John Strype, "Memorial of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranme...
2. CHAPTER II. 1553. Hastily, upon Mary’s accession, Protestant bishops and clergy are cast into prisons and deprived. This reign begins with rigor and without Parliamentary changes of laws (yet). The Protestant bishops deprived. Cranmer is attainted for treason. Many Bishops are tossed for marriage and heresy. The hard handling inferior clergy, especially in London, the petri dish. Mary puts Wily Winchester in charge of religious policy as the Lord Chancellor. Professors are cast into the Marshalsea. The numbers are up. Peter Martyr writes to Calvin of England’s hardships. The queen is crowned at Westminster Abbey in October 1553. The English BCP-services are still being used. Mary issues her proclamation of Romanism and intentions. Signs of a change of religion, 23-36.
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