12 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP. Stow again, I cannot tell; but in the year 1562 he obtain- 

 ed a far better, namely, that of Lincoln, being valued in 



eacoi of tJle K * n & s books at one hundred and seventy-nine pounds 

 Lincoln, nineteen shillings, whereas that of Stow was but twenty-four 

 pounds odd money in the said books. In this archdeaconry 

 he succeeded one Thomas Marshal, a Papist. This he got 

 by the procurement of Secretary Cecil; to whom he was 

 earnestly recommended by one Mr. Thomas Dannet, for 

 whom the Secretary had a great esteem, both for his inte 

 grity and good deserts. And Dannet loved Aylmer as his 

 brother. The remembrance of which kindness, and the an 

 cient friendship between them, still kept such an impression 

 upon him, that many years after, viz. anno 1581, he was 

 very solicitous with the Lord Treasurer to prefer this Dan- 

 net s son to be a clerk of the Council; especially considering 

 also his excellent abilities: using these words to the said 

 Lord: &quot; That it might please him to yield his favour to his 

 &quot; humble suit, that as by the means of his father [Mr. Tho- 

 &quot; mas Dannet] his Lordship was the worker of his first pre- 

 &quot; ferment, so now God might incline his heart, at his humble 

 &quot; request, to farther this his son to the office of the clerk- 

 &quot; ship of the Council. Wherein if his Lordship did not find 

 &quot; such sufficiency in the man as he would wish, then in me 

 &quot; cudaturfaba? said he. &quot; That no man knew him better 

 &quot; than he, [for this is he whom, as it is said before, he was 

 &quot; the instructor of in his youth,] both for his secrecy, his 

 &quot; learning, (most fit for such a place,) his honesty, since- 

 &quot; rity, and zeal in religion.&quot; Thus did his gratitude to 

 the father carry him out in an endeavour to show kindness 

 to the son. But to our present business. 



Present at And being Archdeacon, he was present at the famous 

 anno y i562. Svnod &amp;gt; anno 1562, when the doctrine and discipline of the 

 Church, and the reformation of it from the abuses of Po 

 pery, were carefully treated of and settled : and I find his 

 own subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles under the 

 name of Johannes ^Elmerus Archidiac. Lincoln. But when 

 the bandying happened in the Lower House, for the abo 

 lishing or retaining of certain ceremonies, (as for the recep- 



