Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . the spoils of the Gloucestershire Abbeys and was sheriff of the county in 1532 and 1549. In 1549 he wasemployed by Protector Somerset in crushing a rebellion inCornwall, and his merciless treatment of the rebels has never beenforgotten by the people of the west. In 1555, he was one of theCommissioners to see the sentence of death on Bishop Hoopercarried into execution, and Foxe, in his Book of Martyrs, gives anaccount of his visit to Hooper at the house of Robert Gloucester corporation accounts show
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . the spoils of the Gloucestershire Abbeys and was sheriff of the county in 1532 and 1549. In 1549 he wasemployed by Protector Somerset in crushing a rebellion inCornwall, and his merciless treatment of the rebels has never beenforgotten by the people of the west. In 1555, he was one of theCommissioners to see the sentence of death on Bishop Hoopercarried into execution, and Foxe, in his Book of Martyrs, gives anaccount of his visit to Hooper at the house of Robert Gloucester corporation accounts show that certain moneys werepaid on this occasion to Agnes Ingram for wine, by order ofMaster In 1556 Sir Anthony was apprehended on the 1 See Particulars of Grants, 36th Henry VIII., Grant to EdmundBridges. 2 See Ministers Accounts of Abbey Lands, 34th Hen. VIII. () 3 The Chronicle of Calais, p. 177. (Camben Soc. 1846). 4 See monograph by Mr. John Bellows, of Gloucester, on the burning ofBishop Hooper, read before the Cotteswold Field Club, Prinknash Park. 279 charge of robbing the exchequer, and is said to have committedsuicide on his way to He is said to have left a sum ofmoney to keep in repair a gallows which he had erected at Sheeps-combe for the execution of criminals. In the two north windows of the drawing room at Prinknashare the following coats of arms :—(See Plate XXVIII., figs. 1-6).(Fig. 1). Quarterly 1 k 4—France. 2 & 3—England :For Henry VIII.(Fig. 2). 1 & 4 : Az., 3 fleurs-de-lis or—France. 2 & 3 : Gu., 3 leopards passant guardant cr— all a label of 3 points arg. For Prince Edward.(Fig. 3). Quarterly of six : 1 : Or, on a pile gu. betw. 6 fleurs-de-lis az., three lions of England—an 2 : Gu., 2 wings conjoined in lure or—Seymour, ancient. 3 : Vaire—Beauchamp of Hacche. 4 : Arg. 3 demi lions rampant couped gu.—Esturmi. 5 : Party per bend arg. and gu., 3 roses in bend counter- change
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