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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.

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]: 62 

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]: 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]: 79 

Although the so-called "Marian Persecutions" began with four clergymen, relics of Edwardian England's Protestantism,[2]: 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]: 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]: 62–65  During the session that restored the realm to papal obedience Parliament reinstated the heresy laws.[2]: 196  From 20 January 1555, England could legally punish those judged guilty of heresy against the Roman Catholic faith.[5]: 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]: 102  If found guilty, the accused were first excommunicated, then handed over to the secular authorities for execution.[5]: 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]: 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]: 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]: 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]: 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".

Order of death. Name Residence Description Date of execution Place of execution g References 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 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 33. John ... painter 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 40. William Jerome Stepney, London clergyman – vicar of St Dunstan's, Stepney 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 46. Thomas Bernard burnt about 1541 Lincoln Diocese [37][38] 47. James Morton [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 [42][44] 51. Henry Filmer churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church, Windsor [42][45] 52. Unknown man Calais poor labouring man burnt 1540[n 4] Calais [41] 53. ... Dodd Calais – a Scotsman burnt 1541[n 5] 54. [Forename unknown] ... Henry burnt 1545 or 1546 Colchester, Essex [46] 55. Unknown man servant of ... Henry 56. [Forename unknown] ... Kerby burnt 1546 Ipswich, Suffolk 57. Roger Clarke Mendlesham, Suffolk Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 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 [49] 60. John Adams Colchester, Essex[50] tailor 61. John Lassells Gateford, Nottinghamshire courtier 62. ... Rogers Norfolk burnt 1546 Norfolk [51] 63. Oliver Richardine Whitchurch parish, Shropshire 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]: 113 [56] 2. Lawrence Saunders City of London clergyman – preacher, Rector of All Hallows Bread Street, London burnt 8 February 1555 Coventry, Warwickshire [5]: 98 [57] 3. John Hooper Gloucester and Worcester clergyman – Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester under Edward VI burnt 9 February 1555 Gloucester, Gloucestershire [5]: 98 [58] 4. Rowland Taylor Hadleigh, Suffolk clergyman – Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk burnt 9 February 1555 Aldham Common, Nr Hadleigh, Suffolk [5]: 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 Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex 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 Braintree, Essex 12. [n 6] William Dighel 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 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 19. Thomas Hawkes (or Haukes) Essex gentleman burnt 10 June 1555 Coggeshall, Essex [7][71] 20. Thomas Watts (or Wattes) Billericay, Essex linen draper 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 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] burnt 15 June 1555 Harwich, Essex [7][74] 25. Thomas Ormond (or Osmande)[n 9] fuller 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 [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) [7][79] 30. John Frankesh Adisham, Kent clergyman – parson of Adisham, Kent [7][n 10][79] 31. Humphrey Middleton Ashford, Kent [7][79] 32. Nicholas Hall Dartford, Kent bricklayer burnt 19 July 1555 Rochester, Kent [7][80] 33. Christopher Wade 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) carpenter burnt (day unknown) July 1555 Chichester, West Sussex [7][82][84] 38. Richard Hook (or Hooke)[85][86] lame man [66] [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 [7][88] Canterbury Martyrs of August 1555 42. William Coker burnt 23 August 1555 Canterbury, Kent [7][89] 43. William Hopper Cranbrook, Kent[79] 44. Henry Laurence 45. Richard Collier (or Colliar) 46. Richard Wright Ashford, Kent[79] 47. William Stere 48. Elizabeth Warne (or Warren)[n 13] Walbrook, London widow of John Warne, upholsterer 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 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 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) 62. Anthony Burward Calete (possibly Calais) [98] 63. George Brodbridge (or Bradbridge) Bromfield, Kent 64. James Tutty (or Tuttey) Brenchley, Kent 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 [7][100] 67. Thomas Hayward (or Heywarde) burnt mid-September 1555 Lichfield, Staffordshire [52][7] 68. John Goreway Holy Trinity Parish, Coventry, Warwickshire [50] 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 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 Canterbury Martyrs of November 1555 73. John Webbe (or Web) gentleman burnt 30 November 1555 Canterbury, Kent [7][105] 74. George Roper 75. Gregory Parke (or Paynter)[citation needed] 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 [7][107] 78. Bartlett (or Bartholomew) Green Temple, London – born in Basinghall, London gentleman and lawyer [7][107] 79. Thomas Brown St Bride's parish, Fleet Street, London – born in Histon, Cambridgeshire [7][107] 80. John Tudson St Mary Botolph parish, London – born in Ipswich, Suffolk artificer [7][107] 81. John Went (or Winter or Hunt) Langham, Essex artificer [7][107] 82. Isobella Forster (or Annis Foster) St Bride's parish, Fleet Street, London – Born in Greystoke, Cumberland wife of John Foster, cutler [7][107] 83. Joan Lushford (or Jone Lashforde, or Warne) Little Allhallows parish, Thames Street, London maid [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 [7][108] 86. Anne Wright (or Albright); alias Champnes [7][108] 87. Joan (or Jone) Soale Horton, Kent wife [7][108] 88. Joan Catmer Hythe, Kent 'wife (as it should seem) of George Catmer', burnt in 1555 [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 wife of Michael Trunchfield, a shoemaker [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 [7][n 17][111] 94. John Spicer (or Spencer) Winston, Suffolk[50] freemason or bricklayer [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 [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 100. Richard Spurge Bocking, Essex shearman 101. Thomas Spurge Bocking, Essex fuller 102. George Ambrose Bocking, Essex fuller 103. John Cavel (or Cauell) Bocking, Essex weaver 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 106. John Spencer weaver 107. Simon Joyne sawyer [116] 108. Richard Nicol Colchester, Essex weaver [7][116] 109. John Hamond tanner 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 Stratford-Atte-Bow or Stratford in Essex 112. Thomas Drowry blind boy Gloucester, Gloucestershire [7][n 18][118] 113. Thomas Croker bricklayer 114. Katherine Hut Bocking, Essex widow burnt 16 May 1556 Smithfield, London [7][117] 115. Elizabeth Thackvel Great Burstead, Essex maid 116. Joan (or Jone) Horns Billericay, Essex 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 119. Edmund Poole 120. Thomas Harland Woodmancote, Sussex carpenter burnt 6 June 1556 Lewes, Sussex [7][82][120][121][122] 121. John Oswald (or Oseward) husbandman 122. Thomas Reed Ardingly, Sussex burnt about 6 June 1556 [7][82][121] 123.[n 20][123] Thomas Avington (or Euington) turner [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 linen weaver 126. Thomas Wood clergyman – pastor burnt about 20 June 1556 Lewes, Sussex [7][82][121] 127. Thomas Milles Hellingly, 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 131. Henry Wye Stanford-le-Hope, Essex brewer 132. William Holywell (or Hallywell) Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, smith 133. Thomas Bowyer (or Bowier) Great Dunmow, Essex weaver 134. George Searle White Notley, Essex tailor 135. Edmond Hurst St James's Parish, Colchester labourer 136. Lion/Lyon Cawch City of London merchant/broker 137. Ralph Jackson Chipping Ongar, Essex, serving-man 138. John Derifall (or Dorifall) Rettendon, Essex labourer 139. John Routh/Roth Wickes, Essex 140. Elizabeth Pepper St James's parish, Colchester wife of Thomas Pepper, weaver [7][n 23][126] 141. Agnes George West Barefold, Essex wife of Richard George, husbandman [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] 145. Thomas Askin/Askue 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) wife of Norman Calvinist minister 148. Guillemine Gilbert 149. Thomas Dungate (or Dougate) East Grinstead, Sussex burnt 18 July 1556 Grinstead, Sussex [7][85][122][130] 150. John Forman (or Foreman) 151. Anne Tree (or Try) West Hoathly, Sussex 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 154. Rose Pencell burnt 17 October 1555 Bristol [131] 155. William Shapton weaver 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 160. Unknown man shoemaker [85] 161. Unknown man currier 162. Nicholas Holden Withyham, Sussex weaver [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 Canterbury Martyrs of January 1557 167. Stephen Kempe Norgate, Kent burnt 15 January 1557 Canterbury, Kent [136] 168. William Waterer Biddenden, Kent 169. William Prowting Thurnham, Kent 170. William Lowick Cranbrook, Kent 171. Thomas Hudson Selling, Kent 172. William Hay Hythe, Kent 173. Nicholas Final Tenterden, Kent burnt 16 January 1557 Ashford, Kent [7][n 27][136] 174. Martin Bradbridge [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 [7][139] 178. Thomas Thyrtell (or Sturtle) 179. Margaret Hyde [7][139][n 30] 180. Agnes Stanley (or Stanlye) [7][139][140] 181. Richard Sharpe weaver burnt 7 May 1557 Cotham, Bristol [141] 182. Thomas Hale shoemaker 183. Stephen Gratwick (or Steuen Grathwick) Brighthelmstone (now Brighton), Sussex burnt at end of May 1557 St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey [7][142]: 272 [143] 184. William Morant 185. Thomas King[66] [7][n 31][142]: 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 188. Petronil Appleby wife of Walter Appleby 189. Edmund Allin (or Allen) Maplehurst Mill, Frittenden, Kent miller 190. Katherine Allin (or Allen) Wife of Edmund Allin/Allen, miller 191. Joan (or Jone) Manning Maidstone, Kent 192. Elizabeth (surname possibly 'Lewis') blind maid Canterbury martyrs of June 1557 193. John Fishcock/Jhon Fiscoke burnt 19 June 1557 Canterbury, Kent [7][145] 194. Nicholas White 195. Nicholas Pardue/Perdue 196. Barbara Final 197. Bradbridge's Widow (Bradbridge's Wife) Probably Tenterden, Kent Probably the widow of Martin Bradbridge, burnt 16 January 1557 [145] 198. Mistress Wilson (also referred to as 'Wilson's Wife') [7][145] 199. Alice Benden, possibly also referred to as 'Benson's Wife' Staplehurst (or possibly Cranbrook), Kent[146] Lewes Martyrs 200. Richard Woodman Warbleton, Sussex iron-maker burnt 22 June 1557 Lewes, Sussex [7][82][147] 201. George Stevens (or Steuens) 202. William Mainard Mayfield, Sussex 203. Alexander Hosman servant of William Mainard 204. Thomasina Wood maidservant of William Mainard 205. Margery Morris (or Morice) Heathfield, Sussex [7][82][122][147] 206. James Morris (or Morice) – son of Margery [7][122][147] 207. Denis Burcis (or Burgis) Buxted, Sussex [7][82][122][147] 208. Ann Ashdon (or Ashdown; also referred to as 'Ashdon's Wife') Rotherfield, Sussex [7][82][147] 209. Mary Groves (also referred to as 'Gloue's Wife') 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 [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 215. Thomas Benhote (or Benold) Colchester, Essex tallow-chandler 216. Agnes Silverside (or Smith) widow 217. Helen (or Ellen) Ewring wife of John Ewring, miller 218. Elizabeth Folk 'young maiden' and servant 219. William Munt (or Mount) Much Bentley, Essex 220. Alice Munt (or Mount) wife of William Munt (or Mount) 221. Rose Allen (or Allin) spinster, daughter of Alice Mount 222. John Johnson Thorpe, Essex labourer 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 [153] 226. Sister of George Eagles [7][150] 227. Unknown Woman [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) 233. Margery Austoo (or Auscoo) 234. Richard Roth (or Rooth) 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 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 241. Richard Gibson gentleman[66] 242. John Rough/Jhon Roughe London/Islington, Middlesex clergyman – minister at London/Islington, Middlesex burnt 22 December 1557 [7][163] 243. Margaret Maring (or Mering) 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] 247. John Devinish/Jhon Denneshe wool winder[66] 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 [166] described as 'Glouer' in [7] 251. Thomas Carman[n 28] [7][166] 252. William Harris burnt 26 May 1558 Colchester [7][127] 253. Richard Day 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) 257. Robert Southain (or Southam) 258. Matthew Ricarby (or Ricarbie) 259. John Floyd (or Flood) 260. John Holiday (or Hollyday) 261. Roger Holland London (taken in or near St John's Wood) merchant tailor 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 [7][167] 265. Robert Dynes [167] 266. Stephen Wight (or Wreight) [7][167] 267. John Slade 268. William Pikes (aliases: Pikas, Peckes) tanner 269. John Cooke sawyer burnt about 25 July 1558 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [170] 270. Robert Milles (or Plummer) shearman 271. Alexander Lane wheelwright 272. James Ashley bachelor 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 [173] 277. Philip Humphrey (or Humfrey) burnt November 1558 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [174] 278. John David/Jhon Dauy (brother of Henry David) 279. Henry David/H. Dauy (brother of John David) Canterbury Martyrs of 1558 280. John Corneford Wrotham, Kent burnt 15 November 1558 Canterbury, Kent [175] 281. Christopher Brown Maidstone, Kent 282. John Herst Ashford, Kent 283. Alice Snoth 284. Katherine Knight/Tynley an aged woman 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] 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 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) sickened in Lollard's Tower [7][94][194] 6. Jhon Lesse Newgate Prison, London [7][n 40][94] 7. John Wade sickened in Lollard's Tower [94] 8. William Androwes (or Andrew, or Andrews) Horsley, Essex carpenter 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 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 14. John Clemente wheelwright 26 June 1556 15. Thomas Parret 27 June 1556 [124][125] 16. Martyne Hunte 29 June 1556 17. John Morris (or Morice) 18. John Careless Coventry, Warwickshire weaver 1 July 1556 [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 27. William Foster Stone, Kent 28. Alice Potkins Staplehurst, Kent 29. John Archer Cranbrook, Kent 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