Excerpt from Barrow's Conference with Several Clergymen, March 29/30, 1593.

On March 23, 1592/1593, Barrow was sentenced to death by the court. Early on the morning of March 24 he was made ready for his execution, but the Queen issued a temporary stay. ¹ Some time within the next week four clergymen of the Church of England visited him in Newgate prison, to which he had been transferred from the Fleet, to consult with him about his views and the state of his soul. The conference occurred between March 24, the date set for his execution and March 31, the date of his second reprieve. But we can narrow the time limits further. On March 26 Thomas Egerton, the attorney-general, spent the entire afternoon in conferring with the condemned prisoner, and discussed Barrow’s request for a disputation. ² He sent Barrow’s request to Lord Burghley on March 27. I conjecture that about March 29/30, the clergymen conferred with Barrow and the other prisoners. ³