ABSTRACT
Patrick Collinson published his wise overview of John Foxe as historian, polemicist, editor and myth-maker; understanding of the editorial processes involved in creation of Acts and Monuments has been improving by leaps and bounds. Acts and Monuments was the brainchild of Edmund Grindal, who envisaged that documents would be shared between leading exiles with a view to editing them for publication. The essential point to grasp about the mechanics of London Protestantism in the 1560s is the extent to which it continued to be supported by the wealthy London godly who had 'sustained' the Marian exile and secret Protestant congregations of the 1550s. On Queen Elizabeth's accession many Londoners who must in some way have been affiliated to the Marian Protestant congregation began to show their heads the parapet. The parish into which Foxe regularly trudged to transact business with Day was dominated by handful of wealthy merchants.
