![]() And if you do-rest assured you will burn at the stake for it!” The next day, the six fathers and Mrs. You are never to meddle again with the Lord’s Prayer or the Ten Commandments or any other Scriptures in English. “They have led you away from the teachings of the church. ![]() “Your parents are heretics!” he bellowed. “Do you go to the services of the parish church? Do you read the Scriptures in English? Do you memorize the Lord’s Prayer or other Scriptures in English?” After getting from the children’s own lips the information he needed to convict their parents, he warned them. “Now then,” he told them, “I charge you in the name of God to tell me the whole truth-you shall suffer severely for any lies you tell or secrets you conceal.” “What do you believe about the church and the way to heaven?” he asked them. One by one, Stafford interrogated the children about their parents’ beliefs. The boys and girls were made to stand before Friar Stafford, the abbot. ![]() While they were held at an abbey outside of town, their children were brought to Greyfriar’s Monastery in Coventry. ![]() “In the spring of 1519, the Bishop of Coventry received word that certain families were teaching their children the Lord’s Prayer and the Ten Commandments in English. ![]()
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