Reference
OR1049
Title
Articles objected by his majesty’s commissionaires for ecclesiastical causes against Thomas Whitbie, vicar of Podington, and John Noke, parson of Wymington; 18 heads.
Date free text
After September 1616.
Production date
From: 1616 To: 1616
Scope and Content
1 – 7 refer to Whitbie’s defamation of William Payne and Richard Child.
8 - 9 to his views on St. Peter and St. John.
10 to his doctrine that bishops may excommunicate kings.
11 – 13 to his conduct of the parish, neglect to wear a surplice, or to teach the catechism, etc.;
14 - 18 to Noke’s drunkenness, dishonesty and unruliness.
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