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Title: The western rebellion of 1549 : an account of the insurrections in Devonshire and Cornwall against religious innovations in the reign of Edward VI
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Rose-Troup, Frances James, 1859-
Subjects: Reformation
Publisher: London : Smith, Elder
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ed and climbed the ladder to the gibbet, pausinga moment for silent prayer, for probably spiritualconsolation was denied them, they were presently sus-pended for a brief period, and then, while still living,they were cut down and the rest of their terrible sentencewas completed. Their heads and quarters were after-wards set upon the gates of the City of London.2 So ended in the horrors of a traitors death theirunsuccessful efforts to maintain the religion in whichthey had been nurtured, and their attempts to resist theradical changes made by the members of the KingsCouncil. Their fellow-prisoners, the Rev. John Moreman andthe Rev. Richard Crispyn, remained confined in theTower somewhat longer. The latter is believed to havedied there ; his will, dated the 9th September, 1551,was proved on the 10th December following ; in it heleaves to his companion, Moreman, certain legacies, in-cluding a covered silver cup. Although the Doctor was 1 Commonwealth, p. 204. 2 Wriothesley, Chron. p. 32.
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