See also:

• FRITH (or FRYTH), JOHN (c. 1503-1533)
• FRITH, WILLIAM POWELL (1818-19og)

FRITH (or FRYTH), See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN (c. 1503-1533)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English Reformer and See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Westerham, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent . He was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, where See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner, afterwards 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 of See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, was his See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor . At the invitation of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey, after taking his degree he migrated (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1525) to the newly founded college of St Frideswide or Cardinal College (now See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ 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), See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . The sympathetic See also:

• INTEREST

interest which he showed in the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany caused him to be suspected as a heretic, and led to his imprisonment for some months . Subsequently he appears to have resided chiefly at the newly founded Protestant university of See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg, where he became acquainted with several scholars and reformers of See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note, especially See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton (q.v.) . See also:

• FRITH (or FRYTH), JOHN (c. 1503-1533)
• FRITH, WILLIAM POWELL (1818-19og)

Frith's first publication was a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of Hamilton's Places, made shortly after the martyrdom of its author; and soon afterwards the See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

Revelation of See also:

• ANTICHRIST (avrixpu ros)

Antichrist, a translation from the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, appeared, along with A Pistle to the Christen Reader, by " See also:

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

Richard Brightwell " (supposed to be Frith), and An See also:

• ANTITHESIS (the Greek for " setting opposite ")

Antithesis wherein are compared togeder Christes Actes and our Holye See also:

• FATHER

Father the Popes, dated " at Malborow in the lande of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse," 12th See also:

• JULY

July 1529 . His Disputacyon of Purgatorye, a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise in three books, against See also:

• RASTELL (or RASTALL), JOHN (d. 1536)
• RASTELL, WILLIAM (c. 1508-1565)

Rastell, See also:

• SIR

Sir T . More and See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher (bishop of See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester) respectively, was published at the same See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in 1531 . While at Marburg, Frith also assisted See also:

• TYNDALE (or TINDALE), WILLIAM (c. 1492-1536)

Tyndale, whose acquaintance he had made at Oxford (or perhaps in See also:

• LONDON

London) in his See also:

• LITERARY

literary labours . In 1532 he ventured back to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, apparently on some business in connexion with the See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior of See also:

• READING

Reading . Warrants for his See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest were almost immediately issued at the instance of Sir T . More, then See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor .

Frith ultimately See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the authorities at See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton See also:

• SHORE

Shore in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, as he was on the point of making his See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape to See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . The rigour of his imprisonment in the See also:

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

Tower was somewhat See also:

• ABATED

abated when Sir T . See also:

• AUDLEY, or AUDELEY, SIR JAMES (c. 1316-1386)
• AUDLEY, THOMAS AUDLEY, BARON (c. 1488-1544)

Audley succeeded to the chancellorship, and it was understood that both See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell and See also:

• CRANMER, THOMAS (1489-1556)

Cranmer were disposed to show See also:

• GREAT

great leniency . But the treacherous circulation of a See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript lytle treatise " on the sacraments, which Frith had written for the See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information of a friend, and without any view to publication, served further to excite the hostility of his enemies . In consequence of a See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon preached before him against the " sacramentaries," the king ordered that Frith should be examined; he was afterwards tried and found guilty of having denied, with regard to the doctrines of See also:

• PURGATORY (Late Lat. purgatorium, from purgare, to purge)

purgatory and of See also:

• TRANSUBSTANTIATION

transubstantiation, that they were necessary articles of faith . On the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1533 he was handed over to the See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm, and at Smithfield on the 4th of July following he was burnt at the stake . During his captivity he wrote, besides several letters of interest, a reply to More's See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter against Frith's " lytle treatise "; also two tracts entitled A See also:

• MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

Mirror or See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

Glass to know thyself, and A Mirror or Looking-glass wherein you may behold the See also:

• SACRAMENT

Sacrament of See also:

• BAPTISM

Baptism . Frith is an interesting and so far important figure in English ecclesiastical See also:

• HISTORY

history as having been the first to maintain and defend that See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine regarding the sacrament of Christ's See also:

• BODY

body and See also:

• BLOOD

blood, which ultimately came to be incorporated in the English communion See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . Twenty-three years after Frith's See also:

• DEATH

death as a martyr to the doctrine of that office, that " Christ's natural body and blood are in See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

Heaven, not here," Cranmer, who had been one of his See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, went to the stake for the same belief . Within three years more, it had become the publicly professed faith of the entire English nation . See A. a See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, Athenae Oxonienses (ed . P .

See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

Bliss, 1813), I. p . 74; See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FOXE, JOHN (1516-1587)

Foxe, Acts and Monuments (ed . G . See also:

• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES (1725-1767)
• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT (1674-1738)
• TOWNSHEND, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, 1ST MARQUESS (1724-1807)

Townshend, 1843-1849), v. pp . 1-16 (also See also:

• INDEX

Index); G . See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet, Hist. of the Reformation of the Church of England (ed . N . See also:

• POCOCK, SIR GEORGE (1706-1792)

Pocock, 1865), i. p . 273; L . See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, The Fathers of the English Church, i . (1807) ; See also:

• LIFE

Life and Martyrdom of John Frith (London, 1824), published by the Church of England See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

Tract Society; See also:

• DEBORAH (Heb. for " bee ")

Deborah See also:

• ALCOCK, JOHN (c. 1430–1500)
• ALCOCK, SIR RUTHERFORD (1809–1897)

Alcock, Six Heroic Men (1906) .