List of Protestant martyrs of the English Reformation
Martyrs Executed
Table:
No.

Name

Residence

Description

Date of execution

Place of execution

References

Protestants executed under Henry VIII

1.

Thomas Hitton

Martham, Norfolk

clergyman – priest

burnt 23 February 1530

Maidstone, Kent

[1]

2.

Thomas Benet

Exeter, Devon

teacher

burnt 15 January 1531

Exeter, Devon

[2]

3.

Thomas Bilney

Taken at Norwich, Norfolk

clergyman – priest

burnt 19 August 1531

Norwich, Norfolk

[3]

4.

Richard Bayfield

Taken at Mark Lane, London

monk – Benedictine (former) and chamberlain of Bury St Edmunds Abbey

burnt 27 November 1531

Smithfield, London

[4]

5.

John Tewkesbury

St Michael-le-Querne Parish, Paternoster Row, London

leatherseller

burnt December 1531

Smithfield, London

[5]

6.

'An old man'

Buckinghamshire

burnt 1531

[6][n 1]

7.

Davy Foster

Yorkshire

poor artificer

burnt 1531

[7][8]

8.

James Bainham

Middle Temple, London

lawyer

burnt 30 April 1532

Smithfield, London

[9]

9.

John Bent

Urchfont, Wiltshire

burnt in or before April 1532

Devizes, Wiltshire

[10]

10.

... Trapnel

burnt in or before April 1532

Bradford, Wiltshire

[10]

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

[11]

12.

John Frith

Westerham, then Sevenoaks, Kent[12] – Taken after he had been preaching at Bow Lane, London

clergyman – canon at Cardinal College, Oxford

burnt 4 July 1533

Smithfield, London

[13]

13.

Andrew Hewet

Watling Street, London (born in Faversham, Kent)

apprentice to a tailor

burnt 4 July 1533

Smithfield, London

[13]

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'

[14][15]

24.

Robert Pakington

Cheapside, London

mercer

murdered 13 November 1536

Cheapside, London

[16]

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

[16][17][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

[18]

27.

... Puttedew

Suffolk

burnt in or before 1538

Suffolk

[16]

28.

William Leiton or Leyton

Eye Priory, Eye, Suffolk

monk – Benedictine

burnt in or before 1538

Norwich, Norfolk

[16]

29. -30

Two Anabaptists, a man and a woman

Dutch

burnt 29 November 1538

Smithfield, London

[19]

31.

Giles Germane

burnt 1539

St Giles in the Fields, outside London

[20]

32.

Launcelot ...

servant of the king

burnt 1539

St Giles in the Fields, outside London

[20]

33.

John ...

painter

burnt 1539

St Giles in the Fields, outside London

[20]

34.–36.

Three Anabaptists – ... Mandeville, ... Collins and another

burnt 29 April 1539

Newington Causeway, outside London

[21]

37.

William Collins

London

lawyer and gentleman

burnt 7 July 1540

Smithfield, London or Southwark

[16][17][n 3]

38.

Robert Barnes

Austin Friary, Cambridge (until 1528)

monk – Augustinian

burnt 30 July 1540

Smithfield, London

[22]

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

[22]

40.

William Jerome

Stepney, London

clergyman – vicar of St Dunstan's, Stepney

burnt 30 July 1540

Smithfield, London

[22]

41.–42.

Valentine Freese and his wife

burnt 1540

York, Yorkshire

[23][24]

43.

Richard Mekins

'a child that passed not the age of fifteen years'

burnt 30 July 1541

[25][26]

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

[25][27]

45.

John Ramsey

player in interludes

burnt about 1541/2

Salisbury, Wiltshire

[25][27]

46.

Thomas Bernard

burnt about 1541

Lincoln Diocese

[28][29]

47.

James Morton

burnt about 1541

Lincoln Diocese

[28][30]

48.

Adam Damlip (also known as George Bucker)

Calais

clergyman – former chaplain to Bishop John Fisher

hanged, drawn and quartered 22 May 1543 [31]

Calais

[32]

Windsor Martyrs

49.

Robert Testwood

City of London (originally)

musician in the college at Windsor

burnt 28 July 1543

Windsor, Berkshire

[33][34]

50.

Anthony Pearson

clergyman – priest of Windsor; popular preacher

burnt 28 July 1543

Windsor, Berkshire

[33][35]

51.

Henry Filmer

churchwarden of St John the Baptist Church, Windsor

burnt 28 July 1543

Windsor, Berkshire

[33][36]

52.

Unknown man

Calais

poor labouring man

burnt 1540[n 4]

Calais

[32]

53.

... Dodd

Calais – a Scotsman

burnt 1541[n 5]

Calais

[32]

54.

[Forename unknown] ... Henry

burnt 1545 or 1546

Colchester, Essex

[37]

55.

Unknown man

servant of ... Henry

burnt 1545 or 1546

Colchester, Essex

[37]

56.

[Forename unknown] ... Kerby

burnt 1546

Ipswich, Suffolk

[37]

57.

Roger Clarke

Mendlesham, Suffolk

burnt 1546

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[37]

58.

Anne Askew

Stallingborough, Lincolnshire[38]

wife of Master Thomas Kyme, a farmer and landowner of Friskney, Lincolnshire[38]

burnt 16 July 1546

Smithfield, London

[39]

59.

Nicholas Belenian

Shropshire

clergyman – priest

burnt 16 July 1546

Smithfield, London

[40]

60.

John Adams

Colchester, Essex[41]

tailor

burnt 16 July 1546

Smithfield, London

[40]

61.

John Lassells

Gateford, Nottinghamshire

courtier

burnt 16 July 1546

Smithfield, London

[40]

62.

... Rogers

Norfolk

burnt 1546

Norfolk

[42]

63.

Oliver Richardine

Whitchurch parish

burnt 1546

Hartford West

[43]

Radical Protestants executed under Edward VI

1.

Joan Bocher (or Butcher, or as Joan Knell)

Kent (perhaps Romney Marsh)

2 May 1550

Smithfield, London

[44]

2.

George van Parris

Dutchman

1551

[45][46]

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

[47]: p.113 [48]

2.

Lawrence Saunders

City of London

clergyman – preacher, Rector of All Hallows Bread Street, London

burnt 8 February 1555

Coventry, Warwickshire

[47]: p.98 [49]

3.

John Hooper

Gloucester and Worcester

clergyman – Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester under Edward VI

burnt 9 February 1555

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

[47]: p.98 [50]

4.

Rowland Taylor

Hadleigh, Suffolk

clergyman – Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk

burnt 9 February 1555

Aldham Common, Nr Hadleigh, Suffolk

[47]: p.98 [51]

5.

Rawlins White

Cardiff, Glamorgan

fisherman

burnt March 1555

Cardiff, Glamorgan

[52]

6.

Thomas Tomkins

Shoreditch, London

weaver

burnt 16 March 1555

Smithfield, London

[53]

7.

Thomas Causton

Horndon on the Hill or Thundersby, Essex

gentleman

burnt 26 March 1555

Rayleigh, Essex

[54]

8.

Thomas Higbed

Horndon on the Hill or Thundersby, Essex

gentleman

burnt 26 March 1555

Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex

[54]

9.

William Hunter

Coleman Street Parish, London

apprentice

burnt 27 March 1555 (or 26 according to Foxe)

Brentwood, Essex

[55]

10.

Stephen Knight

barber

burnt 28 March 1555

Maldon, Essex

[56]

11.

William Pygot (or Pigot)

butcher

burnt 28 March 1555

Braintree, Essex

[56]

12. [n 6]

William Dighel

burnt 28 March 1555

Banbury, Oxfordshire

[57][58]

13.

John Lawrence (or Laurence)

clergyman – priest and former Blackfriar at Sudbury, Suffolk [41]

burnt 29 March 1555

Colchester, Essex

[56]

14.

Robert Ferrar

St David's, Pembrokeshire

clergyman – Bishop of St David's under Edward VI

burnt 30 March 1555

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

[59]

15.

George Marsh

Dean, Lancashire

clergyman – curate to Laurence Saunders and minister at Dean, Lancashire

burnt 24 April 1555

Boughton, Cheshire

[60]

16.

William Flower

Lambeth, London

surgeon and teacher

burnt 24 April 1555

Westminster

[61]

17.

John Cardmaker

Wells, Somerset

clergyman – prebendary of Wells Cathedral

burnt 30 May 1555

Smithfield, London

[62]

18.

John Warne[n 7]

Walbrook, London

upholsterer

burnt 30 May 1555

Smithfield, London

[62]

19.

Thomas Hawkes (or Haukes)

Essex

gentleman

burnt 10 June 1555

Coggeshall, Essex

[63][64]

20.

Thomas Watts (or Wattes)

Billericay, Essex

linen draper

burnt 10 June 1555

Chelmsford, Essex

[63][65]

21.

John Ardeley (or Ardite)

Wigborough, Essex

husbandman

burnt 30 May 1555 (or 'about 10 June', according to Foxe)

Rayleigh, Essex

[63][66]

22.

John Simson

Wigborough, Essex

husbandman

burnt 30 May 1555 (or 'about 10 June', according to Foxe)

Rochford, Essex

[63][66]

23.

Nicholas Chamberlain (or Chamberlaine)

Coggeshall, Essex

weaver

burnt 14 June 1555

Colchester, Essex

[63][67]

24.

William Bamford (or Butler)[n 8]

Coggeshall, Essex

weaver

burnt 15 June 1555

Harwich, Essex

[63][67]

25.

Thomas Ormond (or Osmande)[n 9]

Coggeshall, Essex

fuller

burnt 15 June 1555

Manningtree, Essex

[63][67]

26.

John Bradford

City of London

clergyman – prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral

burnt 1 July 1555

Smithfield, London

[63][68][69]

27.

John Leaf (or Jhon Least)

Christ Church Greyfriars, London (born in Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire)

apprentice tallow chandler

burnt 1 July 1555

Smithfield, London

[63][69][70]

Canterbury Martyrs of July 1555

28.

John Bland (or Blande)

Rolvenden, Kent

clergyman – vicar of Rolvenden, Kent

burnt 12 July 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][71]

29.

Nicholas Shetterden (or Shitterdun)

burnt 12 July 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][72]

30.

John Frankesh

Adisham, Kent

clergyman – parson of Adisham, Kent

burnt 12 July 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][n 10][72]

31.

Humphrey Middleton

Ashford, Kent

burnt 12 July 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][72]

32.

Nicholas Hall

Dartford, Kent

bricklayer

burnt 19 July 1555

Rochester, Kent

[63][73]

33.

Christopher Wade

Dartford, Kent

linen-weaver

burnt July 1555

Dartford, Kent

[63][73]

34.

Margaret (or Margery) Polley[n 11][74]

Pepeling, Calais[n 12][30]

widow

burnt 17 July 1555

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

[73]

35.

Dirick Carver (also spelt Deryk; also known as Dirick Harman)

Brighthelmstone (now Brighton), Sussex

beer-brewer

burnt 22 July 1555,

Lewes, East Sussex

[63][75][76]

36.

John Launder

Godstone, Surrey

husbandman

burnt 23 July 1555

Steyning, West Sussex

[63][76]

37.

Thomas Euerson (or Iueson, Iverson or Iveson)

Godstone, Surrey

carpenter

burnt (day unknown) July 1555

Chichester, West Sussex

[63][75][77]

38.

Richard Hook (or Hooke)[78][79]

lame man [58]

burnt unknown date in July 1555

Chichester, West Sussex

[63][80]

39.

James Abbess

Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk

shoemaker

burnt 2 August 1555

Thetford, Norfolk (or Bury, according to Foxe)

[63][77]

40.

John Denley

Maidstone, Kent

gentleman

burnt 8 August 1555

Uxbridge, Middlesex

[63][80]

41.

Robert Smith

Windsor, Berkshire

clerk at the college in Windsor, Berkshire and painter

burnt 8 August 1555

Uxbridge, Middlesex

[63][81]

Canterbury Martyrs of August 1555

42.

William Coker

burnt 23 August 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][82]

43.

William Hopper

Cranbrook, Kent[72]

burnt 23 August 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][82]

44.

Henry Laurence

burnt 23 August 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][82]

45.

Richard Collier (or Colliar)

burnt 23 August 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][82]

46.

Richard Wright

Ashford, Kent[72]

burnt 23 August 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][82]

47.

William Stere

Ashford, Kent[72]

burnt 23 August 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][82]

48.

Elizabeth Warne (or Warren)[n 13]

Walbrook, London

widow of John Warne, upholsterer

burnt 23 August 1555

Stratford-atte-Bow, London

[63][83]

49.

Roger Hues (aliases: Curryer, Corier)

St Mary's, Taunton, Somerset

burnt 24 August 1555

Taunton, Somerset

[58][63][84]

50.

George Tankerfield

London (born in York)

cook

burnt 26 August 1555

St Albans

[63][85]

51.

Patrick Pakingham (aliases: Packingham, Pachingham, Patchingham or Pattenham)

burnt 28 August 1555

Uxbridge, Middlesex

[63][80]

52.

John Newman

Maidstone, Kent

pewterer

burnt 31 August 1555

Saffron Walden, Essex

[63][80]

53.

Robert Samuel (or Samuell)

Barfold, Suffolk

clergyman – minister at Barfold, Suffolk

burnt 31 August 1555

Thetford, Norfolk

[63][86]

54.

Stephen Harwood

Ware, Hertfordshire

brewer

burnt 30 August 1555

Stratford in Essex

[63][87]

55.

Thomas Fust (or Fusse)

hosier,

August 1555

In the environs of London or Ware

[63][87]

56.

William Hale (or Hailes)

Thorpe, Essex,

late August 1555

In the environs of Barnet, London

[63][87]

57.

William Allen

Somerton, Norfolk

labourer

burnt early September 1555

Walsingham, Norfolk

[63][88]

58.

Roger Coe (or Coo or Cooe)

Melford, Suffolk

shearman

burnt date unknown September 1555

Yoxford, Suffolk

[63][88]

59.

Thomas Cob

Haverhill, Suffolk

butcher

burnt date unknown September 1555

Thetford, Norfolk

[63][88]

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

[43][63][89][90]

61.

Robert Streater (or Streter)

Hythe, Kent

burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555)

Canterbury, Kent

[43][63][89][90]

62.

Anthony Burward

Calete (possibly Calais) [91]

burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555)

Canterbury, Kent

[43][63][89][90]

63.

George Brodbridge (or Bradbridge)

Bromfield, Kent

burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555)

Canterbury, Kent

[43][63][89][90]

64.

James Tutty (or Tuttey)

Brenchley, Kent

burnt about 6 September 1555, according to Foxe (or 12 July 1555)

Canterbury, Kent

[43][63][89][90]

65.

Robert Glover (or Glouer)

Mancetter, Warwickshire

gentleman

burnt 14 September 1555

Coventry, Warwickshire

[63][92]

66.

Cornelius Bongey (or Bungey)

capper

burnt 20 September 1555

Coventry, Warwickshire

[63][93]

67.

Thomas Hayward (or Heywarde)

burnt mid September 1555

Lichfield, Staffordshire

[43][63]

68.

John Goreway

Holy Trinity Parish, Coventry, Warwickshire [41]

burnt mid-September 1555

Lichfield, Staffordshire

[43][63]

69.

William Wolsey

Upwell, Norfolk[94]

constable, one of the Ely Martyrs

burnt 16 October 1555

Cathedral Green, Ely, Cambridgeshire

[63][95]

70.

Robert Pygot (or Pigot)

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

painter, also an Ely Martyr[94]

burnt 16 October 1555

Cathedral Green, Ely, Cambridgeshire

[63][95]

71.

Hugh Latimer (or Latymer)

Baxterley, Warwickshire [96]

clergyman – chaplain to King Edward VI

burnt 16 October 1555

outside Balliol College, Oxford

[63][97]

72.

Nicholas Ridley

Fulham Palace

clergyman – Bishop of London under Edward VI

burnt 16 October 1555

outside Balliol College, Oxford

[63][97]

Canterbury Martyrs of November 1555

73.

John Webbe (or Web)

gentleman

burnt 30 November 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][98]

74.

George Roper

burnt 30 November 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][98]

75.

Gregory Parke (or Paynter)[citation needed]

burnt 30 November 1555

Canterbury, Kent

[63][98]

76.

John Philpot

Winchester, Hampshire

clergyman – Archdeacon of Winchester

burnt 18 December 1555

Smithfield, London

[63][99]

77.

Thomas Whittle (or Whitwell)

Essex

clergyman – priest or minister

burnt 27 January 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][100]

78.

Bartlett (or Bartholomew) Green

Temple, London – born in Basinghall, London

gentleman and lawyer

burnt 27 January 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][100]

79.

Thomas Brown

St Bride's parish, Fleet Street, London – born in Histon, Cambridgeshire

burnt 27 January 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][100]

80.

John Tudson

St Mary Botolph parish, London – born in Ipswich, Suffolk

artificer

burnt 27 January 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][100]

81.

John Went (or Winter or Hunt)

Langham, Essex

artificer

burnt 27 January 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][100]

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

[63][100]

83.

Joan Lushford (or Jone Lashforde, or Warne)

Little Allhallows parish, Thames Street, London

maid

burnt 27 January 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][100] [n 14]

Canterbury Martyrs of 1556

84.

John Lomas (or Jhon Lowmas)

Tenterden, Kent

burnt 31 January 1556

Wincheap, Canterbury

[63][101]

85.

Annes Snoth (or Annis Snod)

Smarden, Kent

widow

burnt 31 January 1556

Wincheap, Canterbury

[63][101]

86.

Anne Wright (or Albright); alias Champnes

burnt 31 January 1556

Wincheap,Canterbury

[63][101]

87.

Joan (or Jone) Soale

Horton, Kent

wife

burnt 31 January 1556

Wincheap, Canterbury

[63][101]

88.

Joan Catmer

Hythe, Kent

'wife (as it should seem) of George Catmer', burnt in 1555

burnt 31 January 1556

Wincheap, Canterbury

[101][n 15][63]

89.

Agnes Potten

Ipswich, Suffolk

wife of Robert Potten

burnt 19 February 1556

Ipswich, Cornhill

[63][n 16][102]

90.

Joan Trunchfield

Ipswich, Suffolk

wife of Michael Trunchfield, a shoemaker

burnt 19 February 1556

Ipswich, Cornhill

[63][n 16][102]

91.

Thomas Cranmer

Lambeth Palace

clergyman – Archbishop of Canterbury (former)

burnt 21 March 1556

outside Balliol College, Oxford

[63][103]

92.

John Maundrel

Beckhampton, Wiltshire – brought up in Rowde, Wiltshire

husbandman

burnt 24 March 1556

outside Salisbury, Wiltshire

[63][n 17][104]

93.

William Coberly

Wiltshire

tailor

burnt 24 March 1556

outside Salisbury, Wiltshire

[63][n 17][104]

94.

John Spicer (or Spencer)

Winston, Suffolk [41]

freemason or bricklayer

burnt 24 March 1556

outside Salisbury, Wiltshire

[63][104]

95.

John Harpole (or Hartpoole)

St Nicholas Parish, Rochester, Kent

burnt 1 April 1556

Rochester, Kent

[63][105]

96.

Joan Beach

Tunbridge Wells, Kent

widow

burnt 1 April 1556

Rochester, Kent

[63][105]

97.

John Hullier (or Hulliarde)

Babraham, Cambridgeshire

clergyman – curate of Babraham, Cambridgeshire

burnt 16 April 1556

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

[63][106][107]

98.

William Tyms (or Timmes)

Hockley, Essex

clergyman – curate of Hockley, Essex

burnt 24 April 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][108]

99.

Robert Drake

Thundersley, Essex

clergyman – minister or parson of Thundersley, Essex

burnt 24 April 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][108]

100.

Richard Spurge

Bocking, Essex

shearman

burnt 24 April 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][108]

101.

Thomas Spurge

Bocking, Essex

fuller

burnt 24 April 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][108]

102.

George Ambrose

Bocking, Essex

fuller

burnt 24 April 1555

Smithfield, London

[63][108]

103.

John Cavel (or Cauell)

Bocking, Essex

weaver

burnt 24 April 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][108]

Colchester martyrs of April 1556

104.

Christopher Lister

Dagenham, Essex

husbandman

burnt 28 April 1556

Colchester, Essex

[63][109]

105.

John Mace

Colchester, Essex

apothecary

burnt 28 April 1556

Colchester, Essex

[63][109]

106.

John Spencer

Colchester, Essex

weaver

burnt 28 April 1556

Colchester, Essex

[63][109]

107.

Simon Joyne

sawyer

burnt 28 April 1556

Colchester, Essex

[109]

108.

Richard Nicol

Colchester, Essex

weaver

burnt 28 April 1556

Colchester, Essex

[63][109]

109.

John Hamond

Colchester, Essex

tanner

burnt 28 April 1556

Colchester, Essex

[63][109]

110.

Hugh Laverock (or Lauarocke)

Barking, Essex

painter, (a lame man)

burnt 15 May 1556

Stratford in Essex

[63][110]

111.

John Apprice (or Aprice)

blind man

burnt 15 May 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow or Stratford in Essex

[63][110]

112.

Thomas Drowry

blind boy

burnt about 15 May 1556

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

[63][n 18][111]

113.

Thomas Croker

bricklayer

burnt about 15 May 1556

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

[63][n 18][111]

114.

Katherine Hut

Bocking, Essex

widow

burnt 16 May 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][110]

115.

Elizabeth Thackvel

Great Burstead, Essex

maid

burnt 16 May 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][110]

116.

Joan (or Jone) Horns

Billericay, Essex

maid

burnt 16 May 1556

Smithfield, London

[63][110]

117.

Thomas Spicer

Winston, Suffolk

labourer

burnt 21 May 1556

Beccles, Suffolk

[63][n 19][112]

118.

John Deny (or Denny) (possibly a female Joan or Jone)

Beccles, Suffolk

burnt 21 May 1556

Beccles, Suffolk

[63][n 19][112]

119.

Edmund Poole

Beccles, Suffolk

burnt 21 May 1556

Beccles, Suffolk

[63][n 19][112]

120.

Thomas Harland

Woodmancote, Sussex

carpenter

burnt 6 June 1556

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][113][114][115]

121.

John Oswald (or Oseward)

Woodmancote, Sussex

husbandman

burnt 6 June 1556

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][113][114][115]

122.

Thomas Reed

Ardingly, Sussex

burnt about 6 June 1556

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][114]

123.[n 20][116]

Thomas Avington (or Euington)

Ardingly, Sussex

turner

burnt about 6 June 1556

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][114][115]

124.

Adam Forster (or Foster)

Mendlesham, Suffolk

husbandman

burnt 17 June 1556

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[117][118]

125.

Robert Lawson

Mendlesham, Suffolk

linen weaver

burnt 17 June 1556

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[117][118]

126.

Thomas Wood

clergyman – pastor

burnt about 20 June 1556

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][114]

127.

Thomas Milles

Hellingly, Sussex

burnt about 20 June 1556

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][114][n 21][115]

128.

Thomas Moor

servant and husbandman

burnt 26 June 1556

Leicester, Leicestershire

[78][n 22][63][114][29]

Stratford Martyrs, 11 men and 2 women.

129.

Henry Adlington (or Addlinton)

Grinstead, Sussex

sawyer

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

130.

Lawrence (or Laurence) Parnam

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

smith

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

131.

Henry Wye

Stanford-le-Hope, Essex

brewer

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

132.

William Holywell (or Hallywell)

Waltham Holy Cross, Essex,

smith

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

133.

Thomas Bowyer (or Bowier)

Great Dunmow, Essex

weaver

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

134.

George Searle

White Notley, Essex

tailor

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

135.

Edmond Hurst

St James's Parish, Colchester

labourer

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

136.

Lion/Lyon Cawch

City of London

merchant/broker

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

137.

Ralph Jackson

Chipping Ongar, Essex,

serving-man

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

138.

John Derifall (or Dorifall)

Rettendon, Essex

labourer

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

139.

John Routh/Roth

Wickes, Essex

labourer

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][119]

140.

Elizabeth Pepper

St James's parish, Colchester

wife of Thomas Pepper, weaver

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][n 23][119]

141.

Agnes George

West Barefold, Essex

wife of Richard George, husbandman

burnt about 27 June 1556

Stratford-Atte-Bow

[63][n 23][119][n 24][120]

142.

Roger Bernard

Framsden, Suffolk

labourer

burnt 30 June 1556

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[117][118]

143.

Julins Palmer

Reading, Berkshire

schoolmaster

burnt about 15 July 1556

'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire

[63][121]

144.

John Guin/Jhon Gwin

shoemaker [58]

burnt about 15 July 1556

'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire

[63][121]

145.

Thomas Askin/Askue

burnt about 15 July 1556

'The Sand-pits', Nr Newbury, Berkshire

[63][121]

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

[122]

147.

Perotine Massey (pregnant)

St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

burnt 18 July 1556

St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

[122]

148.

Guillemine Gilbert

St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

burnt 18 July 1556

St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

[122]

149.

Thomas Dungate (or Dougate)

East Grinstead, Sussex

burnt 18 July 1556

Grinstead, Sussex

[63][78][115][123]

150.

John Forman (or Foreman)

East Grinstead, Sussex

burnt 18 July 1556

Grinstead, Sussex

[63][78][115][123]

151.

Anne Tree (or Try)

East Grinstead, Sussex

burnt 18 July 1556

Grinstead, Sussex

[63][78][115][123]

152.

Joan Waste

All Hallows', Derby, Derbyshire

blind woman

burnt 1 August 1556

Derby, Derbyshire

[78]

153.

Edward Sharp

glover (possibly)[58]

burnt early September 1556

Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset

[78]

154.

Rose Pencell

burnt 17 October 1555

Bristol

[124]

155.

William Shapton

weaver

burnt 17 October 1555

Bristol

[124]

156.

John Kurde

Syresham, Northamptonshire

shoemaker

burnt October 1556 or 20 September 1557

Northampton, Northamptonshire

[78][125]

157.

John Noyes

Laxfield, Suffolk

shoemaker

burnt 22 September 1556 or 1557

[126]

158.

Thomas Ravensdale

burnt 24 September 1556

Mayfield, Sussex

[78][115]

159.

John Hart

burnt 24 September 1556

Mayfield, Sussex

[78][115]

160.

Unknown man

shoemaker

burnt 24 September 1556

Mayfield, Sussex

[78]

161.

Unknown man

currier

burnt 24 September 1556

Mayfield, Sussex

[78]

162.

Nicholas Holden

Withyham, Sussex

weaver

burnt 24 September 1556

Mayfield, Sussex

[58][115]

163.

Unknown man

carpenter

burnt 25 September 1556

Bristol, Gloucestershire/Somerset

[78]

164.

John Horn

burnt late September 1556

Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire

[78][127][n 25][128]

165.

John Phillpott

Tenterden, Kent

burnt 16 January 1557

Wye, Ashford, Kent

[63][n 26][129]

166.

Thomas Stephens

Biddenden, Kent

burnt 16 January 1557

Wye, Ashford, Kent

[63][n 26][129]

Canterbury Martyrs of January 1557

167.

Stephen Kempe

Norgate, Kent

burnt 15 January 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[129]

168.

William Waterer

Biddenden, Kent

burnt 15 January 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[129]

169.

William Prowting

Thurnham, Kent

burnt 15 January 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[129]

170.

William Lowick

Cranbrook, Kent

burnt 15 January 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[129]

171.

Thomas Hudson

Selling, Kent

burnt 15 January 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[129]

172.

William Hay

Hythe, Kent

burnt 15 January 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[129]

173.

Nicholas Final

Tenterden, Kent

burnt 16 January 1557

Ashford, Kent

[63][n 27][129]

174.

Martin Bradbridge

Tenterden, Kent

burnt 16 January 1557

Ashford, Kent

[63][n 27][130]

175.

William Carman (or Carmen)[n 28]

burnt day and month unknown 1557

[131]

176.

Thomas Loseby

burnt 12 April 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][132][n 29]

177.

Henry Ramsey

burnt 12 April 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][132]

178.

Thomas Thyrtell (or Sturtle)

burnt 12 April 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][132]

179.

Margaret Hyde

burnt 12 April 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][132][n 30]

180.

Agnes Stanley (or Stanlye)

burnt 12 April 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][132][133]

181.

Richard Sharpe

weaver

burnt 7 May 1557

Cotham, Bristol

[134]

182.

Thomas Hale

shoemaker

burnt 7 May 1557

Cotham, Bristol

[134]

183.

Stephen Gratwick (or Steuen Grathwick)

Brighthelmstone (now Brighton), Sussex

burnt at end of May 1557

St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey

[63][135]: p.272 [136]

184.

William Morant

burnt at end of May 1557

St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey

[63][135]: p. 272 [136]

185.

Thomas King[58]

burnt at end of May 1557

St. George's Fields, Southwark, Surrey

[63][n 31][135]: p.272 [136]

Maidstone martyrs

186.

Joan (or Jone) Bradbridge

Staplehurst, Kent

Presumably a relative of Widow Bradbridge, burnt 19 June 1557[137]

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

187.

Walter Appleby

Maidstone, Kent

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

188.

Petronil Appleby

Maidstone, Kent

wife of Walter Appleby

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

189.

Edmund Allin (or Allen)

Maplehurst Mill, Frittenden, Kent

miller

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

190.

Katherine Allin (or Allen)

Maplehurst Mill, Frittenden, Kent

Wife of Edmund Allin/Allen, miller

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

191.

Joan (or Jone) Manning

Maidstone, Kent

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

192.

Elizabeth (surname possibly 'Lewis')

blind maid

burnt 18 June 1557

Maidstone, Kent

[63][138]

Canterbury martyrs of June 1557

193.

John Fishcock/Jhon Fiscoke

burnt 19 June 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[63][138]

194.

Nicholas White

burnt 19 June 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[63][138]

195.

Nicholas Pardue/Perdue

burnt 19 June 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[63][138]

196.

Barbara Final

burnt 19 June 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[63][138]

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

[138]

198.

Mistress Wilson (also referred to as 'Wilson's Wife')

burnt 19 June 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[63][138]

199.

Alice Benden, possibly also referred to as 'Benson's Wife'

Staplehurst (or possibly Cranbrook), Kent[139]

burnt 19 June 1557

Canterbury, Kent

[63][138]

Lewes Martyrs

200.

Richard Woodman

Warbleton, Sussex

iron-maker

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140]

201.

George Stevens (or Steuens)

Warbleton, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140]

202.

William Mainard

Mayfield, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140]

203.

Alexander Hosman

Mayfield, Sussex

servant of William Mainard

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140]

204.

Thomasina Wood

Mayfield, Sussex

maidservant of William Mainard

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140]

205.

Margery Morris (or Morice)

Heathfield, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][115][140]

206.

James Morris (or Morice) – son of Margery

Heathfield, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][115][140]

207.

Denis Burcis (or Burgis)

Buxted, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][115][140]

208.

Ann Ashdon (or Ashdown; also referred to as 'Ashdon's Wife')

Rotherfield, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140]

209.

Mary Groves (also referred to as 'Gloue's Wife')

Lewes, Sussex

burnt 22 June 1557

Lewes, Sussex

[63][75][140][n 32][115][141]

210.

Simon Miller (or Milner)

Lynn, Norfolk

burnt 13 July 1557

Norwich, Norfolk

[63][142]

211.

Elizabeth Cooper

St Andrew's Church, Norwich, Norfolk

wife of a pewterer

burnt 13 July 1557

Norwich, Norfolk

[63](which calls her 'a woman')[142]

212.

George Egles/Eagles

hung, drawn & quartered, August 1557

Chelmsford, Essex

[63][143]

Colchester Martyrs of August 1557

213.

William Bongeor

St Nicholas Parish, Colchester, Essex

glazier

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

214.

William Purchase (or Purcas)

Bocking, Essex

fuller

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

215.

Thomas Benhote (or Benold)

Colchester, Essex

tallow-chandler

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

216.

Agnes Silverside (or Smith)

Colchester, Essex

widow

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

217.

Helen (or Ellen) Ewring

Colchester, Essex

wife of John Ewring, miller

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

218.

Elizabeth Folk

Colchester, Essex

'young maiden' and servant

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

219.

William Munt (or Mount)

Much Bentley, Essex

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

220.

Alice Munt (or Mount)

Much Bentley, Essex

wife of William Munt (or Mount)

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

221.

Rose Allen (or Allin)

Much Bentley, Essex

spinster, daughter of Alice Mount

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

222.

John Johnson

Thorpe, Essex

labourer

burnt 2 August 1557

Colchester, Essex

[144]

223.

Richard Crashfield

Wymondham, Norfolk

burnt 5 August 1557

Norwich, Norfolk

[63] which records 'one at Norwich' in July[145]

224.

Father Fruier

burnt August 1557

Rochester, Kent

[63][143]

225.

Robert Stevenson

burnt August 1557

Rochester, Kent

[146]

226.

Sister of George Eagles

burnt August 1557

Rochester, Kent

[63][143]

227.

Unknown Woman

burnt August 1557

Rochester, Kent

[63]

228.

Agnes Prest

Boyton, Cornwall

Spinner

burnt 15 August 1557

Southernhay, Exeter

[147]

229.

Thomas Benion

weaver

burnt 27 August 1557

Bristol

[134]

230.

Joyce Lewis

Mancetter, Warwickshire

gentlewoman

burnt September 1557

Lichfield, Staffordshire

[148][149] – may be the same as Joyce Bowes, August 1557 (the Regester)

231.

Ralph Allerton/Rafe Glaiton

Much Bentley, Essex

burnt 17 September 1557

Islington

[63][150]

232.

James Austoo (or Auscoo)

burnt 17 September 1557

Islington

[63][150]

233.

Margery Austoo (or Auscoo)

burnt 17 September 1557

Islington

[63][150]

234.

Richard Roth (or Rooth)

burnt 17 September 1557

Islington

[63][150]

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

[125] (or March 1558, Colchester)[63]

236.

Margaret Thurston/Widow Thurston-similar name but different death date

burnt 17 September (or unknown date July)

Colchester, Essex

[125](or March 1558, Colchester) [63]

237.

Cicely Ormes

St Edmund's Parish, Norwich, Norfolk

wife of Edmund Ormes, worsted-weaver

burnt 23 September 1557

Norwich, Norfolk

[151][152][153]

238.

Thomas Spurdance

servant of the Queen

burnt November 1557

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[152][154]

239.

John Halingdale/Hallingdale/Hollingday

carpenter[58]

burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557,

Smithfield, London

[63][152][155]

240.

William Sparrow

burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][152][155]

241.

Richard Gibson

gentleman[58]

burnt, 18 November/or day unknown October 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][152][155]

242.

John Rough/Jhon Roughe

London/Islington, Middlesex

clergyman – minister at London/Islington, Middlesex

burnt 22 December 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][156]

243.

Margaret Maring (or Mering)

burnt 22 December 1557

Smithfield, London

[63][156]

244.

[Unknown forename ...] Lawton

burnt March 1558

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

[58]

245.[n 33]

Cuthbert Symson/Symion

London/Islington, Middlesex

clergyman – deacon of the church in London/Islington, Middlesex

died 28 March 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][157]

246.

Hugh Foxe

hosier[58]

died 28 March 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][157]

247.

John Devinish/Jhon Denneshe

wool winder[58]

died 28 March 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][157]

248.

William Nichol

burnt 9 April 1558

SM9515 Haverfordwest/Hwlffordd, Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro

[63][158][159]

249.

William Seaman (or Symon)

Mendlesham, Suffolk

husbandman

burnt 19 May 1558

Norwich, Norfolk

[63][160]

250.

Thomas Hudson

Aylsham, Norfolk

glover

burnt 19 May 1558

Norwich, Norfolk

[160] described as 'Glouer' in [63]

251.

Thomas Carman[n 28]

burnt 19 May 1558

Norwich, Norfolk

[63][160]

252.

William Harris

burnt 26 May 1558

Colchester

[63][120]

253.

Richard Day

burnt 26 May 1558

Colchester, Essex

[63][120]

254.

Christian George (female)

burnt 26 May 1558

Colchester, Essex

her husband had previously been married to Agnes George, mentioned above[63][120]

Islington Martyrs[161]

255.

Henry Pond (or Houde)

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

256.

Reinald Eastland (or Launder)

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

257.

Robert Southain (or Southam)

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

258.

Matthew Ricarby (or Ricarbie)

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

259.

John Floyd (or Flood)

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

260.

John Holiday (or Hollyday)

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

261.

Roger Holland

London (taken in or near St John's Wood)

merchant tailor

burnt 27 June 1558

Smithfield, London

[63][161]

262.

Sir Richard Yeoman (or Yeman)

Hadleigh, Suffolk

clergyman – curate of Hadleigh, Suffolk

burnt 10 July 1558

Norwich, Norfolk

[63][162][163]

Islington Martyrs (second group)[161]

263.

Robert Mills

burnt 14 July 1558

Brentford, Middlesex

[161]

264.

Stephen Cotton

burnt 14 July 1558

Brentford, Middlesex

[63][161]

265.

Robert Dynes

burnt 14 July 1558

Brentford, Middlesex

[161]

266.

Stephen Wight (or Wreight)

burnt 14 July 1558

Brentford, Middlesex

[63][161]

267.

John Slade

burnt 14 July 1558

Brentford, Middlesex

[63][161]

268.

William Pikes (aliases: Pikas, Peckes)

tanner

burnt 14 July 1558

Brentford, Middlesex

[63][161]

269.

John Cooke

sawyer

burnt about 25 July 1558

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[164]

270.

Robert Milles (or Plummer)

shearman

burnt about 25 July 1558

Bury St Edmunds

[164]

271.

Alexander Lane

wheelwright

burnt about 25 July 1558

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[164]

272.

James Ashley

bachelor

burnt about 25 July 1558

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[164]

273.

Thomas Benbrike/Benbridge

gentleman

burnt unknown day in July 1558

Winchester, Hampshire

[63][165]

274.

John (or Richard) Snell

Bedale, Yorkshire

burnt 9 September 1558

Richmond, Yorkshire

[166]

275.

Alexander Gooch (or Geche, or Gouch)

Woodbridge or Melton, Suffolk

weaver of shredding-coverlets

burnt 4 November 1558

Ipswich Cornhill

[63][167]

276.[n 34]

Alice Driver

Grundisburgh, Suffolk

wife of a husbandman

burnt 4 November 1558

Ipswich Cornhill

[167]

277.

Philip Humphrey (or Humfrey)

burnt November 1558

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[168]

278.

John David/Jhon Dauy (brother of Henry David)

burnt November 1558

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[168]

279.

Henry David/H. Dauy (brother of John David)

burnt November 1558

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[168]

Canterbury Martyrs of 1558

280.

John Corneford

Wrotham, Kent

burnt 15 November 1558

Canterbury, Kent

[169]

281.

Christopher Brown

Maidstone, Kent

burnt 15 November 1558

Canterbury

[169]

282.

John Herst

Ashford, Kent

burnt 15 November 1558

Canterbury, Kent

[169]

283.

Alice Snoth

burnt 15 November 1558

Canterbury, Kent

[169]

284.

Katherine Knight/Tynley

an aged woman

burnt 15 November 1558

Canterbury

[169]

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

[170]

2.

Hendrik Ter Woort[n 35]

Dutchman – member of a conventicle in Aldgate, London

22 July 1575

Smithfield, London

[170]

3.

Matthew Hamont[n 36]

Hethersett, Norfolk

ploughwright

20 May 1579

Norwich Castle

[171]

4.

John Lewes[n 36]

18 September 1583

Norwich, Norfolk

[171]

5.

Peter Cole[n 36]

Ipswich, Suffolk

tanner

1587

Norwich

[171]

6.

Francis Kett[n 36]

Wymondham, Norfolk

clergyman and physician

14 January 1589

Norwich Castle

[172]-

7.

John Greenwood

London

Puritan divine: Separatist

6 April 1593

London

[173]-

8.

Henry Barrowe (or Barrow)

London

lawyer : Separatist

6 April 1593

London

[173]-

9.

John Penry

born Llangammarch, Powys, arrested Ratcliffe, London

writer and preacher

29 May 1593

St Thomas a Watering, Old Kent Road, London

[174]

Radical Protestants executed under James I

1.

Bartholomew Legate[n 37]

Hornchurch, Essex

cloth trader

18 March 1612

Smithfield, London

[175]

2.

Edward Wightman[n 35]

Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire

mercer and minister

11 April 1612

Lichfield, Staffordshire

[176]

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