John de Eure, knight, sheriff of the county of York, deposed JAMES I» that he had once invited Brother William de la Fenne, Preceptor 1311. A.B. of Wesdall, to dine with him, and that after dinner the preceptor drew a hook out of his bosom, and delivered it to the knight's lady to read, who found a piece of paper fastened into the book, on which were written abominable, heretical doctrines, to the effect that Christ was not the Son of God, nor born of a virgin, but conceived of the seed of Joseph, the husband of Mary, after the manner of other men, and that Christ was not a true but a false prophet, and was not crucified for the redemption of mankind, but for his own sins, and many other things contrary to the christian faith. On the production of this important evidence, Brother William de la Fenne was called in and interrogated ; he admitted that he had dined with the sheriff of York, and bad lent his lady a book to read, but he swore that he was ignorant of the piece of paper fastened into the book, and of its contents. It appears that the sheriff of York had kept this dangerous secret to himself for the space of sis years ! •William de iaForde, a priest, rector of the church of Crofton in the diocese of York, had heard William de Reynbur, priest of the order of St. Augustine, who was then dead, say, that the Templar, Brother Patrick of Hippon, son of William of Gloucester, had confessed to him, that at his entrance into the order, he was led, clothed only in his shirt and trousers, through a long passage to a secret chamber, and was there made to deny his God and his Saviour ; that he was then shown a representation of the crucifixion, and was told that since he had previously honoured that emblem he must now dishonour it and spit upon it, and that he did so. " Item dictum fuit ei quod, depositis brachis, dorsum vertcret ad crucifixum," and this he did bitterly weeping. After this they brought an image, as it were, of α calf, placed upon an altar, and they told him he must kiss that image, and worship it,