264 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. only, appeared extremely hard, especially at the very time when Brown himselfwas pardoned and set at liberty. THOMAS UNDEEDOWN was minister of St. Mary's church in Lewes, in the county of Sussex, but was brought into trouble for nonconformity. By a special warrant from Dr. Longworth, visitor to Archbishop Whitgift, dated November 18, 1583, he was summoned to appear in the ecclesiastical court at Lewes:. Upon his appearance in the court, he was immediately required to subscribe to Whitgift's three articles. He signified his readiness to subscribe to the first and third of those articles, but, hesitatingabout the second, lie was immediately suspended. At the same time, Mr. WilliamHopkinson, vicar of Sale- burst, Mr. Samuel Norden, minister of Hamsey, Mr. Thomas Hely, minister of Warbieton, with many others in the same county, were cited and suspended, for refusing subscription, though their refusal was not out of contempt, but beeause to them some things appeared doubtful.+ These ministers having received the ecclesiastical censure, ventured to lay their case at the feet of the archbishop. They appeared before his grace at Lambeth, December 5th, in the same year; when they entered upon the following conference : Underdown. We are become suitors to your lordship, out of the diocese of Chichester, being urged thereunto by the bard dealing of Dr. Longworth ; who hath suspended us from the exercise of our functions, for not subscribing to certain articles, pretended to be sent by your lord- ship ; and to request your favour to be released from the same. 4, Dr. Longworth sent the following warrant or citation to all the ministers within the archdeaconry of Lewes, requiring them to appear before him t-" These are to command you in her majesty's name, to " appear personally in St. Michael's church in Lewes, the 20th day of this " present November, between the hours of eight and ten o'clock in the " forenoon, then and there to perform all such duties and injunctions, as I " am to impose upon you, from the Archbishop's grace of Canterbury, as " appeareth -by a special letter directed to me in that behalf. Fail you " not hereof, upon pain of the law which wilt necessarily ensue upon the default which you shall commit in these premises. From Lewes, " November IS, 1583. " Signed your loving friend, ' " JOHN LONGWORTII." MS. Register, p. 396. t Ibid. p. 395, 396.-Strypc's Whitgift, p. 128,129.
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