ADDENDA. 503 nonconformity, he was sent by the high commission into Scotland. He did not, however, continue long in the north, but, in May, 1568, returned to his native country. Be- cause he could not, with a good conscience, conform to the ecclesiastical establishment, he kept private assemblies, with others of his brethren, as he had done before. But, by the recommendation of Archbishop Grindal, he was con- vened before her majesty's council for keeping conventicles ; though it does not appear what punishment was inflicted upon him. Mr. Evans is said to have been " a man of more simplicity than the rest of his brethren.". MR. FITS was one of the pastors of the separate con- gregation noticed in the above article. This church having assembled in private places for some time, was discovered, December 19, 1567, at Plumbers'-hall, when the members were committed to prison, and kept under confinement nearly two years. As the name of Mr. Fits is not in the list of those released from prison, he became pastor to these people, most probably, some time after this period.i. One of the elders of this separate church was Mr. John Bolton, who afterwards revolted from his brethren and recanted at Paul's cross ; for which he was reproved and excluded by the rest of the church.t His recantation was occasioned by the flattery and threatenings of the bishops. But finding afterwards that they slighted him, and considering how he had sinned against his own conscience, the terrors of the Almighty fell upon him, and, like Judas, he hanged himself.g HUGH BOOTHE, A. M. was educated in Trinity college, Cambridge, where he discovered his zeal for nonconformity. This presently awakened the attention of the ruling eccle- siastics ; and, February 1, 1572, he was convened before the heads of colleges ; but it does not appear whether he was released, or some heavy punishment inflicted upon him. Mr. John Studley, A. M. of the same college, was convened at the same time, and for the same offence ; but this is all we know of him.11 Strype's,Grindal, p. 10, 122. 1 See Art. Hawkins. t Ainsworth's Counterpoyson, p.18. Cotton's Churches, p. 4. 11 Baker's MS. Collec. vol. iii. p. 392. 'ainatrealfaffillatalf
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