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a monk of the Charter-house, London, was imprisoned in the reign of Henry VIII; for refusing to own the king's supremacy. He managed to remain unmolested in England. and in Flanders until the accession of queen Mary, when he was replaced at a monastery at Shene, near Richmond.- On the queen's death he again went to Flanders, but was obliged to removed to Bruges, where he died, July 15, 1581. The best of his :productions is entitled Historia Aliquot Nostri Securi Martyrum (Mentz, 1550, 4to).