16 October 1555 A.D. Martyrdom of Bishops Latimer and Ridley
16 October 1555 A.D. Martyrdom of Bishops Latimer and Ridley Ridgeway, Claire. “16 October 1555—The Martyrdom of Bishops of Latimer and Ridley.” The Anne Boleyn Files. 16 Oct 2015. http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/16-october-1555-the-martyrdom-of-bishops-latimer-and-ridley/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAnneBoleynFiles+%28The+Anne+Boleyn+Files%29 . Accessed 16 Oct 2015. 16 October 1555 – The Martyrdom of Bishops Latimer and Ridley Posted By Claire on October 16, 2015 On this day in history, 16th October 1555, during the reign of Mary I, Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, and Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, were burnt at the stake for heresy in Oxford. Ridley and Latimer, along with Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, who was burnt at the stake on 21st March 1556, are known as the Oxford Martyrs. Their lives and deaths are commemorated in Oxford by Martyrs’ Memorial, a stone monument...