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Edward Crome (died 1562) was an English reformer and courtier. Crome was arrested in April 1546 for heresy. He recanted, but when made to do this again, publicly, he attacked the Mass and transubstantiation.〔p.260, Linda Porter, ''Katherine the Queen''〕 ==Life== He was educated at Cambridge, taking the degrees of B.A. in 1503, M.A. in 1507, and D.D. in 1526. He was a fellow of Gonville Hall. In 1516 Crome was university preacher. He was at Cambridge until he attracted the Henry VIII's notice by his approval of Thomas Cranmer's book demonstrating the nullity of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon, and by his action as one of the delegates appointed by the university, 4 February 1530, to discuss and decide the same question proposed by the king. During the following Lent he was three times commanded to preach before the king, and shortly after (24 May) was one of the representatives of his university who, together with the same number from Oxford, assisted the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of Durham in drawing up a condemnation of the opinions expressed in certain English religious books, such as ''The Wicked Mammon'' and ''The Obedience of a Christian Man'', which assailed the doctrines of purgatory, the merit derived from good works, invocation of saints, confession, and others.〔 It was probably about this time that he became parson of St Antholin's Church in the city of London, a rectory in the gift of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. While at Cambridge Crome had gained some insight into the ideas of religious reformers by attending the meetings of "gospellers" at the White Horse in St. Benet's, and in spite of his acquiescence in the prohibition of their books, his preaching was so coloured with their views that he was brought before the Bishop of London and examined, the king himself being present. The answers he gave were in accordance with the popular articles of belief, even in such matters as purgatory and the efficacy of fasting. His confession was immediately printed by the bishops, but old friends openly said that he was lying and speaking against his conscience in preaching purgatory. Articles were formally produced against him, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Bilney in the convocation of March 1531, but given his recantation no further steps were taken against Crome.〔 In 1534 Crome moved to the church of St Mary Aldermary, which Queen Anne Boleyn procured for him by her influence with Archbishop Cranmer, the patron. A few years later (1539) Cranmer tried to obtain for him the deanery of Canterbury, but was not successful. About this period Crome is frequently mentioned in connection with Latimer, Bilney, and Robert Barnes, and he was one of the preachers appointed by Humfrey Monmouth, a leading London citizen and evangelical, to preach his memorial sermons in the church of All Hallows Barking.〔 After the passing of the Act of Six Articles in 1539, in consequence of which Latimer and Nicholas Shaxton, bishop of Salisbury, resigned their bishoprics and were imprisoned, Crome preached two sermons which his enemies hoped would give them a handle; but he went to the king and asked him to cease his severities. No proceedings were at that time taken against him, and not long after (July 1540) a universal pardon was granted. Crome did not, however, alter his opinions and preaching, and a controversy between him and Nicholas Wilson having caused some stir in the city, they were both forbidden to preach again until they had been examined by the king and council. This was done on Christmas Day 1540. The articles alleged against Crome were denial of justification by works, the efficacy of masses for the dead and prayers to saints, and the non-necessity of truths not deduced from holy scripture. His answer was an argument that these articles were true and orthodox; but the king only ordered him to preach at St Paul's Cross and read a recantation with a statement that he would be punished if hereafter convicted of a similar offence. This he did, but as his sermon contained too little reference to the formal recantation which he read, his license to preach was taken away.〔 In Lent 1546 Crome again got into trouble for a sermon preached at the church of St. Thomas of Acre, or Mercers' Chapel, directed against the sacrifice of the mass. Being brought before Bishop Stephen Gardiner and others of the council he was ordered as before to preach in contradiction of what he had said at St Paul's Cross, but his sermon rather hinted that the king's recent abolition of chantries showed that he held the same opinion. This was not considered satisfactory, and he had to perform another recantation on Trinity Sunday.〔 During the reign of Edward VI Crome appears to have lived quietly. After Queen Mary's accession he was again arrested for preaching without license and committed to the Fleet Prison (13 January 1554), but a year elapsed before he was brought up for trial. In January 1555 many of his friends were examined and condemned. Hooper, Rogers, Bishop Ferrars of St. David's, and others were burnt. Crome was given time to answer, and having had some practice in the art of recantation made sufficient compliance to save himself from the stake. It was proposed that he, Rogers, and Bradford should be sent to Cambridge to discuss with orthodox scholars, as Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer had done at Oxford, but they refused, not expecting fair play. Their reasons were published in a paper which is printed by John Foxe.〔 How long Crome was kept in prison is unclear. He died between 20 and 26 June 1562, and was buried in his own church, St. Mary Aldermary, on the 29th.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Crome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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