THE Rev D G Griffin (You Say, October 10) is wrong about the Lollards.
It is documented in Chambers Dictionary that they were followers of John Wycliffe.
Their constant "lollying", muttering and bawling gave them their name.
With regard to The Phillpott File, Mr Griffin contradicted Mr Phillpott's account of how and where John Wycliffe's remains lie.
I shall endeavour to enlighten him. John Wycliffe was condemned by the Church and died of a stroke on New Year's Eve, 1384.
Formally condemned
He was formally condemned 30 years later by The Council of Constance and orders were given for his writings to be destroyed and that his bones be exhumed and burned and the ashes thrown in a nearby river. It said:
"They burned his bones to ashes and cast them into the Swift, which conveyed his ashes into the Avon, Avon into the Severn, Severn into the narrow seas and then into the main ocean and thus the ashes of Wycliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed the world over."
It would seem that Mr Phillpott's teacher was first class!
M BURCHER,
Droitwich, Worcestershire.
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