Henry Crumpe (

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1380–1401) was

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Life

Crumpe was an

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-based cleric from

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. He wrote sermons against

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's views on

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, though he was later condemned by the church as his views on the

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were deemed too close to Wycliffe. He is credited with terming Wycliffe's followers

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. Crumpe was suspended from all teaching and disputation for a time in 1382. He then returned to Ireland, where he preached against the pastoral privileges of the mendicant friars, particularly their role as confessors.Larsen, Andrew E., ''The School of Heretics'', Brill, 2011
This resulted in the Dominican Bishop of Meath, William Andrew, charging Crumpe with

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in 1385. In 1391 Crumpe returned to Oxford, where he became reinvolved in controversy. He was brought before the King's Council and condemned by a commission including the

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s of

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and Canterbury, in May 1392. Suspended once again, he returned to Ireland, where he recommenced his disputations against the friars. In 1401 the Pope prohibited him from preaching on the subject.

Works

John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed and ...

attributed the following works to him: * ''Determinaciones scholasticae'' * ''Contra religiosos mendicantes'' * ''Contra objecta''

References

Sources

* ''A New History of Ireland'', volume one. {{DEFAULTSORT:Crumpe, Henry Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford English Reformation 14th-century births 15th-century deaths 14th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 14th-century Irish writers 15th-century Irish writers 15th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests