16 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP, self all the profits arising from the proving of wills, commis 

 sions, administration of goods of intestate persons deceased, 

 for three months, that is, for one month before, and two 

 months after such visitation begun ; the Archdeacon more 

 over paying the Bishop thirty-three pounds per annum. 



CHAP. II. 



He is preferred to the see of London. His cares in that 

 function ; chiefly about Papists. Visits his diocese. 

 Preaches often. 



Whyneg- AMONG the reasons why Avhner all this while of the 



lected thus /-^ , 



long. Queen s reign was not yet advanced to a bishopric, (for his 



learning, conduct, and great abilities deserved it,) one we 

 may conclude to be, that in his book before mentioned he de 

 claimed against the splendour and wealth of that order, and 

 spake with some seeming spite against the civil authority of 

 Bishops ; which made many gather that he stood not well 

 affected to the calling itself. But in truth he was no enemy 

 to the calling, but to that domineering tyranny that had 

 been exercised by Bishops under the Papal usurpation. 

 However he used now and then to be twitted in the teeth 

 for it long after. In the year 1569, when Grindal, Bishop 

 of London, was to be removed to York, the Archbishop 

 would fain have brought him in to succeed there, and recom 

 mended him in that behalf to the Earl of Leicester, the 

 Queen s great favourite. But he thought the Queen would 

 object against him for this preferment, as too great a step 

 from an archdeaconry to one of the chiefest bishoprics in 

 England. But when Aylmer s name was talked of at Court, 

 The Arch- the Archbishop took occasion to give the Secretary his 

 chapter fJ uc *& ment ^ *&quot; m ; namely, &quot; that he would be very fit to 

 him. &quot; succeed in London, being a busy government, and so 



&quot; much pestered with Papists, the Queen s mortal enemies ; 



