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1555


  • 16 October 1555: Bishop Nicholas Ridley (born Willimonstwick, Northumberland) and Bishop Hugh Latimer burned at the stake in Oxford, after being tried for herecy because of their Protestant beliefs.
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The burning of Latimer and Ridley, from the Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (1563)
- Public Domain image c/o Wikimedia Commons. Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley martyred by being burnt at the stake. John Foxe's book of martyrs. 1563 edition. When looking at these images …
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