Hugh Latimer

Hugh Latimer

male, deceased (1555)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Christianity in Oxford, executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy…tower of london, martyr, burned at the stake, Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Worcester
Hugh Latimer (b. approx. 1485/90, d. October 16, 1555) was a famous Protestant martyr. Latimer was born into a family of farmers in Thurcaston,...
Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cranmer

male, deceased (1556)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, Christian heresy, Christianity in Oxford, executed under the Tudors, queen mary, Tudor clergy…Church of England, Protestant Reformer, book of common prayer, Episcopal Church in the United States of America, martyr
Thomas Cranmer was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and...
Nicholas Ridley

Nicholas Ridley

male, deceased (1555)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, Christianity in Oxford, executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy, Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, Pembroke College…burned at the stake, University of Cambridge, Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of London, Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Nicholas Ridley (died October 16, 1555) was an English clergyman. He came from a prominent family in Tynedale, Northumberland, and was born early...

Felix Manz

male, deceased (1527)
Swiss Christian minister, ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, execution, zurich, Anabaptism, anabaptist…martyr
Felix Manz, was a co-founder of the original Swiss Brethren Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, and the first martyr of the "Radical R...

John Rogers

male, deceased (1555)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, executed under the Tudors, executed by burning at the stake, execution, Bible translator, tudor…Books of Chronicles, Protestant martyr, Company of the Merchant Adventurer, protestant minister, Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
John Rogers (c. 1500-4 February 1555) was a minister, Bible translator and commentator, and the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of...
Anne Askew

Anne Askew

female, deceased (1546)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, English women writer, Women of the Tudor period, executed under the Tudors, executed by burning at the stake, execution…martyr, tower of london
Anne Askew (Ayscough) (1521 - 16 July 1546) was an English poet and member of the Reformed Church who was persecuted as a heretic. She is the only...
William Tyndale

William Tyndale

male, deceased (1536)
Protestant, Old Waynflete, Tudor clergy, Brussels, Belgium, executed by burning at the stake, Former student of Magdalen Hall, Oxford…ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, king james version of the bible, Protestant martyr, burnt at the stake, early modern English
William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. 1494-September 6, 1536) was a 16th century Protestant reformer and scholar who...
Michael Servetus

Michael Servetus

male, deceased (1553)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, nontrinitarian, Christology, protestant reformation, scientist, spanish…executed by burning at the stake
Michael Servetus (also Miguel Servet or Miguel Serveto; 29 September, 1511 - 27 October, 1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician and humanist....
Rowland Taylor

Rowland Taylor

male, deceased (1555)
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, executed under the Tudors, Tudor clergy, execution, Anglican priest, From Northumberland…executed by burning at the stake, Protestant martyr, Protestant
Rowland Taylor (October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was an English Protestant martyr of the Tudor period. He was born in Northumberland, England,...
Oxford Martyrs

Oxford Martyrs

male
ProtestantmartyroftheEarlyModernera, Anglican, Saint, Christianity in Oxford, Martyrs' Memorial, University Church of St Mary the Virgin…St Michael at the Northgate, burnt at the stake, Protestant martyr
The Oxford Martyrs were tried for heresy in 1555 and subsequently burnt at the stake in Oxford, England, for their religious beliefs and teachings....