# Copy Of The Letter Of King Henry Vi., To John Extor, And Jacolet Germaine, Governors Of Cholchester, To Apprehend William White And His Adherents.

15th century (source section) · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: COPY OF THE LETTER OF KING HENRY VI., TO JOHN EXTOR, AND JACOLET GERMAINE, GOVERNORS OF CHOLCHESTER, TO APPREHEND WILLIAM WHITE AND HIS ADHERENTS.

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“Henry, by the Grace of God, King of England
and France, Lord of Ireland, to his beloved friends,
John Extor, and Jacolet Germaine, Governors of the
Castle at Cholchester, greeting:

“Be it known unto you, that, perfectly relying on
your fidelity and prudence, we have charged you,
both together and each separately, to arrest and apprehend
William White, priest, and Thomas, chaplain,
formerly at Settling, in the county of Norfolk,
and William Northampton, priest, and all others
that are suspected of heresy, whoever they may be,
and wherever they may be found, whether in free
cities or without; and to send them, as soon as you
have apprehended them, to our nearest jails or prisons,
until we shall have given orders for their
release.

“And, therefore, we charge you strictly to keep
a close surveillance on the aforesaid persons, and to
faithfully observe the above in the manner stated
before.

“We likewise command and charge each and all
of our justiciaries, who have the care of the common
peace, as mayors, margraves, bailiffs, constables,
and all our other faithful officers, by the contents of
these presents, that they render you, both together
and each separately, good assistance, and help and
advise you to execute the preceding command, as
becometh them.

“In witness of this, we have ourselves caused our
letters patent to be executed, and have signed them
at Westminster, the sixth day of July, in the sixth
year of our reign, coinciding with A. D. 1428.” See
John Fox, Angl., p. 607.

In old records we find that by virtue of this commission
of the King, John Extor, who was one
of these commissaries, shortly afterwards apprehended
six persons at Bungay, in the bishopric
of Norwich, and delivered them into the custody of
William Day and William Rowe, constables of the
city of Bungay, to be brought within ten days to
the castle of Norwich.

“The names, however, of these six persons,”
writes John Fox, “owing to the age of the writing,
had almost entirely faded out, so that they could
not well be read, except three or four.” But what
further transpired with them, and what sufferings or
death befell them, we do not find clearly expressed.

In the meantime there were also apprehended and
brought to Norwich, three eminent and virtuous
men, namely, William White, formerly a priest,
Father Abraham of Cholchester, and John Waddon,
who, after preceding examination, made confession
of the following articles:





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