEY (d. 1531)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at or near See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich . The exact date of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth is uncertain, but at all events it was not before 1495 . He was educated at Trinity See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, graduating LL.B. and taking See also:

• HOLY

holy orders in 1519 . Finding no See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction in the See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• SYSTEM

system of the schoolmen, he turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the edition of the New Testament published by See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus in 1516 . " Immediately," he records, " I See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt a marvellous comfort and quietness." The Scriptures now became his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief study, and his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence led other See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Cambridge men to think along the same lines . Among his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends were See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker, the future See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, and See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• LATIMER, HUGH (c. 1490-1555)

Latimer . Latimer, previously a strenuous conservative, was completely won over, and a warm friendship sprang up between him and See also:

• BILNEY, THOMAS (d. 1531)

Bilney . " By his See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession," said Latimer, "I learned more than in twenty years before." In 1525 Bilney obtained a See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence to preach through-out the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . He denounced See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint and relic See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, together with pilgrimages to See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham and Canterbury, and ,refused to accept the See also:

• MEDIATION (Lat. medius, middle)

mediation of the See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints . The diocesan authorities raised no objection, for, despite his reforming views in these directions, he was to the last perfectly orthodox on the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, the See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass, the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

• TRANSUBSTANTIATION

transubstantiation and the authority of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church . But See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey took a different view . In 1526 he appears to have summoned Bilney before him .

On his taking an See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath that he did not hold and would not disseminate the doctrines of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther, Bilney was dismissed . But in the following See also:

• YEAR

year serious objection was taken to a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of sermons preached by him in and near See also:

• LONDON

London, and he was arrested and imprisoned in the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower . Arraigned before Wolsey, See also:

• WARHAM, WILLIAM (c. 1450-1532)

Warham, archbishop of Canterbury, and several bishops in the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, he was convicted of See also:

• HERESY

heresy, See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence being deferred while efforts were made to induce him to recant, which eventually he did . After being kept for more than a year in the Tower, he was released in 1529, and went back to Cambridge . Here he was overcome with remorse for his See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

apostasy, and after two years determined to preach again what he had held to be the truth . The churches being no longer open to him, he preached openly in the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, finally arriving • in Norwich, where the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Nix, caused him to be arrested . Articles were See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up against him by See also:

• CONVOCATION
• CONVOCATION (Lat. convocatio, a calling together)

Convocation, he was tried, degraded from his orders and handed over to the See also:

• CIVIL

civil authorities to be burned . The sentence was carried out in London on the 19th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1531 . A See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary inquiry was threatened into this See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, not because See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament approved of Bilney's doctrine but because it was alleged that Bilney's See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution had been obtained by the ecclesiastics without the proper authorization by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . In 1534 Bishop Nix was condemned on this See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge to the See also:

• CONFISCATION (from Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial treasury)

confiscation of his See also:

• PROPERTY

property . The significance of Bilney's execution lies in the fact that on essential points he was an orthodox See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic . See Letters and Papers of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII. vols. iv.-v.; See also:

• FOXE, JOHN (1516-1587)

Foxe's Acts and Monuments; See also:

• GAIRDNER, JAMES (1828– )

Gairdner's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Church; See also:

• POLLARD, EDWARD ALBERT (1828–1872)

Pollard's Henry VIII .

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