death of Dr Tonstall, to divide the rich see of Durham into two, Mr Grindal was nominated for one of these, and would have obtained it, had not one of the courtiers got the whole bishopric dissolved, and settled as a temporal estate upon himself. In the year 1558, he fied from the persecution under Q. Mary into Germany, and settling at Strasburg, made himself master of the German tongue, in order to preach in the churches there: And in the disputes that happened at Frankfort about a new model of government and form of worship, varying from the last liturgy of K. Edward, he sided with Dr Cox and others against John Knox and his followers. One of Grindal's great businesses now was to collect together the writings and stories of the learned and pious sufferers in England, and to publish them: For which purpose he had a great correspondence here. In the year 1555, had come to his hands Ridley's Disputations at Oxford; also Marcus Antonius Constantius's Objections to archbishop Cranmer's book against Stephen bishop of Winchester, and the answers to those objections, which were either framed by the said archbishop, or Ridley, in prison: And a treatise in English against transubstantiation, which was Ridley's. This last, by the counsel of Grindal and others, was resolved to be put into Latin; and so it was. But these writings Grindal with his friends there made some stop to put in print as yet, lest it might irritate the enemies of those holy men then in captivity; and therefore reckoned it better to defer it for a while. And concerning this, Grindal being now at Frankfort, and having an opportunity here, sent a letter to the said bishop Ridley, to know his pleasure herein. And because in the letter are other matters relating to the present state of the exiles, I shall here insert it; and the rather, because the answer to it from Ridley is preserved in Fox, and mention only made of this letter. Gratiam & consolationem à Domino, & Servatore nostro ( "SIR, I have often been desirous to have written to દ you, and to have heard from you, but the iniquity of "the times hath hitherto always put me forth of all hope "and comfort. Now at this present GOD seemeth to "offer some likelihood, that these might come to your "hands "hands, which I thought to use, referring the rest to "GOD's disposition. Your present state, not I only "(who of all other am most bound) but also all other our "brethren here, do most heartily lament, as joyned with "the most miserable captivity that ever any church of "Christ hath suffered. Notwithstanding, we geve GOD "most humble thanks, for that he hath so strengthened "you and others, your concaptives, to profess a good "profession before so many witnesses. And I doubt no"thing, but that he that hath called you and them not "only to believe upon hym, but also to suffer for hym, "doth not leave you destitute of that unspeakable com"fort, which he useth to minister abundantly to his in "the schole of the cross. He graunte that his name may "be glorified in you, whether it be by life or death, as "may be most to his honour, and your everlasting con"solation! "Sir, I thought it good to advertise you partely of our "state in these partes. We be here dispersed in divers "and several places. Certayne be at Tigurye, good stu"dents of either university a number; very well entreated "of maister Bullinger, of the other ministers, and of the "whole citye. Another number of us remayne at Argen"tine, and take the commodity, of maister Martyr's les"sons, who is a very notable father. Maister Scory, and "certayne other with hym be in Frysland, and have an "English church there, but not very frequent. The greatest "number is at Frankford, where I was at this present by "occasion; a very fayre city, the magistrates favourable "to our people, with so many other commodities as exiles "can well look for. Here is also a church; and now (GOD "be thanked) well quieted by the prudency of maister "Coxe, and other which met here for that purpose. So "that now we trust GOD hath provided, for such as will "flye forth of Babylon, a resting place, where they may "truly serve hym, and hear the voice of their true pastor. "I suppose in one place and other dispersed, there be well "nigh an hundreth students and ministers on this side the Such a Lord is GOD to work dyversly in his, "according to his unsearchable wisdom, who knoweth "best what is in Man. ❝seas. "We have also here certayne copies of your aunswers "in the disputation. Item Antoniana Objecta cum Respon"sione: The treatise in English against transubstantia ❝tion, "tion, which in tyme shall be translated into Latine. It "hath bene thought best not to print them till we see "what God will do with you, both for incensyng of "their malicious fury, and also for restraining you and "others from writing hereafter; which should be a "greater loss to the church of Christ, than forbearing of "these for a tyme. If I shall know your will to be other"wise in it, the same shall be followed. This much I "thought good to let you understand concerning these "matters, and concerning the poor state of men here. "Who most earnestly and incessantly do cry unto GOD "for the delivery of his church, to behold the causes of "the afflicted, and to hear the groans of hys imprisoned : "Knowing that you, who in this state have more familiar "access unto GOD, do not forget us. "GOD comfort you, ayd you, and assist you with his Spirit and grace, to continue his unto the end, to the "glory of his name, the edification of his church, and the "subversion of antichrist's kyngdom. Amen." From Frankford, the 6th of May, 1555. E. G. Whilst Grindal remained in these parts, he took occasion to visit some places of eminency in Germany, as did the other exiles commonly. One of those places which he saw was Spires; where he was courteously entertained and harboured by one Leach a Scotchman: To whom he afterwards shewed himself a true friend in his necessity, by interposing seasonably for him to the secretary of state, when by false witness he was in very great danger in Ire land. The other great work our painful countryman laboured in this time of his exile, in conjunction with Mr Fox, was the History of the Persecutions of the Church of Christ, and especially in the latter times of it. Many accounts of the acts and disputations, of the sufferings and ends of the godly men under Q. Mary, came from time to time to Grindal's hands; who had a correspondence with several in England for that end and purpose; and as they came to his hand, he conveyed them to Fox. Nor did he only do this; but withal frequently gave Fox his thoughts concerning them, and his instructions and counsels about them; always shewing a most tender regard to truth; and suspending upon common reports and and relations brought over, till more satisfactory evidence came from good hands. And because a complete account of all particulars of those that suffered in that sharp persecution, could not so soon be procured, he advised Fox, for the present, to print separately the acts of some particular men, of whom any sure and authentic relations came to hand: And that a larger and completer history of these martyrs should be printed together afterwards, when he should be supplied with fuller accounts of the whole persecutions. And, finally, that his history might be both in Latin and English, for the more general benefit. In short, by what appears from Grindal's and Fox's own letters, he was an earnest assistant in compiling Fox's Martyrology; both by his continual counsel, and by supplying him with materials for it; much whereof he sent him drawn up, and methodized by his own pen in English; and Fox's work was chiefly to translate into Latin. And by his advice also, Fox published there at Basil many examinations and histories of the English bishops and divines at sundry times in single pieces, soon after their respective martyrdoms. And it was his advice to Fox, to digest them altogether in a more large volume; but thought not convenient, that he should make too much haste to put it forth, till he could make the relations of the persecution more full and complete, and might obtain more certainty of truth to depend upon. : We will only add of Grindal, with respect to Fox's work; that he also supplied him with collections of matters, that happened before these times, of which one was so remarkable, that by setting Grindai's name under it, he might acknowledge whence he had the relation. The passage is concerning the death of the pious Mr Stafford, reader of divinity in Cambridge, about 1528, when religion first began to shew itself there. The story was this There was one there of great fame for his skill in the black art (as it was called,) and therefore was commonly called Sir Henry Conjurer. This man at last fell sick of the plague; out of compassion to whose soul at this time, that good man ventured his own life by resorting to him; and there so effectually argued with him of his former wicked life and practices, that he brought him to repentance, and caused all his books upon the subject of divi nation nation to be burnt before his face. Thus he endeavoured to save that man's soul, though he lost his own life by it: For he got the infection, went home and died. To this story are subjoined these words, Ex Testimonio D. Ridlei Edmundi Episc. Lond. The meaning whereof I suppose was, that Ridley might have told this to his chaplain Grindal, and he to Fox. Grindal, returning to England on the accession of Q. Elizabeth, was employed, among others, in drawing up the new liturgy to be presented to the queen's first parliament, and was also one of the eight Protestant divines chosen to hold a public dispute with the popish prelates about that time. His talent for preaching was likewise very serviceable, and he was generally appointed to that duty before the queen, privy council, &c. on all public occasions. At the same time, he was appointed one of the commissioners in the north, on the royal visitation for restoring the supremacy of the crown, and the Protestant faith and worship. This visitation extended also to Cambridge, where Dr Young being removed, for refusing the oath of supremacy, from the mastership of Pembroke-Hall, Mr Grindal was chosen by the fellows to succeed him, in 1559. Particularly he was for having his church there under the government of a single person superior to the rest, and not several, all of equal dignity and power; and for this purpose, he wrote to Scory, afterwards bishop of Hereford, then an exile at Embden, to go to Frankfort and govern the English church there. In July the same year, he was nominated to the bishopric of London, vacant by the deposition of Dr Bonner. The juncture was very critical, and the fate of the church's revenues depended upon the event. An act of parliament had lately passed, by which her majesty was empowered to exchange the ancient epsicopal manors and lordships for tithes and impropriations. This was extremely regretted by these first bishops, who scrupled whether they should comply in a point so injurious to the revenue of their respective sees, which must suffer considerably by these exchanges; and which too would cut off all hope of restoring the tithes, so long unjustly detained from the respective churches, for the maintenance of the incumbents. In this important point, our new nominated bishop consulted Peter Martyr, in a letter dated in August |