8 February 1555 A.D. Laurence Saunders—Reformed Martyr from the Church of England
8 February 1555 A.D. Laurence Saunders—Reformed Martyr from the Church of England Laurence Saunders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lawrence Saunders (1519 – February 8, 1555) was an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs . Contents 1 Early life 2 Trial and death 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 External links 6 See also Early life Saunders was the son of Thomas Saunders (d.1528) of Sibbertoft , Northamptonshire , by Margaret, the daughter of Richard Cave (d.1538) of Stanford, Northamptonshire , and his first wife, Elizabeth Mervin. [1] He had five brothers, the judge Sir Edward Saunders (d.1576), the lawyer and merchant Robert Saunders (d.1559), Joseph Saunders, and the merchants Blase Saunders (d.1581) and Ambrose Saunders (d.1586), and three sisters, Sabine, wife of the merchant John Johnson, Christian (d.1545), wife of Christopher Breten, and Jane, wife of Clement Vil...