85$ LIVES OF THE PURITANS. man of eXcellent parts and eminent piety, and received ordination from Bishop Ridley, afterwards the famous martyr.. Upon the accession of Queen Mary, he withdrew from the storm, and fled to Frankfort, wherehe was involved in the troubles occasionedby Dr. Cox and his party. His name, together with the names of many of his brethren, is annexed to « The Form of Discipline reformed and con- firmed by the Church and Magistrates of that city."+ Upon the death of Queen Mary, and the accession of her sister Elizabeth, Mr. Crowley returned from exile, and obtained some preferment in the church. In the year 1563, he had the prebend of Mora, of which, however, he was deprived in 1565 ; most probably for nonconformity. In 1566, he became vicar of St. Giles s, near Cripplegate, London, where he was much followed and respected. In 1576, he was collated to the vicarage of St. Lawrence Jewry, in the city, which, however, he did not hold long; for the living became void in 1578.# It appears also, that soon after his return from exile, he became archdeacon of Hereford. He sat in the convocation of 1562, and sub- scribed the articles, together with the paper of requests then presented to the house, desiring afurther reformation of the church.§ He was a learned andpopular preacher ; there- fore, October 15, 1559, he was nominated to preach the sermon at Paul's cross. Early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, one Campneys, a turbulent and abusive Pelagian, sought to disturb the peace of the church, by publishing a book against the received doctrine of predestination, 'though he had not the courage to affix his name to it. This virulent publication was answered by Mr. Crowley and Mr. John Veron, one of the queen's chaplains, and both the learned replies were approved and licensed by public authority.11 Soon after the accession of Queen Elizabeth, her majesty was greatly offended with many of the clergy, especially those in the city ofLondon, for refusing to wear the square cap, the tippet, and the surplice. "And it is marvellous," says Mr. Strype, " how much these habits were abhorred by many honest, well-meaning men, accounting them the . relics of antichrist, and that they ought not to be used in the church of Christ. Mr. Crowley called them conjuring Wood's Athense, vol. i. p. 190.--Strype's Parker, p. 219. + Troubles at Frankeford, p. 114. Newcourt's Repert. Red. vol. i. p. 181. Strype's Annals, vol. i. p. 290. vol. ii. Adden. to Appen. p.15. h Toplady's Historic Proof, vol. ii. p. 184, 185.
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