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EnglishBenedictine, b. of East Anglian parentage, end of fifteenth century; d. 20 April, 1534. He graduated B.D. atOxford, in 1513, and D.D. in 1518, was for some time Warden ofCanterbury College there, and became amonk atCanterbury 1526. WhenElizabeth Barton, "The Holy Maid of Kent", commenced her allegedDivine revelations, Bocking, with anothermonk, was sent to examine and report upon their authenticity, and he is said to have induced her to declare herself an inspired emissary for the overthrow ofProtestantism and the prevention of thedivorce of Queen Catherine. To further this scheme he had her removed to the Convent of St. Sepulchre atCanterbury. There is littledoubt that he was her chief instigator in the continuance of her career of deception. His share in the affair, though it cannot be excused, must be ascribed to a mistakenzeal for the preservation of the ancient Faith. After thedivorce of Queen Catherine andHenry's marriage to Anne Boleyn in 1533, Cromwell hadElizabeth Barton arrested, together with Bocking and others. Bocking confessed the imposture and, with his accomplices, did public penance at Paul's Cross. He and six others were hanged at Tyburn.
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APA citation.Alston, G.C.(1907).Edward Bocking. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02608b.htm
MLA citation.Alston, George Cyprian."Edward Bocking."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 2.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1907.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02608b.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph E. O'Connor.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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