John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

male, deceased (1384)
secular, lollard, new testament, vernacular, Antagonist, Wyclif's Bible…Lollards
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s – 31 December 1384) was an English theologian and an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th ce...
John Oldcastle

John Oldcastle

male, deceased (1417)
executed under the Lancastrians, Christian martyr of the Medieval era, executed by burning at the stake, execution, Soldier, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament…Lollards
Sir John Oldcastle (d. December 14, 1417), English Lollard leader, was son of Sir Richard Oldcastle of Almeley in Herefordshire. He was prosecuted...

John Ball

male, deceased (1381)
Rebel, executed under the Plantagenets, Lollards, English, execution, priest
John Ball (d. 15 July 1381) was an English Lollard priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

John Purvey

male, deceased (1428)
John Aston, Lollards, leicestershire, roman catholic church, convocation, vulgate
John Purvey (1353?-1428?) was one of the leading followers of the English theologian and reformer John Wycliffe during the late fourteenth and...
John Badby

John Badby

male, deceased (1410)
executed under the Lancastrians, St Paul's Cathedral, henry v, Lollards, English, execution
John Badby, one of the early Lollard martyrs, was a tailor (or perhaps a blacksmith) in the west Midlands, and was condemned by the Worcester...
Thomas Harding

Thomas Harding

male, deceased (1532)
Lutheran, sixteenth century, dissident, Protestantism, Lollards, English
Thomas Harding was a Sixteenth Century English religious dissident. He was from Chesham and was executed as a Lollard in 1532. He was found to have...
Henry Knighton

Henry Knighton

male, deceased (1396)
historian, 14th century, augustinian, leicester, abbey, Lollards
Henry Knighton or Knyghton (died England circa 1396) was an Augustinian canon at the abbey of St. Mary of the Meadows, Leicester, England. He was a...
Reginald Pecock

Reginald Pecock

male, deceased (1460)
Whittington College, London, Roman Catholic bishop, English, creed, peacock, theology…Lollards
Reginald Pecock (or Peacock) (c. 1395 - 1460), prelate and writer, was probably born in Wales, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. Having...

William Taylor

male, deceased (1423)
executed under the Lancastrians, execution, Roman Catholic priest, excommunication, Lollards, English
William Taylor was a mediæval theologian and priest, executed as a Lollard. Nothing is known of Taylor's career before he named as Principal of St E...
William Sawtrey

William Sawtrey

male, deceased (1401)
executed under the Lancastrians, Christian martyr of the Medieval era, Parliament of England, From King's Lynn, reformation, Roman Catholic priest…Lollards
William Sawtrey (died March 1401) was an English priest and follower of John Wycliffe. He was the first Lollard martyr. Sawtrey was born in...