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Associated as Cosin's name is with what in modern
days is known as " advanced ritual/' it is certainly
noteworthy that there is not the faintest attempt in
these Visitation Articles to enforce the observance
of the rubric, so persistently retained by Queen
Elizabeth, which seems to make the use of vestments,
other than the surplice, more than permissive at the
celebration of the Holy Communion.
Archbishop Mathew died at Cawood on the 29th
March, 1628, and was buried in York Minster.
Charles I. was now on the throne, having succeeded
his father in 1625. The prelate whom he selected
as successor to Archbishop Mathew was George
Monteigne, who was likewise translated from Durham.
He had previously occupied the episcopal chairs
of Lincoln and London. His archiepiscopate was
a singularly brief one. He was elected on the
6th June, 1628, enthroned on the 24th October
following, and died on the 6th November in the
same year.
Monteigne was succeeded by Harsnett, probably
at the instance of Laud, whose influence with Charles,
as regarded Church matters, was already great. Harsnett
was a man of very considerable learning and
ability, and unquestionably took the same line as
Laud, both in doctrine and ceremonial,- and like him
was disposed, apparently, to root out Puritanism from
his diocese by the strong hand of power. His feelings
as regarded the ministers who held and taught
Puritan doctrine were certainly the reverse of charitable.
He writes to Lord President Conway that
" the Church is infested with the men of Dan and