[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Moreouer,Commissio|ners sent a|brode for esta|blishing of re|ligion. about the same time were commissio-appointed to visit in euerie diocesse within the relme, for the establishment of religion, according to the or|der appointed by act and statute, passed and confir|med in the last parlement. For London were appoin|ted sir Richard Sackuill knight, Robert Horne doctor of diuinitie, doctor Huic a ciuilian, and mai|ster Sauage; who calling before them diuerse per|sons of euerie parish, sware them to inquire and make presentment accordinglie, vpon certeine in|iunctions drawne and deuised, for the better accom|plishment and execution of that which they had in charge. Furthermore, about the same time, by vertue of an act established in parlement, all such religious houses as were againe erected and set vp, were now suppressed, as the abbeies of Westminster, the hou|ses of the nuns and brethren of the Sion and Shéene, the blacke friers of Gréenwich, &c. And on the twelfe of August being saturdaie,

Religious houses sup|pressed.

Images ta|ken downe and burned in the stréets.

the high altar in Paules church, with the rood & the images of Marie and Iohn, standing in the rood loft, were taken downe, & the pre|bendaries and petie canons commanded to weare no more their graie amises, but to vse onelie a sur|plice in seruice time. This was doone by comman|dement [page 1185] of doctor Grindall, newlie elect bishop of London, doctor Maie, then also newlie elected deane of Paules, and other the commissioners then appoin|ted.Diuerse po|pish relikes consumed to ashes. Also on the euen of saint Bartholomew, the day and morrow after, were burned in Paules church|yard, Cheapeside, and diuerse other places of the ci|tie of London, all the roods and other images of churches: and in some places, the coapes, vestments, and altar clothes, bookes, banners, sepulchers, and rood lofts, were likewise committed to the fier, and so consumed to ashes.