Biography of Bishop Edward Story -1503

Chronicle of Gregory. 1465. But the Sonday aftyr there was a docter of devynyte, Maystyr Wylliam Ive, the mayster of Whytyngdon is College, said agayne the fryer, and prevyd that Cryste was poore and kept noo grete tresoure, but as for beggyng he utterly denyde it, and by hooly scrypture prevyd hit soo that men undyrstode that the fryer erryd sore agayne Hooly Chyrche; ande thenne the fryers gan malyngne a gayne this docter. Thenne in Advente they prevyde a docter of the Whyte Fryers, Mastyr Thomas Haldon,^a and that he schulde preche agayne þe Mayster Wylliam Ive before sayd, and there he talkyd moke of the beggyng of Cryste, and put the pepylle^b that the same mater schulde ben determenyd in there scholys by twyne him Edw. IV. and a Grey Fryer at the White Fryers in Flete Strete the Wanysdaye vij nyght aftyr. And the Sonday folowyng, a docter of devynyte, Mayster Edwarde Story, person of Alle Halowys the More in London, and aftyr confessor unto the Quene, and aftyr that Byschoppe of Carlylle,^a2 prechyd at Poulys Crosse, and as moche as he might wolde have passefyde the mater, and said that it [was^b2 ] blasphemy soo to reherse and say by our Lord Cryste. But that same Sonday the fryers set uppe byllys at every chyrche dore that the docter said nott trought, but the trought shulde be schewyd ande sayd by Docter Mayster John Mylverton, the pry or of the same place, and he was provyncyalle of the same ordyr. And that aftyr noone in his sarmon he raylyd soore and grevysly to fortefy his bretheryn is sayyngys, that some laye men were wrothe with the fryers and whythedrewe her almys from them; and some men were not plesyd with her curettes, and said that they hadde noo ryght to have any offerynge but lyffe by almys as Cryste dyde; ande this men were devydyd, some welle and some ylle.

Note a. Originally written " "Waldon" and afterwards corrected.

Note b. We should probably supply "in hope".

Note a2. He was appointed Bishop of Carlisle in 1468, and was translated to Chichester in 1478.

Note b2. Omitted in MS.

The Gentleman's Magazine Volume 101. This last entry is by a second hand; but at folio 73 of the same MS. we meet with a more correct notice of this Princess's [Bridget York] birth, to which is added the ceremonial of her Christening, and as it is short, and has never been noticed, I shall transcribe it here.

Md that in the yere of our lorde M^l iiij^e iiijxx And the xx^th yere of the Reigne of Kinge Edwarde the iiijth on Sainte Martyns even, was Borne the lady Brigette, And Cristened on the morne on Sainte Martyns daye [11th November 1480] In the Chappell' of Eltham, by the Busshoppe of Chichester in order As ensuethe.

Furste C Torches borne by Knightes, Esquiers, and other honneste Parsonnes.

The Lorde Matreuers [aged 30], Beringe the Basen, Havinge A Towell' aboute his necke.

Therle of Northumberlande [aged 31] beringe A Taper not light'.

Therle of Lincolne [aged 18] the Salte.

The Canapee borne by iij Knightes and A Baron.

My lady Matrauers [aged 26] dyd bere A Ryche Crysom Pynned Ouer her lefte breste.

The Countesse of Rychemond [aged 37] did Bere The Princesse.

My lorde Marques Dorsette [aged 25] Assisted her.

My lady the Kinges Mother [aged 65], and my lady Elizabethe [aged 14], were godmothers at the Fonte.

The Busshoppe of Winchester [aged 82] Godfather.

And in the Tyme of the christeninge, The officers of Armes caste on theire cotes.

And then were light' all' the foresayde Torches.

Presente, theise noble men enseuenge.

The Duke of Yorke [aged 7].

The lorde Hastinges [aged 49], the Kinges chamberlayn.

The lorde Stanley [aged 45], Stewarde of the Kinges house.

The lorde Dacres [aged 65] the quenes chamberlein, and many other astates.

And when the sayde Princesse was christened, A Squier helde the Basens to the gossyppes, and even by the Fonte my lady Matravers was godmother to the conformacion.

And from thens she was borne before the high' aulter, And that Solempnitee doon she was Borne eftesonys into her Parclosse,¹ Accompenyed wt the Astates Aforesayde.

And the lorde of Sainte Joanes brought' thither A Spice plate.

And At the sayde Parclose the godfather and the godmother gaue greate gyftes to the sayde princesse.

Whiche gyftes were borne by Knightes and esquiers before the sayde Princesse, turneng to the quenes chamber Againe, well' Accompanyed As yt Apperteynethe, and after the custume of this Realme. Deo gr'as.

It must be remarked, that the above memoranda confirm the order of the births of King Edward's children, as stated by Mr. Nicolas, and prove Sandford to have been mistaken. The name of George of Shrewsbury, the third son of Edward, is omitted, and the date of his birth is unknown; but on making an excavation in St. George's Chapel, at Windsor, in 1810, his body was found in a leaden coffin, and an inscription, partly obliterated, which fixes his death to March, 1473. Lysons's Berksh. p. 471.

Yours, & c.

F. M.

Note 1. "Parclos to parte two roumes, separation." — Palsgrave.