The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . illiam Thorpe, a preacher of the new doctrines, has left a long account ofhis examination by the archbishop, which occurred in 1407; but there is norecord of his execution. Probably he died in prison. 238 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. LORD COBHAM. The most famous of all these victims was Sir John Oldcastle, who by mar-riage became Lord Cobham. A man of war and of affairs, he stood high in thefavor of king and prince, though known as the captain of the Lollards. Theirpreac
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . illiam Thorpe, a preacher of the new doctrines, has left a long account ofhis examination by the archbishop, which occurred in 1407; but there is norecord of his execution. Probably he died in prison. 238 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. LORD COBHAM. The most famous of all these victims was Sir John Oldcastle, who by mar-riage became Lord Cobham. A man of war and of affairs, he stood high in thefavor of king and prince, though known as the captain of the Lollards. Theirpreachers were openly entertained at his houses in London and in Wales; hismain seat, Cowling Castle, near Rochester in Kent, was their continual resort;and he was the firmest adherent of their doctrines. When the House of Com-mons in 1404 and 1410 urged the king to meet his needs by confiscating theabbey lands, Cobham was probably their moving spirit, for the clergy chargedhim with arming the hands of laymen for the spoil of the Church. His char-acter was above reproach; his enemies owned that his heresies were concealed. WICLIFS CHURCH. under a veil of holiness. Iu 1413 the Convocation accused him as the prin-cipal receiver, favorer, protector, and defender of the sect, and alleged that hehad sent out their missionaries and attacked or threatened their bishops demanded his trial: Henry V., who had come to the throne in thisyear, was the same prince who had cast Badby back into the flames, but in hisfriends case he asked for delay, and promised to undertake his conversion inperson. Cobham was not to be convinced, and in September he was arrestedand confined in the Tower of London. The language he used concerning thepope was indeed so violent as might easily offend the king beyond forgiveness :Foxe says that, hearing it, Henry would talk no longer with him, but gavehim up to the malice of his enemies. THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 239 At his first examination, he hand
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