Cranmer, Thomas. An aunsvvere by the reuerend father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury : primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ. Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner, ... Reuised, and corrected by the sayd archbyshop at Oxford before his martyrdome: wherein hee hath beautified Gardiners doynges, ... which before wanted in the first impression. Hereunto is prefixed the discourse of the sayd archbyshops lyfe, and martyrdome, briefly collected out of his hystory of the actes and monumentes, and in the end is added certaine notes, wherein Gardiner varied, both from him selfe, and other papistes, gathered by the sayd archbyshop

Folger bibliographic ID: 162063
STC number: 5992
ESTC number: S107277
Folger call number: STC 5992 copy 1
Folger holdings ID: 154841

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Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury = Thomas Cranmer A reply to "An explication and assertion of the true catholique fayth, touchyng the moost blessed sacrament of the aulter" by Stephen Gardiner and "A confutation of a certen booke, called a defence of the true, and catholike doctrine of the sacrament, &c. sette fourth of late in the name of Thomas Archebysshoppe of Canterburye" by Richard Smith Reprints Gardiner's work and portions of Cranmer's "A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our saviour Christ" The woodcuts are from blocks used in Foxe's "Book of martyrs", and Cranmer's life is in part compiled from the same Includes index With a final colophon leaf "The Latin headlines in rules appearing upside down at the foot of several versos in some copies indicate unused sheets of [STC] 11239 were employed in the printing"--STC Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁴ A-B⁴ C² ²B-Y⁶ 2A-2P⁶

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HH62/25. Limp vellum binding, with remnants of ties; manuscript spine title: 'Cranmer vs Gardiner', with red leather label on spine lettered in gilt: '51'. Manuscript notes and manuscript markings; manuscript price on front fly-leaf. With some unused sheets from STC 11239. Provenance: T. Thorp catalogue, April 1919:607; Harmsworth copy

Extended title: An aunsvvere by the reuerend father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury : primate of all England and metropolitane, vnto a craftie and sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy sacrament, of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christ. Wherein is also, as occasion serueth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme any thyng worthy the aunsweryng. Here is also the true copy of the booke written, and in open court deliuered, by D. Stephen Gardiner, ... Reuised, and corrected by the sayd archbyshop at Oxford before his martyrdome: wherein hee hath beautified Gardiners doynges, ... which before wanted in the first impression. Hereunto is prefixed the discourse of the sayd archbyshops lyfe, and martyrdome, briefly collected out of his hystory of the actes and monumentes, and in the end is added certaine notes, wherein Gardiner varied, both from him selfe, and other papistes, gathered by the sayd archbyshop
Alternate titles: Answer of the most reverend father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterburye, Aunswere by the reverend father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury

Gardiner, Stephen, 1483?-1555. Explication and assertion of the true catholique fayth, touchyng the moost blessed sacrament of the aulter Smith, Richard, 1500-1563. Confutation of a certen booke, called a defence of the true, and catholike doctrine of the sacrament, &c. sette fourth of late in the name of Thomas Archebysshoppe of Canterburye Lord's Supper

author: Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556
former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, (Robert Leicester), 1870-1937