Robert Glover (martyr)

Robert Glover (died 1555) was an English Protestant martyr who was burnt at Coventry in September 1555.^[1]

Glover was born at Mancetter, Warwickshire, and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.^[2] Under Henry VIII he became attracted to Protestant views.^[1] He gained in BA in 1538, MA in 1541, and was a fellow until 1543. He married a niece of Hugh Latimer.

He was burnt to death at Coventry for heresy on 20 September 1555.^[3] He had been arrested earlier that year.^[1]

Glover is among twelve such martyrs from the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I commemorated on a memorial in the city, who are known collectively as the Coventry Martyrs.^[4]