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Protestants were executed in England under heresy laws during the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558), and in smaller numbers during the reigns of Edward VI (1547–1553), Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and James I (1603–1625). Most were executed in the short reign of Mary I in what is called the Marian persecutions. Protestant theologian and activist John Foxe described "the great persecutions & horrible troubles, the suffering of martyrs, and other such thinges" in his contemporaneously-published Book of Martyrs.
Protestants in England and Wales were executed under legislation that punished anyone judged guilty of heresy against Catholicism. Although the standard penalty for those convicted of treason in England at the time was execution by being hanged, drawn and quartered, this legislation adopted the punishment of burning the condemned. At least 280 people were recognised as burned over the five years of Mary I's reign by contemporary sources.
The English Reformation had put a stop to Catholic ecclesiastical governance in England, asserted royal supremacy over the English Church and dissolved some church institutions, such as monasteries and chantries.
An important year in the English Reformation was 1547, when Protestantism became a new force under the child-king Edward VI, England's first Protestant ruler. Edward died at age 15 in 1553. His relative Lady Jane Grey claimed the throne but was deposed by Edward's Catholic half-sister, Mary I.[1]: p62
The relationship between the English church and Rome was restored at the accession of Queen Mary I to the English throne in 1553. With her repeal of all religious legislation passed under Edward VI, Protestants faced a choice: exile, reconciliation/conversion, or punishment.[2]: p.186 Many people were exiled, and hundreds of dissenters were burned at the stake, earning her the nickname of "Bloody Mary".[3] The number of people executed for their faith during the persecutions is thought to be at least 287, including 56 women.[4] Thirty others died in prison.[5]: p.79
Although the so-called "Marian Persecutions" began with four clergymen, relics of Edwardian England's Protestantism,[2]: p.196 Foxe's Book of Martyrs offers an account of the executions, which extended well beyond the anticipated targets – high-level clergy. Tradesmen were also burned, as well as married men and women, sometimes in unison, "youths" and at least one couple was burned alive with their daughter.[2]: p.196 The figure of 300 victims of the Marian Persecutions was given by Foxe[6] and later by Thomas Brice in his poem, "The Regester".[7]
However bloody the end, the trials of Protestant heretics were judicial affairs, presided by bishops (most notably Bishop Bonner) adhering to a strict legal protocol under the privy council, with Parliament's blessing.[2]: p.195 Mary had difficulty forming an efficient Privy Council, which eventually numbered over 40 and never worked as a source of political advice, though it effectively pursued police work and enforcement of religious uniformity.[1]: p62-65 During the session that restored the realm to papal obedience Parliament reinstated the heresy laws.[2]: p.196 From 20 January 1555, England could legally punish those judged guilty of heresy against the Roman Catholic faith.[5]: p.91
Thus it became a matter of establishing the guilt or innocence of an accused heretic in open court – a process which the lay authorities employed to reclaim "straying sheep" and to set a precedent for authentic Catholic teaching.[5]: p.102 If found guilty, the accused were first excommunicated, then handed over to the secular authorities for execution.[5]: p.102 The official records of the trials are limited to formal accusations, sentences, and so forth; the documents to which historians look for context and detail are those written by the accused or their supporters.[5]: p.102
Before Mary's ascent to the throne, John Foxe, one of the few clerics of his day who was against the burning of even obstinate heretics, had approached the Royal Chaplain and Protestant preacher, John Rogers to intervene on behalf of Joan Bocher, a female Anabaptist who was sentenced to death by burning in 1550.[2]: p.193 Rogers refused to help, as he supported the burning of heretics. Rogers claimed that the method of execution was "sufficiently mild" for a crime as grave as heresy.[5]: p.87 Later, after Mary I came to power and restored England to Catholicism, John Rogers spoke quite vehemently against the new order and was himself burnt as a heretic.[5]: p.97
Throughout the course of the persecutions, Foxe lists 312 individuals who were burnt or hanged for their faith, or died or sickened in prison. Three of these people are commemorated with a gothic memorial in Oxford, England, but there are many other memorials across England.[8] They are known locally as the "Marian Martyrs".
English saints and martyrs of the Reformation era are remembered in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on 4 May.[9]
Order of death. | Name | Residence | Description | Date of execution | Place of execution | References | |
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Protestants executed under Henry VIII | |||||||
1. | Thomas Hitton | Martham, Norfolk | clergyman – priest | burnt 23 February 1530 | Maidstone, Kent | [10] | |
2. | Thomas Benet | Exeter, Devon | teacher | burnt 15 January 1531 | Exeter, Devon | [11] | |
3. | Thomas Bilney | Taken at Norwich, Norfolk | clergyman – priest | burnt 19 August 1531 | Lollards Pit, Norwich, Norfolk | [12] | |
4. | Richard Bayfield | Taken at Mark Lane, London | monk – Benedictine (former) and chamberlain of Bury St Edmunds Abbey | burnt 27 November 1531 | Smithfield, London | [13] | |
5. | John Tewkesbury | St Michael-le-Querne Parish, Paternoster Row, London | leatherseller | burnt December 1531 | Smithfield, London | [14] | |
6. | 'An old man' | Buckinghamshire | burnt 1531 | [15][n 1] | |||
7. | Davy Foster | Yorkshire | poor artificer | burnt 1531 | [16][17] | ||
8. | James Bainham | Middle Temple, London | lawyer | burnt 30 April 1532 | Smithfield, London | [18] | |
9. | John Bent | Urchfont, Wiltshire | burnt in or before April 1532 | Devizes, Wiltshire | [19] | ||
10. | ... Trapnel | burnt in or before April 1532 | Bradford, Wiltshire | [19] | |||
11. | Thomas Harding | Chesham, Buckinghamshire | 'aged father' | his brains were dashed out with a billet of wood while he was being burnt at the stake, May 1532 | Chesham, Buckinghamshire | [20] | |
12. | John Frith | Westerham, then Sevenoaks, Kent[21] – Taken after he had been preaching at Bow Lane, London | clergyman – canon at Cardinal College, Oxford | burnt 4 July 1533 | Smithfield, London | [22] | |
13. | Andrew Hewet | Watling Street, London (born in Faversham, Kent) | apprentice to a tailor | burnt 4 July 1533 | Smithfield, London | [22] | |
14.–23. | Ten Dutchmen counted for Anabaptists – Segor, Derycke, Symon, Runa, Derycke, Dominicke, Dauid, Cornelius, Elken and Milo | burnt 1535 | 'sundry places of the realm' | [23][24] | |||
24. | Robert Pakington | Cheapside, London | mercer | murdered 13 November 1536 | Cheapside, London | [25] | |
25. | William Cowbridge | Wantage, Berkshire | clergyman (purported) – 'exercised the office of a priest, in teaching and administering of the sacraments, but being no priest indeed' | burnt after – probably shortly after – 22 July 1538 | Oxford, Oxfordshire | [25][26][n 2] | |
26. | John Lambert | The Stocks – a market for meat and fish in the City of London | clergyman – priest, and teacher of Greek and Latin | burnt 22 November 1538 | Smithfield, London | [27] | |
27. | ... Puttedew | Suffolk | burnt in or before 1538 | Suffolk | [25] | ||
28. | William Leiton or Leyton | Eye Priory, Eye, Suffolk | monk – Benedictine | burnt in or before 1538 | Norwich, Norfolk | [25] | |
29. -30 | Two Anabaptists, a man and a woman | Dutch | burnt 29 November 1538 | Smithfield, London | [28] | ||
31. | Giles Germane | burnt 1539 | St Giles in the Fields, outside London | [29] | |||
32. | Launcelot ... | servant of the king | burnt 1539 | St Giles in the Fields, outside London | [29] | ||
33. | John ... | painter | burnt 1539 | St Giles in the Fields, outside London | [29] | ||
34.–36. | Three Anabaptists – ... Mandeville, ... Collins and another | burnt 29 April 1539 | Newington Causeway, outside London | [30] | |||
37. | William Collins | London | lawyer and gentleman | burnt 7 July 1540 | Smithfield, London or Southwark | [25][26][n 3] | |
38. | Robert Barnes | Austin Friary, Cambridge (until 1528) | monk – Augustinian | burnt 30 July 1540 | Smithfield, London | [31] | |
39. | Thomas Gerrard (or Gerard, Garret or Garrard) | All Hallows Honey Lane Parish, London | clergyman – rector of All Hallows Honey Lane | burnt 30 July 1540 | Smithfield, London | [31] | |
40. | William Jerome | Stepney, London | clergyman – vicar of St Dunstan's, Stepney | burnt 30 July 1540 | Smithfield, London | [31] | |
41.–42. | Valentine Freese and his wife | burnt 1540 | York, Yorkshire | [32][33] | |||
43. | Richard Mekins | 'a child that passed not the age of fifteen years' | burnt 30 July 1541 | [34][35] | |||
44. | Richard Spenser | clergyman (former) – 'a ... Priest ... who leaving his papistry, had married a wife, and became a player in interludes' | Burnt about 1541/2 | Salisbury, Wiltshire | [34][36] | ||
45. | John Ramsey | player in interludes | burnt about 1541/2 | Salisbury, Wiltshire | [34][36] | ||
46. | Thomas Bernard | burnt about 1541 | Lincoln Diocese | [37][38] | |||
47. | James Morton | burnt about 1541 | Lincoln Diocese | [37][39] | |||
48. | Adam Damlip (also known as George Bucker) | Calais | clergyman – former chaplain to Bishop John Fisher | hanged, drawn and quartered 22 May 1543 [40] | Calais | [41] | |
Windsor Martyrs | |||||||
49. | Robert Testwood | City of London (originally) | musician in the college at Windsor | burnt 28 July 1543 | Windsor, Berkshire | [42][43] | |
50. | Anthony Pearson | clergyman – priest of Windsor; popular preacher | burnt 28 July 1543 | Windsor, Berkshire | [42][44] | ||
51. | Henry Filmer | churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church, Windsor | burnt 28 July 1543 | Windsor, Berkshire | [42][45] | ||
52. | Unknown man | Calais | poor labouring man | burnt 1540[n 4] | Calais | [41] | |
53. | ... Dodd | Calais – a Scotsman | burnt 1541[n 5] | Calais | [41] | ||
54. | [Forename unknown] ... Henry | burnt 1545 or 1546 | Colchester, Essex | [46] | |||
55. | Unknown man | servant of ... Henry | burnt 1545 or 1546 | Colchester, Essex | [46] | ||
56. | [Forename unknown] ... Kerby | burnt 1546 | Ipswich, Suffolk | [46] | |||
57. | Roger Clarke | Mendlesham, Suffolk | burnt 1546 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [46] | ||
58. | Anne Askew | Stallingborough, Lincolnshire[47] | wife of Master Thomas Kyme, a farmer and landowner of Friskney, Lincolnshire[47] | burnt 16 July 1546 | Smithfield, London | [48] | |
59. | Nicholas Belenian | Shropshire | clergyman – priest | burnt 16 July 1546 | Smithfield, London | [49] | |
60. | John Adams | Colchester, Essex[50] | tailor | burnt 16 July 1546 | Smithfield, London | [49] | |
61. | John Lassells | Gateford, Nottinghamshire | courtier | burnt 16 July 1546 | Smithfield, London | [49] | |
62. | ... Rogers | Norfolk | burnt 1546 | Norfolk | [51] | ||
63. | Oliver Richardine | Whitchurch parish, Shropshire | burnt 1546 | Hartford West | [52] | ||
Radical Protestants executed under Edward VI | |||||||
1. | Joan Bocher (or Butcher, or as Joan Knell) | Kent (perhaps Romney Marsh) | 2 May 1550 | Smithfield, London | [53] | ||
2. | George van Parris | Dutchman | 1551 | [54][55] | |||
Protestants executed under Mary I | |||||||
1. | John Rogers | City of London | clergyman – preacher, biblical translator, lecturer at St. Paul's Cathedral | burnt 4 February 1555 | Smithfield, London | [5]: p.113 [56] | |
2. | Lawrence Saunders | City of London | clergyman – preacher, Rector of All Hallows Bread Street, London | burnt 8 February 1555 | Coventry, Warwickshire | [5]: p.98 [57] | |
3. | John Hooper | Gloucester and Worcester | clergyman – Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester under Edward VI | burnt 9 February 1555 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | [5]: p.98 [58] | |
4. | Rowland Taylor | Hadleigh, Suffolk | clergyman – Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk | burnt 9 February 1555 | Aldham Common, Nr Hadleigh, Suffolk | [5]: p.98 [59] | |
5. | Rawlins White | Cardiff, Glamorgan | fisherman | burnt March 1555 | Cardiff, Glamorgan | [60] | |
6. | Thomas Tomkins | Shoreditch, London | weaver | burnt 16 March 1555 | Smithfield, London | [61] | |
7. | Thomas Causton | Horndon on the Hill or Thundersby, Essex | gentleman | burnt 26 March 1555 | Rayleigh, Essex | [62] | |
8. | Thomas Higbed | Horndon on the Hill or Thundersby, Essex | gentleman | burnt 26 March 1555 | Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex | [62] | |
9. | William Hunter | Coleman Street Parish, London | apprentice | burnt 27 March 1555 (or 26 according to Foxe) | Brentwood, Essex | [63] | |
10. | Stephen Knight | barber | burnt 28 March 1555 | Maldon, Essex | [64] | ||
11. | William Pygot (or Pigot) | butcher | burnt 28 March 1555 | Braintree, Essex | [64] | ||
12. [n 6] | William Dighel | burnt 28 March 1555 | Banbury, Oxfordshire | [65][66] | |||
13. | John Lawrence (or Laurence) | clergyman – priest and former Blackfriar at Sudbury, Suffolk[50] | burnt 29 March 1555 | Colchester, Essex | [64] | ||
14. | Robert Ferrar | St David's, Pembrokeshire | clergyman – Bishop of St David's under Edward VI | burnt 30 March 1555 | Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire | [67] | |
15. | George Marsh | Dean, Lancashire | clergyman – curate to Laurence Saunders and minister at Dean, Lancashire | burnt 24 April 1555 | Boughton, Cheshire | [68] | |
16. | William Flower | Lambeth, London | surgeon and teacher | burnt 24 April 1555 | Westminster | [69] | |
17. | John Cardmaker | Wells, Somerset | clergyman – prebendary of Wells Cathedral | burnt 30 May 1555 | Smithfield, London | [70] | |
18. | John Warne[n 7] | Walbrook, London | upholsterer | burnt 30 May 1555 | Smithfield, London | [70] | |
19. | Thomas Hawkes (or Haukes) | Essex | gentleman | burnt 10 June 1555 | Coggeshall, Essex | [7][71] | |
20. | Thomas Watts (or Wattes) | Billericay, Essex | linen draper | burnt 10 June 1555 | Chelmsford, Essex | [7][72] | |
21. | John Ardeley (or Ardite) | Wigborough, Essex | husbandman | burnt 30 May 1555 (or 'about 10 June', according to Foxe) | Rayleigh, Essex | [7][73] | |
22. | John Simson | Wigborough, Essex | husbandman | burnt 30 May 1555 (or 'about 10 June', according to Foxe) | Rochford, Essex | [7][73] | |
23. | Nicholas Chamberlain (or Chamberlaine) | Coggeshall, Essex | weaver | burnt 14 June 1555 | Colchester, Essex | [7][74] | |
24. | William Bamford (or Butler)[n 8] | Coggeshall, Essex | weaver | burnt 15 June 1555 | Harwich, Essex | [7][74] | |
25. | Thomas Ormond (or Osmande)[n 9] | Coggeshall, Essex | fuller | burnt 15 June 1555 | Manningtree, Essex | [7][74] | |
26. | John Bradford | City of London | clergyman – prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral | burnt 1 July 1555 | Smithfield, London | [7][75][76] | |
27. | John Leaf (or Jhon Least) | Christ Church Greyfriars, London (born in Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire) | apprentice tallow chandler | burnt 1 July 1555 | Smithfield, London | [7][76][77] | |
Canterbury Martyrs of July 1555 | |||||||
28. | John Bland (or Blande) | Rolvenden, Kent | clergyman – vicar of Rolvenden, Kent | burnt 12 July 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][78] | |
29. | Nicholas Shetterden (or Shitterdun) | burnt 12 July 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][79] | |||
30. | John Frankesh | Adisham, Kent | clergyman – parson of Adisham, Kent | burnt 12 July 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][n 10][79] | |
31. | Humphrey Middleton | Ashford, Kent | burnt 12 July 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][79] | ||
32. | Nicholas Hall | Dartford, Kent | bricklayer | burnt 19 July 1555 | Rochester, Kent | [7][80] | |
33. | Christopher Wade | Dartford, Kent | linen-weaver | burnt July 1555 | Dartford, Kent | [7][80] | |
34. | Margaret (or Margery) Polley[n 11][81] | Pepeling, Calais[n 12][39] | widow | burnt 17 July 1555 | Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent | [80] | |
35. | Dirick Carver (also spelt Deryk; also known as Dirick Harman) | Brighthelmstone (now Brighton), Sussex | beer-brewer | burnt 22 July 1555, | Lewes, East Sussex | [7][82][83] | |
36. | John Launder | Godstone, Surrey | husbandman | burnt 23 July 1555 | Steyning, West Sussex | [7][83] | |
37. | Thomas Euerson (or Iueson, Iverson or Iveson) | Godstone, Surrey | carpenter | burnt (day unknown) July 1555 | Chichester, West Sussex | [7][82][84] | |
38. | Richard Hook (or Hooke)[85][86] | lame man [66] | burnt unknown date in July 1555 | Chichester, West Sussex | [7][87] | ||
39. | James Abbess | Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk | shoemaker | burnt 2 August 1555 | Thetford, Norfolk (or Bury, according to Foxe) | [7][84] | |
40. | John Denley | Maidstone, Kent | gentleman | burnt 8 August 1555 | Uxbridge, Middlesex | [7][87] | |
41. | Robert Smith | Windsor, Berkshire | clerk at the college in Windsor, Berkshire and painter | burnt 8 August 1555 | Uxbridge, Middlesex | [7][88] | |
Canterbury Martyrs of August 1555 | |||||||
42. | William Coker | burnt 23 August 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][89] | |||
43. | William Hopper | Cranbrook, Kent[79] | burnt 23 August 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][89] | ||
44. | Henry Laurence | burnt 23 August 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][89] | |||
45. | Richard Collier (or Colliar) | burnt 23 August 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][89] | |||
46. | Richard Wright | Ashford, Kent[79] | burnt 23 August 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][89] | ||
47. | William Stere | Ashford, Kent[79] | burnt 23 August 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][89] | ||
48. | Elizabeth Warne (or Warren)[n 13] | Walbrook, London | widow of John Warne, upholsterer | burnt 23 August 1555 | Stratford-atte-Bow, London | [7][90] | |
49. | Roger Hues (aliases: Curryer, Corier) | St Mary's, Taunton, Somerset | burnt 24 August 1555 | Taunton, Somerset | [66][7][91] | ||
50. | George Tankerfield | London (born in York) | cook | burnt 26 August 1555 | St Albans | [7][92] | |
51. | Patrick Pakingham (aliases: Packingham, Pachingham, Patchingham or Pattenham) | burnt 28 August 1555 | Uxbridge, Middlesex | [7][87] | |||
52. | John Newman | Maidstone, Kent | pewterer | burnt 31 August 1555 | Saffron Walden, Essex | [7][87] | |
53. | Robert Samuel (or Samuell) | Barfold, Suffolk | clergyman – minister at Barfold, Suffolk | burnt 31 August 1555 | Thetford, Norfolk | [7][93] | |
54. | Stephen Harwood | Ware, Hertfordshire | brewer | burnt 30 August 1555 | Stratford in Essex | [7][94] | |
55. | Thomas Fust (or Fusse) | hosier, | August 1555 | In the environs of London or Ware | [7][94] | ||
56. | William Hale (or Hailes) | Thorpe, Essex, | late August 1555 | In the environs of Barnet, London | [7][94] | ||
57. | William Allen | Somerton, Norfolk | labourer | burnt early September 1555 | Walsingham, Norfolk | [7][95] | |
58. | Roger Coe (or Coo or Cooe) | Melford, Suffolk | shearman | burnt date unknown September 1555 | Yoxford, Suffolk | [7][95] | |
59. | Thomas Cob | Haverhill, Suffolk | butcher | burnt date unknown September 1555 | Thetford, Norfolk | [7][95] | |
Canterbury Martyrs of September 1555 | |||||||
60. | George Catmer (or Painter) | Hythe, Kent | burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555) | Canterbury, Kent | [52][7][96][97] | ||
61. | Robert Streater (or Streter) | Hythe, Kent | burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555) | Canterbury, Kent | [52][7][96][97] | ||
62. | Anthony Burward | Calete (possibly Calais) [98] | burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555) | Canterbury, Kent | [52][7][96][97] | ||
63. | George Brodbridge (or Bradbridge) | Bromfield, Kent | burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555) | Canterbury, Kent | [52][7][96][97] | ||
64. | James Tutty (or Tuttey) | Brenchley, Kent | burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555) | Canterbury, Kent | [52][7][96][97] | ||
65. | Robert Glover (or Glouer) | Mancetter, Warwickshire | gentleman | burnt 14 September 1555 | Coventry, Warwickshire | [7][99] | |
66. | Cornelius Bongey (or Bungey) | capper | burnt 20 September 1555 | Coventry, Warwickshire | [7][100] | ||
67. | Thomas Hayward (or Heywarde) | burnt mid September 1555 | Lichfield, Staffordshire | [52][7] | |||
68. | John Goreway | Holy Trinity Parish, Coventry, Warwickshire [50] | burnt mid-September 1555 | Lichfield, Staffordshire | [52][7] | ||
Ely Martyrs | |||||||
69. | William Wolsey | Upwell, Norfolk | constable, one of the Ely Martyrs | burnt 16 October 1555 | Cathedral Green, Ely, Cambridgeshire | [7][101] | |
70. | Robert Pygot (or Pigot)[102] | Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire | painter, also an Ely Martyr | burnt 16 October 1555 | Cathedral Green, Ely, Cambridgeshire | [7][101] | |
Oxford Martyrs | |||||||
71. | Hugh Latimer (or Latymer) | Baxterley, Warwickshire [103] | clergyman – chaplain to King Edward VI | burnt 16 October 1555 | outside Balliol College, Oxford | [7][104] | |
72. | Nicholas Ridley | Fulham Palace | clergyman – Bishop of London under Edward VI | burnt 16 October 1555 | outside Balliol College, Oxford | [7][104] | |
Canterbury Martyrs of November 1555 | |||||||
73. | John Webbe (or Web) | gentleman | burnt 30 November 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][105] | ||
74. | George Roper | burnt 30 November 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][105] | |||
75. | Gregory Parke (or Paynter)[citation needed] | burnt 30 November 1555 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][105] | |||
76. | John Philpot | Winchester, Hampshire | clergyman – Archdeacon of Winchester | burnt 18 December 1555 | Smithfield, London | [7][106] | |
77. | Thomas Whittle (or Whitwell) | Essex | clergyman – priest or minister | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] | |
78. | Bartlett (or Bartholomew) Green | Temple, London – born in Basinghall, London | gentleman and lawyer | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] | |
79. | Thomas Brown | St Bride's parish, Fleet Street, London – born in Histon, Cambridgeshire | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] | ||
80. | John Tudson | St Mary Botolph parish, London – born in Ipswich, Suffolk | artificer | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] | |
81. | John Went (or Winter or Hunt) | Langham, Essex | artificer | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] | |
82. | Isobella Forster (or Annis Foster) | St Bride's parish, Fleet Street, London – Born in Greystoke, Cumberland | wife of John Foster, cutler | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] | |
83. | Joan Lushford (or Jone Lashforde, or Warne) | Little Allhallows parish, Thames Street, London | maid | burnt 27 January 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][107] [n 14] | |
Canterbury Martyrs of 1556 | |||||||
84. | John Lomas (or Jhon Lowmas) | Tenterden, Kent | burnt 31 January 1556 | Wincheap, Canterbury | [7][108] | ||
85. | Annes Snoth (or Annis Snod) | Smarden, Kent | widow | burnt 31 January 1556 | Wincheap, Canterbury | [7][108] | |
86. | Anne Wright (or Albright); alias Champnes | burnt 31 January 1556 | Wincheap,Canterbury | [7][108] | |||
87. | Joan (or Jone) Soale | Horton, Kent | wife | burnt 31 January 1556 | Wincheap, Canterbury | [7][108] | |
88. | Joan Catmer | Hythe, Kent | 'wife (as it should seem) of George Catmer', burnt in 1555 | burnt 31 January 1556 | Wincheap, Canterbury | [108][n 15][7] | |
Ipswich Martyrs of 1556 | |||||||
89. | Agnes Potten | Ipswich, Suffolk | wife of Robert Potten | burnt 19 February 1556 | Ipswich, Cornhill | [7][n 16][109] | |
90. | Joan Trunchfield | Ipswich, Suffolk | wife of Michael Trunchfield, a shoemaker | burnt 19 February 1556 | Ipswich, Cornhill | [7][n 16][109] | |
91. | Thomas Cranmer | Lambeth Palace | clergyman – Archbishop of Canterbury (former) | burnt 21 March 1556 | outside Balliol College, Oxford | [7][110] | |
92. | John Maundrel | Beckhampton, Wiltshire – brought up in Rowde, Wiltshire | husbandman | burnt 24 March 1556 | outside Salisbury, Wiltshire | [7][n 17][111] | |
93. | William Coberly | Wiltshire | tailor | burnt 24 March 1556 | outside Salisbury, Wiltshire | [7][n 17][111] | |
94. | John Spicer (or Spencer) | Winston, Suffolk[50] | freemason or bricklayer | burnt 24 March 1556 | outside Salisbury, Wiltshire | [7][111] | |
95. | John Harpole (or Hartpoole) | St Nicholas Parish, Rochester, Kent | burnt 1 April 1556 | Rochester, Kent | [7][112] | ||
96. | Joan Beach | Tunbridge Wells, Kent | widow | burnt 1 April 1556 | Rochester, Kent | [7][112] | |
97. | John Hullier (or Hulliarde) | Babraham, Cambridgeshire | clergyman – curate of Babraham, Cambridgeshire | burnt 16 April 1556 | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | [7][113][114] | |
98. | William Tyms (or Timmes) | Hockley, Essex | clergyman – curate of Hockley, Essex | burnt 24 April 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][115] | |
99. | Robert Drake | Thundersley, Essex | clergyman – minister or parson of Thundersley, Essex | burnt 24 April 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][115] | |
100. | Richard Spurge | Bocking, Essex | shearman | burnt 24 April 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][115] | |
101. | Thomas Spurge | Bocking, Essex | fuller | burnt 24 April 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][115] | |
102. | George Ambrose | Bocking, Essex | fuller | burnt 24 April 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][115] | |
103. | John Cavel (or Cauell) | Bocking, Essex | weaver | burnt 24 April 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][115] | |
Colchester martyrs of April 1556 | |||||||
104. | Christopher Lister | Dagenham, Essex | husbandman | burnt 28 April 1556 | Colchester, Essex | [7][116] | |
105. | John Mace | Colchester, Essex | apothecary | burnt 28 April 1556 | Colchester, Essex | [7][116] | |
106. | John Spencer | Colchester, Essex | weaver | burnt 28 April 1556 | Colchester, Essex | [7][116] | |
107. | Simon Joyne | sawyer | burnt 28 April 1556 | Colchester, Essex | [116] | ||
108. | Richard Nicol | Colchester, Essex | weaver | burnt 28 April 1556 | Colchester, Essex | [7][116] | |
109. | John Hamond | Colchester, Essex | tanner | burnt 28 April 1556 | Colchester, Essex | [7][116] | |
110. | Hugh Laverock (or Lauarocke) | Barking, Essex | painter, (a lame man) | burnt 15 May 1556 | Stratford in Essex | [7][117] | |
111. | John Apprice (or Aprice) | blind man | burnt 15 May 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow or Stratford in Essex | [7][117] | ||
112. | Thomas Drowry | blind boy | burnt about 15 May 1556 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | [7][n 18][118] | ||
113. | Thomas Croker | bricklayer | burnt about 15 May 1556 | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | [7][n 18][118] | ||
114. | Katherine Hut | Bocking, Essex | widow | burnt 16 May 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][117] | |
115. | Elizabeth Thackvel | Great Burstead, Essex | maid | burnt 16 May 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][117] | |
116. | Joan (or Jone) Horns | Billericay, Essex | maid | burnt 16 May 1556 | Smithfield, London | [7][117] | |
117. | Thomas Spicer | Winston, Suffolk | labourer | burnt 21 May 1556 | Beccles, Suffolk | [7][n 19][119] | |
118. | John Deny (or Denny) (possibly a female Joan or Jone) | Beccles, Suffolk | burnt 21 May 1556 | Beccles, Suffolk | [7][n 19][119] | ||
119. | Edmund Poole | Beccles, Suffolk | burnt 21 May 1556 | Beccles, Suffolk | [7][n 19][119] | ||
120. | Thomas Harland | Woodmancote, Sussex | carpenter | burnt 6 June 1556 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][120][121][122] | |
121. | John Oswald (or Oseward) | Woodmancote, Sussex | husbandman | burnt 6 June 1556 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][120][121][122] | |
122. | Thomas Reed | Ardingly, Sussex | burnt about 6 June 1556 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][121] | ||
123.[n 20][123] | Thomas Avington (or Euington) | Ardingly, Sussex | turner | burnt about 6 June 1556 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][121][122] | |
124. | Adam Forster (or Foster) | Mendlesham, Suffolk | husbandman | burnt 17 June 1556 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [124][125] | |
125. | Robert Lawson | Mendlesham, Suffolk | linen weaver | burnt 17 June 1556 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [124][125] | |
126. | Thomas Wood | clergyman – pastor | burnt about 20 June 1556 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][121] | ||
127. | Thomas Milles | Hellingly, Sussex | burnt about 20 June 1556 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][121][n 21][122] | ||
128. | Thomas Moor | servant and husbandman | burnt 26 June 1556 | Leicester, Leicestershire | [85][n 22][7][121][38] | ||
Stratford Martyrs, 11 men and 2 women. | |||||||
129. | Henry Adlington (or Addlinton) | Grinstead, Sussex | sawyer | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
130. | Lawrence (or Laurence) Parnam | Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire | smith | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
131. | Henry Wye | Stanford-le-Hope, Essex | brewer | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
132. | William Holywell (or Hallywell) | Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, | smith | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
133. | Thomas Bowyer (or Bowier) | Great Dunmow, Essex | weaver | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
134. | George Searle | White Notley, Essex | tailor | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
135. | Edmond Hurst | St James's Parish, Colchester | labourer | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
136. | Lion/Lyon Cawch | City of London | merchant/broker | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
137. | Ralph Jackson | Chipping Ongar, Essex, | serving-man | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
138. | John Derifall (or Dorifall) | Rettendon, Essex | labourer | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
139. | John Routh/Roth | Wickes, Essex | labourer | burnt June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][126] | |
140. | Elizabeth Pepper | St James's parish, Colchester | wife of Thomas Pepper, weaver | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][n 23][126] | |
141. | Agnes George | West Barefold, Essex | wife of Richard George, husbandman | burnt 27 June 1556 | Stratford-Atte-Bow | [7][n 23][126][n 24][127] | |
142. | Roger Bernard | Framsden, Suffolk | labourer | burnt 30 June 1556 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [124][125] | |
143. | Julins Palmer | Reading, Berkshire | schoolmaster | burnt about 15 July 1556 | 'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire | [7][128] | |
144. | John Guin/Jhon Gwin | shoemaker [66] | burnt about 15 July 1556 | 'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire | [7][128] | ||
145. | Thomas Askin/Askue | burnt about 15 July 1556 | 'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire | [7][128] | |||
Guernsey Martyrs – (Three women and one unborn male foetus) | |||||||
146. | Catherine Cauchés (sometimes spelt Katherine Cawches) | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | burnt 18 July 1556 | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | [129] | ||
147. | Perotine Massey (pregnant) | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | wife of Norman Calvinist minister | burnt 18 July 1556 | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | [129] | |
148. | Guillemine Gilbert | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | burnt 18 July 1556 | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands | [129] | ||
149. | Thomas Dungate (or Dougate) | East Grinstead, Sussex | burnt 18 July 1556 | Grinstead, Sussex | [7][85][122][130] | ||
150. | John Forman (or Foreman) | East Grinstead, Sussex | burnt 18 July 1556 | Grinstead, Sussex | [7][85][122][130] | ||
151. | Anne Tree (or Try) | West Hoathly, Sussex | burnt 18 July 1556 | Grinstead, Sussex | [7][85][122][130] | ||
152. | Joan Waste | All Hallows', Derby, Derbyshire | blind woman | burnt 1 August 1556 | Derby, Derbyshire | [85] | |
153. | Edward Sharp | glover (possibly)[66] | burnt early September 1556 | Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset | [85] | ||
154. | Rose Pencell | burnt 17 October 1555 | Bristol | [131] | |||
155. | William Shapton | weaver | burnt 17 October 1555 | Bristol | [131] | ||
156. | John Kurde | Syresham, Northamptonshire | shoemaker | burnt October 1556 or 20 September 1557 | Northampton, Northamptonshire | [85][132] | |
157. | John Noyes | Laxfield, Suffolk | shoemaker | burnt 22 September 1556 or 1557 | [133] | ||
158. | Thomas Ravensdale | burnt 24 September 1556 | Mayfield, Sussex | [85][122] | |||
159. | John Hart | burnt 24 September 1556 | Mayfield, Sussex | [85][122] | |||
160. | Unknown man | shoemaker | burnt 24 September 1556 | Mayfield, Sussex | [85] | ||
161. | Unknown man | currier | burnt 24 September 1556 | Mayfield, Sussex | [85] | ||
162. | Nicholas Holden | Withyham, Sussex | weaver | burnt 24 September 1556 | Mayfield, Sussex | [66][122] | |
163. | Unknown man | carpenter | burnt 25 September 1556 | Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset | [85] | ||
164. | John Horn | burnt late September 1556 | Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire | [85][134][n 25][135] | |||
165. | John Phillpott | Tenterden, Kent | burnt 16 January 1557 | Wye, Ashford, Kent | [7][n 26][136] | ||
166. | Thomas Stephens | Biddenden, Kent | burnt 16 January 1557 | Wye, Ashford, Kent | [7][n 26][136] | ||
Canterbury Martyrs of January 1557 | |||||||
167. | Stephen Kempe | Norgate, Kent | burnt 15 January 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [136] | ||
168. | William Waterer | Biddenden, Kent | burnt 15 January 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [136] | ||
169. | William Prowting | Thurnham, Kent | burnt 15 January 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [136] | ||
170. | William Lowick | Cranbrook, Kent | burnt 15 January 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [136] | ||
171. | Thomas Hudson | Selling, Kent | burnt 15 January 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [136] | ||
172. | William Hay | Hythe, Kent | burnt 15 January 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [136] | ||
173. | Nicholas Final | Tenterden, Kent | burnt 16 January 1557 | Ashford, Kent | [7][n 27][136] | ||
174. | Martin Bradbridge | Tenterden, Kent | burnt 16 January 1557 | Ashford, Kent | [7][n 27][137] | ||
175. | William Carman (or Carmen)[n 28] | burnt day and month unknown 1557 | [138] | ||||
176. | Thomas Loseby | burnt 12 April 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][139][n 29] | |||
177. | Henry Ramsey | burnt 12 April 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][139] | |||
178. | Thomas Thyrtell (or Sturtle) | burnt 12 April 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][139] | |||
179. | Margaret Hyde | burnt 12 April 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][139][n 30] | |||
180. | Agnes Stanley (or Stanlye) | burnt 12 April 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][139][140] | |||
181. | Richard Sharpe | weaver | burnt 7 May 1557 | Cotham, Bristol | [141] | ||
182. | Thomas Hale | shoemaker | burnt 7 May 1557 | Cotham, Bristol | [141] | ||
183. | Stephen Gratwick (or Steuen Grathwick) | Brighthelmstone (now Brighton), Sussex | burnt at end of May 1557 | St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey | [7][142]: p.272 [143] | ||
184. | William Morant | burnt at end of May 1557 | St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey | [7][142]: p. 272 [143] | |||
185. | Thomas King[66] | burnt at end of May 1557 | St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey | [7][n 31][142]: p.272 [143] | |||
Maidstone martyrs | |||||||
186. | Joan (or Jone) Bradbridge | Staplehurst, Kent | Presumably a relative of Widow Bradbridge, burnt 19 June 1557[144] | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | |
187. | Walter Appleby | Maidstone, Kent | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | ||
188. | Petronil Appleby | Maidstone, Kent | wife of Walter Appleby | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | |
189. | Edmund Allin (or Allen) | Maplehurst Mill, Frittenden, Kent | miller | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | |
190. | Katherine Allin (or Allen) | Maplehurst Mill, Frittenden, Kent | Wife of Edmund Allin/Allen, miller | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | |
191. | Joan (or Jone) Manning | Maidstone, Kent | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | ||
192. | Elizabeth (surname possibly 'Lewis') | blind maid | burnt 18 June 1557 | Maidstone, Kent | [7][145] | ||
Canterbury martyrs of June 1557 | |||||||
193. | John Fishcock/Jhon Fiscoke | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][145] | |||
194. | Nicholas White | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][145] | |||
195. | Nicholas Pardue/Perdue | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][145] | |||
196. | Barbara Final | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][145] | |||
197. | Bradbridge's Widow (Bradbridge's Wife) | Probably Tenterden, Kent | Probably the widow of Martin Bradbridge, burnt 16 January 1557 | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [145] | |
198. | Mistress Wilson (also referred to as 'Wilson's Wife') | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][145] | |||
199. | Alice Benden, possibly also referred to as 'Benson's Wife' | Staplehurst (or possibly Cranbrook), Kent[146] | burnt 19 June 1557 | Canterbury, Kent | [7][145] | ||
Lewes Martyrs | |||||||
200. | Richard Woodman | Warbleton, Sussex | iron-maker | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147] | |
201. | George Stevens (or Steuens) | Warbleton, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147] | ||
202. | William Mainard | Mayfield, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147] | ||
203. | Alexander Hosman | Mayfield, Sussex | servant of William Mainard | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147] | |
204. | Thomasina Wood | Mayfield, Sussex | maidservant of William Mainard | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147] | |
205. | Margery Morris (or Morice) | Heathfield, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][122][147] | ||
206. | James Morris (or Morice) – son of Margery | Heathfield, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][122][147] | ||
207. | Denis Burcis (or Burgis) | Buxted, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][122][147] | ||
208. | Ann Ashdon (or Ashdown; also referred to as 'Ashdon's Wife') | Rotherfield, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147] | ||
209. | Mary Groves (also referred to as 'Gloue's Wife') | Lewes, Sussex | burnt 22 June 1557 | Lewes, Sussex | [7][82][147][n 32][122][148] | ||
210. | Simon Miller (or Milner) | Lynn, Norfolk | burnt 13 July 1557 | Norwich, Norfolk | [7][149] | ||
211. | Elizabeth Cooper | St Andrew's Church, Norwich, Norfolk | wife of a pewterer | burnt 13 July 1557 | Norwich, Norfolk | [7](which calls her 'a woman')[149] | |
212. | George Egles/Eagles | hung, drawn & quartered, August 1557 | Chelmsford, Essex | [7][150] | |||
Colchester Martyrs of August 1557 | |||||||
213. | William Bongeor | St Nicholas Parish, Colchester, Essex | glazier | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
214. | William Purchase (or Purcas) | Bocking, Essex | fuller | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
215. | Thomas Benhote (or Benold) | Colchester, Essex | tallow-chandler | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
216. | Agnes Silverside (or Smith) | Colchester, Essex | widow | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
217. | Helen (or Ellen) Ewring | Colchester, Essex | wife of John Ewring, miller | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
218. | Elizabeth Folk | Colchester, Essex | 'young maiden' and servant | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
219. | William Munt (or Mount) | Much Bentley, Essex | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | ||
220. | Alice Munt (or Mount) | Much Bentley, Essex | wife of William Munt (or Mount) | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
221. | Rose Allen (or Allin) | Much Bentley, Essex | spinster, daughter of Alice Mount | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
222. | John Johnson | Thorpe, Essex | labourer | burnt 2 August 1557 | Colchester, Essex | [151] | |
223. | Richard Crashfield | Wymondham, Norfolk | burnt 5 August 1557 | Norwich, Norfolk | [7] which records 'one at Norwich' in July[152] | ||
224. | Father Fruier | burnt August 1557 | Rochester, Kent | [7][150] | |||
225. | Robert Stevenson | burnt August 1557 | Rochester, Kent | [153] | |||
226. | Sister of George Eagles | burnt August 1557 | Rochester, Kent | [7][150] | |||
227. | Unknown Woman | burnt August 1557 | Rochester, Kent | [7] | |||
228. | Agnes Prest | Boyton, Cornwall | Spinner | burnt 15 August 1557 | Southernhay, Exeter | [154] | |
229. | Thomas Benion | weaver | burnt 27 August 1557 | Bristol | [141] | ||
230. | Joyce Lewis | Mancetter, Warwickshire | gentlewoman | burnt September 1557 | Lichfield, Staffordshire | [155][156] – may be the same as Joyce Bowes, August 1557 (the Regester) | |
231. | Ralph Allerton/Rafe Glaiton | Much Bentley, Essex | burnt 17 September 1557 | Islington | [7][157] | ||
232. | James Austoo (or Auscoo) | burnt 17 September 1557 | Islington | [7][157] | |||
233. | Margery Austoo (or Auscoo) | burnt 17 September 1557 | Islington | [7][157] | |||
234. | Richard Roth (or Rooth) | burnt 17 September 1557 | Islington | [7][157] | |||
235. | Agnes Bongeor (also known as Bowmer's Wife), wife of Richard Bongeor (similar name but different death date) | burnt 17 September (or unknown date July) | Colchester, Essex | [132] (or March 1558, Colchester)[7] | |||
236. | Margaret Thurston/Widow Thurston-similar name but different death date | burnt 17 September (or unknown date July) | Colchester, Essex | [132](or March 1558, Colchester) [7] | |||
237. | Cicely Ormes | St Edmund's Parish, Norwich, Norfolk | wife of Edmund Ormes, worsted-weaver | burnt 23 September 1557 | Norwich, Norfolk | [158][159][160] | |
238. | Thomas Spurdance | servant of the Queen | burnt November 1557 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [159][161] | ||
239. | John Halingdale/Hallingdale/Hollingday | carpenter[66] | burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557, | Smithfield, London | [7][159][162] | ||
240. | William Sparrow | burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][159][162] | |||
241. | Richard Gibson | gentleman[66] | burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][159][162] | ||
242. | John Rough/Jhon Roughe | London/Islington, Middlesex | clergyman – minister at London/Islington, Middlesex | burnt 22 December 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][163] | |
243. | Margaret Maring (or Mering) | burnt 22 December 1557 | Smithfield, London | [7][163] | |||
244. | [Unknown forename ...] Lawton | burnt March 1558 | Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire | [66] | |||
245.[n 33] | Cuthbert Symson/Symion | London/Islington, Middlesex | clergyman – deacon of the church in London/Islington, Middlesex | died 28 March 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][6] | |
246. | Hugh Foxe | hosier[66] | died 28 March 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][6] | ||
247. | John Devinish/Jhon Denneshe | wool winder[66] | died 28 March 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][6] | ||
248. | William Nichol | burnt 9 April 1558 | SM9515 Haverfordwest/Hwlffordd, Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro | [7][164][165] | |||
249. | William Seaman (or Symon) | Mendlesham, Suffolk | husbandman | burnt 19 May 1558 | Norwich, Norfolk | [7][166] | |
250. | Thomas Hudson | Aylsham, Norfolk | glover | burnt 19 May 1558 | Norwich, Norfolk | [166] described as 'Glouer' in [7] | |
251. | Thomas Carman[n 28] | burnt 19 May 1558 | Norwich, Norfolk | [7][166] | |||
252. | William Harris | burnt 26 May 1558 | Colchester | [7][127] | |||
253. | Richard Day | burnt 26 May 1558 | Colchester, Essex | [7][127] | |||
254. | Christian George (female) | burnt 26 May 1558 | Colchester, Essex | her husband had previously been married to Agnes George, mentioned above[7][127] | |||
Islington Martyrs[167] | |||||||
255. | Henry Pond (or Houde) | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |||
256. | Reinald Eastland (or Launder) | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |||
257. | Robert Southain (or Southam) | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |||
258. | Matthew Ricarby (or Ricarbie) | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |||
259. | John Floyd (or Flood) | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |||
260. | John Holiday (or Hollyday) | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |||
261. | Roger Holland | London (taken in or near St John's Wood) | merchant tailor | burnt 27 June 1558 | Smithfield, London | [7][167] | |
262. | Sir Richard Yeoman (or Yeman) | Hadleigh, Suffolk | clergyman – curate of Hadleigh, Suffolk | burnt 10 July 1558 | Norwich, Norfolk | [7][168][169] | |
Islington Martyrs (second group)[167] | |||||||
263. | Robert Mills | burnt 14 July 1558 | Brentford, Middlesex | [167] | |||
264. | Stephen Cotton | burnt 14 July 1558 | Brentford, Middlesex | [7][167] | |||
265. | Robert Dynes | burnt 14 July 1558 | Brentford, Middlesex | [167] | |||
266. | Stephen Wight (or Wreight) | burnt 14 July 1558 | Brentford, Middlesex | [7][167] | |||
267. | John Slade | burnt 14 July 1558 | Brentford, Middlesex | [7][167] | |||
268. | William Pikes (aliases: Pikas, Peckes) | tanner | burnt 14 July 1558 | Brentford, Middlesex | [7][167] | ||
269. | John Cooke | sawyer | burnt about 25 July 1558 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [170] | ||
270. | Robert Milles (or Plummer) | shearman | burnt about 25 July 1558 | Bury St Edmunds | [170] | ||
271. | Alexander Lane | wheelwright | burnt about 25 July 1558 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [170] | ||
272. | James Ashley | bachelor | burnt about 25 July 1558 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [170] | ||
273. | Thomas Benbrike/Benbridge | gentleman | burnt unknown day in July 1558 | Winchester, Hampshire | [7][171] | ||
274. | John (or Richard) Snell | Bedale, Yorkshire | burnt 9 September 1558 | Richmond, Yorkshire | [172] | ||
Ipswich Martyrs of 1558 | |||||||
275. | Alexander Gooch (or Geche, or Gouch) | Woodbridge or Melton, Suffolk | weaver of shredding-coverlets | burnt 4 November 1558 | Ipswich Cornhill | [7][173] | |
276.[n 34] | Alice Driver | Grundisburgh, Suffolk | wife of a husbandman | burnt 4 November 1558 | Ipswich Cornhill | [173] | |
277. | Philip Humphrey (or Humfrey) | burnt November 1558 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [174] | |||
278. | John David/Jhon Dauy (brother of Henry David) | burnt November 1558 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [174] | |||
279. | Henry David/H. Dauy (brother of John David) | burnt November 1558 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | [174] | |||
Canterbury Martyrs of 1558 | |||||||
280. | John Corneford | Wrotham, Kent | burnt 15 November 1558 | Canterbury, Kent | [175] | ||
281. | Christopher Brown | Maidstone, Kent | burnt 15 November 1558 | Canterbury | [175] | ||
282. | John Herst | Ashford, Kent | burnt 15 November 1558 | Canterbury, Kent | [175] | ||
283. | Alice Snoth | burnt 15 November 1558 | Canterbury, Kent | [175] | |||
284. | Katherine Knight/Tynley | an aged woman | burnt 15 November 1558 | Canterbury | [175] | ||
Note: Mary I died on 17 November 1558. | |||||||
Radical Protestants executed under Elizabeth I | |||||||
1. | Jan Wielmacker[n 35] | Dutchman – member of a conventicle in Aldgate, London | 22 July 1575 | Smithfield, London | [176] | ||
2. | Hendrik Ter Woort[n 35] | Dutchman – member of a conventicle in Aldgate, London | 22 July 1575 | Smithfield, London | [176] | ||
3. | Matthew Hamont[n 36] | Hethersett, Norfolk | ploughwright | 20 May 1579 | Norwich Castle | [177] | |
4. | John Lewes[n 36] | 18 September 1583 | Norwich, Norfolk | [177] | |||
5. | Peter Cole[n 36] | Ipswich, Suffolk | tanner | 1587 | Norwich | [177] | |
6. | Francis Kett[n 36] | Wymondham, Norfolk | clergyman and physician | 14 January 1589 | Norwich Castle | [178]- | |
7. | John Greenwood | London | Puritan divine: Separatist | 6 April 1593 | London | [179]- | |
8. | Henry Barrowe (or Barrow) | London | lawyer : Separatist | 6 April 1593 | London | [179]- | |
9. | John Penry | born Llangammarch, Powys, arrested Ratcliffe, London | writer and preacher | 29 May 1593 | St Thomas a Watering, Old Kent Road, London | [180] | |
Radical Protestants executed under James I | |||||||
1. | Bartholomew Legate[n 37] | Hornchurch, Essex | cloth trader | 18 March 1612 | Smithfield, London | [181] | |
2. | Edward Wightman[n 35] | Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire | mercer and minister | 11 April 1612 | Lichfield, Staffordshire | [182] |
No. | Name | Residence | Description | Date of death | Place of death | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry VIII | ||||||
1. | Christopher, a Dutchman | Antwerp, Flanders | 1531 | died in prison at Westminster | [186] | |
2. | John Porter | Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire and St Sepulchre's, London | tailor | 1542 | Newgate Prison, London | [37][50] |
3. | Thomas Sommers | London | merchant | About 1542 | Tower of London, | [37][38] |
Mary I | ||||||
1C. | John Alcock (or Awcock) | Hadleigh, Suffolk | shearman | 2 April 1555 | Newgate Prison, London | [191][192] |
2. | William Minge | clergyman – priest | 2 July 1555 | Maidstone Prison, Kent | [7][188] | |
3. | John Aleworth | July 1555 | Reading Prison, Berkshire | [n 38][84] | ||
4. | ... Tingle | September 1555 | Newgate Prison, London | [7][193] | ||
5.[n 39][194] | George Kyng (or King) | September 1555 | sickened in Lollard's Tower | [7][94][194] | ||
6. | Jhon Lesse | September 1555 | Newgate Prison, London | [7][n 40][94] | ||
7. | John Wade | September 1555 | sickened in Lollard's Tower | [94] | ||
8. | William Androwes (or Andrew, or Andrews) | Horsley, Essex | carpenter | September 1555 | Newgate Prison, London | [7][94] |
9. | James Gore | 7 December 1555 | Colchester Prison, Essex | [7][105] | ||
10. | William Wiseman | clothworker | 13 December 1555, | Lowlar's Tower/Lollard's Tower, Lambeth Palace, London | [7][105] | |
11. | Margaret Eliot (or Ellis) | Billericay, Essex | maid | May 1556 | Newgate Prison, London | [7][117] |
12. | William Sleeke (or Slech) | 31 May 1556 | 'King's Bench' Southwark, Surrey | [7][121] | ||
13. | William Adheral | minister | 24 June 1556 | 'King's Bench' Southwark, Surrey | [7][121] | |
14. | John Clemente | wheelwright | 26 June 1556 | 'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey | [7][121] | |
15. | Thomas Parret | 27 June 1556 | 'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey | [7][125] | ||
16. | Martyne Hunte | 29 June 1556 | 'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey | [7][125] | ||
17. | John Morris (or Morice) | 29 June 1556 | 'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey | [124][125] | ||
18. | John Careless | Coventry, Warwickshire | weaver | 1 July 1556 | 'King's Bench', Southwark, Surrey | [7][195] |
19.–21. | William Dangerfield, his wife Joan and their infant child | sickened in prison | [85] | |||
22.–24. | Three people | October 1556 | Chichester Castle, Sussex (or Canterbury Castle, Kent, according to Knox) | [66][85] | ||
25. | John Clark | in or after November 1556 | Canterbury Castle, Kent | [85] | ||
26. | Dunston Chittenden | in or after November 1556 | Canterbury Castle, Kent | [85] | ||
27. | William Foster | Stone, Kent | in or after November 1556 | Canterbury Castle, Kent | [85] | |
28. | Alice Potkins | Staplehurst, Kent | in or after November 1556 | Canterbury Castle, Kent | [85] | |
29. | John Archer | Cranbrook, Kent | in or after November 1556 | Canterbury Castle | [85] | |
30. | John Thurston | taken at Much Bentley, Essex | May 1557 | Colchester Castle, Essex | [151] | |
31. | N. Ambrose | about June 1557 (according to Foxe), or July 1557 (according to Farr) | Maidstone Prison, Kent | [7][124][196] | ||
32. | John Dale | Hadleigh, Suffolk | weaver | Bury St Edmunds Prison | [7][169] | |
33. | Matthew Withers (or Wythers) | June 1558 | Newgate Prison, London | [7][167] | ||
34. | Thomas Tyler | June 1558 | Newgate Prison, London | [7][167] |