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England · Religion / Marian Persecutions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1555–1556Date range
7Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1555

John Rogers4 February 1555

Smithfield · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Rogers becomes the first Protestant martyr burned under Mary's heresy laws

John Hooper9 February 1555

Gloucester · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Hooper is burned for refusing to recant Protestant beliefs

Rowland Taylor9 February 1555

Hadleigh · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Taylor is burned at Hadleigh during the Marian persecutions

Hugh Latimer16 October 1555

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Latimer is burned with Nicholas Ridley at Oxford.

Hugh Latimer16 October 1555

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Burned at the stake with Nicholas Ridley.

Mary I16 October 1555

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Nicholas Ridley is burned at Oxford for Protestant beliefs

Nicholas Ridley16 October 1555

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Ridley is burned at Oxford for Protestant doctrine.

Nicholas Ridley16 October 1555

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Burned at the stake for Protestant doctrine.

1556

Thomas Cranmer21 March 1556

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Cranmer is burned after repudiating his recantations

Mary I21 March 1556

Oxford · Religion / Marian Persecutions

Thomas Cranmer is burned after renouncing his earlier recantations

Names involved

Hugh LatimerJohn HooperJohn RogersMary INicholas RidleyRowland TaylorThomas Cranmer

Provenance

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