Special Account of William White

In the fifteenth book of the Chronijck van den Ondergang, page 788, the following words are found: "William Wicht, or William White, a learned, upright, honest, and eloquent man, a priest in England, left his ministry, and published the Gospel by writing, preaching, and teaching, saying: 'that forgiveness of sins must be obtained from God Almighty alone; that the unmarried life of the pope and his clergy was the very satanic state, and a severe captivity of antichrist; and that the hooded, striped and shaven clergy were the mercenaries and servants of Lucifer.'"

But when he was arrested, he renounced his doctrine, in the year. Afterwards, however, he became re-established, and pious, and stronger, in the doctrine, and very boldly suffered burning for his confession, at Norwich, in England, in the year 1428. Compare this with Hist. Andr. Hondorf, folio 35. Vincent. [n509-1] Cal., folio 134. Georg. Pac., chapter 11.

NOTE. Three years before the death of this martyr, in the year 1425, a miserable persecution was raised by the Romanists against some orthodox Christians; concerning which the following account is found, for the year 1425: "About this time, Peter Torea was executed at Speyer, in Germany, and many others in the Roman countries; because they confessed the truth or opposed the Roman superstitions." Georg. Pac., chapter 11, compared with P. J. Twisck, Chron., page 788.